A song about Ubuntu, Gnome & Unity….FOSS Yeaaaah!
I was awful bored in the early A.M. so I decided to record a quick song about Ubuntu, Gnome & Unity which I dubbed “Foss Yeaaaah!” in any case I think it sounds alright but I only spent about five...
View ArticleTechnical Diagram of How Unity Shopping Lens Likely Works
I was testing Unity Shopping Lens on Ubuntu 12.10 Beta using Wireshark and so far my understanding looking at Amazon’s API and monitoring packets is that the Shopping Lens works something like below:...
View ArticlePatch to Fix Unity Shopping Lens Bug Ignored
I have to really commend Kees Cook who has made the most sensible suggestions to address the issues that the EFF and others raised about the Unity Shopping Lens. In fact Kees submitted a patch back in...
View ArticleUbuntu Users Win Back Privacy
Ubuntu users and privacy advocates have won a big victory as Canonical’s Michael Hall announced yesterday that future versions of Unity will give users the option to opt-in to searches using online...
View ArticleReddit Scope Leaking User Queries
If you are currently using the Reddit Unity Scope on Ubuntu, you should consider disabling it. The reason for this is that a Reddit admin pointed out that Ubuntu user dash searches were ending up in...
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Ubuntu Mobile and Desktop Success Zooms Out of Reach
I had predicted long ago that Unity and Ubuntu Mobile would fail and fail it has, mostly because Shuttleworth ignored signals that were there from the community and industry for years and continued to...
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