Monthly Archives: March 2007

dear lazyweb: svdo? add2? mec? confusion.

March 31, 2007 – 4:24 pm

so i’ve decided to go all-intel with my new computer. i’ve bought a new case, new memory, a new core 2 duo cpu and this new intel mainboard. the idea is that with the x3000 onboard with dvi output i wouldn’t need to worry about any proprietary video crud. putting the computer together yesterday i […]

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desktop hero: keith packard

March 15, 2007 – 4:21 pm

earlier today owen pointed me at this post to the xorg list by keith. the comments in the post greatly clarify the intended semantics of the effect of window redirection on drawing and expose event delivery. the patch in the post also fixes a bug in x.org that has been bugging me for a little […]

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update: summer of code university ads

March 9, 2007 – 1:14 pm

mizmo’s poster is now done. you can see the finished result here: http://live.gnome.org/SummerOfCode2007/Poster. if you were already on the UniversityAdvertisement page then you’ve been spammed accordingly. if you’re not already on it then please consider posting some copies of this at your university. add your university and name to this page or get in contact […]

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gnome summer of code universities advertisement

March 6, 2007 – 4:14 pm

one of the results from the last two summer of code meetings is that we’re going to run an ad campaign to increase student awareness of the programme (to get a wider range of applicants). currently mizmo is working on advertising material (a4 and letter b&w posters that can be printed and posted). we want […]

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