The next version of CoreGTK, version 3.10.2, has been tagged for release today.
Highlights for this release:
This is a bug fix release. Corrected issue with compiling CoreGTK on OS X. CoreGTK is an Objective-C language binding for the GTK+ widget toolkit. Like other “core” Objective-C libraries, CoreGTK is designed to be a thin wrapper. CoreGTK is free software, licensed under the GNU LGPL.
You can find more information about the project here and the release itself here.
The next version of CoreGTK, version 3.10.1, has been tagged for release today.
Highlights for this release:
Added some missing (varargs) GTK+ functions. This makes it easier to create widgets like the FileChooserDialog. CoreGTK is an Objective-C language binding for the GTK+ widget toolkit. Like other “core” Objective-C libraries, CoreGTK is designed to be a thin wrapper. CoreGTK is free software, licensed under the GNU LGPL.
You can find more information about the project here and the release itself here.
The next version of CoreGTK, version 3.10.0, has been tagged for release today.
Highlights for this release:
Move from GTK+ 2 to GTK+ 3 Prefer the use of glib data types over boxed OpenStep/Cocoa objects (i.e. gint vs NSNumber) Base code generation on GObject Introspection instead of a mix of automated source parsing and manual correction Support for GTK+ 3.10 CoreGTK is an Objective-C language binding for the GTK+ widget toolkit.
It has been almost four months since I made a complete switch over to the Linux operating system on my home computers. So how have I managed since switching and what problems have I run into? Am I ready to go back to Windows yet?
To be honest the switch has been almost completely uneventful. In fact I wish it was more drama filled because then it would be good fodder for blog posts like this.
The initial version of CoreGTK, version 2.24.0, has been tagged for release today.
Features include:
Targets GTK+ 2.24 Support for GtkBuilder Can be used on Linux, Mac and Windows CoreGTK is an Objective-C language binding for the GTK+ widget toolkit. Like other “core” Objective-C libraries, CoreGTK is designed to be a thin wrapper. CoreGTK is free software, licensed under the GNU LGPL.
You can find more information about the project here and the release itself here.
A big part of my move from Windows to Linux has been finding replacements for the applications that I had previously used day-to-day that are not available on Linux. For the major applications like my web browser (Firefox), e-mail client (Thunderbird), password manager (KeePass2) this hasn’t been a problem because they are all available on Linux as well. Heck you can even install Microsoft Office with the latest version of wine if you wanted to.
With the recent questions surrounding the security of TrueCrypt there has been a big push to move away from that program and switch to alternatives. One such alternative, on Linux anyway, is the Linux Unified Key Setup (or LUKS) which allows you to encrypt disk volumes. This guide will show you how to create encrypted file volumes, just like you could using TrueCrypt.
The Differences There are a number of major differences between TrueCrypt and LUKS that you may want to be aware of:
If you are not familiar with the concept of virtual hard drive volumes, sometimes called file containers, they are basically regular looking files that can be used by your computer as if they were real hard drives. So for example you could have a file called MyDrive.img on your computer and with a few quick actions it would appear as though you had just plugged in an external USB stick or hard drive into your computer.
If you’ve used KeePass on Windows you may be very attached to its auto-type feature, where with a single key-combo press the application with magically type your user name and password into the website or application you’re trying to use. This is super handy and something that is sadly missing by default on Linux. Thankfully its also very easy to make work on Linux.
Start by installing the xdotool package On Debian/Ubuntu/etc simply run:
It has been a bit of a long time coming but I’ve finally decided to stop procrastinating and actually attempt to move my last Windows desktop to Linux. This decision was reached after I realized that for many months now my home computing use has happened almost exclusively on my Linux powered laptop, and that I actually only ever bothered to use my Windows desktop to sync my phone and for nothing else.
