I’ve a couple of ideas for simple games, and after doing a little research decided on giving Unity a try as a platform, and C# as a language. I was reluctant at first as I found I could only get it to work on Windows… in hindsight I could have probably used a Virtual Box, or even Wine, but there’s still time to change. Python was my first choice, although…
07/03/2014
I noticed today that the clock was missing from the Unity funbar, funny I don’t know how long it was gone 😉 Here are the instructions I found from ask Ubuntu to restore it: Reinstall indicator-datetime. It should be installed by default, but just in case you have removed it unknowingly, it is best to run the install command again. sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime Next, we are going to reconfigure…
05/03/2014
I love this time of year leading up to a new Ubuntu release (sad eh?), and the next one is a LTS, so even more exciting 🙂 From my RSS Ubuntu feed this OMG Ubuntu article: 7 Improvements In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS That You’re Going To Love tells of how the Unity Laucher icon size can be reduced even smaller! I didn’t know it could be reduced, and I’ve been…
06/07/2013
After finally getting my AMD graphics driver sorted in Ubuntu, I’ve made a move to Gnome 3 from Unity. I’ve been using Linux for quite a few years, and haven’t felt comfortable with Unity from release… in saying this I’m still not a fully converted fan of Gnome 3, let’s see how it goes. I’ve been playing with Mint via VirtualBox, but I’m not quite ready to make it my…