elementaryos.org down for update?

If you are trying to access elementaryos.org, you will be thrown with this

Is it an update or technical problem?

Let's wait and see

Noise: Minor Update

The new updated Noise will now show the similar songs in your music library to the song that you are playing 

Notice that there is number of song indicator beside it

Stay tuned

Mockup: elementary HUD

This is a screenshot submitted to elementary community in Google+ by Jorge Toledo

Which placement do you guys prefer ?

Stay tuned

Dan Rabbit's Desktop

Don't you just love how simple it could be without all the jibber jabber? 

elementary studio

elementary studio is a coding app designed and written by Chris Timerlake

From first glance, it is a pretty straight forward app for you to build applications or manage your project all in one place

Here are some of the screenshot which is subject to change

It supports several project types such as Vala, Android, C, C++, Mono and such. There is also plugin support which will add to project types. 

elementary studio is scheduled to release in early March

Source: Chris Timberlake 

Share your desktop

elementary os : simple, sleek, beautiful

I'm sure a bunch of you has elementary os beta installed in your machines

Grab a screenshot of your desktop and share it in the comments !

Happy sharing

Mockup: Noise Context Panel

Here is a new mockup by DanRabbit on the context panel for Noise based on Harvey Cabaguio's mockup 

What do you guys think?

Original deviant can be viewed here

Minecraft for elementary

If you are a fan of Minecraft and an elementary user, this is for you

Cassidy James has created the launcher and icon for Minecraft ala elementary style

It is still work in progress however feel free to try it out

You may proceed to download the instructions from here

Any bugs or report can be reported to him

Happy testing

Give us your feedback !

We are looking for you readers on the way we can improve this blog to provide you with better reading experience and up to date content

Please do comment on what you would like to see or do give any feedback

Thank you

Foto - Daily PPA is here

And yes, Foto seems to look like a beautiful app

Eager to try it out? Follow these few steps

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:erasmo-marin/foto-daily-builds

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install foto

no dependency will be installed if you're on elementary os

Here are a few screenshots of it

Please do take note that this is still in early developmental stage and things may go wrong

Happy bug reporting !

Let's develop for elementary !

Are you an enthusiast who wanted to try and develop for elementary but do not know where to start learning?

This blog will explain some of the basics of developing for elementary 

Blog is managed by Micha Lazarski

Happy coding !

Blog updated!

Been a while since the hiatus. I have tweaked the blog a little as an eye candy

Elementary all the way

Hope to come up with an Android app for the blog in the future !

Beta 2 incoming?

Looks like all the bugs in Beta 2 has been cleared out and fix is being committed 

Beta 2 rolling out soon?

Looks like a bunch more of bugs from the whole elementary app component to be cleared out in order for Beta 2 to be released

Stay tuned

Guide for Beta adopters !

Some of you might have installed Beta 1 as we all have been waiting for a long time for elementary os to see the light

Here is a guide compiled by teemperor and edited by the official elementary team

Happy tweaking !

Bouquin - Word processor designed for Pantheon Desktop

After countless of comment reading, quite a number of users complained that there is no office suite being bundled together in elementary os

The reason is because elementary is aiming for simple and light as officesuite may increase the iso size of the operating system. However, the user is given freedom to install it from Software Center

Bouquin is a word processor based on the infamous Abiword which is being "tweaked" or "designed" for the Pantheon Desktop

First commit has been pushed from the launchpad however don't expect it to reach the daily ppa that soon

Stay tuned

Foto - Simple Image Viewer and Album Manager

Foto as described from the launchpad page here is a simple image viewer and an album manager which we may assume it to be lightweight as it is being written in Vala

Could this means it will replace Shotwell ?

Images courtesy of Camilo Higuita

Stay tuned

Developmental: Screenshot

A new under development screenshot feature in process

As you can see, after taking the screenshot, you can share it via imgur, flickr and imagebin

Stay tuned !

Beta 1: Installation Process

Bloggin' right from the live installation of elementary os Beta 1

This is how it looks like from the live environment in Beta 1

First look of the installer

An option for you to choose whether or not to install updates and third party software

You can install it along side with another os, delete/erase the disk and install elementary os or choose specific partition (that's what I chose) Notice the branding?

Choose your region or country

Setup your user account and

it's installing ! A small window will pop out showing the installation progress

After the installation, you may install Ubuntu Restricted Extras as elementary does not include this in the ISO

Usability: So far there is no issue however at the time of writing, Noise and Maya does not function properly

-Stay tuned-

Beta 1 Released

Finally, after more than a year of waiting, the first beta of elementary os is here !

Please do backup if needed and upgrade your daily build to Beta 1

Download your copy below

32 bit | Torrent

64 bit | Torrent

More or less, Beta 1 would still contains bugs as it is not the final version.

Do proceed with care

- See you in Beta 1 -

Beta 1: Bye bye bugs !

2 final bugs of Noise have been moved to Beta 2, which means 0 bug left for Beta 1

You do know what this means ?

-Stay tuned-