After reading Aruiz and Dylan I think I could ask your attention on that topic.
I like Dylan’s idea of a Do-ified GTK+ 3.0, it seems innovative, making user interaction more accessible and faster. At least, this is my personal opinion.
From Dylan:
@Cimi: it would be great to see Do-like functionality incorporated in Gnome 3, not just on the desktop, but also at the application level. Programs like the Gimp or Inkscape use a lot of keyboard shortcuts that may be hard to memorize all-at-once. Using the Do-metaphor *within* the application will let you invoke functions quickly, and discover keyboard shortcuts in the process.
I don’t have anything against Mono, but for Do to become an integral part of the Gnome Desktop, I think it would almost have to be part of GTK+, because it needs to communicate with other parts of the interface to know which functions are applicable given the situation (it makes no sense to list ‘Crop to selection’ as an option when nothing has been selected).
I must agree with him, sometimes keyboard shortcuts are complicated to use: how can I remember alt+g, alt+k, alt+y, alt+s, ctrl+alt+h, ctrl+alt+h+super+t+f12+enter+backspace? (omg I’m not playing the piano 
I just want to use my computer!!!)
Typing “fullscreen” is easier than remembering Totem is using “F11″, Banshee “F”, another application “Ctrl+Alt+F” and so on… And while “fullscreen” is something known and famous, what about exotic shortcuts that almost each application has? Those are just useless… and dangerous! Imagine if I press “Ctrl+W” on an important document because I forgot the right command…
Now, your thoughts please 
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29 January 2009 will be another great day for our free software desktops, GNOME Do 0.8 is released!
This is a fantastic release: it’s not just few bugfixes, it’s much much much more! Jason Smith did an amazing job rewriting the whole graphical interface code, allowing Do to feature shiny animated interfaces… for all your tastes!
Send to pastebin, imageshack, manage your music collection, access files, browse google docs, open conversations, add bookmarks, control your jedi lightsaber… EVERYTHING: just with one simple key!
GNOME Do 0.8 will dramatically change the way you interact with your desktop, saving a lot of time for better moments with your girlfriend 
(or your lightsaber!) I would really love to see GNOME Do or something similar in our GNOME 3.0 shell. This is the key, the Do key.
While I mentioned Jason for the graphical part, I can’t forget David Siegel, Alex Launi, Chris Halse Rogers and every contributor!!! They did an amazing job, they *are* an amazing team.
So, that’s all folks: go and spread the voice
It’s time to rock on for 1.0!
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As promised, a small guide for linux on the samsung nc10.
Updated software seems to contain enough compatibility for this netbook, in fact everything worked fine except the “Fn+keys”.
You have to follow this step to make “Fn+keys” work:
To enable the Fn+F5 hotkey (disable monitor brightness) do:
- Install xbacklight
- copy this script into /usr/bin and make it executable: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/175266/nc10/xbacklight.sh
- Run these:
gconftool-2 -s --type string /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_1 xbacklight.sh
gconftool-2 -s --type string /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_1 XF86Launch1
Some notes:
- Check out the upstream kernel bug: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12021
- Feel free to write a better xbacklight.sh script
- The brightness keybinding should work with gnome 2.24. I’m not sure about the “XF86Launch1″ command, which could change (?) on some distributions. “XF86Launch1″ is the command recognized by fedora after patching the kernel.
- Change the id of the keybinding_command if you have already bound other commands.
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