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JBoss Middleware
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Deploy new business value faster
Develop anywhere, deploy anywhere with our cloud-ready, enterprise Java EE platform
You need to rapidly deliver new products and services to your customers and partners to stay competitive. But with limited resources and assets across hybrid cloud environments, you struggle to both meet new requirements and efficiently maintain existing systems.
Red Hat® JBoss® Enterprise Application Platform (EAP), a market-leading*, fully certified Java™ EE platform, gives you a single platform to quickly develop and deploy applications anywhere–on-premise, in virtualized environments, or in the cloud. You can accelerate application development while maintaining enterprise-class performance, security, and scalability.
*Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for On-Premises Application Platforms" by Daniel Sholler, Yefim V. Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Kimihiko Iijima, Jess Thompson, Ross Altman , 27 June 2013
On premise or in the cloud, a single Java EE application platform
Accelerate your time to market
Keep pace with rapid line-of-business requests for new and updated applications.
Achieve world-class developer productivity
Develop fast with a lean Java EE 6-supported platform and a wide range of developer tools that promotes productivity and responsiveness.
Be nimble with DevOps
Bring your operations and development teams closer together using DevOps practices, which includes continuous development, testing, and integration tooling.
Develop and deploy full Java EE apps in the cloud
Prototype and launch applications fast in OpenShift by Red Hat and other cloud environments.
Manage with flexibility
Programmatically manage your applications and automate processes as you build and integrate with your own management tools and technologies.
Maintain reliability, security, and stability
Innovate while meeting performance, compliance, security, and regulatory requirements.
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform with Management
This offering includes:
- JBoss Application Server
- The market-leading, fully certified Java EE 6 application server.
- Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio
- Everything you need to develop, test, and deploy rich web applications, enterprise applications, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) services.
- Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit
- A package of developer frameworks and tools to help speed productivity for web and mobile application development.
- Red Hat JBoss Operations Network
- A management platform providing monitoring, provisioning, and advanced management capabilities for your entire JBoss implementation.
Product details
Build, deploy, and host your next-generation, highly transactional enterprise Java applications
Cloud-ready, modular architecture
JBoss EAP 6 was created with cloud in mind from the very beginning. In fact, it is the first Java EE server offered in Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) architectures (including OpenShift by Red Hat). JBoss EAP's modular architecture is based on a services-driven set of components that greatly simplifies how applications can be deployed in different environments.
Built for performance
JBoss EAP has been optimized for simplified deployment and high performance in any environment—multicore, virtual, or cloud. The platform occupies an extremely low memory footprint and offers blazing fast start-up times, efficient resource utilization, and port management. Enterprise features such as failover, caching, intelligent load balancing, and distributed deployment means JBoss EAP can handle even the most demanding enterprise deployments.
Developer flexibility to innovate
JBoss EAP allows developers to be more productive and responsive to line-of-business demands with support for Java EE and a wide range of Java virtual machine frameworks, such as Spring, Struts, and Google Web Toolkit (GWT). And with JBoss EAP for OpenShift Enterprise, developers can take advantage of self-service application provisioning, simplified stack management, and application auto-scaling to innovate quickly and launch without worrying about getting the right environments up and running.
Flexible, future-friendly subscription model
What good is a cloud-ready application server if it requires a costly licensing migration to reap its value? The Red Hat subscription model not only takes upfront licensing out of the equation, it also gives you more flexibility as your architecture changes.
Want to deploy in a public cloud like Amazon Web Services? No problem. Want to implement virtualization or run on a portion of your hardware architecture? We can do that. It's all part of the Red Hat subscription model.
Services and support
We don't just sell you technology. We stand by it.
Invest in your or your team's skills
Our training courses are hands-on and role-based. This means students stay at their keyboards for up to 80% of a course, boosting the retention of skills they'll use every day. We offer several convenient ways to train and save, with training facilities around the world. Visit our student center to learn more, or read some training successes.
- Red Hat JBoss Application Administration
Learn the essential, real-world tasks that a system administrator needs to know to effectively deploy and manage applications on Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
- Advanced JBoss Administration - coming soon
Learn how to deploy and administer Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform in large-scale production environments.
Have what it takes? Prove it.
Employers notice Red Hat certifications. They know that to become Red Hat Certified Professionals, candidates must complete real-world tasks using our technologies—not just answer questions about them. Build your career by getting certified. We offer multiple exam locations and ways to train.
- Red Hat Certified JBoss Developer (RHCJD)
Build Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications for deployment on Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform or other Java EE-compliant platforms.
- Red Hat Certified JBoss Administrator (RHCJA)
Install, configure, and manage JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, and deploy and manage applications on that platform.
Rely on the experts
Let Red Hat Consulting help you successfully deploy Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. We offer flexible engagement models to help meet your IT goals. Have unallocated end-of-year budget? Consider using Consulting Units to secure resources you'll need in the upcoming year—without committing to a specific topic up front.
- Migrations, modernization, and agile development
- Modernize your systems and build better applications quicker with Red Hat Consulting.
Together, we can do more
Collaboration is a pillar of the open source community. And it's how Red Hat approaches support. Connect to Red Hat Support to access industry-leading technical resources available in our award-winning Red Hat Customer Portal anywhere, any time.
Red Hat JBoss Application Platform
We're listening
In keeping with the open source way, we like to keep the lines of communication open. So whether you're a customer or just interested in learning more, connect with us. We're eager to answer questions.
- Contact sales
Our sales representatives are knowledgeable, friendly, and always ready to help.
- Find a partner
Find a Red Hat partner that sells Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform or related applications.
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform offered an easy, standard way to streamline our application infrastructure. This allows excellent performance, simplifying our management and monitoring tasks in full compliance with our IT cost optimization strategy.
Victor Vargas, CIO, Ampersand Learn more
By The Numbers
Best return on investment and support
- 569% ROI generated over 3 years by companies deploying JBoss Enterprise Application Platform[1]
- 6-month payback of initial investment after the platform was fully deployed[1]
- 5 years in a row is how many times Red Hat JBoss Middleware has beat WebSphere and WebLogic middleware on customer support satisfaction[2]
See why you should consider Red Hat JBoss Middleware over IBM WebSphere and Oracle Fusion Middleware
Related resources
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
- Technology Overview: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
- Technology Brief: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for OpenShift Enterprise
- Analyst assessment: Red Hat PaaS
- Competitive brief: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Oracle WebLogic Server Network Deployment Edition
- Competitive brief: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Edition
- Competitive brief: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition
- Continuous integration: Creating an automated build and deployment environment
- Technical support customer satisfaction study
- Why JBoss Enterprise Application Platform over Oracle WebLogic Server
- Comparing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and IBM WebSphere Liberty Profile
- JBoss Enterprise Application Server administration console
- Focus on: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform architecture
- DevOps and Java EE – can you achieve the best of both worlds?
- Developing real-time, next generation HTML5 applications
- Management and security for your enterprise applications
- A recipe for success: predictable application migration planning
- Deploy DevOps into your traditional environment
- DevOps + PaaS = The perfect combination to rapidly develop and deploy Java EE applications
Case studies
- Woolworths
- Austrailian retailer Woolworths partnered with Red Hat and TCS to improve its ability to respond to customer demand online.
- Bolagsverket
- The Swedish government agency needed to upgrade its application platform while modernizing IT applications and services.
- Ice.com
- Online jewelry store Ice.com wanted to replace its e-commerce solution with a technology model that allowed the business to respond more quickly and effectively.
- Frost Bank
- Frost Bank needed to modernize its application infrastructure. By migrating to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, the banking company increased developer and administrator productivity, and enhanced production efficiency.
- Brazil Ministry of Health
- Brazil's Ministry of Health needed a new application environment that would meet strict requirements for improved levels of application performance, security, and reliability.


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APTA has selected 9 association members to serve on the PTA Education Feasibility Study Work Group: Wendy Bircher, PT, EdD (NM), Derek Brandes (WA), Barbara Carter, PTA (WI), Martha Hinman, PT, EdD (TX), Mary Lou Romanello, PT, PhD, ATC (MD), Steven Skinner, PT, EdD (NY), Lisa Stejskal, PTA, MAEd (IL), Jennifer Whitney, PT, DPT, KEMG (CA), and Geneva Johnson, PT, PhD, FAPTA (LA). The work group is addressing the motion Feasibility Study for Transitioning to an Entry-Level Baccalaureate Physical Therapist Assistant Degree (RC 20-12) from the 2012 House of Delegates. The work group will address the first phase of the study, finalizing the study plan and identifying relevant data sources for exploring the feasibility of transitioning the entry-level degree for the PTA to a bachelor's degree. APTA supporting staff members are Janet Crosier, PT, DPT, MEd, lead PTA services specialist; Janet Bezner, PT, PhD, vice president of education and governance and administration; Doug Clarke, accreditation PTA programs manager; and Libby Ross, director of academic services.
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Week of October 22, 2007
Two wallets have been reportedly taken in the Library over the last week. Most thefts of this nature are usually the result of an opportunity the victim gives the offender...like leaving your stuff unattended. Eliminate the opportunity, and you can eliminate the crime! Please protect your valuables.
If you see someone acting suspiciously in the Library, please alert the library staff.
LLM students enrolled in the IP, Family, Financial Services, & Tax certificate programs who still need a Lexis or Westlaw password should contact Holly Lakatos at: email@example.com; 312-906-5690.
Fall Library Hours
Reference Librarian Hours
This week's Featured Resource is 'Google Maps' new "Street View" for Chicago. You will need to have a flash player installed on your computer to view this video tutorial. To view it full-screen, click on the bottom right button. If any of the slides do not load correctly, try going back and forward in the slide show to reset the player.
Library Rules
While using the Downtown Campus Library, please observe the following rules and polices:
Guard Your Valuables
Please guard your valuables when using the library! Recently, two wallets were reportedly taken out of student backpacks which were left unattended. Thefts of this nature are usually the result of an opportunity the victim gives the offender. Eliminate the opportunity, and you can eliminate the crime! Please protect your valuables.
Courteous Behavior
Please respect the rights of others who wish to study and work in the Library. Keep your study area neat and clean. Walk quietly through study areas. Don't block pathways with your laptop cord (plug it in under your table). Erase the whiteboard/chalkboard in your study room when you leave. Don't move the furniture around. Keep your feet on the floor, not on the chairs. Generally, treat others the way you wish to be treated.
Food and Drink
You may bring any drink into the Library. We ask, however, that you pick up after yourself and use the appropriate recycling bin. Food is never allowed, so don't bring it into the Library.
Noise & Cell Phones
Please respect the other patrons in the Library and whisper quietly if you need to communicate with others in the library. Please do not use your cell phone in the Library, computer lab, or study rooms. If you need to make a call, take your cell phone outside the Library or into one of the stairwells. Keep noise levels down on personal music devices, and always wear your headphones. If noise in the Library is bothering you, inform the Circulation Desk.
Unattended Belongings
Please do not leave your personal belongings unattended. The Library is open to the public and thefts, while not frequent, have occurred. Belongings that are left unattended will be taken by security. If you are missing any personal items, please tell the Circulation Desk on the 9th floor as soon as possible so that security can be notified.
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Please handle all library materials with care. Refrain from writing in or marking-up library materials. If you cannot reach a book on a shelf, please ask a member of the library staff for assistance. Move unwanted library materials to a re-shelving area or return to the Circulation Desk. Do not "hide" library materials in the stacks. If a book that you are using is damaged, please let a member of the staff know; most of the time, we can fix the problem. Please remember that library materials are for the use of everyone.
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Please do not sleep in the Library.
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Please do not disturb the "Emergency Heat" switches located throughout the Library.
Members of the public who do not follow these rules may be asked to leave and/or barred from the Library; students may be referred to their academic dean for appropriate disciplinary action.
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The Yankees strive to provide an accessible environment for all their Guests at Yankee Stadium. Wheelchair accessible and designated aisle seats are available at various price points and locations and include Yankees Premium seat locations. The Stadium also offers enhanced accessibility for Guests with hearing loss or low vision and for Guests who are deaf or blind.
Each person wishing to enter Yankee Stadium must have a ticket for the event. Gates open at 9:00 am. You must present your admission ticket to Yankee Stadium personnel at your assigned gate. Candidates may enter only at Gate 8; guests may enter only between Gates 2, 4 and 6.
The Stadium also offers enhanced accessibility for guests with hearing loss or low vision and for guests who are deaf or blind.
Wheelchair accessible seating is available on all Guest Seating levels at Yankee Stadium on a first-come, first-served basis. Yankee Stadium personnel will direct you to those seats on Commencement day. If you would like to familiarize yourself with wheelchair accessible seating, please review the seating and pricing map on the Yankee Stadium website at http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/seating_pricing.jsp.
Guests who do not have tickets or a need for wheelchair accessible seating will not be permitted to stand or sit in these areas.
If you or your guest requires tickets for a wheelchair accessible seating area, sign language interpreter seating area or any other accessible accommodation, please complete this form and return it to the Office of University Events via email email@example.com or fax 212-995-4065 no later than Friday, May 1. You will be contacted via email with further instructions.
In addition to submitting the form, you must order All-University Commencement tickets online beginning March 16.
If you are a candidate with a disability and are planning to attend the All-University Commencement at Yankee Stadium, contact Bridget Betts from the Henry and Lucy Moses Center for Students with Disabilities at NYU via email or by phone at 212-998-4982 for all other disability-related questions.
Wheelchairs will not be provided by NYU, including the Moses Center for Students with Disabilities, or Yankee Stadium.
Click here for a list of local vendors who rent wheelchairs.
Assistive Listening Devices are available at no charge at the Guest Relations and Ticket Sales Booth adjacent to Gate 6 in the Great Hall. A valid credit card or acceptable form of picture identification (e.g., valid driver's license or non-driver government issued photo ID card) is required as a deposit. Guests have a choice of an ear speaker, stereo headset or neckloop. Please allow time to obtain the ALD before the ceremony begins.
The Yankee Stadium/161st Street station (4, B, and D trains) is wheelchair accessible. (Please call 718-330-1234 or check service advisories at www.mta.info to ascertain functioning elevators.)
There are two dedicated open-caption video boards for Guests who are deaf or have hearing loss: one in left field, just below Section 233B, and one in right field, just below Section 206.
If you are traveling by car with someone who uses a wheelchair or cannot walk long distances, we suggest you arrive early and drop them off at Gate 6 before you park. Please be aware these guests will not be able to enter the stadium early.
The parking garage closest to the stadium is the River Avenue Garage at River Avenue and East 162nd Street and The Ruppert Plaza Garage which is located on 161st Street and Ruppert Place.
The Access-A-Ride bus stop is located on East 161st Street, adjacent to Gate 4.
Electrical outlets are available for recharging wheelchairs and other medical equipment. Please ask Yankee Stadium personnel for assistance.
Two elevators that provide Guests with access to the Field Level and Bleachers are located at Gate 8. The Yankees provide permanently stationed elevator operators in each stadium elevator used by the general public.
Wheelchair-accessible restrooms are located on all levels of Yankee Stadium.
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The nuts and bolts of the sequester
Wednesday - 8/8/2012, 2:55am EDT
By DONNA CASSATA
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans and Democrats are sounding the alarm: The budget sequester is coming and we have to do everything to stop it.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says it will be devastating to the military. Manufacturers say it will mean the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. The White House fears cuts in everything from cancer research to the number of FBI agents.
Some $110 billion in cuts kick in Jan. 2, hitting defense and domestic programs equally hard unless Congress figures out over the next five months a way to avoid the reductions.
"Sequestration is a blunt, indiscriminate instrument designed to force congressional action on achieving a balanced deficit reduction plan," acting Office of Management and Budget Director Jeff Zients told Congress earlier this month. "It is not the responsible way for our nation to achieve deficit reduction."
But increasingly bitter partisanship and election-year politics make a solution unlikely before the November elections, leaving the issue to a jam-packed lame-duck session for Congress. And if Mitt Romney wins the presidency and Republicans capture the Senate, members of Congress could decide on a short-term fix and delay action until next year.
Some key questions and answers about the sequester:
Q: What is sequester?
A: Automatic cuts that are imposed across the board to federal programs, from the Pentagon budget for buying guns, ships and planes to the National Weather Service's equipment for forecasting hurricanes, tornadoes and other severe weather. It's part of the drive to cut the deficit.
Q: How deep are the cuts?
A: The reductions total $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The first-year cuts are $110 billion, split evenly from defense and domestic programs, from a budget of $3.8 trillion. Many programs, however, would be exempt from the cuts.
Q: What programs would be spared?
A: Social Security, Medicaid, supplemental security income, refundable tax credits, the children's health insurance program, the food stamp program and veterans' benefits. The White House said last week that President Barack Obama would exempt military personnel from the cuts.
Q: What about Medicare?
A: The government-run health care program for seniors would face a 2 percent cut in Medicare payments to providers and insurance plans. That works out to a reduction of $11 billion next year.
Q: Who originally came up with sequester?
A: The process was part of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, which set deficit targets. That law stipulated that if spending exceeded the specified targets, a process known as sequester would go into effect. It's often referred to as the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act named for its Senate sponsors _ Phil Gramm, R-Texas; Warren Rudman, R-N.H., and Fritz Hollings, D-S.C.
Q: If sequester is so bad, why would anyone agree to it?
A: It was the default plan when all else failed. Last August, congressional Republicans demanded spending cuts in response to Obama's plea to raise the nation's borrowing authority by $2.1 trillion. As part of the negotiated deal, the two sides agreed on $900 billion in spending cuts and the creation of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The committee was told to come up with $1.2 trillion more in deficit cuts _ through additional spending cuts, revenue increases or a combination of both _ over a decade. If the bipartisan supercommittee failed, or if Congress rejected the panel's recommendation, the automatic spending cuts would start Jan. 2, 2013. The countdown to the sequester began last November when the supercommittee was unable to reach a consensus on a deficit-cutting plan.
Q: Who backed that deal on the sequester?
A: Plenty of members of Congress_ Republicans and Democrats, committee chairmen, defense hawks, tea party freshmen. The House vote was 269-161, with 174 Republicans backing the Budget Control Act of 2011. Supporters included the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., and the head of the Appropriations Committee, Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky. The Senate vote was 74-26, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, supporting the legislation.Obama signed it into law.
Q: What are members of Congress saying now?
A: McKeon says he regrets his vote. In an election-year swipe, Republicans like McCain, Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire blame Obama and insist he negotiate with Congress on a new deal to avert the cuts. The three recently traveled to four presidential battleground states _ Florida, Virginia, North Carolina and New Hampshire _ to warn about the devastating impact of the cuts and increase political pressure against them. Graham said he also was disappointed in the GOP for allowing it to happen. "The failure of the supercommittee had to be at least anticipated, and the penalty to put the military at risk, devastating the finest military in our nation's history, is so out of sync with the party of Ronald Reagan. It's disturbing," he said. "We share the blame for this, but at the end of the day we have to fix it."


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Study of Electronic Properties of Nanocrystals from Different Points of View: From a Simple 2D Electrostatic Approach to 3D Poisson-Schrödinger Simulations
D. Deleruyelle[1], A. Guiraud2, and G. Micolau21Université Provence (Aix-Marseille I), Marseille, France
2Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III), Marseille, France
In this paper, a study of the electronic properties of nanocrystals is presented. During this work, COMSOL Multiphysics has been used to develop various approaches to study the evolution of the floating potential of a single nanocrystal embedded in a dielectric medium.
First of all, we considered the nanocrystal as a perfect conductor and applied a simple 2D electrostatic treatment, using floating potential boundary conditions on the island. We compared these results to a semi-analytical approach based on Green functions and showed their excellent quantitative agreement.
This problem was easily extended to 3D structures in which the coupling capacitances were extracted, allowing the prediction of the floating potential with a simple equivalent capacitor model.


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did you ever notice amongst those features, the angry flare of her nostrils? And that they are not entirely symmetrical?
I was just wondering if that ever happened to you.
You're on a roll--two amazing posts in a row!!!
Very good noticing; you are learning the best tricks of motherhood.
funny what we can discover when staring into the belly of the beast. My baby's nostrils are a little off too (discovered while holding her completely still for as long as possible as a finally sleeping newborn). The 3yr old, has a funny colick in the back of her head (a reverse combover of sorts - it grows forward).
Love them even more for it.
And you're stronger than I am - I walk away from those screaming sessions until she can calm down and speak clearly to me.
the noticing, the details, the ability to pull back and see our little loves even in the midst of the crazy moments. This is the stuff that makes a life. Beautiful.


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That's a very constructive attitude. Virtual desktops are something that in no way depends on your preferred desktop environment -- they all offer virtual desktops, and they all allow you to turn them off.
Sure, but you essentially end up with virtual desktops, only you can't visualise them (because they are invisible). I don't see the added value.However, for the sake of argument, let me expand a bit on my previous idea. These groupings of windows would be running, essentially, virtual desktops invisibly. To get make them visible should only require a tiny bit of UI code.
Not really. You group them together based on the task at hand, just like you would with your groupings. Put all windows you work with on a particular desktop. Then you only need to sift through those, plus it's easy to zoom out and see at a glance what is where.To your specific example, I don't know why you'd have a task that requires 20 windows. However, for the sake of understanding, you'd still have those 20 windows to sift through on your virtual desktops.
You then change the background for each desktop so it's immediately apparent where you are at the moment. Visual memory ftw.
My point about you not using Gnome is that you prize a multiplicity of options over other attributes. So I don't think we are going to come any kind of agreement on these matters. It was said more in exasperation than anything else.
Mental imaginings is a barrier to better general usability. People have varying amounts of ability, in that regard, and a desktop should make as few assumptions in those regards as is possible, IMHO.Sure, but you essentially end up with virtual desktops, only you can't visualise them (because they are invisible). I don't see the added value.
If someone is a visual person, you go to overview and see the various groups of windows (the exact UI wouldn't be like Panorama, but, at a high level, that is the closest thing I've seen). The alt-tab can also be exposed in different ways (perhaps it would limit you to a particular task group, but that would need to be mocked up and tested). Assigning keyboard shortcuts to the task groups should also be possible.
I think you misunderstood what I meant. If you've used Panorama all the windows you have open aren't visible (even assuming you choose to go with the mouse navigation, which I assume you wouldn't) only the windows in the task group that you're currently using are visible. So, as I said, it is no more cluttered with windows that virtual desktops would be, but the advantage is that they are conceptually easier to use, IMHO.Not really. You group them together based on the task at hand, just like you would with your groupings. Put all windows you work with on a particular desktop. Then you only need to sift through those, plus it's easy to zoom out and see at a glance what is where.
Sure you can change the background. I prefer naming the groups, as Panorama does, but some people may prefer the more visual differentiation that backgrounds provide (since I basically never see my desktop it doesn't matter to me but, as you say, some people do care and the amount of code added shouldn't be a great deal).You then change the background for each desktop so it's immediately apparent where you are at the moment. Visual memory ftw
Ideally, I would like a way to arrange windows in each task group in a specific pattern and have them remain that way (a bit like tiling but not as rigid).
For the most part I would imagine you would only need a few task groups and those would almost never change (say, Research, Coding, Fun Time, for example). So, once you set these up, and setting them up is as easy as launching the windows in Overview, lassoing/drag-n-drop/alt-click/whatever the windows you want to group, name the group.
There's probably some other things that would be general productivity boosters that don't also incur significent mental overhead, but these changes aren't too difficult and would make GS more generally useful.
Reading about Green Island: A New Qt-Based Wayland Compositor, which also mentions Hawaii Linux Desktop Environment and Maui OS "the Wayland-friendly desktop that can be used on other Linux distributions too" got me curious so I did the natural thing and 'oogled the aforementioned terms.
There appears to be very little public information about these projects out there, but among the few hits was a somewhat soberingly sceptical viewpoint on Mr Fiorini's (PLF ?) track record for carrying projects through:
The thing is, I'd be interested in hearing how these projects get off the ground. Glancing over the rather spartan Maui project FAQ left me with more questions than I had before, like how are the other "desktop" environments (IIRC some GNOME developers have wanted the whole concept of "desktop" canned and banned...) either too much or too little configurable...He likes to start these little toy OS projects. He loses interest and they get abandoned after a little while. He has started (and given up on) several since OpenBeOS (now Haiku) began. Some pieces from previous projects get re-used in each reboot, and there are common themes. Fiorini likes Qt a lot, for example, so that usually features, and he's always interested in new-ish technologies born on Linux, DBus was one example, Wayland is another.
The on-again off-again OS project has been called BeFree, Vision, Mockup, and now apparently Maui. Maybe I missed some names in there.
NB: FWIW I don't know any of the characters involved even remotely and I apologize in advance if the quoted message was part of some (to me) unknown flame war, but the questions that were raised there did sound valid enough.
Let's try to move back to the actual thread topic, instead the bland Gnome/KDE flame war (people like different DEs, get over it)...
I noticed the same thing when I went hunting for screenshots.
I quite like the idea of a distro being locked to a specific DE if it creates a slicker and more stable experience, although it's a brave/stupid move for a brand new DE!
"The idea behind Maui is to avoid traditional packages . . . Applications will be installed from bundles."
What is the difference? How are dependencies handled?
Apparently by bundles they mean all needed libraries etc will be in the bundle. So each program will have it's own set of libraries with the versions etc it needs. At least if it's similar to the bundles from Chakra Linux.
So- pretty much no dependencies will be needed. Until they explicitly tell, this is just a hypothesis though ..
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I usually don't use Alt-Tab except when toggling repeatedly between two windows (I rarely "tab" more than once). The reason for this exactly because of your first point: Consistent Placement. Since the alt-tab order is based on the order last used, it's inconsistent and somewhat unpredictable if you don't remember what order you last used your windows in. If I want to check something in another window and then return to what I was working on, it's handy as a "go back" shortcut, but that's about all I use it for.
The large Icons are good for quickly finding an app (and pinning them in a consistent place for commonly used apps is nice), but sometimes you're looking for a specific document window, not an app. When you have 5 or 6 different spreadsheets open that all look very similar (same template with different data filled in), the "plaintext with a small icon" with the title is much better than any graphical window display/thumbnail view. That's what titles are for: Quickly and unambiguously identifying documents. A similar case arises when referencing multiple pdf documents that are primarily text based and not easily distinguishable by appearance. I actually like Unity for certain tasks, but some things I've switched from LibreOffice to Google Docs just to be able to open documents in Firefox tabs with nice "title-centric" navigation, and I keep KDE installed also because certain workflows are just too inconvenient in Unity. In my experience (it might just be the kind of documents I work on) "reading titles" is by far the easiest way to "identify which one is which".
One thing that I think would be absolutely great in Unity (and solve almost all of my usability issues with it) would be the ability to pin windows (not apps) to the bottom of the screen. It could be similar to the drag to top or sides to maximize or half-maximize, but would pin a "taskbar-like" item to the bottom of the screen for that window. The taskbar could go away when it's empty (and have auto-hide options even when it's not empty). The biggest problem with the traditional taskbar is that it gets cluttered up with things that you don't really want there (hence all the "minimize to system tray" options that music players, IM clients, etc have added as a workaround). This "pin to bottom" solution would solve the problem by showing only the windows you deliberately pin there. There could also be an option in the launcher's context menu for each app to let you automatically pin all windows from that app. I would probably set Evince and LibreOffice to automatically pin their document windows.
The HUD, search features, and keyboard shortcuts can all exist, pretty much independently of whether you use a traditional(ish) taskbar or not. I don't really use them much (except keyboard shortcuts for a few common things). Maybe it's just that my memory is really bad (visual memory or otherwise), but I find it much easier to browse through a deeply nested tree where each level has a small enough number of options for me to scan the whole thing quickly, than to remember the name of what I want to search for. The act of navigation through the tree is sort of a way of maintaining some structure on my own thought processes, and I'd find myself almost non-functional if I tried to work in an environment with a flat file system that relied solely on search. Search is great for finding things I don't have (on the Internet for example), but organization is much better for me for finding things that I already have, and (more importantly) remembering that I have them in the first place.
Why do I need a taskbar, or the ability to switch windows with it? The way I work, I always have at least one hand on the keyboard, so in most cases, Alt-Tab is easier. Failing that, I can click on the window I want, if it's visible. Both of those are, of course, the same as every other desktop, so the use case you're looking for is to switch to an application that's running, but not currently visible - right?
So in that case, you move the mouse to the top/bottom of the screen, select your app from the taskbar, and return the mouse to where you wanted it. Keep that in mind - it's not just switching windows with one click, it's with one click and a bunch of mouse movement, quite a lot if you have a large monitor, or a laptop with a crappy touchpad. Under Shell, I hit the Start/Windows key to momentarily show those hidden windows, and click on the one I want. Yes, it's an extra key press - but a negligible one given one hand is already near the key, and it's usually a lot less mouse movement to pick the window I want. And so in practice, I actually find it a lot easier than a taskbar.
And a related benefit - the window previews in that view are live, not just screenshots. Which means that if I have some background task running in a terminal window somewhere, I can simple check on it by popping up that overview mode with a single keypress, see that text is still scrolling down the terminal, then return to what I was doing by hitting the same key again. It's actually really useful for doing one thing while periodically checking on background tasks (e.g a database backup, a software build, a file copy, etc).


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Same here. I am running 2.6.31rc2 on my eeepc (because it helps a lot with the Intel IGP). But boot time to a full KDE4 login (mostly reads from the ext4 fs on the SSD) went up from 86 secs to 105 secs or so. All this in Kubuntu 9.04.
I hope these fs regressions get worked out before the kernel goes golden!


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"Second to none," he said of Gill, which just celebrated its centennial. "I mean, how many communities have a place to play ball like Gill Stadium? It's a special place, and I got to know something about it when I attended the 100th birthday celebration."
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The spring home season is under way, and it's going like gangbusters for the U.S. housing market.
The Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Realtors says that in March, home-buying activity rose to its highest mark since April 2010. Economists might argue that the March numbers are more "pure" than the April 2010 numbers, which were supported artificially by the homebuyer's tax credit.
The NAR also shows that new-home purchases are up 7% on a year-to-year basis, and that's going to help boost U.S. home values.
In fact, the NAR estimates median U.S. home price to rise by 7.5% this year, buoyed by the sale of 5 million homes across the country.
That figure largely corresponds with home value indicators coming out this week. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released April 30 shows home prices rising 9.3% for its 20-U.S. city composites for the 12 months ending February.
Southern U.S. housing markets are really rolling, S&P/Case-Shiller reports, with Phoenix averaging a year-over-year return of 23% and Atlanta and Dallas clocking in with the highest annual growth rates in the history of these indices since 1992 and 2001, respectively.
"Home prices continue to show solid increases across all 20 cities," says David M. Blitzer, chairman at S&P Dow Jones Indices . "The 10- and 20-city composites recorded their highest annual growth rates since May 2006; seasonally adjusted monthly data show all 20 cities saw higher prices for two months in a row. The last time that happened was in early 2005."
Those southern cities, along with San Francisco, have a good reason for their high home value growth rates: They were among the U.S. markets that sank the furthest, and consequently had more room to climb, price-wise.
"Phoenix, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Atlanta were the four cities with the highest year-over-year price increases," Blitzer says. "Atlanta recovered from a wave of foreclosures in 2012, while the other three were among the hardest hit in the housing collapse. At the other end of the rankings, three older cities -- New York, Boston and Chicago -- saw the smallest year-over-year price improvements."
The NAR adds that so-called pending sales, where a home purchase deal is inked but not finalized, have reached "above year-ago" levels for the past 23 months. The primary obstacle holding back even further growth for the U.S. housing market is supply, which the NAR says is growing more scarce.
"Contract activity has been in a narrow range in recent months, not from a pause in demand but because of limited supply," says Lawrence Yun, the NAR's chief economist. "Little movement is expected in near-term sales closings, but they should edge up modestly as the year progresses. Job additions and rising household wealth will continue to support housing demand."


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The St. Louis Cardinals sit tied atop the hottest division race in baseball, and there is no pitcher they trust more in that situation than veteran ace Adam Wainwright. Coming off a dominant outing Saturday in which he tossed seven scoreless innings in a win over Pittsburgh, Wainwright will start the series opener against Seattle on Friday at Busch Stadium.
The Cardinals won last year's inaugural National League Wild Card game to advance to the Division Series, but this time around, they are locked in on capturing a division title. A loss to the Brewers on Thursday dropped them back into a tie with the Pirates for first in the NL Central.
"We were glad to get that last spot last year, that was something we needed to do," Wainwright said. "But this year, I think we're in a position where we can go out and win the division and not have to worry about our whole season coming down to one game.
"All throughout the season we have to look at it one game at a time. It's cliché but that's exactly how we're looking at it. You start getting too far ahead of yourself, winning divisions, you find it real hard to clinch."
Fittingly, Wainwright pitched -- and won -- the series opener in 2010, the last time the Cardinals met the Mariners. But this time around, the Cardinals' offense will be facing one of the American League's top arms in Cy Young Award contender Hisashi Iwakuma (12-6, 2.97 ERA).
The Mariners are being a bit wary of Iwakuma's innings, as he is just five away from his career high of 201 2/3 set in Japan in 2008.
"One of my goals was to stay healthy through the long course of the season and stay in the rotation the whole year," Iwakuma said through translator Antony Suzuki. "We're coming very close to that, and that's a good sign for me."
Iwakuma has struggled a bit against NL clubs in his career. In eight appearances, he has posted a 1-1 record with 6.04 ERA, although he has never faced the Cardinals.
Mariners: Ryan leaves legacy in Seattle
Former Cardinals shortstop Brendan Ryan will not get a chance to face his old team Friday. That is because the Mariners are now a former club of his as well.
The Mariners sent Ryan to the Yankees late Tuesday night in exchange for a player to be named later. Ryan left a legacy in Seattle predicated on his defense and leadership.
"He was a great teammate, and he even said, 'Hey, keep working on the stuff we've been talking about,' and that's awesome," current Mariners shortstop Brad Miller said. "That really is the sign of a pretty good teammate."
Cardinals: Molinas, Rosenthal likely to return
Catcher Yadier Molina, assistant hitting coach Bengie Molina and reliever Trevor Rosenthal all were away from the team on Thursday as they dealt with personal matters, but the Cardinals are optimistic they will be back on Friday.
The Molina brothers have missed the past two games to be with their mother, Gladys, who is recovering from a surgical procedure at a St. Louis-area hospital. She was in stable condition on Thursday, according to MDR Sports Management, which represents Yadier Molina.
Rosenthal and his wife, Lindsey, were awaiting the arrival of their first child. Lindsay was induced into labor on Wednesday night and was still in labor on Thursday, according to manager Mike Matheny.
Worth noting
• The Cardinals have won six of nine all-time meetings between the two clubs, including five of six at home.
• Mariners outfielder Raul Ibanez has three hits and two walks in nine plate appearances against Wainwright.
• Kendrys Morales' solo homer against Houston on Wednesday was the 100th of his career.
AJ Cassavell is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ajcassavell. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The two employees at Margaritas, located at 1037 Elm St., told police they saw the patron place his jacket over a co-worker's purse, which was hanging on the back of a chair in the bar area. The suspect then walked out of the restaurant with the purse hidden inside the jacket, police said.
With the two employees chasing him, the thief tossed the purse behind Bridge Street Cafe and kept running, police said. The employees flagged down Officer Austin Goodman, who picked up the pursuit. The thief only stopped when Goodman threatened to use a stun gun on him, police said.
About the same time, other patrolmen were at The Farm Bar and Grille at 1181 Elm St. where a similar theft occurred a short time before Davis' arrest, police said. Employees recovered that purse in a nearby trash can. It was only missing a debit card.
A review of The Farm Bar's video surveillance revealed the same man stealing a purse in the same way.
Police charged Steven Davis, 41, of Manchester, with two counts of theft, both misdemeanors, and violation of bail conditions. He also was placed on 72-hour hold by probation.
Davis pleaded innocent to the misdemeanors Thursday in 9th Circuit District Court. A status hearing on those charges is set for May 15.
Davis was held without bail pending a bail revocation hearing Friday.
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This is the kind of day you have fevered dreams about. We were all up with the lark and headed over to Hyde Park for U2s soundcheck with Paul McCartney at 10.30am. Large festival events are always a bit of a whos who of artists and crew, but this one was bordering on silly. Theres the familiar sight of U2 soundchecking, but with a Beatle right in the middle of them all. Most odd. It has been clear from the start that the only way wed get through this with any chance of success would be by division of labour. I had two tasks, firstly to make sure that all the background screen video was ready to roll, that the persons pushing the buttons knew what they were supposed to be doing and when they were supposed to be doing it.
My second task was to co-ordinate the dove release. On Monday, Bono had asked if we could release doves in the middle of Beautiful Day, so we put 'Dove Release, UK' into Google and, amazingly, came up with a list of companies that do just that. Weeding out the less likely candidates was important and in order to find enough doves we ended up having to go with two rival dove release companies. We put them in the photographers pit at the front, one on stage right, the other on stage left, but I couldnt help but wonder about the potential for Dove Wars, and aerial fisticuffs as soon as the baskets were opened.
Once all was set up, we had about an hour to wait until show time. Hyde Park was jammed but backstage we had a chance to relax for a moment of chat to countless friends and colleagues. As more and more famous faces arrived it started to feel like having a drink at Madame Tussauds. Michael Stipe, Sir Elton, Paul McC., Coldplay with Gwynneth and Apple, Kofi Annan, Pink Floyd, Travis, Stereophonics, Darren Hayes, Bob Geldof of course, and more and more and more, all just hanging out around the Port-a-Cabins behind the stage. There was even what could described be an air of calm about the place. Its a very big deal to put on an event like this, but it really felt like everyone knew what to do, certainly compared to the great unknown of twenty years ago.
Two oclock arrived and kick off. I took up my position in the photographers pit to make absolutely sure that the dove people got their signal. The show started with a video montage of highlights from Live Aid 85 which was a glorious mullet fiesta. Then (inexplicably) a trumpet fanfare from men in red coats and funny hats on the stage, then on came U2 and Sir Paul to wade into 'Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band'. This into Beautiful Day during which came the dove cue. I had imagined a gentle flock rising into the sky, circling over the crowd and heading off into the sunset, but as soon as the baskets were opened the birds shot out of there and would have had your eye out if youd been standing in the way. Large security guys dived for cover as the jet stream roared past, straight over to stage right and were gone, leaving behind only a few tail feathers fluttering in the breeze. Somewhat less spectacular than Id envisaged, but I think we caught a few on camera at least.
Vertigo and One followed then we were done. I thought it went well - a lower case triumph - and you only have to imagine the potential for disaster at this type of event to be satisfied that just getting through it is achievement enough. I was just happy that all the video pieces played in the right songs and that the doves went off OK, even if they were in more of a hurry than Id expected (lads, lads whats the rush?)
We piled into various vehicles and headed to RAF Northholt where Vertigo Air awaited us. There was a bit of faffing about before we could board, so we watched more of Live 8 on a TV whilst we waited. Coldplay turned up at the airport shortly after we got there so I guess they have a gig tonight too. The R.E.M. guys said they are playing in Switzerland this evening and they dont go on at Live 8 till 4pm so theyll need to get through here pretty sharpish.
As we took off it seemed very odd indeed that we were flying to another gig. Most people snoozed on the plane. Its been a very intense few days. Few weeks. Few months.
And then Vienna ('this means nothing to me', etc.) Actually Vienna means a great deal to me as I lived here for a couple of months last year, staging 'Barbarella, das sexy space-musical' (no kidding). Consequently, I had a lot of guests tonight who were most surprised to see me rushing into the venue at 8.30pm. (Cardiff was positively leisurely by comparison).
The band did a runner out of the venue as well, but mercifully I had decided to stay on an extra day or two in Vienna to catch up with friends. I am going off-itinerary for a couple of days and hopefully will find my way to Katowice by Tuesday night. Wherever that is. What could possibly go wrong?
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