Thunderbird tray icon follow-up

Sorted, I found another add-on called moztraybiff. Unfortunately if disables the new mail notification, but should change the icon when I get new mail. Let’s just see eh?

Not available for Linux…

I just had a quick look to find a nicer theme for Thunderbird and maybe an add-on to minimise to tray. I was quite annoyed to find, as I have in the past with certain themes and that, this:

“MinimizeToTray is not available for Linux.”
I’ve seen Firefox/Thunderbird criticised in the past because although it’s an open [...]

Some thoughts on Freedom – part 2

Ok, so I’ve been contemplating the practicality of adjusting my computer usage to reduce my “proprietory footprint” and I figured it was worth re-visiting this topic to mention the conclusions I’ve had so far. In order to do this I will address each of the forementioned issues and describe what I can see to do [...]

Some thoughts on Freedom

I listen to a lot of podcasts, mainly about Linux, but also about computing technology and free software. When I first began using GNU/Linux operating systems it was for two reasons.
My first and primary reason is because it gave me an alternative to Microsoft Windows. I have been firmly against Microsoft OSs since I was [...]