Comments on: Sending Desktop Notification from Cron

By: Guy

Guy — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:04:29 +0000

Plain Ubuntu with gnome-shell installed.

By: Unonymous

Unonymous — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:29:53 +0000

Are you using Ubuntu GNOME Shell Remix,
or a plain ubuntu with gnome-shell installed?
Any comments on any of the alternatives?

Thanks.

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:17:57 +0000

@Unonymous: I've gave Unity a try and used it for couple of months, however when I tried GNOME Shell, it felt better for me and it seems that I'm more productive with it. Also, I had some irritating things with Unity regarding my dual-screen setup (like the thing where the cursor sticks to the edge of the screen, which can't be adjusted...). I have some compatibility issues regarding themes, which sadly manifest itself primarly in Ubuntu Software Center, but nothing show-stopping. In the end of the day, I think both are good, and I've enjoyed both of them, however GNOME was slightly better. @Ehud: I didn't know xmessage before you mentioned it, thanks! From a quick look it seems that notify-send has better integration with the notification system per the proposed Desktop Notifications Specification, while xmessage lacks it. xmessage looks useful, and I'll surely take a more thorough look into it.

By: Ehud

Ehud — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:24:14 +0000

There is the old UNIX xmessage, why don’t you use it ?
what is better with notify-send ?
the xmessage has full documentation. I think it works on all UNIX systems with X system (even on MacOS and Cygwin). I’m using for a very long time (since about 1997)
do man xmessage or Check: http://linux.die.net/man/1/xmessage

By: Unonymous

Unonymous — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:07:53 +0000

GNOME Shell on Ubuntu?
May I ask why?
Aren’t you suffering from compatibility problems too often?