Ross Burtonhttp://www.burtonini.com/blogA potted account of Ross' lifeen60Ross BurtonTesters Wantedcomputers/marcopolo-clone-2008-03-18-11-00http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/marcopolo-clone-2008-03-18-11-00Over the weekend I hacked on a clone of Marco Polo for GNOME. The idea is that you define a ... Over the weekend I hacked on a clone of Marco Polo for GNOME. The idea is that you define a set of contexts, such as "work", "in meeting" or "home". The current context is determined by a set of rules, for example being on the "Burton" wireless network means I'm in the "home" context, the time being between 09:00 and 18:00 means the "daytime" context, and so on. Finally, when entering or leaving a context actions can be executed, such as muting the sound card, mounting a remote drive, or changing the default printer. So far I have sources for the time of day and wireless network name, and actions to run a command and set a GConf key.

Now that the basics are in place, I'm looking for other alpha-testers. Experience with Python is a requirement at the moment as there is no UI or configuration file yet. That said, if this application sounds like it could be useful to you then please email me.

NP: !K7, Various

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