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Get GhostBSD

2011-11-28T19:02:00.001-08:00

Here the Desktop Version

Download for i386

Version: 2.0 i386

MD5:6e9111d0090824d98bc4e81bda6f6e11

Download for AMD64

Version: 2.0 AMD64

MD5:12d19605cc9fb821489e5f3d916961a7

GhostBSD 2.5 RC1 is out.

2011-11-28T18:57:00.001-08:00

The GhostBSD release is late from FreeBSD 9.0 release status.

—list of bug fixed—

Pitivi on i386.
The free space output on the GUI and TEXT BASE installer.
The third install option on the TEXT BASE installer.
Brasero is fix for root on amd64. But still don’t add data on normal user.

For more info on the Base OS read FreeBSD 9.0 release status.

To install GhostBSD you have two option. The new option is by clicking on the GhostBSD Installer icon or Typing gbi on terminal for GUI installation. The typing ginstall in a terminal for the new text base installer.

Ginstall is a great tool for those can get to GUI or their keyboard and mouse don’t work on the GUI. Read this topic for help.

If you see any typos or grammar errors please let us know about it. The developers team are not native English speaking people.

You will see GhostBSD lite(CD) and GhostBSD(DVD), both have the installer. The difference is GhostBSD lite is a smaller version to fit on a CD. A script will be released soon. So the rest of the apps and configuration can be added later.

Something new we have USB image for those who prefer us USB memory stick.

To Install on USB from BSD:

dd if=/path/to/GhostBSD-2.5-RC1-i386.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync
dd if=/path/to/GhostBSD-2.5-RC1-amd64.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync

To Install on USB from Linux.

sudo dd if=GhostBSD-2.5-RC1-i386.img of=/dev/sdf bs=1m conv=sync
sudo dd if=GhostBSD-2.5-RC1-amd64.img of=/dev/sdf bs=1m conv=sync

Next release is RC2 it will be release in 1 or 2 week if all go well.

Report any issue or bug to the forum please!

Get GhostBSD!

Flixya - Share Videos, Photos, Blogs, Make Money

2011-01-03T13:34:00.000-08:00

Flixya - Share Videos, Photos, Blogs, Make Money

Publicación de Molinux 6.2 "Merlin"

2010-12-26T20:06:00.003-08:00

La Consejería de Presidencia y Administraciones Públicas de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha y el Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla La-Mancha publican la nueva versión del sistema operativo libre Molinux 6.2 "Merlin".

Molinux se distribuye en formato "Live", para permitir a los usuarios probar su funcionamiento sin tener que borrar el contenido de sus ordenadores. ¡Descárgala y pruébala! Si te gusta (estamos seguros de que te gustará), tan solo necesitarás 15 minutos para instalarla. Incorpora un instalador que permite adaptarse a cualquier sistema instalado anteriormente y se ha mejorado el reconocimiento hardware teniendo en cuenta las últimas tecnologías de hardware.

Entre las novedades más importantes se encuentran las siguientes:

Nuevo diseño de la ventana de entrada al sistema (gdm), del splash de inicio y del escritorio
Nuevo tema de iconos (GNOME-Wine), así como para los paneles y las ventanas (New Wave)
Mayor compatibilidad con el hardware.
Ultimas versiones de las aplicaciones incluidas en las versiones anteriores de Molinux

Las nuevas aplicaciones y utilidades incluidas en esta versión son las siguientes:

JDownloader. Gestor de descargas.
Gnome-subtitles. Editor de subtítulos.
Soporte 7zip para file-roller.

También se han mantenido algunas novedades de versiones anteriores:

Nanny. Herramienta de Control Parental.
Hamster Applet. Gestor de tiempo.
KeePassX. Gestor de contraseñas.
Sinadura. Aplicación para la firma digital de archivos pdf
Prism. Permite a las aplicaciones web ejecutarse desde el escritorio y configurarse independientemente del navegador.
MolinuxSync. Aplicación para sincronizar datos de trabajo en grupo entre sistemas que actualmente no disponen de mecanismos que permitan acceder siempre a la información actualizada.
Centro Multimedia XBMC. XBMC es un gran centro multimedia para que podamos reproducir todos nuestros archivos de imagen, audio y video.
Ubuntu One. Ubuntu one es un nuevo servicio que nos permite sincronizar, almacenar y compartir con otras personas nuestros archivos.
Gnome Control Center. Centro de control para configurar facilmente nuestro sistema.
CompizConfig. Centro de control para configurar de forma sencilla las opciones de compiz-fusion.
OpenClipart. Completa librería gráfica integrada en OpenOffice, que incluye numerosas imágenes.

Para obtener más información de las novedades incluidas en Molinux 6.2 puedes dirigirte a la sección Novedades de esta versión de www.molinux.info .

Molinux 6.2 “Merlin” puede ser descargada desde la sección de descargas de esta web. En esta misma web se puede encontrar la extensa documentación y también soporte a través de correo electrónico, foros y telefónico.

Si tienes una versión anterior de Molinux instalada en tu equipo y deseas actualizarla a Molinux 6.2 Merlin, puedes hacerlo desde el gestor de actualizaciones situado en el menú Sistema->Administración.

Análisis de la aplicación JDownloader

2010-12-26T20:06:00.001-08:00

El Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha a través del Área de Soluciones TIC ha publicado un análisis sobre la herramienta JDownloader.

JDownloader es posiblemente el gestor de descargas basado en sitios de hosting más popular y usado. Permite al usuario descargar muy fácilmente archivos desde servidores como Megaupload, entre decenas de ellos, siendo compatible con casi todos los existentes.

Es una aplicación Java de código abierto, y entre sus funcionalidades destacan la posibilidad de realizar descargas paralelas, de archivos fragmentados, utilizar cuentas premium, detección automática de captchas o sus actualizaciones automáticas.

Además de la funcionalidad que presenta esta herramienta, se han estudiado otros aspectos, como la usabilidad, datos técnicos, portabilidad, rendimiento, etc.

Se puede ver el análisis completo accediendo al siguiente enlace: http://www.ceslcam.com/noticias-del-centro/analisis-de-aplicacion-jdownloader.html

Se pueden ver otros análisis en: http://www.ceslcam.com/table/analisis-de-aplicaciones/

Ciclo de Artículos Tecnológicos para incentivar el uso de la TIC entre las empresas castellano-manchegas

2010-12-26T20:05:00.000-08:00

La Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha a través del Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha pone en marcha para 2011 nuevas iniciativas con las que favorecer la mejora de la competitividad del tejido empresarial castellano-manchego a través del uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC).

Una de los áreas clave para que el sector empresarial castellano-manchego inicie con seguridad su andadura para la mejora de la competitividad es la alfabetización tecnológica previa, desde el punto de vista de conocer las soluciones más adecuadas, y de cómo, pymes, micropymes y autónomos, pueden beneficiarse de su uso. Para ello el Centro de Excelencia Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha ha iniciado la publicación de artículos tecnológicos donde se presentan las principales soluciones software indispensables en toda organización. A lo largo de los artículos tecnológicos se tratarán las necesidades de los principales sectores empresariales de la región y los beneficios del uso de este tipo de soluciones, adaptadas a sus necesidades concretas.

Asimismo, a través del Centro de Software Libre el Gobierno regional brindará la oportunidad a las empresas castellano-manchega de recibir asesoramiento gratuito para la mejora tecnológica de sus organizaciones. Para acceder a este asesoramiento las empresas deberán contactar con el Centro de Software Libre a través de su portal web (http://www.ceslcam.com) o llamando al teléfono 967 555 311.

El primer artículo de la serie, aborda la necesidad de la fidelización de clientes y las diversas posibilidades TIC que una empresa tiene disponibles para conseguirlo (Descargar Artículo). De forma periódica se publicarán nuevos artículos y se continuará trabajando en el desarrollo tanto de temáticas nuevas como en artículos sobre las mismas soluciones pero ahondado en un nivel de detalle más profundo.

Para el desarrollo de estos artículos, el Centro de Software Libre está colaborando directamente con empresas TIC especializadas en la prestación de estos servicios tecnológicos, debido a que son quiénes conocen de primera mano las mejores soluciones para mejorar los procesos de gestión y solventar los problemas de las empresas.

Al mismo tiempo, el Centro de Software Libre también colaborará de forma directa con las asociaciones empresariales de Castilla-La Mancha con el objetivo de conocer las necesidades concretas de los sectores empresariales de la región y poder poner en marcha acciones efectivas para ayudar a mejorar la competitividad del tejido empresarial local y regional. Entre otras: asesoramiento personalizados, organización de jornadas y seminarios, desarrollo de distribución software para pymes, publicación de artículos y casos de éxito de implantaciones de soluciones software, puesta en marcha de proyectos piloto sectoriales para la mejora de la competitividad, etc.

Análisis de la aplicación BitTorrent Transmission

2010-12-26T20:04:00.004-08:00

El Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha a través del Área de Soluciones TIC ha publicado un análisis sobre la herramienta empresarial BitTorrent Transmission.

BitTorrent Transmission es el gestor de archivos torrent más conocido en entornos GNU/Linux. Permite que un grupo de usuarios (o pares) que están colaborando para compartir un archivo de instrucciones puedan hacerlo con mayor rapidez y eficiencia.

Este cliente destaca por su sencillez y facilidad de uso, y otras funcionalidades que resaltan como transmisiones cifradas, acceso por web o límites temporales de velocidad.

Además de la funcionalidad que presenta esta herramienta, se han estudiado otros aspectos, como la usabilidad, datos técnicos, portabilidad, rendimiento, etc.

Se puede ver el análisis completo accediendo al siguiente enlace: http://www.ceslcam.com/noticias-del-centro/analisis-de-aplicacion-bittorrent-transmission.html

Se pueden ver otros análisis en: http://www.ceslcam.com/table/analisis-de-aplicaciones/

El sector TIC castellano-manchego apoya a los futuros profesionales del software libre

2010-12-26T20:04:00.003-08:00

El Software Libre es la innovación disruptiva más importante en el ámbito de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación de los últimos años, pues cambia la manera de entender las libertades de los usuarios, el entorno jurídico, los procesos de desarrollo y el modelo económico, pero como toda revolución se enfrenta a una serie de barreras. Las barreras principales que frenan el despliegue máximo en nuestra sociedad son principalmente la resistencia al cambio y la falta de profesionales TIC capacitados. Por este motivo el prometedor futuro del Software Libre debe forjarse desde la base, dentro de las universidades y otros ciclos formativos, donde concienciar y capacitar a los futuros profesionales responsables de liderar el cambio real y definitivo del Software Libre, camino abierto por empresas y Comunidades pioneras en todo el mundo.

Por este motivo es prioritario que los estudiantes de las Ciencias de la Información conozcan de primera mano el Software Libre, la idiosincrasia de sus Comunidades, y más importante aún, adquieran experiencia en el desarrollo de este tipo de proyectos.

En esta línea de trabajo, el Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha a través del Centro de Excelencia de Software libre de CLM ha puesto en marcha diversas iniciativas para fomentar el uso del Software Libre a nivel universitario como es el caso del Concurso Universitario de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha que ya pasa por su IV edición.

En Castilla-La Mancha, diversas entidades TIC, conscientes de su posición en el cambio de paradigma, están apostando de una manera decidida por el Software Libre a través, entre otras, del Concurso Universitario de Software Libre. Este Concurso es una magnífica oportunidad para la formación de los estudiantes, ayudándoles a adquirir experiencia real para afrontar con mayor seguridad el futuro laboral, permitiéndoles obtener experiencia 100% práctica y visibilidad profesional a nivel regional y nacional, adquiriendo el conocimiento necesario para la gestión y desarrollo de proyectos software e incluso ofreciendo la oportunidad de incorporar sus proyectos a Molinux y otras distribuciones GNU/Linux.

Sin lugar a dudas el concurso castellano-manchego no podría ponerse en marcha sin el apoyo de las entidades TIC ligadas al cambio como son en este caso: la Escuela Superior de Informática de Ciudad Real (ESI), la Escuela Universitaria Politécnica de Cuenca (EUPC)y la Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática de Albacete (ESII)

Mención especial debe realizarse a los primeras entidades y empresas que han patrocinado el concurso castellano-manchego en su IV edición:

La empresa Amaranto Consultores como Patrocinador Estrella del concurso.
La empresa Indra a través de su Cátedra con la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha como Patrocinador categoría Premio
La Asociación Provincial de Empresas de Tecnologías de la Información (APETI) de Albacete como Patrocinador categoría Premio

Amaranto Consultores es una compañía cuyo objetivo es cubrir la demanda de calidad en las áreas de Consultoría de Procesos y Tecnología. Orientada a las necesidades del negocio de sus clientes, definiendo las mejores soluciones en términos de eficiencia y eficacia. Amaranto esta especializada en los sectores de telecomunicaciones. Disponiendo de gran conocimiento y experiencia en los procesos de negocio y tecnologías de las operadoras de telecomunicaciones. Amaranto se encuentra dispone de sedes en las provincias de: Cuenca, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia y Cáceres

La Cátedra Indra-UCLM tiene como misión ser el instrumento que articule la colaboración en los ámbitos académico y de I+D+i entre la empresa Indra y la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Así pues, tiene como objetivo realizar actividades de colaboración en los campos de la formación, investigación y prácticas en el área de las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones (TIC) de interés para el sector de consultoría, incluyendo e incentivando el desarrollo de proyectos orientados a facilitar el acceso al empleo a las personas con discapacidad.

APETI Albacete es el órgano de representación, gestión y defensa de los intereses del sector TIC en la provincia. Pueden ser miembros de esta Asociación todos los empresarios que ejerzan actividades económicas comprendidas en la actividad de Informática y Tecnologías de la Información, y ejecuten su actividad dentro de la provincia de albacete.

Para recalcar la importancia del Concurso Universitario de Software Libre en el futuro del Software Libre en España indicar que existe una iniciativa estatal donde se aglutinan el resto de Concurso Universitarios de Software Libre locales y regionales donde participan estudiantes de toda España y que durante las V ediciones que han tenido lugar del Concurso Estatal han participado 700 alumnos repartidos en cerca de 500 proyectos de software libre. A estos números, Castilla-La Mancha aporta 125 alumnos en más de 70 proyectos, a través de sus cuatro ediciones, lo que posiciona a la región como segunda comunidad autónoma en aportación tanto de alumnos como de proyectos, por detrás de la comunidad andaluza.

En definitiva, destacar la trascendencia que todas las entidades involucradas en el cambio tecnológico - administraciones públicas, organizaciones y empresas del sector TIC – trabajen de forma conjunta en la consecución de logros que beneficien por igual a toda la sociedad a través de la puesta en marcha de iniciativas que redunden en la competitividad y la independencia.

Back In Time, recibe el Sello de Confianza OPSOA

2010-12-26T20:04:00.001-08:00

El Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha otorga a Back in Time, herramienta de copias de seguridad, el Sello de Confianza OPSOA nivel Golden. En el proceso de acreditación se han analizado, para la versión 0.9.26, todas las áreas funcionales de la aplicación.

El Sello de Confianza OPSOA es una iniciativa desarrollada por la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha a través del Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha bajo el Programa de Acreditaciones de Confianza para el sector del software libre y open source que nace con el objetivo de apoyar al mercado TIC del Software Libre en la región.

Back in Time es software libre que nace de la necesidad de salvaguardar cierta información importante para que pueda ser restaurada y no se pierda ante una eventualidad del sistema en entornos Linux.

Back in Time es una sencilla herramienta de copias de seguridad para Linux inspirado en "flyback project" y "TimeVault". La copia de seguridad se hace tomando instantáneas de un conjunto determinado de directorios. El funcionamiento de Back In Time es bien sencillo, toma “fotos/instantáneas” del equipo en un momento determinado y hace una copia de los ficheros.

La aplicación gestiona las diferentes instantáneas de forma incremental (sólo añade los cambios) y puede restaurarse el subconjunto de archivos deseados por el usuario en cualquier momento.

Más información y descarga de Back in Time
http://backintime.le-web.org/

Más información sobre el programa de Acreditaciones en Software Libre del CESLCAM
http://ticos.ceslcam.com/informacion/certios.html

Análisis de la aplicación LetoDMS

2010-12-26T20:03:00.000-08:00

El Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha a través del Área de Soluciones TIC ha publicado un análisis sobre la herramienta empresarial LetoDMS.

LetoDMS es un sistema de gestión documental (DMS) que incluye todas las funcionalidades necesarias para la correcta administración de grandes volúmenes de documentación.

Destaca la completa gestión de usuarios y grupos, así como el sistema de gestión de privilegios. El sistema de seguimiento de la documentación y el control de versiones hacen que esta herramienta sea adecuada para cualquier tipo de entorno.

Además de la funcionalidad que presenta esta herramienta, se han estudiado otros aspectos, como la usabilidad, datos técnicos, portabilidad, rendimiento, etc.

Se puede ver el análisis completo accediendo al siguiente enlace: http://ceslcam.com/analisis-de-aplicaciones/analisis-de-aplicacion-letodms.html

Se pueden ver otros análisis en: http://www.ceslcam.com/table/analisis-de-aplicaciones/

Gestiona toda tu documentación con LetoDMS

2010-12-26T20:02:00.002-08:00

El Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha ha puesto a disposición de todos, una nueva versión de demostración del gestor documental LetoDMS . Es un sistema que incluye todas las funcionalidades básicas necesarias para la correcta administración de grandes volúmenes de documentación; incluye control de versiones, gestión de grupos y usuarios y sistemas de seguimiento.

Esta nueva versión de LetoDMS está actualizada con nuevas mejoras, ofrece la posibilidad de colocar el logotipo o icono de la empresa como marca representativa en la cabecera y corrige fallos menores. Entre otras correcciones, avisa en todo momento del tamaño máximo establecido para un archivo. La lista de cambios está disponible en el sitio oficial accesible desde el siguiente enlace.

El acceso a la versión de demostración de la aplicación LetoDMS es a través del siguiente enlace, con usuario: demo y contraseña: demo.

El objetivo de esta iniciativa es promocionar herramientas de software libre útiles para la gestión de las tareas habituales en las empresas de Castilla-La Mancha.

Mediante el acceso a las herramientas de demostración, las empresas pondrán conocer y valorar de primera mano las funcionalidades que presentan estas herramientas y descubrir en qué medida pueden cubrir sus necesidades.

Desde el Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha se proporcionará la asistencia necesaria en cuanto a asesoramiento de funcionalidades y características de las aplicaciones a todas las empresas que lo demanden. Para ello deben contactar por correo electrónico con el Área de Asesoría en Software Libre del Centro de Software Libre.

Próximamente se habilitarán otras herramientas y utilidades para que las empresas las puedan evaluar.

Zentyal, la solución que toda pyme necesita

2010-12-26T20:02:00.001-08:00

Hoy el Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha ha celebrado el último seminario, Soluciones para Gestión de Servidores a través de Zentyal, que tenía programado en el Ciclo de Seminarios tecnológicos para el sector TIC en este año 2010.

Los asistentes al seminario han podido conocer de primera mano, lo imprescindible que resulta Zentyal para la gestión de sus empresas, Zentyal es el Servidor Linux para Pymes, gestiona todos los servicios de red a través de una sola aplicación. Puede actuar como Gateway, Servidor de seguridad (UTM), Servidor de oficina, Servidor de Infraestructura de red y Servidor de comunicaciones. Por primera vez, la tecnología Linux le permite gestionar toda su red como una sola unidad.

Zentyal tiene por objeto proveer a pequeñas y medianas empresas de una red informática asequible y fácil de usar. Usando el servidor Zentyal, las pymes son capaces de mejorar la fiabilidad y la seguridad de su infraestructura de red y reducir sus inversiones y costes operativos.

Se puede descargar la presentación en el siguiente enlace.

El desarrollo del servidor Zentyal, antes conocido como eBox Platform, comenzó a principios de 2004 y ahora es la alternativa en software libre a Windows Small Business Server. El Equipo de Desarrollo de Zentyal y los Partners Autorizados Zentyal ofrecen suscripciones a servicios profesionales a través de Zentyal Cloud.

Con estos seminarios el Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha pretende dinamizar el sector de las TIC en CLM, a través de las experiencias comerciales de empresas TIC de referencia y favoreciendo la creación de alianzas empresariales.

Análisis de la aplicación Tucan

2010-12-26T20:01:00.000-08:00

El Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha a través del Área de Soluciones TIC ha publicado un análisis sobre la aplicación libre Tucan, para la gestión automática de descargas y subidas en sitios de hosting.

Tucan es una aplicación de escritorio configurable por el usuario, que facilita la descarga de todo tipo de archivos. Se apoya en servicios de descarga como RapidShare, MegaUpload, 4shared, etc., ahorrándose de esta forma, el tener que ir introduciendo el enlace en la aplicación para descargar el archivo, así como la descarga de publicidad implícita en muchas de ellas.

Entre las funcionalidades que presenta, permite descargar un archivo de varias partes en uno sólo, unidos por Tucan; ofrece la posibilidad de configurar cuentas premium para la descarga ilimitada de archivos o descargas más rápidas; comprobación de enlaces, etc.

Además de la funcionalidad que presenta esta herramienta, se han estudiado otros aspectos, como la usabilidad, datos técnicos, portabilidad, rendimiento, etc.

Se puede ver el análisis completo accediendo al siguiente enlace: http://www.ceslcam.com/analisis-de-aplicaciones/analisis-de-aplicacion-tucan.html

Se pueden ver otros análisis en: http://www.ceslcam.com/table/analisis-de-aplicaciones/

Salix Xfce 13.1.2 images are released!

2010-12-26T20:00:00.004-08:00

We are happy to announce the immediate availability of the collection of Salix Xfce 13.1.2 iso images. These include both 32-bit and 64-bit standard installation images, as well as a 32-bit live image, that can be used with an optical disk or a usb drive. Both standard and live images can be used for installing Salix Xfce to your harddrive, using a text-mode or a graphical installer respectively. As with all Salix releases, installation can be performed in one of three different modes, "full", "basic" and "core". The live image includes, among others, a persistence wizard, that will let the user keep changes, including extra installed packages, personalization etc, between different live sessions. LiveClone is another tool specific to the live image; using it users will be able to easily roll their own custom version of the Salix Xfce Live, that they will be able to install directly to a usb drive or create a new iso image for burning to a CD. These custom images will have all the features the official live image has, including the ability to install the customized system to a harddrive!

One of the most important additions in Salix Xfce 13.1.2 is the inclusion of slapt-src, a new tool that makes the process of downloading and building software packages from slackbuilds.org simple and easy. Thousands of extra packages are now available through it for our users. Other changes in version 13.1.2 include:
* Updated kernel that fixes significant security issues in the 64-bit edition
* glibc has been upgraded, fixing multiple security issues
* Zim, a desktop wiki application, has been added to the default full mode installation.
* Meld, a graphical diff tool, has been added to the default full mode installation. It can also be used by the dotnew utility to compare new and old system settings files.
* All system administration tools are updated with translations for even more languages, including, but not limited to, french, german, greek, italian, dutch, spanish, japanese, ukranian, swedish and more! About dialogs including credits for all translators have been added to all system tools. A big thanks goes to all contributors, it wouldn't have been possible to provide that level of internationalization without all of you.
* New firefox packages are included, updated to the latest stable version avaiable, that also fixes a problem where it was not possible to change the default homepage.
* Persistence now works properly in all systems with the live CD, using the persistence wizard available on the live CD desktop.
* gvfs has been upgraded, to fix segfaults with bluefish in 64-bit systems, which is now available in both 32-bit and 64-bit repositories.
* Several other minor updates and fixes.

You can download any of the three Salix Xfce 13.1.2 images from SourceForge or with a torrent client, using the following links:

Salix Xfce 13.1.2 installation image (32-bit):
(size: 583 MB, md5: f7de7eae73ada32a78b3dd8ddca4308d)
SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
Slackel mirror (US): http://www.slackel.gr/isos/salix-xfce/s ... 13.1.2.iso
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/i486/13.1/iso/ ... so.torrent

Salix64 Xfce 13.1.2 installation image (64-bit):
(size: 563 MB, md5: fb6fa6ec1beec958bf9cc374d09ceaf7)
SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/13.1/is ... so.torrent

Salix Live Xfce 13.1.2 image (32-bit):
(size: 671 MB, md5: 503479c8ff5cdd2c1437a02001030af2)
SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
Slackel mirror (US): http://www.slackel.gr/isos/salix-xfce/s ... 13.1.2.iso
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/i486/13.1/iso/ ... so.torrent
(root password: live) (standard user login: one / no password)

A DVD-sized iso image with complete source code for all software, that corresponds to these releases is available through our downloads page, along with all other Salix images available: http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/Download

Enjoy!

Salix Fluxbox edition development has begun

2010-12-26T20:00:00.003-08:00

The lightweight and quite popular Fluxbox window manager gets its own Salix edition! This is the first public release of Salix Fluxbox. The collection of applications that come with this release is very similar to the one in the Xfce edition, including the Firefox web browser, the Claws-Mail emailer, the OpenOffice.org office suite, the exaile music library the Gimp image editor and more. All Salix system tools are of course also included and available through the customized Fluxbox menu. The collection of applications should not be considered final; it may, and it will most probably change until the final release. User input is mostly welcome.

Please download the iso image, test it and tell us what you think about it. Help us weed out any bugs and tell us what you think might make this even better, so we can make the final release as good as possible. You can download the installation image from our SourceForge page.

The latest development release is:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
(md5: 5cb4af0c7141aea2d53cb908ace3f481, size: 566MB)

Many thanks to Kerd and ax who created the Fluxbox edition. They deserve all the credit for developing this.

Have fun!

Salix KDE 13.1.2 releases are available!

2010-12-26T20:00:00.001-08:00

After a lengthy development period, the Salix team is proud to announce the first official release of Salix Fluxbox Edition! Salix Fluxbox 13.1.2 is available in both 32bit and 64bit architectures and of course features the minimal Fluxbox window manager, customized with the Salix look and feel. The Fluxbox edition provides the cleanest work environment compared to any other previous Salix editions and has been designed so that it stays out of the way, while providing a fast, versatile and powerful environment.

As with all other Salix editions, the installation images of the Fluxbox edition allow the installation to be performed in three different modes, core, basic and full.

The core mode installation is identical to those offered by any other Salix edition and will install a console-only system, which can be used to build a custom system fit for any purpose, including desktop or server usage.

The basic mode installation will install a minimal graphical system, including the Fluxbox window manager, the Firefox web browser, the lightweight PCMan file manager, the Salix graphical system tools and the Gslapt package manager. No other applications are installed and the user can start with a basic system, install the application selection of his preference and have a fully personalized and clean Fluxbox system.

The full mode installation will install all software included in the installation medium, always following the "one application per task" rationale. That includes all applications present in a basic mode installation, but also the full OpenOffice.org office suite, a full selection of media applications, including the powerful Exaile music manager and the Brasero disc burning application. Installation of patent encumbered multimedia codecs is a matter of few clicks, using the "Install multimedia codecs" tool from the Multimedia section of the Fluxbox menu. Gimp is available for all image editing needs and viewnior is the default image viewer, while evince is included for viewing pdf and postscript files. The Claws Mail email client is available, along with the Transmission torrent client and pidgin can be used for connecting to almost any instant messaging network. Wicd can be used to configure and connect to both wireless and wired network connections. A full development environment is available in all three installation modes.

The installation images, listed also in the Downloads page, can be downloaded from Sourceforge or using the respective torrent file.

Salix Fluxbox 13.1.2 (32-bit):
(size: 566 MB, md5: 19af22eef8e34dd1d0396a9b479b7c59)
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/i486/13.1/iso/ ... so.torrent

Salix64 Fluxbox 13.1.2 (64-bit):
(size: 546 MB, md5: 96f52aeb27f58c6f01a629d3483fb158)
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/13.1/is ... so.torrent

As with all Salix releases, the full sources for software included in these releases are available in the form of a source DVD iso. This can also be downloaded from Sourceforge, the link is available in the main Salix Download page along with all other Salix releases: http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/Download

Have fun!

ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 1 Available!

2010-07-09T02:27:00.002-07:00

The ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 1 release is here! Apart from squashing the important bugs, the big news with this release is the available upgrade path from ClearOS 5.1. Please keep in mind that this is still a beta, so proceed with the usual caution. Other changes since 5.2 Alpha 1 include:

Completed password policy engine
Fixed disk usage report
Updated SpamAssassin
Many bug fixes

ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 2 Released

2010-07-09T02:27:00.001-07:00

The ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 2 release is here! The big news with this release is the available upgrade path from ClarkConnect 5.0. Please keep in mind that this is still a beta, so proceed with the usual caution. Other changes since 5.2 Beta 1 include:

Fixed Samba winadmin password reset
Fixed mail aliases page
Fixed help links
Optimized LDAP
Added support for encrypted file systems on software RAID devices

ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 RC 1 Released

2010-07-09T02:21:00.000-07:00

The first release candidate for ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 is now available. All the major features have been implemented and upgrades from ClarkConnect 4.x and later are now supported. The major changes since beta 2 include:

Fixed time zone handling
Fixed intrusion detection configuration handling
Fixed roaming profile permissions
Updated the protocol filter / l7-filter

There are still a dozen of bugs that need to be squashed before the final release. We also need to finish some experimental features that will be released in ClearOS 6.x. The final release is just around the corner!

Please read the release note for more information.

Mandriva Announces Arnaud Laprévote as CEO

2010-07-09T02:18:00.001-07:00

Paris, the 8th April, 2010 – Mandriva today announced that its board of directors has named Arnaud Laprévote on the24th of March to serve as the company's Chief Executive Officer.

Arnaud Laprévote succeeds Stanislas Bois. Arnaud will surround himself with Hervé Yahi, Chief Stategic Officer and Stanislas Bois, Chief Financial Officer at Mandriva.

Arnaud Laprévote will also hold the position of Chief Technical Officer and of Director of Research and Development.

From 1990 to 1996, he worked at the Institut of Data Processing of the Technical University of Darmstadt, at the TeleDiffusion of France Research Center as head of digital electronics laboratory. He, then, worked at Thomson Multimedia R&D France as the leader of the Advanced Television and Multimedia Group. He holds various patents related to digital electronics and video processing.

In 1996, he created Free&ALter Soft, which became Linbox FAS in 2001 when it acquired the assets of the Linbox startup. The Linbox Rescue Server software was created in this environment and is now used massively in industry and administrations in France. Linbox FAS was bought by Mandriva in 2007.
Arnaud joined Mandriva in 2007, when Linbox was acquired by Mandriva and he was dedicated to the management of Mandriva group's Research and Development projects.

Arnaud has graduated from ENSMM “Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques de Besançon”, and from ENSERG “Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique et de Radio-électricité de Grenoble”. He also holds a Master of accousto-opto-electronics and vibration from the Franche-Comté University.

About Mandriva:
Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of Mandriva Linux, an easy-to-use and innovative operating system. It is one of the most popular Linux editions in the world. Dedicated to making open source technologies accessible to all users, the company offers a full range of products and services to individuals, enterprises and government organizations. Mandriva products are available online in 80 languages and in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels. Headquartered in Paris, France, the company is publicly traded on the Euronext Marche Libre.

More information at : www.mandriva.com

Press contacts:
Vanessa Wall – vwall@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 97 29
Mélody Mansuy – mmansuy@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 17 64

Paris Descartes University's UFR Biomédicale turns to Mandriva to improve its infrastructure management

2010-07-09T02:17:00.000-07:00

Paris, 19th May 2010 – Paris Descartes University's UFR Biomédicale has installed the Mandriva Linux operating system on client desktops and servers to ensure a permanent stability and optimise the work of its 4,500 students.

The 'UFR Biomédicale' of Saints-Pères embraces within the Paris Descartes University different medical and life science academic units and 14 laboratories attached to the CNRS and INSERM research institutions.

The Paris 'UFR Biomédicale' wished to integrate an operating system answering several criteria:

stability and updated versions for software including apache, php, mysql, ldap, samba and ssh for their servers;
reliability;
user-friendly management for a distribution integrating scientific tools for lecture halls and reading rooms.

Simplicity, facility and security are key Mandriva words and its operating system proves a perfect match for the Paris UFR Biomédicale's needs.

« Having used Linux for several years and being regularly informed of Linux developments I had, of course, heard of Mandriva. Mandriva is a French-leaning operating system offering attractive tools, and it appeared normal that a French university would prefer a French publisher. That's why I tried and adopted it », explained Luc Tamisier, Research Engineer at Paris Descartes University's UFR Biomédicale.

Currently, more than a hundred machines operate with a Mandriva/Windows dual boot-up at the Paris UFR Biomédicale whose 4,500 students can work with Mandriva Linux.

« The majority of students pay no attention to the operating system when they connect and encounter no problems using Linux and indeed Mandriva. Despite the negative image sometimes associated with Linux, Mandriva has proved Linux can be used by anyone », said Luc Tamisier, Research Engineer at Paris Descartes University's UFR Biomédicale.

About Mandriva
Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of Mandriva Linux, an easy-to-use and innovative operating system. It is one of the most popular Linux editions in the world. Dedicated to making open source technologies accessible to all users, the company offers a full range of products and services to individuals, enterprises and government organizations. Mandriva products are available online in 80 languages and in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels. Headquartered in Paris, France, the company is publicly traded on the Euronext Marche Libre.

More information at : www.mandriva.com

Press Contacts
Vanessa Wall - vwall@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 97 29
Mélody Mansuy - mmansuy@mandriva.com - + 33 (0) 1 40 41 17 64

3G modems certified on Mandriva Linux

2010-07-09T02:16:00.002-07:00

Curitiba, 6th May, 2010 – Mandriva, Europe's leading publisher of Linux solutions, today announced the certification of its operating system Mandriva Linux for 3G modems.

The new generation of modems, adapted to the 3G, offers to users speedness, more quality and more possibilities to use diversified applications and to access the Internet.

It is more than natural for Mandriva to associate the simplicity and robustness of its distribution to this new technology.

The recent partnership between Mandriva and the company AMASolução, subsidiary of Vivo, the leader in mobile telecommunications in Brazil, lead Mandriva to start the homologation process of 3G modems on its release.

The first 3G modems certified on Mandriva Linux are:

- Huawei E156

- Huawei E160

- ZTE MF626

- ZTE MF100

The possibility of using Mandriva Linux on 3G modems will complete the diversified OEM offer of Mandriva.

For more information, visit www.mandriva.com and http://www.amasolucao.com.br/ (portuguese).

About Mandriva

Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of Mandriva Linux, an easy-to-use and innovative operating system. It is one of the most popular Linux editions in the world.

Dedicated to making open source technologies accessible to all users, the company offers a full range of products and services to individuals, enterprises and government organizations. Mandriva products are available online in 80 languages and in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels. Headquartered in Paris, France, the company is publicly traded on the Euronext Marche Libre.

Press Contacts:

Brazil:

Stéphanie Maidon - smaidon@mandriva.com (041) 3360-2600

Worldwide:

Vanessa Wall - vwall@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 97 29

Mélody Mansuy – mmansuy@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 17 64

Mandriva restructures to establish European leadership

2010-07-09T02:16:00.001-07:00

Mandriva is one of the cornerstones of Open Source, a technological pioneer offering the sole independent Linux distribution on the European market. Nevertheless the company has been faced with a mounting financial challenge for several years due in part to its size and lack of a clear publishing strategy.

Mandriva also plays a strategic role in the Paris Saclay innovative ecosystem centred on the Pole System@tic Paris Region and Cap Digital. The company is involved in a dozen R&D projects in partnership with some 60 research and industrial laboratories working on themes such as the semantic desktop, Linux Real Time distribution, shared infrastructures or cloud computing.

This explains why a group of entrepreneurs, associated with the founding investor, has drawn up an ambitious industrial plan with the aim of relaunching the company. Mandriva finds itself at the heart of a European assembly of Open Source software players: IF Research (France), parent company of the publisher Wallix; Lightapp (UK), and Pingwin Soft (Russia's Open Source leader).
At the heart of this strategy, Mandriva Linux will be distributed exclusively by a sales and integrated IT network, as well through an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) in the EMEA (European and Middle East) and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) zones.

A professional offer aimed at the major business markets (Education, Industry, Services, Retail) will meet the demands of clients seeking alternative and economic options in the field of heterogenous IT systems management. This offer will be unveiled in the second half of 2010.
In the meantime, and in the short term, Mandriva has begun a drastic programme of structural cost-cutting as well as raising funds to redress the financial balance and assure the long-term future of the company. Negotiations are undrerway with new investors who will be presented at the company's next general board meeting.

Mandriva has already welcomed two new board members - Jean-Noël de Galzain, President of IF Research and Wallix, Vice-President PME of Pôle System@tic Paris Région, and Bertrand Glineur, formerly DSI of Crédit Foncier de France, and member of the GCE business board. Their goal is to help the management team set up by Mandriva CEO Arnaud Laprévote to complete the restructuring and implement the new strategy which will be revealed in detail at Mandriva's next Board Meeting.

« By bringing together IF Research and Mandriva, two highly complementary units, Mandriva will be able to strengthen its strategic position, » explained Mandriva CEO Arnaud Laprévote.
« Mandriva possesses in its DNA all the requisites of an Open Source world leader. A community of 3.5 million users, a leading position in the BRIC zone, and prestigious clients in both the public sector and major business, » stressed Jean-Noël de Galzain, President of IF Research. « We are going to focus on the company management and promoting a new, dynamic commercial activity based on innovative products offered on a new distribution network. »

Mandriva will shortly launch its latest distribution: Mandriva Linux Spring 2010, which can be downloaded from the Mandriva site http://www.mandriva.com

About Mandriva

Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of Mandriva Linux, an easy-to-use and innovative operating system. It is one of the most popular Linux editions in the world. Dedicated to making open source technologies accessible to all users, the company offers a full range of products and services to individuals, enterprises and government organizations. Mandriva products are available online in 80 languages and in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels. Headquartered in Paris, France, the company is publicly traded on the Euronext Marche Libre.

More information at : www.mandriva.com

Mandriva presents Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring

2010-07-09T02:14:00.000-07:00

Mandriva, the leading European publisher of Linux solutions, announces today the launch of the final version of Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring.

Quicker, easier and more secure than ever, Mandriva Linux offers new functionalities which revolutionise the desktop.
Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring is the most advanced Linux operating system to date, a genuine concentration of technologies and innovations. It supports a wide panel of hardware configurations, making it a stable base for users. Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring combines simplicity with conviviality in an intuitive, high performing environment. It is the ideal distribution for all users, from the beginner to the most advanced.

Designed to meet users' real needs in terms of security, performance and ergonomy, Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring is everything you ever wanted from an operating system.

« Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring was conceived, produced and tested with our users. We are proud today to present this new version of Mandriva Linux. Ergonomic and fast altogether, Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring is the continuity of previous versions, » explained Arnaud Laprévote, Mandriva CTO.

« Everyone can install a friendly and efficient desktop either at work, at home or even at schools. Mandriva Corporate Server is designed for the professional market, to deploy Linux servers quickly and easily. Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring is built on the fundamentals that made the success of Mandriva namely: easier, safer, accessible to all and innovative. »

Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring offers not only the most advanced and easy-to-use Linux OS on the market but also integrates a list of the most complete softwares.

In a nutshell, Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring, offers:

a complete, quick-to-install system, comprising all the necessary drivers ;

'Smart Desktop', a unique technology, which offers dynamic access to all files by labelling them and grading photos, documents, emails and videos whilst safeguarding personal data through a customised approach. Ginkgo, the new graphical interface for managing data semantics, can create and explore the links between their personal data such as mails, documents, files, Web pages;

Mandriva Directory Server (MDS), an easy-to-use LDAP directory management solution;

tools to easily secure the system, parental control is easier than ever and can control the web sites and applications used by children ;
compatibility with the latest (and oldest) hardware platforms, including netbooks ;
a panel of applications embracing Office, varied educational software, multimedia …;

numerous educational and scientific applications such as: Axiom (scientific computing), Jmol (a tool for visualizing molecules), Salome (a generic platform for pre- and post-processing for numerical simulation) ;

the latest versions of leading Open Source applications: KDE 4.4.3, GNOME 2.30.1, Firefox 3.6.6, Xorg Server 1.7.7 ;
a DVD drive ;
a wide range of complementary applications in the Powerpack version: audio and video codecs, display with VMware, Adobe suite of drives ...

Mandriva Linux is a convivial operating system which will adapt to your computer and devices. It will meet all your needs and enable friends to share the experience.

Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring is available in three editions:

- Powerpack (the commercial edition, including exclusive commercial software, support, and services),

- One (a live CD which can also be installed to the system permanently) and,

- Free (an edition which contains only free / open source software).

Pricing and availability

Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2010 Spring can be ordered for download today at the Mandriva Store, or you can buy a Powerpack subscription and download Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2010 Spring today.
Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring Free and One can be downloaded from the Mandriva web site:http://store.mandriva.com/

Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2010 slim pack version (containing just the DVD, no documentation) is available for 59 euros, or US$69.
The Powerpack subscription, allowing Powerpack download access for twelve months (and so covering two Mandriva Linux releases), is available for 69 euros, or US$79.

About Mandriva

Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of Mandriva Linux, an easy-to-use and innovative operating system. It is one of the most popular Linux editions in the world. Dedicated to making open source technologies accessible to all users, the company offers a full range of products and services to individuals, enterprises and government organizations. Mandriva
products are available online in 80 languages and in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels. Headquartered in Paris, France, the company is publicly traded on the Euronext Marche Libre.

More information at : www.mandriva.com

Development release: CrunchBang 10 “Statler” Alpha 2

2010-06-26T01:53:00.002-07:00

The second alpha release of CrunchBang 10 is now available. The new alpha 2 builds were created on Thursday 24th June 2010 and are in sync with the Debian Squeeze repositories as of that date. Debian Squeeze continues to develop nicely and the Debian developers are doing a fantastic job. Major updates to Squeeze and therefore CrunchBang, since the last CrunchBang alpha builds, include updates to both the Openbox Window Manager (3.4.11.1) and the Xfce Desktop Environment (4.6.2).

Thanks go out to everybody who tested the first alpha builds; the extensive feedback and suggestions were invaluable and as a result, the new alpha builds contain many updates and fixes. For a brief overview of what has changed, please see the release notes on the wiki.

As always with CrunchBang, this release is not recommended for anyone who requires a stable system. Anyone who uses CrunchBang should be comfortable with occasional or even frequent breakage. Remember, CrunchBang Linux could make your computer go CRUNCH! BANG! :)

If you do decide to give CrunchBang a try, please come and join in the statler conversion on the forums. We would love to read your feedback and suggestions for improvements!

Development release: CrunchBang 10 “Statler” Alpha 1

2010-06-26T01:53:00.001-07:00

The first alpha release of CrunchBang 10 is now available. Codenamed “Statler”, this release is, for the first time, built using Debian sources.

Changing from Ubuntu to Debian sources marks an exciting new start for the project. Statler is currently being developed using Debian Squeeze sources. For anyone who is not aware, Debian Squeeze is the codename of Debian’s current “testing” release and will be Debian’s next “stable” release.

Statler alpha 1 is available to download in two main flavours, those being Openbox and Xfce. Both the Openbox and Xfce versions currently feature the same line-up of applications and the new Xfce version has had its session set-up to mimic that of previous CrunchBang Openbox sessions, i.e. a minimal desktop with right-click main menu and application short-cut keys.

Regarding the pre-installed applications, this alpha release features a minimal offering. The application line-up will be revised in future development releases. Further releases will also concentrate on improving documentation, which is currently very sparse.

Please see the wiki for the release notes. Also, please come and join in the statler conversion on the forums. We would love to read your feedback and suggestions for improvements!

Dr. Bunsen @ #!

2010-06-26T01:52:00.002-07:00

The CrunchBang project has a new build server. Dr. Bunsen is a new VPS on Linode, running Debian Lenny. The server has been added to the CrunchBang Project’s small, but growing number of virtual and real private servers. This new server is being funded by the project’s use of Google AdSense, sales from our shop, contributions by our only commercial sponsor, R1Soft Linux Hot Copy, and by donations collected from generous donors within our community. A big thank you goes out to everyone who has contributed to the project, you are all stars!

More information about Dr. Bunsen can be read on the CrunchBang forums.

CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 Released

2010-06-26T01:52:00.001-07:00

After a slight delay and a prolonged testing period, the final builds of CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 are now available. As the version number suggests, it is based on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope. As with all previous releases, 9.04.01 has been built from scratch using the Ubuntu MinimalCD. The builds were completed on the 6th July 2009 and contain all security and package updates available at that time.

What’s New?

For the first time, CrunchBang Linux is available to download in both 32 and 64-bit builds. The addition of the 64-bit (amd64) builds were a major contributing factor to the delay of this release, although the end result was worth the extra development time. Other noticeable changes as a result of moving to the latest stable Ubuntu release include:

Much improved boot performance with faster start-up times.
Improved support for wireless cards.
Ext4 filesystem support.

Other changes over the previous 8.10.02 release have been kept to a minimum, with the exception of:

The lightweight tint2 panel/taskbar replaces lxpanel.
Transmission BitTorrent client replaces Deluge.
A full Vim installation included by default.
Pyroom fullscreen editor included by default.
Many other minor tweaks and fixes including:
- Improved documentation added to default configuration files.
- Openbox menu items added for commonly used configuration files.
- New and improved default Openbox and GTK themes.
- Additional Openbox and GTK+ themes installed, including the popular Dyne themes.

Download locations

Please see the CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 downloads page for download locations and alternative installations methods.

Feedback

If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions for improvements, please feel free to post them below or on the CrunchBang forums. As always, all feedback and constructive criticism is welcome and greatly appreciated!

CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter #0904

2010-06-26T01:51:00.003-07:00

A new edition of the CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter been published. Issue #0904 covers the month of March ’09 and features:

Public Relations – This section provides links to blogs and articles in which CrunchBang has been featured/discussed. It also contains a listing of CrunchBang related videos on YouTube.com, definitely worth a look!
CrunchBang IRC – Marcus has been examining the IRC logs and has made some amusing conclusions — apparently CrunchBang users are great thinkers!
Development – Philip continues the tradition of answering questions about the development of CrunchBang. Remember, if you have any questions related to the development, please feel free to send us an email and we will try cover them.
Documentation – Ed has again scanned the forums for noteworthy stuff and he highlights his top picks for the month.
Artwork Section – The winner of the big CrunchBang Logo Competition is revealed! We also get a glimpse of the new proposed default GTK+ and Openbox themes for CrunchBang 9.04.01.
Tips, Tricks and Hints – Cruz has exceeded himself again, this time with a lot of CLI tips about the Bash history feature. Interesting stuff!
Translation – Max is taking over the bits and pieces of the translation area and working on having it all systematized. If you want to do something for the CrunchBang community, you might want to get enrolled in the translator corps.

The CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter is created and maintained by Scrat and his team of editors. If you would like contribute, please contact a member of the team.

IMPORTANT: if you wish to discuss the results of the logo competition, please do so in this forum thread. Thank you

Logo Competition

2010-06-26T01:51:00.001-07:00

As stated in the first monthly newsletter, we are having a competition to create a new CrunchBang logo. From the newsletter:

We’re officially announcing a #! logo competition. This competition is open to all and you may submit as many entries as you want. We’re looking for a logo that accurately conveys the simplicity, speed and uniqueness of #! …snip…

We’ll keep the competition open until the 23rd of March 09.

Editors of #! Newsletter will narrow down the entries to three and pass the final decision over to Philip Newborough.

So, fire-up your copy of Inkscape or GIMP, get those creative juices flowing and submit your entries to this forum thread.

Notes:

Please enter original artwork only.
All submissions should be unencumbered — this means anyone should be able to use the logo however they see fit, including for commercial purposes.

Good luck!

New Monthly Newsletter – Issue 1

2010-06-26T01:50:00.002-07:00

The first CrunchBang monthly newsletter has been published. The newsletter is a community project and has been put together by the CrunchBang Monthly Newsletter Team. The team, I am not including myself in this statement, have done a fantastic job putting the newsletter together and it has been really interesting to observe the 8 editors collaborate on the document — I hope you will agree that the end result is both an interesting and informative read!

The first issue can be found at: http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/crunchbang…/issue_0903

On a personal note, I would just like to thank everyone involved and especially Niels Rasmussen (aka Scrat), who I am sure the rest of the team will agree, has done an exceptional job at cracking the whip and getting everything/everyone organised. Thank you Scrat! :)

Introducing the CrunchBangers Launchpad Team

2010-06-26T01:50:00.001-07:00

In an effort to open up the development of CrunchBang, I have created a new project on Launchpad. The project is to be driven by the CrunchBangers team. CrunchBangers is an open team and anyone with an interest in the future development of the distribution is welcome to join. I have currently set the introduction to read as:

CrunchBangers are a team of extraordinary folk who work on producing CrunchBang Linux, an unofficial Ubuntu distribution featuring the lightweight Openbox window manager and GTK+ applications. CrunchBangers are dedicated to pushing out the best all-round Openbox system possible.

Find out more about us at:

Home page: http://crunchbanglinux.org/
Blog: http://crunchbanglinux.org/blog/
Wiki: http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/
Forums: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/

This is the team for users and developers who care about CrunchBang Linux.

Creating a project account on Launchpad is something I have been meaning to do for sometime. Hopefully the tools made available by Launchpad will enable this project to step-up to the next level. I will try to publish/integrate more information about the various Launchpad services over the coming days/weeks. Meanwhile, if working to help shape the future of this distribution is something of interest to you, please feel free to join the team and become a CrunchBanger!

CrunchBang Linux 8.10.02 released

2010-06-26T01:49:00.001-07:00

The final 8.10.02 builds of CrunchBang Linux, CrunchBang Linux “Lite” and CrunchEee are now available. The new releases contain numerous changes and many fixes provided by the CrunchBang community. For more information about these releases, please see:

Standard Edition

Lite Edition

CrunchEee ASUS Eee PC Edition

Credit & Thanks
A huge thank you is owed to everyone who has involved themselves in the growing CrunchBang community. Your feedback, help, support and contributions are really appreciated and are helping to shape CrunchBang Linux into a usable distribution! You rock!

CrunchBang review on Hacker Public Radio

2010-06-26T01:48:00.000-07:00

For all the podcast junkies, monsterb and threethirty (a couple of Linux Cranks) have reviewed CrunchBang Linux for Hacker Public Radio. The review is fairly short and sweet, but CrunchBang seems to have been well received. You can download and listen to the review at: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0265

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2010-06-26T01:44:00.001-07:00

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SEBAYON - FSter hit our repositories

2010-02-27T03:43:00.002-08:00

FSter is a FUSE file system to browse files by their metadata information using Tracker ontologies to relate them. FSter development is funded by Itsme, an Italian, OSS friendly startup

Sabayon Linux 5.1 CoreCD: Released

2010-02-27T03:43:00.001-08:00

Sabayon Linux 5.1 CoreCD edition just hit our mirrors, you can read the Press Release here.

SEBAYON - Sabayon Linux 5.1-r1 KDE and GNOME: Released

2010-02-27T03:42:00.000-08:00

Sabayon Linux 5.1 KDE and GNOME editions just hit our mirrors, you can read the Press Release here.

Enjoy!

New Sabayon Servers

2010-02-27T03:38:00.000-08:00

As promised, on the Planet you can look the pictures of the servers bought with your donations!

What are you waiting for, go and see what we do with your donations. And thank you for donating!

REDHAT - PG Telco Keeps Rural Customers Connected

2010-02-10T13:06:00.001-08:00

FAST FACTS

Customer: Prairie Grove Telephone Company (PG Telco)

Red Hat Partner: Zmanda

Industry: Telecommunications (PG Telco); Backup and Archival Software (Zmanda)

Geography: Prairie Grove, Arkansas (PG Telco); Sunnyvale, CA (Zmanda)

Business Challenge: Regional rural telecom company needed an enterprise-class backup and recovery system to ensure business continuity, and a reliable and scalable operating system that would prevent the servers from crashing

Software: Amanda Enterprise 3.0 open source backup and recovery solution from Zmanda; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Hardware: Intel-based Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell EqualLogic Enterprise-Class Virtualized iSCSI SAN

Migration path: CentOS to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Benefits: Zmanda’s Amanda Enterprise ensures that PG Telco data is regularly backed up and archived; the rock-solid reliability, stability, and enterprise-class support for the underlying Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system ensures that servers running Amanda as well as other mission-critical applications are always available

Moving to Red Hat Enterprise Linux has made the biggest difference in our ability to keep our servers up and available. There’s nothing wrong with running CentOS at home. But for business? No. We need the enterprise support. From now on, everything will be Red Hat Enterprise Linux.”
-Scott Griffin, systems engineer, PG Telco

Download the case study PDF

BACKGROUND

The Prairie Grove Telephone Company is family-owned and operated and has been since its incorporation in 1906. Founded in 1888 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, when a doctor strung telephone lines between his medical office and his brother’s pharmacy to communicate patient prescriptions, PG Telco was one of the longest telephone lines in Arkansas by the turn of the century with approximately 8,000 POTS lines and approximately 3,500 DSL customers, with an utmost focus on quality customer service and rapid response time.

Zmanda is the world’s leading provider of open source backup and recovery software, with more than half-million implementations worldwide. Because it is based upon proven open source development and distribution practices, Zmanda is able to deliver its award-winning software at just a fraction of what comparable proprietary packages cost. Designed to be used by the largest multinational companies as well as small- and mid-size businesses (SMBs), Zmanda offers enterprise-class services and support to ensure the successful implementation of its software worldwide.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

Until Scott Griffin joined PG Telco in 2007 as a systems engineer, the firm had no enterprise-wide backup system in place. That left all the mission-critical applications—and data—at PG Telco utterly vulnerable in case of a disaster or other unanticipated event. “I was under the assumption, coming from a larger company, that everything was being backed up,” said Griffin. “When I found out it wasn’t, my stress level shot through the roof. I immediately began evaluating backup and recovery solutions, to avoid something disastrous happening on my watch.”

Losing this data—customer account information as well as operational data—would be devastating for PG Telco, as it would disrupt its ability to provide all-important services to customers.

“The bottom line these days is that customers who leave us because of a problem with the service may not come back,” said Griffin. “Customer retention is absolutely dependent upon a stable infrastructure. And in this economy, we need to keep our retention rates as high as possible.”

At the same time this was happening, PG Telco determined it was critical to migrate its CentOS Linux workstations to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux based environment due to the need for a business production level, fully supported operating system on industry-standard Intel-based machines.

“As our company grew, we identified the need for enterprise level support and SLAs that we simply couldn’t receive while deploying on CentOS—if we had any problem, or issue – no matter how big or small, we had no support organization to turn to,” said Griffin.

In addition to the support concerns, the company needed to ensure they were receiving Red Hat Enterprise Linux upgrades and patches in a timely manner, which could cause a security exploit. “And with CentOS, if you break it for any reason, you own it,” said Griffin. “If you mistakenly misconfigure it, it’s your problem. You don’t get customer support that every business needs. It was not an ideal situation for any company that views reliability and stability as business-critical.”

Another reason Griffin wanted a supported operating system was to take advantage of the best practices the Red Hat team has accrued over the years. “There are always ten thousand ways to accomplish a task, but with Red Hat support, we get all the advantages of Red Hat’s knowledge,” said Griffin.

SOLUTION

Griffin immediately began looking for solutions to both his backup and operating system challenges. After thoroughly evaluating the top proprietary backup and storage solutions on the market, Griffin decided to investigate open source solutions as well—primarily for cost reasons.

“Proprietary solutions were simply too expensive,” he said. Zmanda’s Amanda Enterprise, as the leading open source backup and storage solution on the market, was the best open source product Griffin looked at. “We’d found our solution, due to the value and the reliability of open source-based, Amanda Enterprise,” said Griffin.

In addition to a much lower total cost of ownership (TCO), ease of use turned out to be a major deciding factor.

“The big-name backup solutions were not only extremely expensive, but clunky and difficult to implement,” said Griffin. Given the small size of PG Telco’s IT department—just three employees, including himself—Griffin knew he would have to install and manage it himself, “I needed something that was easier to work with and more flexible,” he said. “The Zmanda backup solution provided both.”

When it came to the operating system, there was only one choice: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. In fact, the decision had already been made prior to Griffin’s arrival at Prairie Telco.

“I was under the directive to have our servers migrated from CentOS to Red Hat Enterprise Linux within 30 days,” he said. “That made sense. As the leading Linux distro, Red Hat has a reputation for reliability and stability that was unmatched, and could provide the expert support for the platform that we desired.”

BENEFITS

Today, Griffin rests easier at night knowing that Amanda Enterprise is reliably backing up and archiving all PG Telco data. “Now, if anything happens, we are covered,” he said. Installation was fast—and easy. “I needed to contact Zmanda Customer Support a few times in the first couple of weeks, and the support was excellent. They were able to talk me through everything,” he said. The openness and streamlined architecture of Amanda Enterprise has been an essential success factor. “If I need the log files, I can immediately put my hands on them,” he said.

On the operating system side, “moving to Red Hat Enterprise Linux has made the biggest difference in our ability to keep our servers up and available,” said Griffin. “There’s nothing wrong with running CentOS at home. But for business? No. From now on, everything will be Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.”

Amanda utilizes a SAN storage server for storing backup archives, so it can quickly reboot after an unplanned outage and be fully functional. “So there’s no need to worry about system reboots or reconfigurations,” said Griffin. And the Dell blade servers that he runs Amanda Enterprise on perform better and are more flexible when running Red Hat Enteprise Linux. “They’re simply easier to use,” he said.

Griffin is both a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT), and credits the training and certification for increasing his ability to implement and manage the Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment. The RHCE and RHCT training and tests were difficult—but well worth it. Now I have all the skills I need to manage the Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment.” The real value of the training and certifications has been proven on the job, he said. Plus, he likes being part of a group of RHCEs that enables knowledge sharing among peers at other organizations.

When he does need support—from either Zmanda or Red Hat—it has been exemplary. “With either vendor, if I have an issue, I don’t have to go to the Internet—there are professionals available to help me and quickly resolve any questions or issues,” he said.

The best thing of all is that the combination of Amanda Enterprise and Red Hat Enterprise Linux works as designed. “I can quickly set up a system, and know it will work as intended, and survive a reboot if necessary. That’s the bottom line,” said Griffin. “The fact that I no longer worry about the operating system allows me to more efficiently administer the servers.”

Not incidentally, Griffin has managed to please his boss at the same time he’s made his own professional life less stressful. “It’s a win-win situation,” he said. “I don’t worry any more, and my boss is happy that the investment has already paid for itself.”

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REDHAT - Accelerating Open Source Middleware Adoption

2010-02-10T13:05:00.000-08:00

Last year was an unprecedented period for businesses, governments and individuals. The economic crisis compelled organizations worldwide to examine essential operations and how to most effectively achieve strategic goals. Along the way, many organizations re-evaluated how they have been running their operations and IT functions or building and integrating applications, including their use of traditional proprietary middleware.

We believe that this re-evaluation contributed to the continued adoption of JBoss Enterprise Middleware throughout the enterprise that we saw in 2009. What was different and significant last year when compared to other years, is that more organizations made large strategic commitments to open source middleware than ever before. By choosing to standardize on JBoss Enterprise Middleware, we believe that organizations found a better way to run their business and the overall value proposition of JBoss Enterprise Middleware was a key factor in their decision to switch to open source.

Throughout 2009 Red Hat customers such as GEICO, Office Max, Sherwin Williams, and Allianz began using JBoss Enterprise Middleware strategically to run their business architecture. These weren’t just small development projects; these companies deployed JBoss Enterprise Middleware in projects that had a meaningful impact for both their IT functions and their businesses. These companies discovered that when compared to proprietary competitors, Red Hat’s open source middleware offered a more flexible, more transparent, and easier application development platform at a lower total cost of ownership.

In 2009, we focused on initiatives to drive the pace of JBoss Enterprise Middleware adoption, here is a look back at our 2009 milestones as well as a look forward at some of the initiatives that we expect to roll out for 2010.

JBoss Open Choice–We introduced the JBoss Open Choice strategy in 2009 at JavaOne which is our strategy for delivering the next generation of application platforms. Central to the JBoss Open Choice strategy is a flexible architecture that isolates core enterprise-class operational services from the variety of container and framework choices available today. Whether you’re deploying to traditional applications or cloud-based applications, this flexibility is designed to provide application developers with the ability to choose different programming languages, frameworks, component models and APIs that best fit their needs, without sacrificing the operational performance.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0– We delivered the first application platform under the Open Choice strategy at the Red Hat Summit and JBoss World in September 2009. This core middleware product represents next generation Java application platforms and we expect it to be integral to Red Hat’s cloud foundation.

JEE 6.0 Leadership and New JBoss Application Server Development Projects– We introduced a new emerging project into the community – Community Version JBoss AS 6.0 which represents the next generation of application platforms based on the JEE 6.0 specification. Red Hat was the Java Community Process leader on JSR 299 (Contexts and Dependency Injection), which makes lightweight deployments possible and JSR 303 (Bean Validation) which simplifies how data is validated across presentation, business and data access tiers of an Enterprise Java application. Community Version AS 6.0 is expected to become the foundation for the next release or our application platform, JBoss EAP 6.0.

Next Generation Portal–The GateIn project is the next generation of both the JBoss Portal and the eXo Portal projects. This is the first major deliverable based upon the JBoss and eXo collaboration that began earlier in 2009. Additionally, the JBoss portal community has been extended beyond the GateIn Project to include a number of strategic partnerships with Alfresco, JasperSoft and RivetLogic. Ultimately, the GateIn project is intended to form the foundation for Red Hat’s future portal infrastructure products, including our upcoming JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0, and aims to enable organizations to create rich portal-based application experiences for users. JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0 is expected to ship in 2010.

JBoss Enterprise Business Rules Management System–We introduced JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.0, the first comprehensive, open source rules management system.

Business Partner Adoption of JBoss Enterprise Middleware–2009 was also a year in which we saw greater adoption of JBoss Enterprise Middleware by the extended IT ecosystem. Accenture joined the Red Hat family and is building practices around JBoss Enterprise Middleware and open source adoption. Independent software vendors (ISV) have recognized the wave of open source infrastructure software adoption and the ISV ecosystem around JBoss Enterprise Application Platform continues to grow.

As the economy improves and open source adoption accelerates, 2010 will be an exciting year. We expect to to focus attention on JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform, JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform, Cloud Computing, JBoss Developer Studio, JBoss and the Java Community and the expanding JBoss ecosystem.

It is clear to us that the next wave of open source adoption is in the middleware market – you just need to review our customer success stories to see how this trend is taking shape at Red Hat. To learn more about how open source middleware is driving the strategic direction of organizations throughout the enterprise please join us at the Red Hat Summit & JBoss World, June 22-25, 2010 in Boston. Click here for more details, on participation.

REDHAT - Bilcare research cost-effectively scales for Business

2010-02-10T13:04:00.000-08:00

FAST FACTS

Customer: Bilcare Research

Red Hat Partner: Taashee Linux Services

Industry: Pharmaceutical Research and Healthcare Industry

Geography: India

Business Challenge: To set up a scalable and cost-effective system infrastructure for core business that is easy to deploy and enables ease of management of a heterogeneous IT infrastructure with little impact on existing IT services

Solution: Bilcare Research virtualized its entire infrastructure on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization, providing on-demand business scalability, while achieving significant cost savings and increased operational efficiencies.

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization and clustering technologies, SAP: mySAP Business Suite of Applications, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server

Hardware: IBM Blade System, load balancers

Benefits: Attained a highly cost-effective and consistent virtualized IT infrastructure; reduced costs with a reduction in power, space, and management overhead costs; improved operational efficiency; and achieved on-demand provisioning time for new machines

“The hardware-assisted virtualization offered by Red Hat delivered enterprise-class performance and reliability resulting in an uninterrupted shift to a virtual environment.”
-Manoj Arora, CIO, Bilcare Research

Download the case study PDF here

BACKGROUND
Bilcare Research partners is an innovation-led solutions provider that partners with the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry to improve patient healthcare outcomes. An R&D driven organization, Bilcare Research focuses on developing cutting-edge solutions that enable the pharmaceutical industry to realize significant qualitative and measurable cost and time benefits in the ‘drug discovery to market’ value chain.

Bilcare Research has a global footprint with modern manufacturing and R&D plants located across U.S., Europe, India and Singapore. The compnay has revenues of $165 million, more than 500 employees, 12 offices, more than 500 pharmaceutical customers. Bilcare Research drives its continual innovation process with a unilateral focus on addressing the key concerns and challenges of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE
Bilcare’s business growth in the last three years led to a horizontal growth in IT systems and applications. The emerging focus of Bilcare on technology solutions and services for its customers required a scalable and cloud IT landscape to host its mission-critical systems. Bilcare also wanted to optimize its IT spending, leveraging existing IT assets, with no augmentation of its IT team due to reduced budgets.

Taashee Linux Services, a Red Hat Partner and the virtualization implementation partner for Bilcare, understood that in an effort to optimize IT resources, any selected solution had to leverage the existing IT infrastructure comprised of Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft SQL Servers. In addition, the final solution had to ensure maximized manageability of servers with installation and post-installation support.

Ease of migration of enterprise applications, performance, scalability, and stability of the virtualized platform were the key concerns for Bilcare as it explored new solutions. As Bilcare’s business continued to grow, the increasing software licensing costs directly affected the organization’s margins. Bilcare’s key priority was to build a scalable infrastructure that could grow on demand, without having to make a significant investment in excess capacity.

“Our main concerns were on server utilization, performance, and continuity,” said Manoj Arora, CIO, Bilcare Research. “We wanted a robust solution with minimal footprint and without any new complexity for up-time availability during and after our virtualization project.”

Bilcare wanted a cost-effective solution that provided operational agility and enterprise-class reliability and performance. The technology leadership team at Bilcare had prior experience in virtualization on UNIX and other proprietary platforms of operating systems and hardware. They were convinced on the benefits of virtualization, but needed to validate whether x86-based virtualization would meet its enterprise needs. Published benchmarks for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization exceeded the company’s expectations, giving the Bilcare team the confidence to make an informed decision.

SOLUTION
The IT team at Bilcare considered various solutions with Taashee Linux Services including VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Xenserver, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux with integrated virtualization, and determined that Red Hat provided the most robust solution.

After carrying out various performance and reliability tests with the assistance of Taashee Linux Services, Bilcare decided to go ahead with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization for its high performance levels in para-virtualized environments and lower costs in licensing and subsequent support requirements, thereby reinforcing the overall cost advantage with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

In the first phase of installation, approximately 15 servers including Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory Server, file servers, web servers, SQL servers and other specialized application servers were virtualized. Taashee successfully consolidated each of Bilcare’s physical servers onto two physical servers with 16 cores and 32 GB RAM each.

In phase two, Bilcare smoothly migrated its SAP applications to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization. The transition was seamless for the business users, and made the deployment landscape homogeneous, while increasing operational efficiency for the IT team.

Overall, Bilcare will consolidate its entire production environment deployed on about 35 physical servers to six virtualized host servers, with planned capacity available in the virtualized environment for future growth.

BENEFITS
Even as Bilcare’s existing infrastructure transitioned over to Red Hat Enterprise Linux most of the network and security infrastructure remained the same. “We did not have to rewrite any of our existing network and firewall policies,” said Arora.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization helped Bilcare to reduce its server footprint. The number of physical servers was reduced from 35 to six servers. Since Red Hat solutions are based on open standards, Bilcare is not locked into any specific operating system or hardware. Bilcare’s experience in a variety of hardware platforms, combined with the increasing reliability and computing power of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, made the decision easy.

“The clustering technology included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform is a significant value add,” said Abhishek Datt, CTO, Taashee Linux Services Ltd. “Without additional investment, Bilcare will get a proven fault tolerant system capable of automatically migrating virtual machines when hardware or system failures occur on the clustered physical servers.”

The availability of a wide range of hardware and drivers certified by Red Hat, as part of its robust ecosystem, made the Red Hat solution more attractive than competing offerings.

Taashee Linux Services assisted Bilcare in developing template-based provisioning of Windows and Linux virtual machines to ease the task of provisioning new servers. With drag-and-drop features, virtual machines could be migrated live, from one physical host to another, in a matter of minutes as opposed to weeks in the physical environment.

Virtualization also brought in significant savings in power and cooling needs. The Red Hat solution was significantly lower in costs when compared with competing solutions. Another benefit was that configuration and settings from the physical world could be migrated to the virtual world without any changes or additional complexity.

“The hardware-assisted virtualization offered by Red Hat delivered enterprise-class performance and reliability resulting in an uninterrupted shift to a virtual environment,” said Datt.

Due to the integrated virtualization approach in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the Bilcare IT team did not require additional training or resources while transitioning from the physical to the virtualized environment. “The same IT team, which was managing our physical infrastructure, is now managing the entire virtualized infrastructure, and with greater ease,” said Arora.

Virtualization platform capabilities, costs, and ability support with existing Linux resources played an important role in deciding the virtualization technology. “We may have not attempted such a widespread virtualization deployment without the Red Hat Enterprise Linux integrated virtualization offering and TCO therein,” said Arora.

About Taashee Linux Services Ltd: Taashee is a 100 percent Linux and open source software (OSS) company. Taashee uniquely offers a one-stop solution for all Linux and OSS related projects. We have a dedicated team of certified Linux engineers and passionate developers to handle any kind of projects related to implementation or development on Linux.

Taashee helps its customers to fully utilize the power of Linux and open source technologies. These results in higher stability, higher security and higher performance with lower cost and lesser administrative overheads compared to Microsoft based solution. Even for long-time UNIX users, who are stuck with limited and proprietary solutions, Taashee offers migration services to switch over to Enterprise-grade Red Hat.

REDHAT - Where’s Red Hat this February?

2010-02-10T13:02:00.000-08:00

We’re well into 2010, and have a full schedule of events at Red Hat. Check out where you can find Red Hat this month- make sure to stop by at these events to learn more about the latest Red Hat and JBoss solutions.

Looking for information about Red Hat Summit and JBoss World? Click here.

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Global

Click here for a full list of Red Hat Webinars.

Looking for information about Red Hat Government Solutions? Click here.

Click here for a full calendar of Fedora events.

North America

Red Hat will be at AFCEA West in San Diego, CA, Feb. 2–4, 2010. Come visit us at booth #1316. Co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute, AFCEA West 2010 is the largest event on the West Coast for communications, electronics, intelligence, information systems, imaging, military weapon systems, aviation, shipbuilding and more. For more information and to register, click here.

Red Hat will be a Gold sponsor of The CIO Summit of America in New York City, Feb. 8, 2010. Red Hat will be located at booth #2. Lee Congdon, Vice President, IT and CIO of Red Hat, will be speaking in the Emerging Technologies track during the event. For more information on the event and how to register, click here.

Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra will moderate a panel that includes Red Hat vice president of Open Source Affairs, Michael Tiemann at the Emerging Issues Forum: Enabling Creativity through Technology, Feb. 9, 2010 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC. Listen to panelists discuss the relationships between creativity and technology and the tensions that exist between the free flow of information and ownership of ideas. Can’t make it? Tune into local channel UNC-TV for a live broadcast.

Red Hat and Intel are co-sponsoring a RISC Migration Luncheon and Workshop in Houston, TX on Feb. 9, 2010. This event targets Red Hat and partner customers, director level and below, interested in learning more about any part of the migration cycle from UNIX to Linux. For more information and to register, click here.

Red Hat will be at GTC Southwest 2010 in Austin, TX, Feb. 17-18, 2010. To learn more and to register, click here.

The North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA) will host an Emerging Technologies & Trends Series entitled “Open Source – The Source Code of Collaboration” on Feb. 18, 2010 in Durham, NC. Red Hat’s Tom Rabon, executive vice president, Corporate Affairs, will serve as a panelist exploring where North Carolina stands in the global open source picture, as well as how open source has helped CIOs save money in the down economy. To register, click here.

Headed to the Southern California Linux Expo (sCaLE 8x), Feb. 19-21, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA? The largest Linux exposition on the West Coast will feature a keynote presentation by Karsten Wade, community relations manager at Red Hat. Additional presentations will be delivered by Richard Fontana, open source licensing counsel, and Thomas Cameron, solutions architect team lead at Red Hat. For more information and to register, click here.

Visit the Red Hat booth (#67) at IBM Pulse 2010, February 21-24, at the MGM Grand Convention Center & Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Also, make sure to see “Open Standards and Open Source in the Clouds” – this pedestal will highlight the role open standards and open source play in cloud computing, and how Red Hat Enterprise Linux with IBM Tivoli are advancing Cloud Management. For more information and to register, click here.

Attention all Red Hat Certified Engineers! Red Hat will be hosting an RHCE-only dinner Feb. 25, 2010 in Washington, DC. The event will feature numerous networking opportunities and the latest technology discussions with fellow RHCEs. For more information and to register, click here.

Red Hat will be at the California CIO Academy in Sacramento, CA, Feb. 22-23, 2010. For more information and to register, click here.

Red Hat is a Gold Sponsor at the PTI 2010 CIO and Leadership Summit in San Diego, CA, Feb. 23-25, 2010. For more information and to register, click here.

For more information on North American events, click here.

EMEA

The largest Linux community-driven show in Europe, FOSDEM 2010, Feb. 6-7, 2010 in Brussels, Belgium, will feature a distribution mini-conference, with speakers including Red Hat community architecture manager Max Spevack, Red Hat operating system engineer Harald Hoyer, and a large group of Fedora Project contributors from around the globe. For more information and to register, click here.

Red Hat will be at GSMA Mobile World Congress Feb. 15, 2010 in Barcelona Spain. Check with the Red Hat booth at the event about our hospitality suite for key customers and strategic partners at Fira de Barcelona. Attendees will be able to learn about Red Hat solutions for telecommunications, as well as view the latest JBoss Communications Platform demo. For more information and to register, click here.

For more information on Red Hat EMEA events, click here.

APAC

For more information on Red Hat’s APAC events, click here.

Latin America

For more information on Red Hat’s events in Latin America, click here.

Interested in speaking to Red Hat at or about one of these events? Email press@redhat.com

REDHAT - Now showing: opensource.com

2010-02-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

Hi. We’re back. Well, not back exactly. We’d just like to take a minute to introduce you to somebody. Somebody that’s important to us.

opensource.com

We promised we’d let you know when we had news–and now we do. Opensource.com is our new adventure. It’s still sponsored by Red Hat, and still shining a bright light on the open source stories we’ve always sought out.

At opensource.com, we’ll be doing some things a little differently than we used to. We won’t be addressing as many technical topics–but we do hope to address more topics more often. We welcome contributions in the areas of Business, Law, Education, Government, and Life. We welcome new (and old) contributors.

You can bookmark us, or add us to your RSS feed reader. Register with the site and you can post and track comments, give a bit of a biography, and network with other contributors.

Like it? Share it. Help us spread the word through identi.ca, facebook, or twitter.

And for those of you that were fond of our video contributions? Never fear. Our crack video team is fully involved.

So give it a click. Check out the articles. Sure, it’s not the same comfy digs you’d gotten used to, but pretty soon, it’ll feel just as homey. And that’s where we’ll be, for the next while.

Red Hat Magazine enjoyed a fantastic run. It’s launched careers, ideas, and helped publish–and promote–writers we dearly know and love. It gave us experience–and information–we can take to this newer, bigger venture. And now we’ve got a new venue–and a new name–to keep doing the kind of work we love. That kind of work and more.

One thing that has changed and–we think–for the better: It’s not just Red Hat’s magazine anymore. Opensource.com belongs to everyone. It’s a conversation-starter, a place for debate, and we hope you’ll come be a part of it.

And thank you. For subscribing, for contributing, and for reading–at RHM and beyond.

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LINUX MINT - Linux Mint 8 KDE released!

2010-02-07T22:13:00.000-08:00

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE Community Edition.

Quick steps:

Download the ISO or the torrent.
While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 8 KDE CE, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy Linux Mint 8 KDE.

Introduction to Linux Mint 8 KDE:

The KDE Community Edition aims to provide a version of Linux Mint which uses the KDE desktop.

For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 8 KDE, please read “What’s new in Helena KDE?“.

System requirements:

A minimum of 4GB of free space and 256MB RAM are needed. For a comfortable experience we recommended to have at least 512MB RAM and 10GB of free space.

Important information and known issues:

For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

Download Linux Mint 8 KDE:

You can download Linux Mint 8 KDE via torrent or via HTTP:

Size: 1.1GB LiveDVD
MD5Sum: 439bca40d80d6627f83d32e8c1cb7d1c

Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-KDE.iso.torrent
HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=47

Asia:

Europe:

http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linux/mint/isos/stable/8/ (Austria)
http://mint.nano-box.net/iso/stable/8/ (Bulgaria)
http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/mint/stable/8/ (Cyprus)
http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Denmark)
ftp://ftp.linuxmint-fr.org/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (France)
http://linuxmint.copahost.com/stable/8/ (Germany)
http://linuxmint.cybermirror.org/stable/8/ (Germany)
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/debian/mint/stable/8/ (Germany)
http://mirror.netcologne.de/mint/stable/8/ (Germany)
http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Greece)
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (Ireland)
http://ftp.akl.lt/Linux/Mint/stable/8/ (Lithuania)
ftp://ftp.tpnet.pl/pub/linux/linuxmint/isos/stable/8/ (Poland)
http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Portugal)
http://ftp.df.lth.se/pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Sweden)
http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (UK)

Northern America:

Rest of the World:

http://mirror.optus.net/linuxmint/isos/stable/8/ (Australia)
http://mirror.waia.asn.au/pub/linux/linuxmint/linuxmint-isos/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (Australia)

Enjoy!

Have a lot of fun with this edition and let us know what you think. Reviews will be answered and your feedback will be used to improve the distribution before the next release. We hope you enjoy this release as much as we enjoyed making it and we wish you a very nice experience with Linux Mint.

LINUX MINT - Mint 8 review: Distrocheck

2010-02-07T22:12:00.000-08:00

Well.. I was going to answer the last 8 reviews in a single post but I quickly realized it wasn’t such a good idea. The last one, from Distrocheck, is full of constructive criticism and highlights very interesting points. So let’s start by discussing this one and I’ll tackle the other reviews one by one then after.

Link to the review: http://distrocheck.wordpress.com/

Comments:

Distrocheck: “I must say Linux Mint has a very good reputation in the Linux world, personally I find it astonishing how big this community based distribution has become, coming close to the point of dethroning his own father Ubuntu. Just take a look at the current Distrowatch ranking [...]”

–> Although one of the best metrics to compare user bases comes from Distrowatch, their ranking is based on hits per day and it generally shows how much popularity distributions get within the website, not in terms of users but in terms of hype. I find it more interesting to compare their traffic stats and to see what percentage of Distrowatch visitors use our distribution. Linux Mint is the second biggest Linux distribution in number of users, it’s far ahead of Fedora, SUSE or Mandriva but also far behind Ubuntu. The metrics tell us that our user base is twice bigger than Debian’s, between 2 and 3 times bigger than Mandriva’s, Fedora’s or SUSE’s and yet 3 times smaller than Ubuntu’s. We’re also observing the fact that Mint is growing faster than other distributions but not as fast as Ubuntu, so it looks like we’ll be in second position for a while. To be honest, we’re delighted with that. Ubuntu offers different pros and cons and I think both distributions compliment each others when it comes to making new users come to Linux and migrate away from Microsoft Windows. I’d expect things to remain as they are within the Linux world but I think all distributions are inevitably going to grow as more and more people discover the choice they have when it comes to choosing an operating system for themselves. It’s great for Linux to have a flagship product such as Ubuntu to get up there and raise awareness. We’re as high as we want to be in terms of success within the Linux community and I think by now, people know about us: If they use another distribution it’s because it suits their particular needs better than we do. Our ambition is to be among the factors that will push people away from Mac OS and Windows, not people who enjoy their operating system for a reason or another, but those who are frustrated with what they have, or who simply aren’t aware of the alternatives that are available to them.

Distrocheck: “The chosen wallpaper is awesome although the wallpapers included are not that good, plus they insist on putting the mint logo on every one of them.”

–> The wallpaper… there’s been so much said about that. One of the things I’m the most proud of when it comes to Mint is something which I don’t think I have anything to get credit for… its community. It’s full of people who want to help, and in particular it’s full of talented artist. Compared to projects like Ubuntu or Fedora, our community is disorganised, it lacks leadership, resources and structures.. and yet, it comes to us with the most brilliant ideas, extremely valuable feedback and now and then with some remarkable wallpapers. I’m not sure why almost all wallpapers created by the community wear the Linux Mint logo… and as most of them don’t come with separate layers it’s hard for us to remove them. I’m not sure whether I’d want the logo to be taken off but I can certainly agree with the point being made here: It would be good for some wallpapers at least to come without any branding.

Distrocheck: “I don’t like the tomboy applet between the Menu and the Show Desktop applets, I feel it just doesn’t look right. I would prefer the tomboy applet on the left of the clock to somehow make it look like part of the rest of the “notification area”. Plus why use tomboy when gnote does the same job perfectly and it doesn’t use mono? Also I would prefer to have the Show Desktop applet on the right corner of the panel for easy access.”

–> I don’t want to bore people with small details so let’s not talk about the panel layout too long, but I take note on this. It’s an interesting point. I’m not sure which is best and I’m probably biased due to the fact that I’m used to having these shortcuts on the right of the menu… I’ll consider that and if people want to tell us what they think about this, I’d be interested to hear their reaction. Please comment on this.

–> About gnote, it was considered for inclusion in Linux Mint 8 and it got rejected. We were interested in it for its smaller footprint (to gain space on the liveCD) and for its better performance. It turned out we didn’t need the space and it wasn’t performing significantly better than Tomboy. It only missed a few features found in Tomboy but none of the important ones. The language it’s developed in only matters to us if we start patching it significantly or if we have an interest in forking it. In this case the only modification we bring to Tomboy is the fact that we don’t want it to open the welcome note by default when you log in the desktop for the first time.. as for Mono and the controversy around it, I’ve asked people to come with reasonable arguments against it and I failed to receive any. I don’t use it personally but I can appreciate good coding and the passion a developer puts in his work. The two products being almost identical I much prefer to follow an innovative project driven by passion than a fork which ambition is only to port something that already works to a different language on the same platform. I don’t know whether gnote’s ambition is political and/or if it has to do with the Mono controversy. I hope it’s more than that. The day it tackles performance and starts bringing features of its own, i.e. user improvements, we’ll have a strong case to include it, until then we’re keeping an eye on it in case Tomboy’s inclusion becomes a concern to us in terms of space on the liveCD.

Distrocheck: “Kudos for not putting the Trash on the panel, I hate that [...] I don’t know why distros insist on showing the drives on the desktop, it’s really not necessary and it looks ugly. One of the first things I do when installing a gnome system is disabling that option in gconf-editor, I really think it should come disabled by default as well as the Computer and Home folders. You can access them easily with the menu, it simply ruins the desktop harmony.”

–> I hate it as well (about the trash), it’s typically something people should find when they need it but which should remain hidden when they don’t. I’m not sure about the Home and Computer places though… from my experience, a lot of people use the Home shortcut on the desktop, much more than the shortcut to it available in the menu. As for the “Computer” icon, I think it’s been anchored in our common culture, something we probably inherited from Microsoft Windows? I don’t use it much myself.. I usually go to my home and then access the volumes from the left pane… and if I plug something in the computer, it comes up in a new window for me anyway… I guess in Windows, people are used to go to “My Computer” to click “C:\” or “D:\” or whatever letter they chose or was chosen for them. Would it feel weird to only have the Home shortcut on the desktop? Shall we get rid of “Computer”? Tell us what you think. Also, just a quick note to say that mintDesktop is there for that kind of things, no need to go tinkering with gconf-editor (unless it’s for fun of course).

Distrocheck: “[about mintMenu...] it’s huge, it takes almost 1/4 of screen space when opened and since I’m more of a minimalist type of guy it bothers me. I don’t feel the Favorites and All applications sections look different enough to quickly know what you are looking at, especially since it remembers which one you used last, instead of always showing Favorites when opened or always showing All applications, couldn’t find an option for that. I would set it to always show Favorites. Then there are a lot of options on the left side, fortunately they can be disabled on the preferences. Why have Software Manager and Package Manager? They serve practically the same function, it’s confusing, I guess Software Manager does not deal with individual packages.”

–> mintMenu is (too) big, I agree with that. I’ll look into ways to make it more compact and/or to allow more customization around the way it looks for it to fit smaller resolutions. There used to be an option to ask you whether you want to start with the favorites or with the applications themselves. It was removed. The rationale is that you’ll probably want to use what you used last and we don’t want the application to change its state when you go and perform other tasks. For instance; open something in the Internet category… then open the menu again and it still shows the same category. I think it’s irritating for a menu to constantly go back to some initial state and I much prefer it this way. I’d be interested to hear people’s opinions on this though.

–> The presence of both a Package Manager and a Software Manager is confusing to users and it’s something Ubuntu and Mint are tackling with a lot of efforts at the moment. Software management is very efficient in both distributions and it’s about to get even better with the upcoming releases. There are pros and cons associated with using Synaptic, mintInstall, the Ubuntu software store, app-install etc… and we’re trying hard to gather all the pros and to get rid of all the cons in a single unified tool. I’m working on a project at the moment which I can’t really call mintinstall since it’s been rewriten from scratch, which is taking all the best things out of both mintInstall and the Software Center and which has the capacity to show the 30,000 packages available in the repositories… of course it’s completely broken and nothing works well yet, so I won’t say more about it in case the whole thing falls short and doesn’t make it in the next release. But in brief, we’re working on it.

Distrocheck: “Mint Menu has something that’s really amazing, when you search for a program and it’s not installed it shows options like Search Portal, Search Repositories, Show Package, Install Package, so if you look for emesene and it is not installed, you can simply click Install package emesene, put the password, confirm, done. Awesomeness. I think though, that they have too many options, I would leave just the Install package option and ditch the rest. Another nice function is right clicking an icon and having the option to make it show in the Favorites, to launch at login or to uninstall. Btw I found a bug, when right clicking a program and the clicking the menu again, the menu won’t disappear when clicking outside of it, like it should. The menu is very powerful yet I don’t like it, I just don’t feel comfortable with it because of the way it’s arranged.”

–> It’s the “suggestion” feature of mintmenu. It’s taken care off by mintinstall and that’s something we’ll improve as well. In particular I don’t like the way you need to know the exact package name. For instance if I want to install Google Earth, I’d like to simply type “google” and have “Google Earth” and maybe even “Picasa” show up in a list of things I can install. Again, that’s much too soon for me to talk about, but we’ll definitely improve this aspect of the menu, not just the look of it, but also the way you interact with it.

Distrocheck: “[about mintUpdate...] I don’t like the whole idea of separating the updates in levels, if it’s going to select 1,2 and 3 by default anyway it might as well just hide that level information from the end user and show the updates. The levels should be an internal thing that can be set in the preferences but not the main interface.”

–> I disagree with that. The reason we came with this is to prevent what we call un-educated updates (I love the way this term irritates people, especially when it comes from a non-native-English-speaker like me) to be performed by people who aren’t skilled enough to fix their system once it’s affected by a regression (i.e. a bug caused by a package update). There’s big colored numbers for everyone to notice and most people know what they mean… that in itself is a success. Of course, we like people to be able to choose for themselves and so in Mint 8 it’s possible for you to hide the level column in the Update Manager and to make it look exactly the way you want.

Distrocheck: “It actually uses 4 different icons, icons to show “Busy”, “System up-to-date”, “Updates available”, “Error”. You almost need to take a tutorial to understand this. The error icon is plain stupid, I hate watching that broken lock with the red X every time I use synaptic or I’m disconnected from the network, everytime I see it I think my system is having a seizure. For some reason an open lock means Updates Available, well it makes sense, your system is outdated so it’s open to threats, ok. But then you have a closed lock that means busy, and a closed lock with a green check that means everything is ok. I don’t know why the close lock means it’s busy, a close lock gives me the feeling the system is up to date, the system up to date icon is just unnecessary. Bottom line is, it should use just 2 icons, an open lock and a closed lock, open means outdated, closed means updated. If they want to show the updater is working they can make it blink a bit, or use an animated gear or something.”

–> The blinking isn’t an option (it goes against common UI guidelines) but I agree on the rest. I’ll look into this and we’ll come up with better status indicators for the next release.

Distrocheck: “[about the default software selection...] 2 front ends of mplayer, I don’t know why they have done this, along with Totem it has 3 media players + rhythmbox. They included Pidgin instead of Empathy, they must have their reasons.”

–> When we tested Empathy (during the Ubuntu RC phase if I remember well) it wasn’t completely functional and it failed in basic use cases scenarios such as connecting to Google Apps account…etc. I’m not sure whether it’s on par with Pidgin now and it’s something we’ll look into with each release. In fact, there are a couple of applications we’re keeping an eye on with each release. One of them is VLC and as it was mentioned in the review there’s a bit of a mess when it comes to multimedia players in Linux and it shows in Linux Mint with the inclusion of Totem, Mplayer, Gnome Mplayer..etc. The problem here has to do with playback both inside and outside of the web browser. We’re restricted in our choice by the fact that plugins aren’t fully independent and that they rely on their respective players to work well. The situation upstream is less of a problem with every release though and the dominant solution in the Linux world, totem, is quickly becoming a standard which I think will bring some harmony in all that.

Distrocheck: “[about mintInstall...] wait a minute, score and average rating, what’s the difference?”

–> That’s changed in the upcoming rewrite of mintInstall (which I really hope won’t be vaporware.. it’s quite ambitious). At the time of the Mint 8 release the average rating was the average of the individual ratings for each review of an application. The score was a calculation meant to indicate the popularity of an application, and it wasn’t just based on the average rating but also on the number of people looking at the application and the number of times it had been reviewed.

Distrocheck:”in order to select an applications to be installed, it has to be selected first and then click the button Install”

–> We were approaching code-freeze at the time and so it was easier for us to do it this way. We’re planning on changing that aspect of the interface as well in the next version.

Distrocheck:”why would they recommend a closed source pdf viewer is beyond me, evince can read pdf’s perfectly”

–> I’m not sure why people want Adobe Acrobat Reader, whether it’s because it’s better, or whether it’s the norm, or whether it’s a matter of being able to read PDF from within the browser and mozzplugger isn’t as popular an option, but the fact is that a lot of people want it… and that’s the main requirement for things to make it to our list of “featured software”.

Distrocheck:”I just want to say I don’t like when distros flood web browsers with bookmarks, and Mint
just loves to do that. The default Firefox shows a bookmark toolbar filled with Linux Mint links to different sections of their site, apparently making the linux mint website the home page was not enough.”

–> I’d like to hear people’s opinions on that. From my experience and despite everything I learnt in IT, recurrence is a must. Casual computer users want to use tools more than they want to learn about them and so we can’t rely on the fact that they’ll read the release notes, the user guide, or even the welcome screen. What we can rely on is that most of them won’t change the default settings and so when the time comes and they face a problem they’ll have the forums and the other sections of our websites just one click away. For experimented users and IT enthusiasts, these are extremely easy to remove. If you’re into cars you probably get rid of the sticker on the rear window after you buy the car… but look on the streets, most people don’t. They probably don’t need to know the garage’s phone number on a daily basis (well I hope they don’t) but the day they need it, and considering they don’t mind the sticker being there since they’re not “into” cars, it’s here and they’re happy to find it…. so in brief, if you’re into clean lean desktops you’ll probably remove these quick enough, but for many people who’ll use Mint as a tool it’s a good thing.

Distrocheck:”I perceive a very positive response from people about the distro and I feel it may actually become the most popular home Linux distro one day, which would only show that small communities with good ideas and dedication can yield a better product than sponsored or corporative distributions.”

–> Our small size has been an asset and it made it easier for us to listen and interact with our community, that’s for sure, and I think most of the credit goes to that communication that users and developers managed to have with each others in this project. As we grow more and more this is becoming harder and harder though. I’m working full time on the distribution now, there’s money to be spent when needed and so we can take on bigger tasks and be more ambitious in our development and our innovations. Yet, the more we grow the more we become isolated in our own ways of thinking and the less our vision gets confronted to people’s criticism, and that’s something we’ll need to be focused on as the real challenge for us when competing with projects like Microsoft Windows and Mac OS will be to be as productive and ambitious as they are while remaining strongly connected to our user base and strongly involved and aware of what’s going on in the IT Desktop world.

LINUX MINT - Monthly Stats – January 2010

2010-02-07T22:10:00.000-08:00

Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:

Donors:

$200 (2nd donation), Alan D S. (USA)
$147, Michel H. (Luxembourg)
$100, Alfred Johnson aka “adj0159″ (USA)
$100, William H. (Canada)
$100, Jacob B. (USA)
$100, Connie E. (USA)
$100, Anonymous (France)
$100, Eric V. (USA)
$75, Michael B. (Canada)
$74, Edwin Vervliet aka “edwin” (Belgium)
$70, Henk van C. (Netherlands)
$50, Mark G. (USA)
$50, Derek M. (Denmark)
$50, Pawel B. (Poland)
$50, James S. (USA)
$50, Robert D B. (USA)
$50, Michael H. (USA)
$50, Geoff Perry (Australia)
$50, John M. (USA)
$50, Hartmann M. (Germany)
$50, William K. (USA)
$40, Martin Pham-D. (Canada)
$40, Mason H. (USA)
$37 (8th donation), Temel Balci (Germany)
$37 (5th donation), Jerry Jackson (United Kingdom)
$29, Peter Schallmoser-Schlogl (Germany)
$29, Olaf L. (Germany)
$29, Oliver S. (United Kingdom)
$29, Jose A Roman S. (Spain)
$28, Manuel F. (Portugal)
$28, Rene D. (Canada)
$28, Klaas M. (Netherlands)
$28, Manfred G. (Germany)
$25, Jay Stewart aka “jag1182″ (USA)
$25, Zeljko T S. aka “zts” (USA)
$25, David S. (USA)
$25, Gavin Engel (USA)
$25, Todd A. (USA)
$25, Phillip Z. T. and Silver Gallery (USA)
$25, Slavoljub M. (Norway)
$25, Nick Marsh aka “goaliefight” (USA) – http://dontfearthecommandline.blogspot.com
$25, Pete Molina aka “pmolina” (USA)
$25, Bill B. (USA)
$25, James M. aka “jaspmatt” (USA)
$25, Troy A. (USA)
$25, David Kaplan aka “vinoman” (USA)
$22, Mick J. (Germany)
$22, Manfred Saliger aka “mintfrind” (Germany) – http://saliger.net
$20, Igor Lawicki (Poland) – http://ilawicki.wordpress.com
$20, Samuel R. (USA)
$20, Foued Ramoul (Algeria)
$20, Kazuhiko T. (Japan)
$20, Justin M. (Canada)
$20, Orlando Jose M. R. (Nicaragua)
$20, Jacek G. (United Kingdom)
$20, Darrel D. (USA)
$20, Ecoh S. (USA)
$20, Chris Baldassari (USA)
$20, Mark C. aka “geekman” (USA)
$16, James S. (United Kingdom)
$15, Davide V. (Italy)
$15, Jeffrey Devries (USA)
$15, Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
$15, Bruno G. (France)
$15, Jason V. (USA)
$15, Paul Oates aka “pauloates” (United Kingdom)
$15, Jimmy Bouma aka “jimbo_tank” (Netherlands)
$15, Samuel M. aka “vtired” (Italy) – http://it.ismico.org
$15, Miguel Cunha Duarte aka “mcduarte2000″ (Portugal) – http://www.miguelduarte.net
$14, Daniele Tagliabue aka “iunthanaka” (Italy)
$14, Daniel S. (Switzerland)
$14, Marwan B. (Ireland)
$12, Jagat B. (USA)
$10 (2nd donation), Rob S. (United Kingdom)
$10, Marcin W. (USA)
$10, jmkent aka “Burton” (USA)
$10, Dan Jackson (United Kingdom)
$10, EagleRider F. (USA)
$10, Praveen M. (France)
$10, Alfred M A. (USA)
$10, Khalid Al-A. (Saudi Arabia)
$10, Dirk Kleinert (Germany)
$10, Thomas B. (USA)
$10, Rob T. (Netherlands)
$10, Johnson L. (Malaysia)
$10, J Anil K. (India)
$10, Anthony H. (USA)
$10, A User (New Zealand)
$7, Alberto Ballestri and Marco Fabbri (Italy)
$7, Flemming A. N. (Denmark)
$7, Alan F. (Ireland)
$5 (3rd donation), Jindrich Radic aka “amino” (Czech Republic)
$5, Kyle D. (USA) – http://neuraldump.com
$5, Michele P. (Italy)
$5, Donald McL. (USA)
$5, Shawn R. (USA)
$5, Daniel Hawkins aka “spikeman14″ (United Kingdom) – http://www.the-hawk.co.uk
$5, Richard E. (USA)
$5, Fred N. (USA)
$5, Kamba Abudu (United Kingdom) – http://portaltoafrica.com
$5, Suryakant P. (USA)
$4, Savant B.D. (USA) – http://www.allyourprices.com
$3, Dawid Mondry (Germany)
$3, Stefan S. (Germany)
$2, Easwaran K. (India)
$2, Eunmi J. (South Korea)
$1, Junaidi J. (Malaysia)
$1, Peter Robert Jones (United Kingdom) – http://www.zendee.net
$1, Marvin L. (Germany)
$1, Lex V. (Netherlands)

Sponsors:

$231, R1Soft (USA) – http://www.r1soft.com/tools/linux-hot-copy/?ls=linuxmint
$88, Emilio A S.
$75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek” (USA)
$45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) – http://www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com/
$40, Az Van aka “newW2″ (USA)
$25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – http://www.americanbroadbandservice.com/
$20, Scott P. (USA)
$16, Dimitris C. (Greece)
$15, Linux in the HAM Shack aka “HamShackLinux” (USA) – http://blacksparrowmedia.com/lhs
$11, Gustav Holm aka “Gustav” (Sweden) – http://gustavholm.com/
$11, cheap vps hosting – http://www.neosurge.com/
$10, advermedia.info – http://www.advermedia.info
$10, Christian Junghans aka “Hexenkind” (Germany)
$10, Real Estate Centers – http://www.realestatecenters.net
$10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) aka “Tim” – http://www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de/
$10, Website Auditor – http://www.websiteauditor.org
$10, Brandon P.
$10, Jack H. – http://www.dlxcompany.com
$10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) – http://stitzcomputers.com/
$10, worldsrealestate.net – http://www.worldsrealestate.net
$7, Unixmen – http://www.unixmen.com/
$7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя” (USA)
$6, Kenneth E.
$5, Contact lenses (Ireland) – http://www.eye-care-4u.com
$5, David Simmons (USA)
$5, Linuxmint-FR.org (France) – http://www.linuxmint-fr.org
$5, Christopher D.
$5, Sohier C.
$5, J.A. Sin aka “Futari” (Spain)
$5, Stuart C.
$5, linuxmint-italia.org aka “prior123″ (Italy) – http://www.linuxmint-italia.org
$4.5, Chile travel (Chile) – http://www.letsgochile.com
$4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx ” (USA)
$3, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs – http://creationsbyrichie.com
$2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – http://www.nvisn.com/
$2, Douglas T.
$2, Ryan Lewon aka “vt102″ – http://vt102.com
$2, funkelectric (Spain) – http://www.funkelectric.com/
$2, Scott M.
$2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
$1.5, Farbyte (United Kingdom) – http://farbyte.com
$1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) – http://www.mycyprusweather.com
$1, Недвижимость на Кипре (Cyprus) – http://www.cyprusresaleproperties.ru
$1, LinBoo.com – http://linboo.com/linux/mint.html
$1, Surf in Peace (United Kingdom) – http://www.surfinpeace.co.uk/
$1, Alex Smith (United Kingdom) – http://alexsmith.im
$1, Kevin H.
$1, very-clever.com – http://www.very-clever.com/
$1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)
$1, Mohd Ismail B.
$1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) – http://www.cyprusresaleproperties.com
$1, Frank S.
$1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)
$1, Erin G.
$1, Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) – http://jasiulewicz.pl/
$1, Prasad.S.R (India) – http://saysprasad.wordpress.com/
$1, Pokerschule – http://pokerschulen.com
$0.5, Dedicated Servers Hosting – http://www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com
$0.5, Nottingham web design (United Kingdom) – http://www.drawmyattention.co.uk/

Money raised in January:

* Donations: $3091 (111 donors)
* Sponsors: $769 (59 sponsors)

http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

Linux Mint 8 Helena: 52% (+9%)
Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 37% (-6%)
Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 6% (-1%)
Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 3% (-1%)
Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-0%)

Web Stats:

Visits: 3,222,724 (-3%)
Pageviews: 4,203,501 (-3%)
Page impressions: 1,690,235
Search queries: 5,492,122
Forum users: 26,441
Forum posts: 224,726

Rankings:

Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1556 (3rd)
Distrowatch (traffic share): 5% (2nd) (not accurately recorded, between 4.8% and 5.1%, strong 2nd position anyway and a clear increase in the last two months).
Alexa (website ranking): 18,498th

Events:

A Hardware Database was added to the Community Website: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1234
Linux Mint 8 KDE CE RC1 was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1238
Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox CE RC1 was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1242
mintCast released 3 episodes of their podcast: http://mintcast.org/

Summary:

The inevitable has finally happen and the streak of “best consecutive months” is over, this month wasn’t as good as the previous one. But with such a fantastic month in December 09 and considering what’s happening now, things aren’t that bad at all.
The overall income is down 3% and so are most of our statistics. Everything is still pretty good though. There are clear indications that our user base has been growing a lot since November 09, the distribution is getting momentum and if it wasn’t for the huge numbers we got in December, January would have looked excellent.
The KDE and Fluxbox CE will be released in February, work has begun on the recently codenamed Linux Mint 9 “Isadora” and we should hear news about whether or not time is given, and how much of it, to the Debian CE project.

MOLINUX - EL PLAZO PARA PARTICIPAR EN EL TERCER CONCURSO DE SOFTWARE LIBRE DE CASTILLA-LA MANCHA FINALIZARÁ EL 17 DE OCTUBRE

2010-01-29T17:08:00.000-08:00

Una año más, la Universidad regional participará en la III edición del Concurso Universitario de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha, a través de la Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática de Albacete, la Escuela Universitaria Politécnica de Cuenca y la Escuela Superior de Informática de Ciudad Real. Esta iniciativa, que organiza el Gobierno regional junto al Centro de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha (CESLCAM), el Parque Científico y Tecnológico y la UCLM, contará como principal novedad para esta edición con la ampliación de los límites de participación a través de dos modalidades: Junior, para alumnos de Bachillerato y ciclos formativos medios, y Universitaria, para universitarios y ciclos formativos superiores. Todos aquellos estudiantes interesados tendrán de plazo de inscripción hasta el 17 de octubre del 2009.

El concurso consiste en el desarrollo de un software realizado íntegramente con una implementación libre de cualquier lenguaje de programación y dispone de un presupuesto en premios de más de 7.000 euros.

A través de este concurso, los estudiantes participantes tendrán la oportunidad de adquirir experiencia en el desarrollo y gestión de proyectos software en entornos colaborativos, contactar con las comunidades de software libre nacionales más importantes y dar a conocer sus proyectos a nivel regional y nacional con la posibilidad de incluirlos dentro de la distribución Molinux o cualquier otra, como ya lo han conseguido otros proyectos que han participado en este concurso.

Al igual que en anteriores ediciones, el concurso de Castilla-La Mancha se encuentra adherido al concurso Nacional, que ya pasa por su cuarta edición. Para este año se espera mejorar los resultados obtenidos en la pasada edición, en la que participaron 45 estudiantes de la región en 24 proyectos, y donde un alumno de la UCLM, David Castellanos, obtuvo el premio al Mejor Proyecto de Innovación en la final nacional por el proyecto eOPSOA.

Para los alumnos interesados en el concurso que tengan dudas sobre el tipo de proyecto software que podrían desarrollar, la organización ha elaborado un documento con algunos consejos e ideas de participación que puede encontrarse en la web del concurso http://ceslcam.com/concurso1 .

El Gobierno regional considera el Software Libre como una adecuada solución para fomentar el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información en el territorio autonómico sin condiciones de tipo económico, por ello y entre otras iniciativas puso en marcha en 2005 Molinux, el software libre de Castilla-La Mancha, que ya se acerca a las 100.000 descargas.

Gabinete de Comunicación de la UCLM, Albacete 5 de octubre de 2009

MOLINUX - IBM APUESTA POR LINUX, NO POR W7

2010-01-29T17:06:00.001-08:00

Hace unas semanas IBM y Canonical se unían para tratar de impulsar el uso de PCs con Linux en lugar de apostar por Windows 7, y ahora esa misma apuesta se ha trasladado a un programa para implantar esos PCs con Linux en EE.UU. Bajo el nombre "Microsoft-Free effort", IBM pretende avisar de que el coste de actualizar un PC a Windows 7 puede ascender a un total de 2000 dólares para la mayoría de usuarios, ya que argumentan que hay que actualizar todo el hardware. Con Linux, dicen, eso no pasa.

La idea básica es la de contar con un sistema operativo Linux en conjunción con una serie de aplicaciones para cliente de IBM llamadas Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS) que incluyen Lotus Symphony y Lotus Notes para su implantación en la empresa. De hecho la iniciativa no es nueva, y ya hace más de un año que IBM comenzó a plantear esa posibilidad.

Este programa ha sido presentado también en Estados Unidos, aunque primero había sido impulsado en África, y ahora en IBM y en Canonical quieren aprovechar el lanzamiento de Windows 7 para tratar de demostrar que actualizar al nuevo sistema operativo de Microsoft le puede costar mucho a las empresas debido a las necesidades hardware del sistema.

"Si una empresa es una "tienda de Windows", en algún momento necesitarán evaluar los notables costes de migrar su infraestructura al próximo escritorio de Microsoft y aumentar sus defensas ante los virus y otros ataques" afirmaba Bob Picciano, director general de IBM Lotus. "Los negocios americanos han pedido una alternativa competitiva y hoy estamos ofreciendo IBM Client for Smart Works en los Estados Unidos".

Puede consultar la fuente de la noticia pinchando aquí .

MOLINUX - PUBLICACIÓN DE MOLINUX-NETBOOK 5.0 "DOROTEA"

2010-01-29T17:03:00.002-08:00

La Consejería de Industria, Energía y Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha y el Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla La-Mancha publican la versión Netbook de Molinux 5.0 "Dorotea".

La interfaz de Molinux Netbook es muy sencilla e intuitiva, está optimizada para los ordenadores portátiles de pequeñas dimensiones llamados netbooks o mini portátiles, por tanto está adaptado a las pantallas reducidas y las arquitecturas Intel Atom de estos equipos. Gracias a esta nueva interfaz encontrarás fácilmente tus aplicaciones favoritas y podrás acceder rápidamente a internet, herramientas ofimáticas, aplicaciones multimedia y muchas otras más.

Molinux Netbook está basada en la actual versión educativa de Molinux 5.0 e incluye software para educación infantil, primaria y secundaria, además de un buen conjunto de juegos educativos. Tambien incluye la herramienta TCOS para el control de aulas informáticas.

Para instalar Molinux Netbook en tu mini portátil es necesario disponer de un pendrive de al menos 2GB de capacidad, y deberás seguir los siguientes pasos:

Descargar la imagen (ISO) desde la sección de descargas de www.molinux.info

Utilizar la aplicación "Crea una Molinux Nómada", situada en el menú Sistema->Administración de tu sistema Molinux, para instalar en tu pendrive la imagen que has descargado de Molinux Netbook. Si lo deseas puedes ver más información sobre cómo hacer este paso en la Comunidad de Molinux.

Insertar el pendrive en tu equipo mini portátil y arrancar el sistema con la opción USB para cargar el modo live de Molinux Netbook.

Una vez ha cargado el sistema encontrarás el icono para instalar, pulsa sobre él y en pocos pasos tendrás Molinux Netbook instalado en tu equipo.

Molinux - LIBERACIÓN DE MOLINUX 5.2 BETA.

2010-01-29T17:03:00.001-08:00

Comienza la fase de pruebas de la futura Molinux 5.2.

Esta versión cuenta con numerosas mejoras en cuanto a compatibilidad de hardware y nuevos programas añadidos, como por ejemplo MolinuxSync (Sincronización con dispositivos móviles), Ubuntu One (Para la sincronización con servidores de Ubuntu), Centro de software de Molinux (Donde encontrará de forma rápida y sencilla todas las aplicaciones disponibles para instalar), XBMC (Centro Multimedia), Psychosynth (Sintetizador de música) y otras muchas más. Además incorpora un diseño gráfico más actual, se han añadido algunas transparencias en las ventanas y las versiones más recientes y mejor soportadas en todas las aplicaciones incluidas anteriormente.

Tenéis a vuestra disposición un sistema de seguimiento de errores bugs.molinux.info en el que os animamos a participar para comentarnos todos los fallos que encontréis en esta distribución Beta de Molinux.

En breve serán publicadas nuevas versiones con los errores encontrados solucionados.

Puedes descargar la imágen iso de Molinux 5.2 Montesinos Beta1 desde este enlace.

Puedes descargar la imágen iso de Molinux 5.2 Montesinos Beta2 desde este enlace.

Puedes descargar la imágen iso de Molinux 5.2 Montesinos Beta3 desde este enlace.

Puedes descargar la imágen iso de Molinux 5.2 Montesinos Beta4 desde este enlace.

MOLINUX - PUBLICACIÓN DE MOLINUX 5.2 "MONTESINOS"

2010-01-29T17:01:00.000-08:00

La Consejería de Industria, Energía y Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha y el Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla La-Mancha publican la nueva versión del sistema operativo libre Molinux 5.2. Su nombre clave es "Montesinos", en referencia a la misteriosa cueva (La cueva de Montesinos) que aparece en la obra Don Quijote de la Mancha.

Molinux se distribuye en formato "Live", para permitir a los usuarios probar su funcionamiento sin tener que borrar el contenido de sus ordenadores. ¡Descárgala y pruébala! Si te gusta (estamos seguros de que te gustará), tan solo necesitarás 15 minutos para instalarla. Incorpora un instalador que permite adaptarse a cualquier sistema instalado anteriormente y se ha mejorado el reconocimiento hardware teniendo en cuenta las últimas tecnologías de hardware.

Entre las novedades más importantes se encuentran las siguientes:

Centro Multimedia XBMC con el que podrás controlar toda tu música, vídeos, fotos, etc en una sóla aplicación. Además, Molinux puede entrar directamente a XBMC, para que sea más sencillo su acceso. Para obtener más información acerca de esta aplicación puedes dirigirte a este enlace de la Comunidad de Molinux donde se explica como utilizarlo.

Nuevo diseño de la ventana de entrada al sistema (gdm), del splash de inicio y del escritorio

Se han añadido transparencias a los bordes de las ventanas.

Mayor compatibilidad con el hardware.

Instalación por defecto bajo el nuevo sistema de archivos ext4

Ultimas versiones de las aplicaciones incluidas en las versiones anteriores de Molinux

Las nuevas aplicaciones y utilidades incluidas en esta versión son las siguientes:

MolinuxSync. Aplicación para sincronizar datos de trabajo en grupo entre sistemas que actualmente no disponen de mecanismos que permitan acceder siempre a la información actualizada.

Ubuntu One. Ubuntu one es un nuevo servicio que nos permite sincronizar, almacenar y compartir con otras personas nuestros archivos.

Psychosynth. Sintetizador de música, modular, interactivo y colaborativo, inspirado por las ideas de Reactable
Centro Multimedia XBMC. XBMC es un gran centro multimedia para que podamos reproducir todos nuestros archivos de imagen, audio y video.
Ubiquity. Extensión para Firefox para poder interactuar con el navegador a través de palabras de uso cotidiano, dándole instrucciones para que realice las acciones que queramos.

Tasque. Organizador de tareas muy simple e intuitivo, ideal para personas con poca memoria o desorganizada.

También se han mantenido algunas novedades de versiones anteriores:

Gnome Control Center. Centro de control para configurar facilmente nuestro sistema.

CompizConfig. Centro de control para configurar de forma sencilla las opciones de compiz-fusion.

Tucan. Gestor de descargas.

Gru. Herramienta para recuperar de forma sencilla el gestor de arranque de Molinux en caso de haber sido destruido.

OpenClipart. Completa librería gráfica integrada en OpenOffice, que incluye numerosas imágenes.

Para obtener más información de las novedades incluidas en Molinux 5.2 puede dirigirse a la sección Novedades de esta versión de www.molinux.info .

Molinux 5.2 “Montesinos” puede ser descargada desde la sección de descargas de esta web. En esta misma web se puede encontrar la extensa documentación y también soporte a través de correo electrónico, foros y telefónico.

Si tienes una versión anterior de Molinux instalada en tu equipo y deseas actualizarla a Molinux 5.2 Montesinos, puedes consultar el siguiente enlace donde se explica detalladamente como hacerlo.

PC/OpenSystems LLC Gives back

2010-01-29T09:21:00.001-08:00

We here at PC/OpenSystems have decided with each physical copy of PC/OS OpenWorkstation sold, either physical media through our online retailer or a digital download of $20.00 or more we will donate $1.00 to the Red Cross for the Haiti relief fund. If you buy the USB, SD or CF release from our online retailer we will donate $2.00 to the Red Cross for the Haiti relief fund.

You can purchase the Physical media from On-Disk.com

Or donate $20.00 or more through the donate button at top.

We do understand that sometimes companies or individuals use these efforts as scams to try and drive sales. We will gladly offer a receipt for individuals who take part.

PC/OS 10 released

2010-01-29T09:20:00.002-08:00

We are proud to announce that we have just released the newest release of PC/OS. PC/OS OpenWorkstation and PC/OS WebStation are the two editions released. These replace PC/OS 2009 OpenWorkstation and WebStation. This release is based on the Ubuntu 9.04 series. Some of the higlights that target the new release are as follows.

2.6.28 kernel series

Skype client on both the OpenWorkstation and WebStation release

Google Chrome is the default browser for Webstation

All security and bug fixes applied

Updated OpenOffice.org in OpenWorkstation

Support and recovery tools for the BFS filesystem

Atunes is the default media player on OpenWorkstation

With this release we also released expansion kits which allow users to extend the functionality of PC/OS. Here is a brief breakdown of the expansion kits

Multimedia Kit - This kit has all the tools that you would need to create, edit and publish multimedia content. You can create a DJ workstation, Graphics design workstation etc. This kit is available with the retail release of PC/OS 10 available from On-Disk.com.

Developer kit - This kit has all development tools, including The mono runtime, Monodevelop, Gambas, QT Creator and Eclipse. This kit is available for free for all users

Office kit - Is for Webstation users. It includes AbiWord, Gnumeric and Mozilla Thunderbird and the lightning extension. The Office kit is available for free for users as well.

You can purchase PC/OS 10 from On-Disk.com

You can download the release from Ibiblio

The torrents are available from here:

OpenWorkstation

WebStation

PC/OS 2009.4 and beyond

2010-01-29T09:20:00.001-08:00

With PC/OS 2009.4 several changes are coming down the pipe. The XFCE desktop has matured to the level where GNOME tools are no longer necessary and XFCE has reached the par that users have expected with the desktops out of box. Further updates and application updates are coming. We will no longer consider doing a unstable branch of PC/OS. This will help with not cusing confusion among users and keep support issues down. We will stay just based on LTS releases from now on. PC/OS Open64 is the obvious exception at this point.

PC/OS 2009.4 will be released before the new year.

PC/OS Roots

2010-01-29T09:19:00.000-08:00

PC/OS roots are derived from the Ubuntu distribution. Ubuntu is created and maintained by Canonical Inc. and has a vast community support system. By basing PC/OS on this outstanding base we cover two grounds, a lot of the problems and fixes are in line with Ubuntu. Many fixes for Ubuntu and Xubuntu work on PC/OS. All software compiled for Ubuntu runs on PC/OS and should anything happen to PC/OS users can still get their fixes from Canonical and maintain their distribution and makes the migration smoother. The desktop is based off of XFCE and is laid out similar to the BeOS. PC/OS does not aim to be a ground up reimplementation of the BeOS but to be as simple to use as the BeOS was. The XFCE desktop is light,modern and powerful. It can be used to power the newest workstations as well as older hardware allowing you to get the maximum potential out of your investment.

What can I do with PC/OS

It is your computer, do with it what you want. if you want to watch that Windows Media file, go right ahead. Your music files not in .ogg, thats fine by us. Do you want to watch that flash video on YouTube? go ahead.

Of course, we do encourage the open route. Open Source doesn't survive without contribution but you as users should have the freedom to do whatever it is you want to do.

We also encourage consistency. XFCE is our desktop, not GNOME, not KDE, not TWM, not PWM. of course in accordance with our first part of the mission statement the others are available for download and installation.

PC-BSD 8.0-RC Released

2010-01-29T09:17:00.004-08:00

The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.0-RC (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-P2, and KDE 4.3.4

PC-BSD 8.0 contains a number of enhancements and improvements over the 7.x series. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some of the notable changes are:

FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-P2
KDE 4.3.4
Brand new System Installer, allows the install of PC-BSD or FreeBSD
Run in Live mode directly from DVD
Updated Software Manager, allows browsing and installing applications directly
Support for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64

Version 8.0-RC of PC-BSD is available for download from our mirrors, and will be available shortly as bittorrent from www.gotbsd.net. Translators are highly encouraged to test this release and ensure that all translation strings in our Pootle 2 server are up to date & working properly in the software.

In order to prepare for 8.0-Release, please report any and all bugs to our Trac Database!

Release: PBI Builder 2.5

2010-01-29T09:17:00.003-08:00

The PBI Builder software has been updated to version 2.5 for both the 7.x and 8.x series. This release contains some improvements to how PBIs work with 3D support via libGL, fixes bugs with apps not correctly using the system's available fonts, and changes in how FreeBSD ports are included. For more details please refer to the changelog and the wiki.

PC-BSD 8.0-BETA Released

2010-01-29T09:17:00.001-08:00

The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.0-BETA (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, and KDE 4.3.4

Version 8.0 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some of the notable changes are:

FreeBSD 8.0-Release
KDE 4.3.4
Brand new System Installer, allows the install of PC-BSD or FreeBSD
Run in Live mode directly from DVD
Updated Software Manager, allows browsing and installing applications directly
Support for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64

Version 8.0-BETA of PC-BSD is available for download from our mirrors, and will be available shortly as bittorrent from www.gotbsd.net. Also, our Pootle Translation page has been updated with the latest strings, translators should now be able to finish localizing PC-BSD into their language.

In order to prepare for 8.0-Release, please report any and all bugs to our Trac Database!

Security Advisory: SSL, RTLD & FreeBSD Update

2010-01-29T09:16:00.002-08:00

PC-BSD Security Advisory

Name: SSL, RTLD and freebsd-update security fixes

Date: 12-03-2009

Size: 1MB

Description:

This online update addresses a series of security issues in PC-BSD version 7.1.1, as detailed in the following FreeBSD SA's:

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:15.ssl.asc

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:16.rtld.asc

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc

Application:

Simply apply the update on your PC-BSD system via the Online Update Utility , then reboot for the fix to take effect.

PC-BSD security update (devfs)

2010-01-29T09:16:00.001-08:00

A security update for PC-BSD 7.1.1 has been released today. This update fixes a potential privilege escalation attack with
devfs / vfs in the default kernel.

This security update effects users of both i386 and amd64 versions of PC-BSD.

To install the update, simply log into your desktop, and run:

Start -> System Settings -> Software & Updates -> Run in Administrator Mode

Once the Online Update Manager is running, select the "Security update - devfs" patch, and click "Install selected updates". After the update has finished downloading / installing, you will need to reboot the system to complete the process.

For more details about the specifics of this vulnerability, please refer to FreeBSD SA 09-14.devfs.

Release: PBI Builder 2.4

2010-01-29T09:15:00.000-08:00

A small update to the PBI Builder software, version 2.4, has been released today. This version adds a few new variables to the module creation process, which allows developers to pick "target" ports they wish to have autopopulated and added to the resulting PBI file. For full details, please take a look at the changelog, and the wiki page.

SALIX - Salix 13.0.2 is ready!

2009-12-25T01:48:00.001-08:00

The Salix team is proud to announce the release of Salix 13.0.2. The most important change this release brings is the addition of a 64-bit port of Salix! As the 32-bit counterpart, Salix64 is fully backwards compatible with Slackware64 and provides a simple and fast way to install an XFCE based system that follows the one-app-per-task philosophy. The 64-bit repositories already include a considerable number of packages, making it the largest third party package repository for Slackware64 users available! The Salix team has also created and maintains a repository that includes dependency information for all Slackware packages, 32 and 64-bit.

Another important addition this release brings is the inclusion of the huge.s Slackware kernel in the 32-bit iso, which now makes it possible to install Salix in PCs with AMD K6, Intel Pentium or even 486 CPUs.

Other changes for Salix 13.0.2 include:
* Fixes for security issues in the kernel, mozilla-firefox and many other packages
* Added simplified user creation mode during installation and some more minor impovements to the installer
* Updated XFCE package that fixes an important bug which caused vfat usb devices to always mount with the sync option
* Included salix-update-notifier, a tool that periodically checks for available package updates and informs the user about them with the display of a non-intrusive tray icon, which can be used to launch the upgrade process with gslapt
* Localized taskbar buttons on the XFCE desktop

You can visit our downloads page (link) to get the new Salix or Salix64 iso using bittorrent or the SourceForge mirrors.

On behalf of the Salix team, I wish you all Merry Christmas and a very happy new year

George

SALIX - Salix Live 13.0 beta 2

2009-12-25T01:46:00.002-08:00

The Salix Live team (Akuna, JRD, Shador) is pleased to announce the second beta version.

Features included:

booting from CD or USB (using the following script for unix-like, unetbootin will not work with grub2 iso)
splashy like in the current ISO
automatic login (user: "one")
password for root: live
grub2 boot menu
some boot options accessible directly from boot menu (language, keybaord layout, numlock, touchpad)
you can select the mode (core, basic, or full) you want to boot, the runlevel, to copy all to RAM...
ssh-keys already generated for root
default sound to 71%
all ISO packages
gparted
ndiswrapper
rdesktop
graphical installer to install Salix on your computer
translations (grub2, installer) but not complete yet.
you can create xfs file for save changes
fix some previous bugs (keybaord layout, USB, …)

Here are the ISO and md5 files:
http://enialis.net/~jrd/salix/salixlive ... -beta2.iso
http://enialis.net/~jrd/salix/salixlivea2.iso.md5

SALIX - Salix identi.ca group

2009-12-25T01:46:00.001-08:00

Hi,

The Salix OS group has just been created on the identi.ca network.
http://identi.ca/group/salix

Here is a little HowTo :
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... tica_group

Subscribing to it is a good way for being aware of what happen in the Salix users and developers world.

SALIX - Salix 13.0.1 ISO ready for download

2009-12-25T01:43:00.000-08:00

We have created a 13.0.1 ISO for download. This release only adds some small bugfixes and software upgrades, so it will simplify new installations. The new ISO can be found on our download page:
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/Download

List of changes from the 13.0 ISO:

default slackware repositories have dependency support
updated xfce with fixed utf8 mounting bug, notification enabled and manual cd eject using the cd button fixed.
fixed Swiss French keyboard setting in keyboardsetup
lvm2 is now included by default
xfce4-xkb-plugin has been included
default theme for claws-mail is gnome-brave
updated rest of the packages with security fixes and some new releases
fixed root user icon theme
/etc/rc.d/rc.services.new is now moved to /etc/rc.d/rc.services without needing to run dotnew
several other small fixes

PS: It's not needed to reinstall an existing system, just update all your packages with gslapt as usually.

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.7

2009-12-22T16:54:00.000-08:00

DOWNLOAD PARTED MAGIC

Parted Magic 4.7 adds and removes some programs and fixes a few bugs.

Key changes:

Partclone 0.1.9 was added again despite Clonezilla being removed. People still wanted to use it from the command line.
Xfburn and libburnia are replaced by simpleburn and cdrtools.
LXMusic-0.4.0 was added with a very limited xmms2 build. Just enough to allow this program to work.
util-linux is replaced by util-linux-ng.
Firefox is replaced by Google Chrome (Official Linux Beta version).
Linux is updated to 2.6.32.2 with squashfs-lzma compression.
A mistake in the kernel config was fixed and Broadcom wireless drivers work again.
Some major problems were fixed in the wireless scripts.
lsof_4.78, workman_1.3.4, hddtemp-0.3-beta15 were added.

Updated Programs: boot_info_script036, hdt-0.3.6, linux-2.6.32.2, ntfs-3g-2009.11.14, openssl-0.9.8l, udev-149, coreutils-8.1, grep-2.5.4, module-init-tools-3.11.1, startup-notification-0.10, vte-0.22.5, freetype-2.3.11, lftp-4.0.4, sed-4.2.1, wpa_supplicant-0.6.9, ddrescue-1.11, gdisk-0.5.1, grsync-0.9.3, gparted-0.5.0, gtk+-2.18.5, openbox-3.4.9, fsarchiver-0.6.2, lxpanel-0.5.4, menu-cache-0.2.6, smartmontools-5.39, libxml2-2.7.6, syslinux-3.84

If Parted Magic saves you time and makes your computing experience better, take a minute to donate $2. This project is funded almost entirely by donations. You don't need a PayPal account to donate. You can use a credit card or e-check through PayPal without actually opening a PayPal account. There is also the option of sending a letter with cash, check, money order, or hardware. My address is on the donations page.

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.6

2009-12-22T16:53:00.000-08:00

DOWNLOAD PARTED MAGIC
Parted Magic 4.6 is a mostly a bug fix release with some usability improvements.

Key changes:

Many fixes and changes for Netbooks.
GNU Parted bug "ERROR: Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size!" is fixed.
Parted Magic Save Session uses xz instead of 7-zip.
Clamav was added, but you have to download the definitions yourself. There is an entry in the panel's application launcher to automate the download. The definitions are downloaded to /root/clamav, so they will be saved in root.xz when you use Save Session.
Flash Player can be downloaded and installed from the panel's application launcher.
epdfview was added so people can read hardware manuals that normally come in pdf format.
A simple program to change the keyboard layout was added to the desktop.
A new program added (lxrandr) to re-size the display while running inside of Xorg.
Roxterm was replaced by an svn version of LXTerminal.
Clonezilla was removed from the main Parted Magic image because it's not possible to make a rescue ISO without downloading a template. I kept getting complaints about this like a broken record. Now we offer Parted Magic - Clonezilla instead, which is far more reliable. (clonezilla-live-1.2.2-31)
The syslinux menus were redone to add more options and break things down into sub-menus. The boot menu is far less intimidating now. Device Mapper RAID and Linux Software RAID have been moved to RAID options for automatic assembly at boot time. Device mapper is no longer automatically started at boot.
Super Grub Disk 1 & 2 are both included now from the syslinux "Extras" sub-menu.
is no longer on by default.
sleep=10 boot option has been removed. Parted Magic's boot script is now smart enough not to need this.
A slew of fixed bugs and program updates can be found in the changelog.

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.5

2009-12-22T16:52:00.002-08:00

Download: pmagic-4.5.iso.zip (79.0MB, MD5)

This new version of Parted Magic updates the graphical server Xorg, expands networking, improves RAM usage, and fixes some bugs.

To combat some of the problems associated with the newer versions of Xorg and Intel chipsets, Parted Magic offers driver versions intel-2.4.1, intel-2.5.1, intel-2.6.3, intel-2.7.1 to the boot options. At the first boot screen press and then add one of the listed drivers to the syslinux command line. Parted Magic will then install them while the system is booting. Most people will not have to do this because the default intel-2.8.1 driver fixes most problems from previous releases. I would also like to thank Jason Vasquez, Dukers, and verndog for all the testing with the Intel video drivers.

There is a new PPPoE option added to the "Start Network" program. PPPoE connections are now easy to establish.

RAM usage has been significantly reduced for the "Default settings (Runs from RAM)" and "Live with low RAM settings" boot options. The default option only requires 192MB, from 256MB in version 4.4, to completely run Parted Magic from RAM. The biggest gain was with the low RAM option because that now only requires 48MB to run. As far as we know, Parted Magic can run graphical GParted with less RAM than any other Live Distribution out of the box.

This is a list of fixed bugs from the forum entries: Listing devices by uuid, clonezilla bug pigz, dhclient dirty trick , Adding beep functionality, update for Fsarchiver and ntfs-3gAR, How do you set up a PPPoE internet connection?

These programs have been updated: xorg-server-1.6.3, busybox-1.14.3, glibc-2.9, hdt-0.3.4, gparted-0.4.6, pigz-2.1.5, e2fsprogs-1.41.9, clonezilla-2.3.3-74, drbl-1.9.4-53, partclone_0.1.1-16, TrueCrypt 6.2a, openssl-0.9.8k, vte-0.20.5, openssh-5.2p1, slang-2.1.4, libxml2-2.7.3, ncurses-5.7, gtk+-2.16.6, glib-2.20.5, linux-2.6.30.6, gsmartcontrol-0.8.5, fsarchiver-0.5.9, ntfs-3g-2009.4.4AR.17, firefox-3.5.3, safecopy-1.6, adblock-1.1.1, gdisk-0.4.1

New programs added in this release: bluez-utils-3.36, bluez-libs-3.36, bluez-hcidump-1.42, ntfsdump_logfile, ntfswipe, ntfstruncate, ntfsmove, ntfsmftalloc, ntfsck, rp-pppoe-3.10, beep, stress-1.0.1, lzip-1.8

If Parted Magic saves you time and makes your computing experience better, take a minute to donate $2. This project is funded almost entirely by donations. You don't need a PayPal account to donate. You can use a credit card or e-check through PayPal without actually opening a PayPal account.

Download: pmagic-4.5.iso.zip (79.0MB, MD5)

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.4

2009-12-22T16:52:00.001-08:00

Download: pmagic-4.4.iso.zip (96MB, MD5)

This new version of Parted Magic has some major updates. Users can now get online with dial-up networing through our "Start Network" program. Parted Magic is not in the desktop media business, but ALSA sound drivers and ALSA core programs were added if you would like to use a media player. We highly suggest Slackware-12.x packages. Unionfs is now being used for the big directories and Parted Magic's RAM usage, with the "default" boot option, has been halved. That's right, it only takes 256MB of RAM to run completely run from system memory and free up that CDROM drive or USB stick. At boot time the SSH daemon is started and public keys are generated, so that's one less thing for people using SSH to deal with. Last but not least you will notice that Super Grub Disk is now an option in the boot menu.

This is a list of fixed bugs from the forum entries: BNX2 - Broadcom Ethernet driver problem, CD drive not mounted on /media when using livemedia, Clonezilla with Samba - Missing password prompt, Kernel edd=off, Adblocking Firefox, CloneZilla cannot create recovery ISO, KPPP or PPP?, Firefox, Super Grub Disk, v. 4.4 "beta" run from RAM bug, SSHD in Parted Magic

These programs have been updated: pcmanfm-svn878, fsarchiver-0.5.8, firefox-3.5.2, clonezilla-2.3.3-68, linux-2.6.30.4, drbl-1.9.4-47, e2fsprogs-1.41.8, usbutils-0.84, gtk+-2.16.5, hdparm-9.16, lftp-3.7.15, parted-1.9.0, gpicview-0.2.1, lxpanel-0.5.0, pigz-2.1.5, libburn-0.6.8.pl00, lxtask-0.1.1, safecopy-1.5, libisofs-0.6.20, mount-gtk-1.0.4, xfburn-0.4.2, gdisk-0.3.1, g4l30n

If Parted Magic saves you time and makes your computing experience better, take a minute to donate $2. This project is funded almost entirely by donations. You don't need a PayPal account to donate. You can use a credit card or e-check through PayPal without actually opening a PayPal account.

Download: pmagic-4.4.iso.zip (96MB, MD5) Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 August 2009 23:37 )

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.3

2009-12-22T16:50:00.002-08:00

Download: pmagic-4.3.iso.zip (93MB, MD5)

This is a bug fix release for the 4.x series of Parted Magic. Not only did some bugs get fixed, but a few new programs were added too. chntpw, nilfs-utils-2.0.12, gdisk-0.2.2, Adblock Plus 1.0.2 are now part of Parted Magic's program line-up. This is a list of fixed bugs from the forum entries: reiser4 support lacking, msftres bug, gFTP Fails to connect to SSH2 computer, Parted Magic 4.2 Clonezilla LILO and keyboard bugs, Clonezilla with Samba - Missing password prompt, Clonezilla not automatically unmounting disk?, Parted Magic 4.2 HDD won't boot, Questions about Pmagic (networking problem), and cloning and swap partitions

These programs have been updated: udev-143, glib-2.20.4, gtk+-2.16.4, e2fsprogs-1.41.7, firefox-3.5, fireftp-1.0.5, clonezilla-2.3.3-65, linux-2.6.30.1, p7zip_9.04, partclone_0.1.1-15, isomaster-1.3.5, roxterm-1.15.1, drbl-1.9.4-45, ndiswrapper-1.55

We also took some time to redo the artwork. Many thanks to Doug Goodwin and Jason Vasquez for heading up this effort. I think it's the best looking version of Parted Magic yet!

If Parted Magic saves you time and makes your computing experience better, take a minute to donate $2. This project is funded almost entirely by donations. You don't need a PayPal account to donate. You can use a credit card or e-check through PayPal without actually opening a PayPal account.

Download: pmagic-4.3.iso.zip (93MB, MD5)

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.3

2009-12-22T16:50:00.001-08:00

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.2

2009-12-22T16:49:00.000-08:00

Download: pmagic-4.2.iso.zip (91.4MB, MD5)

I guess it's about time to release another version of Parted Magic. Nothing special about this release, just some minor updates and bug fixes. Just kidding, CLONEZILLA is now part of Parted Magic's program line-up! This is not a dual boot set-up like some people have done in the past, the actual program Clonezilla can be launched directly from the Parted Magic desktop. It took some modifications to get it working and the Clonezilla author Steven Shiau did a fantastic job helping us make the necessary changes to Parted Magic so it would work the way it was intended to work. Without his input, it would have taken much longer and users probably would have encountered bugs caused by Parted Magic. I can't thank Steven enough.

We also replaced bzip2 with pbzip2 and gzip with pigz. This should make compressing and decompressing files much faster if you have more than one processor. Machines with only one processor are obviously still supported and won't be affected by these changes.

This is the fairly large set of updated programs: dmraid_1.0.0.rc15, linux-2.6.30, udev-142, lftp-3.7.14, rsync-3.0.6, util-linux-ng-2.15.1, fsarchiver-0.5.7, gpicview-0.1.99, gsmartcontrol-0.8.4, ntfs-3g-2009.4.4AR.10, TrueCrypt-6.2, reiser4progs-1.0.7, progsreiserfs_0.3.0.5, safecopy-1.3, conky-1.7.1.1, pciutils-3.1.2, ext3grep-0.10.1, findutils-4.4.2.tar.gz, sshfs-fuse-2.2, testdisk-6.11-3 (with photorec_611_exif_bound_checking_v2.patch), galculator-1.3.4, busybox-1.14.1, e2fsprogs-1.41.6, gtk+-2.16.2, glib-2.20.3, syslinux-3.82, grsync-0.9.0, firefox-3.5b99, xfce4-screenshooter-1.6.0, usbutils-0.82

These programs were added: curl-7.19.5, clonezilla-2.3.3-33, partclone_0.1.1-10, drbl-1.9.4-33, awk-3.1.6, sed-4.1.5, grep-2.5.3, tightvnc-1.3.9 (only vncviewer), a script to suspend USB hard disks, mkswap-uuid-0.1.0-2

Bug Fixes: Save session from the LiveUSB works again. Added better support for "it" key maps. Stopped "menu" from having more than one instance. Xvesa settings now saved with "Save Session". Some other minor bugs were also fixed.

If Parted Magic saves you time and makes your computing experience better, take a minute to donate $2. This project is funded almost entirely by donations. You don't need a PayPal account to donate. You can use a credit card or e-check through PayPal without actually opening a PayPal account.

Download: pmagic-4.2.iso.zip (91.4MB, MD5) Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 June 2009 01:32 )

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.1

2009-12-22T16:48:00.000-08:00

This version of Parted Magic fixes some bugs and adds some new features and programs. There was a scripting error that cause debs not to load in some situations, mkfstab was moved later in the booting process to stop the new fstab from being overwritten by the one from the "Save Session" package, and partimag user was added by default for partimage. The fstab daemon now detects device mapper RAID partitions while removing the unmountable mirrors from /etc/fstab. GParted and mount-gtk correctly display and mount these partitions. Our tools use the /dev/mapper nodes created by GParted, so run GParted and then you will see your DMRAID partitions in mount-gtk. Added support for new package extensions .tbz, tlz, txz. Numlock is set to "on" in and outside of X by default. Parted Magic is slightly larger this time around because there wasn't a squashfs-lzma patch that seemed usable for Linux 2.6.29 and squashfs 4.0.

We added wipe-2.2.0, dmidecode-2.10, mg (mini-emacs text editor), reiser4 kernel patch, boot_info_script, Chinese fonts, removepkg, unarj-265, and hardinfo-0.5.1.

These are the packages with a freash upgrade: gparted-0.4.5, syslinux-3.80, hdparm-9.15, squashfs-4.0, linux-2.6.29.2, dosfstools-3.0.2, module-init-tools-3.7, glib-2.20.1, gtk+-2.16.1, udev-141, glibmm-2.18.2, vte-0.20.1, roxterm-1.14.2, fsarchiver-0.5.4, grsync-0.6.3, busybox-1.14.0, testdisk-6.11, lxpanel-0.4.0, e2fsprogs-1.41.5, firefox-3.0.10, lftp-3.7.13, file-5.03, hdt-0.3.3, xfsdump-3.0.1, xfsprogs-3.0.1.
Last Updated ( Thursd

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.0

2009-12-22T16:47:00.002-08:00

bad bad bad: I was laid off last week from my job as a machinist. If anybody has any extra work I can do over the Internet that would be great. Maybe I can make you a Joomla! website or maybe you have some data entry work that needs to be done. I just need to make some extra money because unemployment will not pay all the bills.

...back to Parted Magic
A new release with some exciting new features! Parted Magic now has full support for partitioning Device Mapper RAID partitions. The initrd was completely trashed and Parted Magic now boots from a initramfs. The new initramfs is only about 500KB and all drivers needed to boot the media are built directly into the kernel. The isolinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg files are drastically different, please make a note of this. The "Low RAM" option was changed to boot Xvesa, TWM, and GParted at 800x600x4. It now runs very well on a computer with 64MB of RAM. The pmagic.sqfs is now a squashfs-lzma image and the new overall size is about 70MB. You can now "Save Session" with the CD version (CD-RW required). The PXE version can merge initramfs for module installation. Loading debs (without dependency checking and resolving) at boot time like tgz packages is now supported. We also have all new artwork in a clean blue theme that matches the look of the new website.

These packages have been added: btrfs-0.17 (kernel module), btrfs-progs-0.18, ndiswrapper-1.54, truecrypt-6.1a (with gui), added hdt from syslinux and syslinux menus entire, multipath-tools-0.4.8.

And the following packages have been updated: gparted-0.4.4, file-5.00, fsarchiver-0.4.6, xfburn-0.4.1, xfce4-screenshooter-1.5.1, xfsdump-3.0.0, xfsprogs-3.0.0, udev-140, hdparm-9.13, cairo-1.8.6, glibmm-2.18.1, pango-1.22.4, cairomm-1.8.0, gtk+-2.16.0, pangomm-2.14.1, glib-2.20.0 gtkmm-2.14.3, mount-gtk-1.0.3, lsscsi-0.22, lftp-3.7.10, LVM2.2.02.45, tar-1.22, firefox-3.0.8, libburn-0.6.4.pl00, libisofs-0.6.16, dc3dd-6.12.3, ntfs-3g-2009.3.8.

I can't say enough how grateful I am for this new computer you all have given me! I can compile a kernel in 15 minutes compared to an hour with my 8 shiny Intel i7 processors. :)

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.7

2009-12-22T16:47:00.001-08:00

This is a bug fix release for the 3.x series of Parted Magic. The package installer had a scripting error that wouldn't allow more than one package to be installed. Added /mnt/local so G4L works. Jason added some fixes and features to the wipe and mount scripts. The code for booting iso's directly using GRUB4DOS was merged back in after the last round of major changes. The code for forcing devices at boot with uuid= and label= was also merged back in. "unnamed window" fixed in conky. Web links in GTK app's about dialogs launch now. Added xfce files so help in screenshooter works.

List of updated packages: hdparm-9.11, util-linux-ng-2.14.2, linux2.6.28.7, coreutils-7.1 (only dd, cp, shred, split, stty), ddrescue-1.10, firefox-3.0.6, FireFTP-1.0.4, lshw-B.02.14, di-4.13.

Help?: The desktop computer I use to develop Parted Magic is 6+ years old and seems to have a bad motherboard...

Update: This hardware was ordered from newegg.com and is 100% donated from Parted Magic users!

processor $279.99
mobo $369.99
power supply (modular) $109.99
memory $166.00
case: $109.99
video card: $109.99
DVD burner: $24.99
Thermal Compound: $8.99
Total: 1,179.93

Thanks for all the generous donations!

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.6

2009-12-22T16:46:00.000-08:00

It's that time again, ladies and gentleman. This release offers a major overhaul in the way Parted Magic boots and behaves. The "Live" option is back and Parted Magic runs on a machine with 128MB of RAM. There is also a "low memory" option that disables unnecessary daemons to speed up systems that only require trivial tasks, like running GParted. The "Live" option was tested on a PII with 128MB of RAM. There is a new way to mount devices too, mount-gtk creates a consistent interface to mount file systems found in fstab created by the pmagic_fstab_daemon. We dynamically update the mount-gtkrc so your newly created devices are added to the mount list.

Now comes the bug fixes for what was messed-up last time. :) Parted Magic PXE should work again. If you add "livemedia" to your pxelinux.cfg, it mounts the squashfs instead of copying the files to RAM. A machine with 256MB of RAM can use the PXE version if the "livemedia" boot option is used. Keyboard locales have been improved. There was a bit of grammar and menu errors that we corrected too.

When I was retooling the boot procedure I decided to remove splashy. It's looks good, but it's just eating-up RAM/space and causing strange behavior in the ttys.

The only program this release that was reverted to an older version was xfburn-0.4.0. For what ever reason version 0.4.0 stopped detecting devices correctly and reverting to xfburn-0.3.2 fixed this behavior.

There are 3 new programs joining the Parted Magic line-up: mount-gtk-1.0.1, pmount_0.9.18, and pmagic_mount

Last but not least the updated list: gparted-0.4.3, linux-2.6.28.5, hdparm-9.10, fsarchiver-0.4.1, e2fsprogs-1.41.4, syslinux-3.73, kbd-1.15, module-init-tools-3.6, hal-info-20090202, ntfs-3g-2009.2.1.

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.5

2009-12-22T16:45:00.001-08:00

This release of Parted Magic includes many new features and updated programs. The first thing you might notice is the dramatic increase in size. We are now using a squashfs image instead of a 7zip archive. This once again allows for a "live" option for older computers. Parted Magic doesn't use any additional RAM with the default boot option, the compression was just decreased. With the Linux 2.6.28 kernel comes the first stable ext4 file system release. We are using a highly tested SVN version of GParted to give you full control of your ext4 partitions. This includes all features for ext file systems found in previous releases. Jason Vasquez has vastly improved support of wireless devices. We hope you have a better experience with your wireless networking. Last but not least, we have added some new programs. gsmartcontrol-0.8.3, xfce4-screenshooter-1.5.0, fsarchiver-0.3.5, and squashfs-3.4 are now part of the Parted Magic program list.

These programs have been updated: libburn-0.6.0.pl01, xfburn-0.4.0, libisofs-0.6.12, linux-2.6.28.2, gparted-svn with full ext4 support, dhcp-4.1.0, openssl-0.9.8i, util-linux-ng-2.14.1, gtk+-2.14.6, leafpad-0.8.16, xfce libraries for xfburn to xfce version 4.4.3, memtest86+-2.11, vte-0.19.4, tar-1.21, wpa_supplicant-0.5.11, roxterm-1.13.4, rsync-3.0.5, dbus-1.2.6, dbus-glib-0.78, hal-info-20081127, hal-0.5.11, hdparm-9.8, bash-3.2.48, busybox-1.13.2, galculator-1.3.3, p7zip_4.61, reiserfsprogs-3.6.21, dhcpcd-4.0.7, xfsdump_2.2.48-1, xfsprogs_2.10.2-1, pciutils-3.1.0, ntfs-3g-2009.1.1, lftp-3.7.8.

Happy partitioning and please consider making a small donation if Parted Magic does it's job.

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.4

2009-12-22T16:44:00.002-08:00

This is a minor bug fix release to address problems with wireless networking and GParted's save details function. Our udev rules were not exactly correct and some wireless interfaces were not working. This has been fixed. LC_ALL was not set in Parted Magic and GParted would crash when trying to write the save details html file. Parted Magic's make USB script has also been fixed.

We also updated to gtk+-2.14.5, glib-2.18.3, pango-1.20.5, glibmm-2.18.1, and gtkmm-2.14.3, gpicview-0.1.11, lftp-3.7.7, firefox-3.0.5, fireftp-1.0.3.

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.3

2009-12-22T16:44:00.001-08:00

This release of Parted Magic offers better support for video drivers and adds nfs. gFTP was also added and a few other core packages have been upgraded. The contents of the USB version have been altered to clean things up a bit. All GRUB files are in /boot/grub and all syslinux files are in /boot/syslinux. You will need to alter your syslinux command syntax or move the configuration file back to the root of the USB drive. See the changelog for more details.

Please take a moment to consider a small donation to this project.

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.2

2009-12-22T16:43:00.001-08:00

This is mostly bug fix release for the 3.x series with a few new features. Some of the new updates include gparted-0.4.0, linux-2.6.27.7, xarchiver-0.5.1, dc3dd-6.12.2, and hdparm-9.2. Jason fixed the disk wiping program and some other issues were addressed as well. The newest and most powerful new feature is "installpkg" from Slackware. You can now add programs to Parted Magic by simply adding them to the pmodules directory and booting the machine. Parted Magic automatically installs them at boot. There are several tested *.tgz packages available in the forum for download. Make sure you change the tmpfs_size= boot parameter to allow more RAM for your additional packages.

As many of you know, the Parted Magic web site was hacked. The new site is up and mostly working. I would like to thank
Cassius Adams from http://sevenl.net for donating a very nice dedicated server for us to use.
Jiri Kanicky for setting up this new Parted Magic website based on Joomla!
Gert Hulselmans for spending a great deal of time helping me get the new server configured and organized.

If you use Parted Magic and it accomplished what you needed it to do, please donate $2. The only income this project receives is through donations.

PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.1

2009-12-22T16:42:00.000-08:00

Parted magic released with only minor changes from RC1. One of the most important new developments is the HDD version. This is a new concept in rescue/partitioning environments. It's basically a copy and paste USB distribution for system admins and is the future of the Parted Magic project. Version 4.0 will be largely based on Slackware Linux and will offer package management and most things you would expect from a small rescue environment. My honest opinion is the death of CDs and DVDs is closer than most people think and the dominance of flash media with RW is the future of any system admins toolbox. This forum post describes the new HDD version. In the weeks to come, new documents will be written to describe its uses in better detail. The 3.x series might be the last of the RO "Live" media environments for Parted Magic which a large number of distributions do better than us anyway.

PARTED MAGIC - About Parted Magic

2009-12-22T16:39:00.000-08:00

The Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partimage, TestDisk, Truecrypt, Clonezilla, G4L, SuperGrubDisk, ddrescue, etc...) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of file system tools are also included, as Parted Magic supports the following: ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, reiser4, and xfs.

Parted Magic requires at least a i586 processor and 256MB of RAM to operate or 128MB in "Live" mode.

Features

Format internal and external hard drives.
Move, copy, create, delete, expand & shrink hard drive partitions.
Clone your hard drive, to create a full backup.
Test hard drives for impending failure.
Test memory for bad sectors.
Benchmark your computer for a performace rating.
Securely erase your entire hard drive, wiping it clean from all data.
Gives access to non-booting systems allowing you to rescue important data.
Runs from the CD, no install required.

CLEAROS - ClearOS Sneak Peek...Exclusive Screenshots

2009-12-22T04:35:00.000-08:00

We thought we'd drop you all an early Christmas gift and release some screenshots of the new ClearOS interface. We won't say when it will be released....just that it is coming soon!

The interface has been tested in all major browsers and will be accessible via netbook, laptop, desktop, tablet and even mobile devices (Android/iPhone).

You'll notice that we've changed up the menu items a bit. This reflects the complete solution ClearOS brings to SMBs to manage every layer of the LAN environment:

Network Layer
Gateway Layer
Server Layer

IMG IS

CLEAROS - ClearOS Is Coming Son...

2009-12-22T04:33:00.001-08:00

After living in beta for over a month, the time is drawing near for the final version release of ClearOS 5.1! The usual suspects have been working very hard to ensure that the software is ready to go. ClearFoundation is excited to share this new release with the world, and it will be available very soon. Stay tuned to www.ClearFoundation.com for updates.

CLEAROS - A Clear New OS Concept

2009-12-22T04:29:00.000-08:00

This blog posted courtesy of ClearFoundation Community Member Shane Shields. Originally posted on Toolbox for IT

First of all I guess I should do the obligatory disclosure according to the American FTC which is just a guide but has lawful penalties (how do they figure that one out?) I received this product for free from the Clear Foundation. In return I am going to do a review of their product.

That being said they are giving their product away for free to everyone. In typical Open Source business model it is the service they are charging for. The product? The new release of the beta version of their latest ClearOS(5.1). I found out about this when their marketing manager Aaron contacted me here on ITtoolbox and basically just said check out what we did and tell me what you think.

Well since it was no skin off of my nose to download their ISO image and whack it into a VirtualBox session I did so. While I was trying to download it I hopped over to their website and had a peek and poke around (aah the old basic days, sigh). What I saw intrigued me to say the least. I was expecting just another fork of another Linux distribution. You know the standard Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE, RedHat type of thing. One thing was evident was that these people were definitely thinking out of the box.

Downloading the ISO was a bit of a chore as their servers were being hammered. Having a look at their forums I found out that they were having an unprecedented interest in this beta version and they were caught with their pants down. However they quickly resolved the situation and then some. So after the third try the ISO downloaded in about ten minutes.

Once the download finished I fired up VirtualBox and connected the ISO to a test session and booted the virtual machine. The initial install was done in a text console and was pretty simple to navigate. The instructions were clear and easy to understand. It was by far the easiest install I had ever seen for a Linux distribution aimed at the server end.

Yes I did say server, not desktop. The ClearOS distributions goal is to provide a simple to maintain server package for those who don't want to fiddle around with the guts of the operating system. How well they have done that I will explain later.

During the install I was presented with a choice of modules to install. This caught my notice because it was different to what I had seen before. Sure, other distributions ask you to choose different roles of the installation yet... ClearOS gave you choices on what you want to use the server for. For example, you can choose it to be a gateway, an intrusion detection box, a mail server, a web server, a vpn server, a file server and others, or all of them. I now understood what they meant by modules. They partitioned up the installation according to the required end use. Later on I understood the reason why.

Installation was fast and it only took about ten minutes to install. So fast that I actually installed it a couple of times using different module selections just for the fun of it. When the install finished there was the usual remove the install media and reboot. Which I did of course :)

When the machine rebooted I was presented with a nice clean login screen. I gave my credentials and clicked the login button. Then I received a big surprise, like Quaid gave the guard in Total Recall. Instead of a standard desktop popping up on the screen like so many other distributions I have looked at, I was presented with a configuration wizard which walked me through the final basic server configuration. Again everything was clearly explained and I had no problems. Not only that, but with each step they explained why it was needed. The developers clearly had end users in mind when they designed ClearOS.

The configuration wizard ended and for some reason I was still expecting a standard desktop to appear. It did not. What did appear was a web browser like interface where I could monitor all the different services, configure them and receive reports. With a lot of extensive clicking around it appeared to me that they have managed to do what so many distributions have failed at. They have designed and implemented a point and click server interface to set up everything you could ever need in a server. There was no need to ever manually edit a text file at all. The organisation looked to be clear and sensible. Although the developers are thinking on how they can improve it even more.

What it looks like the ClearOS developers have done, is create a truly usable point'n'click packaged server operating system, which anyone can use. I would have to say it is even easier than windows server, or any other Linux distribution I have ever seen, for installation and configuration.

I think that ClearOS definitely deserves a good look at for an easy to use and maintain server implementation. It has been specifically designed for ease of use in any server application. It is especially suitable for single purpose services or as an all in one solution from personal use to enterprise level applications. Being based on Redhat Enterprise/CentOS Linux with Clear Foundations own customised interface, it looks like a winner to me. I was very impressed which is why I decided to write this review. There is no other reason.

PARSIX - Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r1 `Kev` has been released

2009-12-22T04:00:00.001-08:00

The first update version of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev` is available for immediate download. This version merges all security and bug fix updates published on the APT repositories. Also a bug in installer that prevented detection of other installed operating systems on GRUB 2 has been fixed. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.5.5, GParted 0.4.8, Pidgin 2.6.2 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.8.2 etc. Due to vast amount of changes and new default features in this version, its highly recommended to do a CD-ROM update mode installation. For more information see release notes. Donations are highly appreciated. Another news that Parsix 3.5 aka `Frankie` repositories are up and running and all community users are welcomed to start testing and using it. Frankie final release is planned for March 2010. Download:

parsix_3.0r1-i386.iso (687 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r1-amd64.iso (693 MB, MD5)

PARSIX - Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r1 `Kev` has been released

2009-12-22T04:00:00.000-08:00

parsix_3.0r1-i386.iso (687 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r1-amd64.iso (693 MB, MD5)

PARSIX - Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r0 `Kev` is ready!

2009-12-22T03:59:00.000-08:00

We proudly announce the immediate availability of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev`. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.5.3, GParted 0.4.6, Pidgin 2.6.2 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.8.2 etc. Here we need to thank all community users and team members who helped us to make `the best ever released Parsix` possible. Due to vast amount of changes and new default features in this version, its highly recommended to do a CD-ROM update mode installation. For more information see release notes. Donations are highly appreciated. Download:

parsix_3.0r0-i386.iso (686 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r0-amd64.iso (692 MB, MD5)

PARSIX - What's Parsix GNU/Linux?

2009-12-22T03:55:00.000-08:00

Parsix GNU/Linux is a live and installation CD derived from KANOTIX and based on Debian. It is a complete GNOME centric desktop oriented distribution. Parsix GNU/Linux supports dozens of languages including English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Persian and many many more. You can install and use Parsix GNU/Linux as your default operating system. We have also included xFarDic multilingual dictionary and several free font packages. For more information about our release code names, see here.

What's Our Goal?
Our goal is to provide a ready to use, easy to install, desktop and laptop optimized operating system based on Debian's testing branch and the latest stable release of GNOME desktop environment. We also try to fit the maximum possible popular high quality open source applications on a single CD-ROM media. Also its possible to install extra software packages from Parsix APT repositories. Our annual release cycle consists of two major and four minor versions.

Current Stable Version: 3.0r1 (Kev), Download: i386 amd64

Testing Version: 3.5 Frankie

VORTEXBOX - VortexBox 1.0 released

2009-12-22T03:40:00.000-08:00

After several months of hard work we have released VortexBox 1.0. It has many of the features requested by the community including

* FLAC to Apple Lossless (m4a) mirroring through the web GUI
* MusicBrainz and CDDB used for ID3 tags
* Tool tips for each section in the GUI
* Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.4.1 pre installed and configured
* Software upgrade through the web GUI

1.0 also has a lot of bug fixes including better handling of existing cover art. You can update to this version using this from the command line.

yum update

If you have squeezecenter you will need to do this first. http://vortexbox.org/2009/10/squeezebox-server-on-vortexbox/

if you have a version before 0.7 you will need to do this or reload from the ISO.

http://vortexbox.org/2009/06/vortexbox-06-to-07-upgrades/

VORTEXBOX - Announcing the VortexBox Micro Appliance

2009-12-22T03:38:00.000-08:00

A lot of people asked me for a smaller version of the VortexBox appliance. One that they could hide under their equipment. We have worked hard and I think we have what these users want. The new micro appliance draws only 6 watts and is smaller then the SqueezeBox itself. The Micro Appliance has no moving parts (other than the hard drive).

Small Green Computer is now selling VortexBox Micro Appliance. I’ll post some more pictures when I get a chance.

VORTEXBOX - VortexBox appliance now sold through Small Green Computer

2009-12-22T02:58:00.000-08:00

We are now selling the VortexBox appliance through Small Green Computer. Small Green Computer is a true e-commerce site and will be much easier than using Amazon or eBay. The small profit from each appliance still goes to the VortexBox project.

Small Green Computer will be carrying an expanded product line including a 2TB version of the original appliance and the new VortexBox Micro Appliance.

http://shop.smallgreencomputer.com/

VORTEXBOX - 21 Oct 09 FLAC to CD

2009-12-22T02:57:00.000-08:00

Ever wanted to get your FLACs back on a CD to play in your car CD player. Now you can. The latest update to VortexBox now has a script called flac2cd.sh. From command line cd to the folder with your FLACs. Insert a blank CD and type flac2cd.sh.

The disk will eject in a few min and you can play it in your CD player!

VORTEXBOX - 15 Oct 09 VortexBox announces Australian reseller

2009-12-22T02:54:00.000-08:00

Vortexbox is proud to announce our first VortexBox appliance reseller. We now have a reseller in Australia http://www.vortexbox.com.au. The case we use for the VortexBox appliance was not available in Australia so the Australian version uses a slightlly different case. If you want the original VortexBox appliance we can ship it to Australia for $40. If you want to save the customs hassles and buy direct from an Australian company buy an appliance from http://www.vortexbox.com.au.

OPENSUSE « openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 99 is out! Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Tomorrow (Wednesday, December 2nd)

2009-12-02T07:14:00.002-08:00

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, December 2nd, at 12:00 UTC. The meeting time in all time zones are listed on the Fixed Time World Clock. Project meetings are always held in the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode.

Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at:

http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-12-02

Please add topics as soon as possible. Also, if you have questions for the meeting, but can’t attend (we know that the meeting times can’t work for everyone) please add them to the agenda as well. We also take live questions, of course. Logs of the meeting are posted to the wiki here:

http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Archive

New to openSUSE’s IRC meetings? For more on our IRC meetings and how they’re run, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About.

Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Alternatively, you can log into the IRC meeting via a Web-based interface at webchat.freenode.net.

As always, we meet in #opensuse-project on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-project.

Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there.

If you’re interested in how the openSUSE Project is run and want to participate, please be sure to join us on Wednesday. See you there!

openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 99 is out!

2009-12-02T07:14:00.001-08:00

Issue #99 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out!

In this week’s issue:

* Dominique Leuenberger: Compitz 0.8.4
* Michal Hrusecky: Status Report – Media Wiki Theme
* Linux.com/Joe Brockmeier: Vim 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Vim
* Pavol Rusnak: Fedora and openSUSE Community Engagement
* Nmap 5.10BETA1 released

For a list of available translations see this page:

http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/99/Translations.

openSUSE Weekly News, issue 98 is out!

2009-12-02T07:13:00.001-08:00

Issue #98 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out!

In this week’s issue:

* Board Election 2009 Startup
* openSUSE 11.2 Launchparties
* openSUSE Spotlight: What does the openSUSE Board do?
* Uwe Gansert: Interactive AutoYaST Rules
* openSUSE Forums: K3B and mp3 support

For a list of available translations see this page:

http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/98/Translations.

OPENSUSE - Reminder: Weekly News Team Meeting

2009-12-02T07:11:00.001-08:00

The next openSUSE Weekly News meeting will take place tomorrow (Saturday November 28) at 14:30 UTC. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-newsletter channel on Freenode.

Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at:

https://wave.google.com/wave/?pli=1#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252B2OV90TvJC.1

We using for our Meeting the Meetbot. Please check http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot for the commands.

For more on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About.

As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter.

Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/.

Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there.

on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About.

As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter.

Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/.

Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there.

OPENSUSE - Reminder: Weekly News Team Meeting

2009-12-02T07:11:00.000-08:00

The next openSUSE Weekly News meeting will take place tomorrow (Saturday November 28) at 14:30 UTC. As always, the meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-newsletter channel on Freenode.

Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at:

https://wave.google.com/wave/?pli=1#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252B2OV90TvJC.1

We using for our Meeting the Meetbot. Please check http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot for the commands.

For more on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About.

As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter.

Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/.

Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there.

on IRC meetings, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About.

As always, we meet in #opensuse-newsletter on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-newsletter.

Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/.

Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there.