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

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...

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MOLINUX - IBM APUESTA POR LINUX, NO POR W7

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...

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MOLINUX - PUBLICACIÓN DE MOLINUX-NETBOOK 5.0 "DOROTEA"

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...

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Molinux - LIBERACIÓN DE MOLINUX 5.2 BETA.

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,...

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MOLINUX - PUBLICACIÓN DE MOLINUX 5.2 "MONTESINOS"

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!...

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PC/OpenSystems LLC Gives back

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.comOr donate $20.00 or more through the donate button at top.We do understand that sometimes companies or individuals use these...

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PC/OS 10 released

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 seriesSkype client on both the OpenWorkstation and WebStation releaseGoogle Chrome is the default browser for WebstationAll security and bug fixes appliedUpdated OpenOffice.org in OpenWorkstationSupport and recovery...

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PC/OS 2009.4 and beyond

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...

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PC/OS Roots

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...

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PC-BSD 8.0-RC Released

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 4.3.4PC-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-P2KDE 4.3.4Brand new System Installer, allows the install of PC-BSD or FreeBSDRun in Live mode directly from DVDUpdated Software Manager, allows browsing and installing applications directlySupport for 3D acceleration with...

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Release: PBI Builder 2.5

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. Download PBI Builder 2.5 Installation / Usage instructions (wiki) Module creator guide (wiki) Changelog PBI developers mailing list ...

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PC-BSD 8.0-BETA Released

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 4.3.4Version 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-ReleaseKDE 4.3.4Brand new System Installer, allows the install of PC-BSD or FreeBSDRun in Live mode directly from DVDUpdated Software Manager, allows browsing and installing applications directlySupport for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64Version...

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Security Advisory: SSL, RTLD & FreeBSD Update

PC-BSD Security Advisory Name: SSL, RTLD and freebsd-update security fixesDate: 12-03-2009Size: 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.aschttp://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:16.rtld.aschttp://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...

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PC-BSD security update (devfs)

A security update for PC-BSD 7.1.1 has been released today. This update fixes a potential privilege escalation attack withdevfs / 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 ModeOnce the Online Update Manager is running, select the "Security update - devfs" patch, and click "Install selected updates". After the update has finished downloading /...

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Release: PBI Builder 2.4

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. Download PBI Builder 2.4 Installation / Usage instructions (wiki) Module creator guide (wiki) Changelog PBI developers mailing list...

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