Análisis de la aplicación Tucan

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/

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Salix Xfce 13.1.2 images are released!

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

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Salix Fluxbox edition development has begun

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!

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Salix KDE 13.1.2 releases are available!

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!

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ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 1 Available!

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

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ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 2 Released

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

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ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 RC 1 Released

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.

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Mandriva Announces Arnaud Laprévote as CEO

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

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

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

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3G modems certified on Mandriva Linux

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

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Mandriva restructures to establish European leadership

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

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Mandriva presents Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring

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

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