Robbie Williamson has announced the availability of the release candidate for Ubuntu 10.10, code name "Maverick Meerkat": "We formally announce Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate. Code-named ‘Maverick Meerkat’, 10.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution." The release….
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 5.4
Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 5.4: "On the behalf of the Sabayon Linux team, we are happy to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon Linux 5.4 KDE and GNOME editions. Features: more than 1,000 updated packages since Sabayon 5.3 and more than 100 bugs….
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Ubuntu 10.10 Preview: Steady Progress for Maverick
Maverick Meerkat, the next release of Ubuntu and its official derivatives, is scheduled to hit the Internet in two weeks' time. When it does, users will find a more polished release that continues Canonical's five-year trend of providing steady incremental improvements. Ubuntu continues to make small usability changes that push each desktop experience slightly forward without tripping up users, but all most people will notice is a faster, more stable Linux distribution.
More Intel Mobile Processors Surface
Though Intel updated its price list with new mobile processors, some chip prices, including those for new mobile Core i3s, aren't publicly disclosed.
Jetpack 0.8 Helps Automate Web Site Mashups
The latest version of Jetpack, the extension framework for Firefox, contains new APIs that allow web sites to be modified via JavaScript…
The ATI R600g Driver Gets Boosted By A New Design
We've said it a few times already that the R600g driver continues to advance, but this open-source Gallium3D graphics driver that provides hardware acceleration for ATI R600/R700/Evergreen ASICs (the Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 graphics cards) has now received another huge boost with what has been dubbed as the "new design" and…
Is Fedora’s Boot Time Increasing?
The last time we closely examined the boot performance of Fedora Linux was in 2008 when comparing the boot times from Fedora Core 4 through Fedora 8.
WordPress to Replace Microsoft Live Spaces Blogging
Microsoft is to close down its Live Spaces blogging service (launched six-years ago as MSN Spaces). Blogs hosted on Spaces will be migrated to WordPress…
Vtiger CRM 5.2.0 Released
The vtiger developers have announced the release of vtiger 5.2.0 with over 50 new features / enhancements and over 350 bug fixes…
7-Inch Tablet Will Launch in Coming Weeks, Says Dell
That 7-inch tablet Michael Dell confirmed the other week? It's launching in a matter of weeks, and an even larger one similar to the iPad's size will trot out in 6 – 12 months' time.
Portable Linux Apps: Not Always an Easy Schlep
One of the best productivity tools I had when I used Microsoft Windows was a collection of portable applications. I missed those tools when I migrated to Linux.
VoiceBox Community Install Profile – Initial Release Available For Download
FunnyMonkey is pleased to announce the release of VoiceBox, a community discussion and aggregation platform. Using VoiceBox, an organization can set up a site that allows people to create profiles, start discussions, upload content from mobile phones, comment on one another’s posts, share content to other social media platforms, and follow incoming news feeds.
The VoiceBox installation profile simplifies the work of groups looking to create or expand their online presence. Organizations looking for a place for their stakeholders to publish, collaborate, and get more informed could use VoiceBox to support these goals.
The site was designed to support community media and other grassroots organizations, but the base functionality can be used in a variety of different contexts. VoiceBox can easily support a school newspaper, or, with some modifications, it could work as the public-facing site for organizations that want to communicate with their stakeholders and develop a community around their work. In particular, the blend of content aggregation, internal site discussions, repurposing content within issues, and sharing out to external sites via social media helps connect the smaller communities of individual organizations with larger external groups that share a common interest.
VoiceBox was built by FunnyMonkey as part of the Knight Drupal Initiative, which was funded by the Knight Foundation.
