Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
This excellent Linux installation guide was written by my friend, "The Trojan" initially on the CHIP forums. So all credits to him, for writing this excellent post(and note that I've taken his permission to reproduce it here).
I am writing this down considering the fact that most of the ...
Posted in install guide, linux | 2 Comments »
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
This is the first BETA release of Linux Mint 4.0, codename Daryna, based on Celena and compatible with Ubuntu Gutsy and its repositories.
Daryna is using Gutsy's package base (kernel 2.6.22, Gnome 2.20, OpenOffice 2.3, Thunderbird 2.0...etc).
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Saturday, October 27th, 2007
Wine 0.9.48 was released today, with the following main changes:
Still more fixes for regression test failures.
Much more complete cryptnet implementation.
WIDL is now able to generate the oleaut32 proxy code.
Lots of bug fixes.
Binary packages are in the process of being built and it may take a few days for them to ...
Posted in WINE, open source | 2 Comments »
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
AMD and ATI weren't fibbing. The graphics company, now part of Advanced Micro Devices, has released high-end Catalyst 7.10 graphics drivers for the Linux desktop.
ATI, once AMD bought it, promised to be more friendly to Linux desktop users. While this release still contains some proprietary bits, it does offer advanced ...
Posted in AMD, ATI, drivers, linux | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Developers, artists and user interface designers from all over the world worked together to make GIMP more powerful and easier to use than ever. The changes from version 2.2 are too numerous to list here, please check the Release Notes to get an overview.
If you want to compile GIMP 2.4 ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
 Opera 9.5 beta is available for download! Since the first alpha release hundreds of bugs have been fixed. Website rendering has been significantly improved, along with performance, stability and usability.
Opera Link
With Opera Link, it's possible to get access to your bookmarks and Speed Dials everywhere. Get Opera Mini 4 beta ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
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Gobuntu is a GNU/Linux operating system, derived from Ubuntu, that endeavors to adhere to the Free Software Foundations four freedoms and intends to provide a base for other free software platforms to build upon with minimal modification required. It does this by only including open-source non-restricted software. This means there ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Hey Ya All! Been a long time since I did a personal post here. Just been too busy, with office, with no PC and all. Sigh, I'll have to rely on CyberCafes for the upcoming 2 months.
Meanwhile, you may have noticed that I've setup a forum a while ago. ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Chart
The Chart component of OpenOffice.org has undergone a major revamp for 2.3. The developers have added a range of exciting new features, and at the same time made the creation of charts simpler and more logical. The default chart appearance is improved, with a new colour palette. The scaling of ...
Posted in OpenOffice.org, office suite, open source | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Rudd- has written in his blog about Distribution X downloading oh-so-many updates, everyday. He says:
For the last six months, I’ve been reading article after article spewing the same bovine manure: Look at how many updates Distribution X issued! How can it be more secure than Windows? Let’s bury that stupidity ...
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