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Linux 2.6.30

Wed, 2009-06-10 23:29

Linus Torvalds announced the release of the 2.6.30 Linux kernel version.

From the changelog:

This version adds the log-structured NILFS2 filesystem, a filesystem for object-based storage devices, a caching layer for local caching of NFS data, the RDS protocol which delivers high-performance reliable connections between the servers of a cluster, a distributed networking filesystem (POHMELFS), automatic flushing of files on renames/truncates in ext3, ext4 and btrfs, preliminary support for the 802.11w drafts, support for the Microblaze architecture, the Tomoyo security module, DRM support for the Radeon R6xx/R7xx graphic cards, asynchronous scanning of devices and partitions for faster bootup, MD support for switching between raid5/6 modes, the preadv/pwritev syscalls, several new drivers and many other small improvements.

Announcement | Changelog

Author: CoolGoose

Fedora 11

After several delays Fedora 11 is finally here.

From the official press release:

The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration project, today announced the availability of Fedora 11, the latest version of its free open source operating system. The community's eleventh release includes the broadest feature set to date, spotlights developments in software management and sound, improves key virtualization components and introduces Fedora Community, a portal project beta.

Press Release | Release Notes | Announcement

Release Date: 
Tue, 2009-06-09

Top 9 applications that you install after Windows

Sun, 2009-06-07 14:20

If you reinstall Windows what are your top 9 applications ?
What do you need to have a functional desktop ?

Author: CoolGoose

Wine 1.1.23

Sat, 2009-06-06 16:27

The Wine development release 1.1.23 is now available.

What's new in this release:

  • Support for registering MIME types with the Linux desktop.
  • FBO mode is now the default for Direct3D.
  • Support for COM proxy delegation.
  • Improved support for the Mingw cross-compile.
  • Proper fullscreen mode for the virtual desktop.
  • Various bug fixes.

Announcement | Download | Changelog

Author: CoolGoose

Top 3 Free Turn based Linux Games.

Sun, 2009-05-31 20:49

Here are three great turn based games, backed up by pretty nice communities, so you can fill that free time ;).

Author: CoolGoose

Microsoft kills Windows 7 Starter's 3-app limit

Sun, 2009-05-31 16:15

It seems that finally Microsoft removed the 3 app limit "feature" from Windows 7 Starter, supposedly after the pressure from major OEM's.

From the Windows team blog announcement:

We believe these changes will make Windows 7 Starter an even more attractive option for customers who want a small notebook PC for very basic tasks, like browsing the web, checking email and personal productivity.

The thing that bugs me as strange is the fact that Windows 7 Starter does NOT include DVD playback support nor (I quote), Personalization features for changing desktop backgrounds, window colors, or sound schemes.

Well that's a bugger. Hopefully there aren't going to be a hole lot of notebooks with this version.

Author: CoolGoose

Wine 1.1.22

Sun, 2009-05-24 23:11

The Wine development release 1.1.22 is now available.

What's new in this release:

  • More improvements to OLE copy/paste.
  • Beginnings of x86_64 exception handling.
  • Direct3D locking fixes.
  • ARB shaders improvements.
  • Better OpenGL pixel format support.
  • Various bug fixes.

Announcement | Download | Changelog

Author: CoolGoose

Moblin 2.0 beta

The new user interface for Mobil is finally here and I must say it looks gorgeous.

It seems that it should work pretty well with:
Acer Aspire*One, Asus eeePC* 901, 1000H, Dell Mini 9, MSI Wind, Lenovo S10, Samsung NC10, HP Mini 1010 and 1120NR (wired networking only for now)

Announcement | Download

Release Date: 
Tue, 2009-05-19

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8

Red Hat announced the release of the eighth update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

With this, the focus of product updates in the future will shift away from providing significant code changes and focus on providing critical fixes and helping customers evolve their IT plans for eventual migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Press Release

Release Date: 
Mon, 2009-05-18

Syllable 0.6.6

From the announcement:

I am very proud and very very happy to announce the release of Syllable
0.6.6 at long last!

This has been the longest, most difficult release we have ever overseen,
and I'd like to say a huge, massive thank you to Kaj and Anthony for
their help and support, to every single person who has contributed to
making this release happen, and of course to everyone in the community
to continuing to support Syllable even when things have been very quiet.

Announcement | Changelog | Download

Release Date: 
Fri, 2009-05-15
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