Adobe Systems is reaching out for Linux desktop users with its announcement today that the first beta of Adobe Flash Player 10, a.k.a. Astro, is now available for Linux, as well as Windows and Mac OS X.
In a statement, David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe, said that “Adobe had been working closely with the community; we are delivering groundbreaking creative features that will be transformative for interactive designers and developers, and revolutionary for end users.”
We are pleased to announce:
Issue 22 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0]
In this week’s issue:
* Linuxtag 2008 - latest information
* People of openSUSE: Marcus Hüwe
* Upcoming… openSUSE 11.0beta3
[0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/22
Have a lot of fun!
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Jan-Simon Möller
Subject : Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is now shipping!
The ultimate in Linux is closer than ever. Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring boxes
are now shipping! Those who pre-ordered their copy will have it delivered in
a couple of days.
Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring: 10 years of innovation!
Alfresco Software, maker of popular open source content management software, has announced the release of Alfresco Enterprise 2.2. The new release is designed to let web site managers delve into web 2.0 features and online community building. According to the company, “Enhancements support the creation, deployment and updates of scalable Web 2.0 sites that can be developed using any web application language.” Alfresco is behind interactive sites in the entertainment, online gaming, sports, telecommunications and publishing industries, and many of the new features are targeted at such sites.
Let’s face it, open source software runs the Internet. Without it we wouldn’t have basic services like DNS, or even the web server that’s sending you this page. This isn’t a new phenomenon. People have been writing and distributing OSS software since the Internet was born. I’m always amused when people characterize it as a new-fangled thing. That does a complete disservice to the hard work of folks all over the world, and the phenomenal software they have written.
Is the UK really a laggard in open source? Red Hat denies there is any problem.
“Red Hat does more business in the UK than in any other European country,” Malcolm Herbert, senior manager of consulting practice at Red Hat UK, told ZDNet at the Open Source Forum event. “There’s no problem with open source take-up in the UK.”
There are plenty of people who disagree with him. OpenForum’s Graham Taylor, speaking at the same event, is just the latest person to say the UK is crap at open source - it’s become a common story from all open source activists.
Read more at ZDNet
Mozilla Messaging announced today the first official alpha release of the next generation Thunderbird e-mail application. Although this release offers some improvements over its predecessor, it isn’t intended for production use yet. We tested some of the new functionality to see how it is shaping up.
The Mozilla Foundation gently nudged Thunderbird out of the nest last year when it created the Mozilla Messaging subsidiary to manage ongoing development of the popular open source e-mail program. The goal was to give Thunderbird more autonomy and its own organizational structure so that it could continue growing. Shortly after its official launch, Mozilla Messaging began to formulate plans for Thunderbird 3.
Read more at ars technica
Have you ever wished your computer had the balls to tell you to STFU? Have you every wished it T4LK3D L1K3 7H1S? Have you ever dreamt of saying STFU every time you tell people about your HOT new distro? Have you ever dreamt of having sex with a rodent?
Yeah, yeah. Haven’t we all?
This is a disection of the FreeBSD BootCD. To learn how it all works and how to modify things. The cd that I’m going to be using is 7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
Topics will be:
1)Opening the iso
2)Reading the boot options
3)Working with mfsroot
4)Customize the boot up
5)Burning a new CD to boot from
Learn how to build Web services in PHP using the PHP Development Tools plug-in in Eclipse Europa. Become familiar with the PDT project, and learn how to create and deploy useful PHP projects, learn about the philosophy behind contract-first development, and understand the basic parts that make up a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file.
In this tutorial
This tutorial shows how to build Web services in PHP using the PHP Development Tools (PDT) plug-in. The PDT project was unveiled in September 2007 and was followed by V1.0.2 in January 2008. The PDT project provides first-class abilities to edit, debug, and deploy PHP applications in the Eclipse IDE.
Adaptec has announced a new family of entry-level RAID controllers that support RAID 0, 1, and 10. The Series 2 RAID controllers ship with open-source Linux drivers and are designed for controlling low-cost SATA and SAS disk and tape-drive systems, says the company.
The Series 2 RAID 2405 and 2045 controllers are based on the same “Unified Serial” technology and dual-core RAID-on-Chip (ROC) architecture used by Adaptec’s higher-end Series 5 RAID controllers, says the company. According to Adaptec, most entry-level RAID systems use software-based RAID, which limits performance and configurability.
Read more at LinuxDevices.com
I have been asked this over and again - which hardware should be avoided before installing Linux? The list is actually smaller than you might expect, but it is helpful if you would like to remain in a headache-free zone.
Broadcom Wireless Products: Despite efforts by well-intentioned developers, seeing successful wireless with anything based on these chipsets is not an easy task, despite the hogwash you will read elsewhere. Linux wireless is doable, and generally speaking, you are best off to ask what those not using these chipsets are having success with. In general, you will likely find this is the best path, although you can also check your distro’s HCL (hardware compatibility list) for more information.
Read more at MadPenguin
The 2.6.25.4 stable kernel update is available. This one contains a fairly long list of fixes, one of which is
security-related.
Read more at LWN.net
Dreamlinux is a Debian-based distribution that offers you a choice of GNOME or Xfce window managers as well as an extremely simple installation and scripts to install popular programs not found in the Debian repositories. With included programs for communication, graphics, and music, plus OpenOffice.org, it covers most general desktop needs, and installation and configuration are a breeze. Besides a few minor bugs that didn’t cause any problems, my experience with Dreamlinux was entirely positive.
The Fedora distribution has a reputation for innovation, and the new Fedora 9, released today, is no exception. With features that range from easy filesystem encryption to support for the ext4 format, it includes a wide range of features that are likely to become standard in other distributions in the next six months. But for Paul W. Frields, who became Fedora project leader in February, what distinguishes the release is less the technology than the community that supports it, and how the technology contributes to the larger free software world.
Next week will be the Dutch Ubuntu Release Party. Not sure where that link points too - it shows the dutch release party page for me, but being a rather generic URL - www.releaseparty.eu - I guess one could expect to get a local page served or something. If that’s true it would be both neath and annoying.
Anyway. I also gave a talk about KDE 4.1 at Guademy in Valencia (Spain) a couple of weeks ago. It went relatively well, except for the live preview. Shouldn’t have done that - not only didn’t it work very well, it also destroyed the whole ‘flow’. Got lost, so to say. That’s why for the Ubuntu Release Party I’ve spend the last 2 days making screencasts of what I want to show. Took a lot of time so I began uploading them to Youtube. They were made in 1024×768 resolution (My little laptop uses that res natively, and I hope to encounter beamers with the same resolution) for a sharp image.
EU Petition Synopsis
Citizens and stakeholder groups should not have to use the software of a single company in order to communicate with their elected officials or participate in the legislative process.
All companies should be given the chance to compete freely for contracts to supply ICT services to the European Parliament.
I am a citizen of the EU, and I want the European Parliament to adopt the use of open standards and to promote interoperability in the ICT sector.
We believe that the current situation, where the European Parliament’s ICT runs on proprietary software that is not interoperable with that of other vendors, where therefore citizens and stakeholder groups wishing to participate in the legislative process are forced to use the products of a single company, is in conflict with the first article of Chapter 1 in the Treaty of the European Union. An example of this is the live Web streaming from the European Parliament’s plenary sessions – aimed at improving communication with citizens and insight into democratic processes – which will only work with Windows Media Player.
Linspire, the San Diego, Calif.-based Linux distributor, is continuing to build up its CNR (Click-N-Run) software installation system with partnerships with Ubuntu parent Canonical and the Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution. Linspire recently announced that its beta CNR service now supports the Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron release and Linux Mint versions 4.0 and 5.
Adobe has announced the first pre-release of Flash Player 10, which is their forthcoming next-generation solution that is under their open Flash specifications. Flash Player 10 delivers new 3D effect capabilities, custom filters and effects, advanced text layout, an enhanced drawing API, and visual performance improvements…
MEPIS has announced the release of antiX 7.2, “Vetëvendosje.”
Built using the MEPIS Linux 7.0 core including the MEPIS 2.6.22 kernel and utilities, along with selected additions from Debian Lenny, this lightweight OS is especially appropriate for older hardware and users who like a very fast functional system.
Pre-configured window managers Fluxbox and IceWM, as well as Conky and ROX Desktop, come
ready to use. The search tool catfish and the video player gxine have been added now; a list of applications is found here: http://antix.mepis.com/index.php/Applications_used_in_antiX-M7.2