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ISPConfig 3.0.2 is available for download. This release is a major release of the ISPConfig 3 Hosting Control panel which brings many new features, improves the functionality and contains fixes for several bugs. Download The software can be downloaded here: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ispconfig/ISPConfig-3.0.2.tar.gz?use_mirror= Changelog and list of new features http://bugtracker.ispconfig.org/index.php?do=index&tasks=&project=3&due=21&status[]= Known Issues: Please take a look at the bugtracker: http://bugtracker.ispconfig.org BUG Reporting Please report bugs to the ISPConfig bugtracking system: http://bugtracker.ispconfig.org Supported Linux Distributions Installation The installation instructions for ISPConfig can be found here: http://www.ispconfig.org/documentation.htm or in the text files (named INSTALL_*.txt) which are inside the docs folder of the .tar.gz file. Update To update existing ISPConfig 3 installations, run this command on the shell: ispconfig_update.sh select “stable” as update resource. The script will check if an updated version of ISPConfig 3 is available and then download the tar.gz and start the setup script. Detailed instructions for making a backup before you update can be found here: http://www.faqforge.com/linux/controlpanels/ispconfig3/how-to-update-ispconfig-3/ If the ISPConfig version on your server does not have this script yet, follow the manual update instructions below. Manual update instructions cd /tmp – Support the ISPConfig development Best Regards, Your ISPConfig Team Did you know that 55% of statistics are made up on the spot? (or maybe it was 68% I don’t recall) If you have ever taken a statistics class you know that data is everything, but it’s not just about the data itself. Whenever you see numbers you have to ask yourself: * Where did these numbers come from? When it comes to market share and operating systems I’ve heard lots of numbers thrown around over the years and it is difficult to figure out which numbers you should put your faith in on this subject. For instance if your take a peek at the Wikipedia page on the subject it shows the following figures: Mozilla has released the first beta of Thunderbird 3.1, code named Lanikai. As expected, there’s nothing revolutionary in this release. Instead, it focuses on improved stability for the many changes Thunderbird underwent in version 3.0. From the release notes:
You can try Thunderbird 3.1 from Mozilla Messaging available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 25 languages. Linux is an excellent choice for a server operating system, no matter what the size of business. However, it is still not very easy to administrate. Recently many distributions have launched their own interface to configure these server components (like Apache and Samba), but really failed at delivering an easy-to-use interface to configure it. That alone turns off many SMB (small and medium business) folks. eBox is trying to fix this particular issue. eBox (or eBox Platform, to give it its full name) can play multiple roles. It can act as a network gateway, an infrastructure manager, a unified threat manager, an office server, a unified communication server or a combination of any of these. eBox is delivering these functions using already popular open source software with a solid administration interface. Google does a lot of things well, maybe too well, and it’s adding to its portfolio of tools on a weekly basis. At some point you have to look at the number of pies in which Google has its fingers and start to get a little frightened of this company. I came across this video the other day and it really summed up just how pervasive Google is. Here’s just a sample of what they’ve done in the last few weeks: * Announced an initiative to bring high-speed broadband to select cities and towns in the US. As Google deftly moves into more and more areas of our computing lives, at some point you have to stop and ask yourself if this is a good thing, or if it’s something to watch closely because with every tool (as the video shows), the more information Google has about you. The Mozilla Foundation, the organisation behind the popular Firefox web browser, has announced the launch of a new public process to update the Mozilla Public License (MPL), during which a new version of the MPL will be developed. The current Mozilla Public License, version 1.1, is already 10 years old. Unlike the Free Software Foundation, which last made changes to its GNU General Public License (GPL) in June of 2007 with the release of version 3, the MPL has remained largely unchanged since its inception. According to Mozilla, the aim of the review is to modernise the MPL and “simplify it while still keeping the things that have made the license and the Mozilla project such a success”. For millions of users who are hooked onto that square-rectangular box for most part of their day, passing time becomes almost imperative sometimes. And if the source of this entertainment is addictive enough, then we are definitely talking about Computer games and especially if the games are played on an Open source platform like that of Linux. You possibly have no reason to complain. What was once considered a shortcoming of this versatile platform has certainly been transformed into one of its strengths. Let us then have a look at the top 10 guilty pleasures you can indulge in on Linux: March 8, 2010 – 1st Annual Ubuntu Women Project “How I discovered Ubuntu.” International Women’s Day Competition The Competition which was announced back in January, asked women and girls who use Ubuntu to submit their “How I discovered Ubuntu” stories. We as a Project acknowledge that there is no one definite answer to “How do you get women to use Ubuntu?”, but wanted a way to highlight some of the various ways that women become Ubuntu users, contributors, and developers and at the same time not only have those stories as examples but also as a growing gift of encouragement and inspiration to women. The Open Clip Art Library has grown, from humble beginnings in early 2004, into a massive collection of over 24,000 scalable vector images, all created by 1200+ artists from around the world. OCAL is a powerful platform, through which, all work uploaded to the site is licensed to the public through Creative Commons’ “Public Domain Dedication”. This means that anyone can download and use the entire SVG library for any purpose, including both free and commercial works! OCAL now boasts an easily navigable collection, made possible by new thumbnail previews. It has now become much easier to search and download clip art that suits any situation. The new site layout includes an updated theme, from Andy Fitzsimon, that emphasizes user interaction by placing more importance on the portal to upload created work, as well as displaying selections from the ever-growing collection. Please help support the new Open Clip Art site launch by registering (if you haven’t already) and uploading artwork of your own!. If you’ve been longing to wrap your baby, significant other, or even your coffee in Linux-y goodness, now you can — while supporting a valuable FOSS community resource at the same time. Linux.com launched a new store filled with all kinds of geeky t-shirts, baby onesies, mugs, and other fun paraphernalia. The Linux.com Store carries goodies bearing clever phrases only a geek would understand, (“Fresh Kernels,” anyone?), cool Tux logos, and sticker sets to adorn your laptop. All profits go to furthering Linux Foundation activities, strategies and goals. The KDE España association is organizing Akademy-es 2010 in collaboration with Itsas (the Free Software group of the University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU) and the Department of Culture of the Basque Goverment. This event gathers contributors to and users of KDE software and will be held in the Engineering Technical School of Bilbao from the 7th to the 9th of May. If you are interested in giving a talk have a look at the Call For Papers and send us your proposal! To attend the event do not forget to register before 16th of April. See you in Bilbao! No matter how smart a worker you are, there are plenty of open source tools that can make you more productive. They range from hugely useful Firefox extensions such as iMacros (which lets you record repetitive, multi-step tasks and then execute them with one click) to collaboration applications for efficient co-working. Here, you’ll find five of our best posts and collections on productivity enhancement tools. Everything found here is free. Jeff Jaffe, Software Patent Supporter, Microsoft Apologist, Ex-IBM Ex-Novell FSF hating troll is now the CEO of the W3C. It is the organization responsible for web standards which have been promoted by Firefox, Opera, and Google. The w3c has been known for hiring bad staff but this just takes the cake. News of this comes from Nat Friedman’s twitter status quoted below. It seems every day we hear about hideous cost overruns on public sector projects in the UK. What makes it even more frustrating is that open source, a real no-brainer for many applications, is rarely given the chance to prove itself here. Which means, of course, that there are no case studies to refer to, so no one gives open source a chance etc. etc. Against that background, a new paper by Darrel Ince, Professor of Computing at the Open University, which rejoices in the deceptively-bland title of “The Re-development of a Problem System”, is pretty exciting stuff. The summary gives a good flavour of why that might be: The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the March 2010 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is a product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community. The magazine is lead by Paul Arnote, Chief Editor, and Andrew Strick, Assistant Editor. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license, and some rights are reserved. In the March 2010 issue: Secure Passwords, Made Easy This month’s cover features Tux the Lucky Leprechaun, from magazine staff member ms_meme. Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer at Sun, has left the company following its acquisition by Oracle. Reflecting on his nearly ten years at Sun in a posting on his personal blog, Phipps feels he achieved some “amazing things”, including the releasing of code for Unix, Java, elements of Linux and the SPARC chip under free licenses. Phipps is also proud of the part he has played in guiding the Open Document Format at Sun and his role in kick starting Sun’s blogging culture. He pays credit to the people he worked with in pushing forward those ideas within Sun. The first beta version of PrestaShop v.1.3 is now available. This new version includes the latest corrections made to PrestaShop since last week, including: - Significant corrections on CSV import feature We invite you to consult our latest newsletters (23, 24) to know the history of changes made on PrestaShop 1.3 alpha 2. We rely on you to report any bugs that you may encounter in order to quickly arrive at the final version of PrestaShop 1.3! Please note, beta versions should not be used in production. The seventh beta for 1.8 is ready. Please note that due to a critical bug fix only versions >=1.7.14 are allowed on the development multiplayer server. For more details about this and celebrating the new release please visit this forum thread. The Linux world is all excited about Ubuntu’s new look but surely there are more important things that need to be done to make Ubuntu more appealing? News this week that Ubuntu was introducing a new, refreshed, look for its brand as well as a new default theme for its Ubuntu distribution has got everyone talking. Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon first posted the news on his blog and the news was quickly spread via blogs, news publications and, naturally, Twitter. Even casual observers of Linux seemed to be excited by the introduction of a new “light” theme as the default for future Ubuntu releases. Dave (@Daviey) is a Ubuntu community leader, consultant specialising in business IT, server and telephony systems. The next version of Ubuntu – codename Lucid Lynx – will be the 10.04 release, and is scheduled to be released and declared stable in April. As a long-term support version, coupled with increasing popularity, this is undoubtedly the most important Ubuntu release to date. I was privileged to be invited to the Canonical offices in London recently to preview the image changes and comment on how we might adopt them; offer opinions on how I feel the community would interpret the changes, and offer feedback. I expected this to be an art and design type meeting, meaning I did have some concerns about how useful I would be since I can’t even attempt a bluff at being artistic. | |||||
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