TORCS version 1.3.1 is available for download. The most important changes are reworked cars and tracks (Andrew, Bernhard, Christos, Daniel, Eckhard, Wolf-Dieter), new and better looking opponents (Andrew, Bernhard, Miguel, Wolf-Dieter), and a lot of little improvements and a few new features (Andrew, Bernhard, Brian, Christos, Eckhard, Eric, Jean-Philippe, Mart and some other people). Hit [...]
TORCS version 1.3.1 is available for download. The most important changes are reworked cars and tracks (Andrew, Bernhard, Christos, Daniel, Eckhard, Wolf-Dieter), new and better looking opponents (Andrew, Bernhard, Miguel, Wolf-Dieter), and a lot of little improvements and a few new features (Andrew, Bernhard, Brian, Christos, Eckhard, Eric, Jean-Philippe, Mart and some other people). Hit [...]
In the past, Linux was not overly blessed with decent budgeting software, and installing GnuCash was regarded by many as the epitome of a descent into dependency hell.
Thankfully, things have since changed, and anyone using a modern distribution could now have the software ready to go in just a few minutes.
Read more at Tech [...]
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Feature: Linux and distributions through the years Statistics: DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking in 2007 and 2008 News: Debian clears Lenny firmware issue, Ubuntu proposes new notification agent, openSUSE discusses roadmap for 11.2, Xubuntu and Bayanihan Linux updates Released last week: FreeBSD 7.1, Sabayon….
Read more at DistroWatch
So 2009 is here at last, and not a moment too soon! Finally we can put another Holiday Season behind us and get back to work. Some of us, of course, are still recovering from the seasonal merriment; others are still pondering gifts they received. To wit: On Digg, Rekzai earned more than 3,340 Diggs [...]
Voting is now opened for the Fedora 11 release name. There are eight
names on the ballot from which to choose. To cast your vote, point
your web browser to this URL:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/relnamef11
Log in with your Fedora Account name and password. As long as you
have signed the CLA and belong to one additional group in [...]
== PostgreSQL Weekly News - January 04 2009 ==
Happy New Year from the PostgreSQL Weekly News
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
PyGreSQL 4.0 released.
http://www.PyGreSQL.org/
Devrim GUNDUZ has released another set of snapshot RPMs. Go forth and
test
http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/news-8.4devel-ready-for-testing.php
== PostgreSQL Local ==
SYDPUG will be meeting February 3, 2009 at 6:30pm. Watch this space
for [...]
Hello Everybody,
We Inform you that the second release candidate of OpenERP 5.0 is out.
There is a lot of bug fixes and improvements for this release.
You will find the Windows installers and the tarball archives on OpenERP download page.
The web client (a.k.a eTiny) will be available with the final version.
You can contribute to OpenERP on [...]
25 years after Stallman first set the GNU project in motion, what have these ideals achieved, and what can we do to ensure the future of free software? Linux Format spoke to him to find out.
While Linus Torvalds gets most of the plaudits nowadays for the Linux kernel, it was Stallman who originally posted plans [...]
The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE. This is the second release from the 7-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 7.0 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights:
The ULE scheduler is now the default in GENERIC kernels for amd64 and i386 architectures. The [...]
GRUB 2, the next-generation Linux boot loader, has received a new font engine. Version 2 of the GRand Unified Bootloader introduces this new font engine that’s written in C and with a font tool in Java. This engine will allow for better internationalization support including non-ASCII character codes and support for multiple fonts.
Read more [...]
On January 27, a year after the release of the first KDE 4 version, KDE 4.2 “The Answer” will be released. This release will feature stabalisation and feature completement and is likely to be taken up by a wide audience of users. To celebrate the important event in KDE’s history with our fans all [...]
As always, KDE will have a presence at next year’s
FOSDEM in Belgium on 7-8 February 2008.
This is earlier in the month than usual. We are looking for people to give talks in the KDE or cross-desktop devroom. FOSDEM is the European meeting of free software developers, with over 4000
visitors, 200 lectures and lots [...]
Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple’s Safari, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.
Internet Explorer was used by 68.15 percent of Web surfers monitored in December, down from 69.77 percent in November and 71.27 percent in October, according to preliminary figures [...]
The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #123 for the week of December 21st- January 3rd, 2009 is now available.
In this Issue:
* Notifications, indicators and alerts
* Making LoCo Team Rock
* Planet Ubuntu and Corporate Blogs
* Ubuntu Stats
* Ubuntu Live on TV
* Ubuntu Berlin review of 2008
* Tunisian Team Events in December
* 12 days of Launchpad
* Ubuntu Forums [...]
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer’s declaration that Linux “uses our intellectual property” fanned a firestorm of controversy last week, with Novell Inc. objecting to Ballmer’s characterization of its recent patent deal with Microsoft and some users accusing him of trying to sow fears about using Linux.
At a SQL Server user group conference in Seattle on [...]
Rather than announcing a road-map for 2009 or sharing all of the accomplishments this year that were made within the Compiz development community, Kristian Lyngstol has shared some grave concerns for this project that brought “desktop bling” to Linux. Kristian has outlined a few areas that that he believes need to be addressed otherwise it [...]
* News about Mint
Merlwiz and Exploder are happy to release LinuxMint-6-XFCE as an RC. A few things have to be checked and/or added to the repositories and Merlwiz needs to write release notes but it’s likely this release will be ready any time now.
LinuxMint-6-x64 is ready for testing and will be released soon (at the [...]
The Wikimedia Foundation has raised the necessary funds to operate Wikipedia until the end of June, the nonprofit organisation announced Friday.
Wikimedia has received about US$6.2 million since launching its fundraising campaign in early November. More than 125,000 donors have chipped in.
The organisation will use the money to maintain and grow its technical infrastructure, a big [...]
Sylvania’s G Netbook Meso offers a nice-looking screen and plenty of ports — you get three USBs as well as a VGA. The keyboard is just too cramped for reviewer Jack Germain’s liking, though that’s a problem found on just about any tiny netbook computer. The available Ubuntu Netbook Remix OS will give you the [...]