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Saturday, 29 January 2011

Enlightenment Foundation Libraries Reach 1.0 Release

Posted on 16:52 by Unknown
One of the things I mentioned in my Eight Tech Signs the World Might be Coming to an End was that the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries had reached a beta state. Something I mentioned briefly in my announcement about the Bodhi Release candidate was that it was now shipping with the EFL 1.0 libraries.You read that right. Not alpha, not beta, not release candidate, but a stable 1.0 release of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. Ten years in the...
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Bodhi Linux Release Candidate

Posted on 13:33 by Unknown
Today the Bodhi team and I are happy to announce our release candidate (0.1.5) is now available to the general public. This disc includes a number of package updates, most notably Firefox beta 10 and EFL 1.0 stable release. For a full change log see here.Because a picture is worth a thousand words the following is a screen shot overview of some of the changes in the release candidate.First Boot ScreenThe setup wizard has been stream lined in this...
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Friday, 28 January 2011

Processor Architecture, Linux, and the Future

Posted on 13:20 by Unknown
Twice in the past week I have gotten into discussions with friends about the topic of processor architecture. One of these discussions was about the cell processor. The cell processor is a Power-PC based, micro-processor that was designed to bridge the gap between traditional 64bit processors and GPUs. The second discussion was about another type of processor architecture most of us use everyday - the ARM processor (as of 2007 an approximated 98% of mobile phones use an ARM chip).The topics of the discussions were fairly similar - why is it with...
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Linux Plays well with Others

Posted on 12:29 by Unknown
Two of my friends transfered out NIU this semester, both of them are running various forms of GNU/Linux on their personal computers. One of them is not so technically inclined and he asked me to help him trouble shoot why his Ubuntu system could not get an internet connection. After doing a bit of searching online I found that NIU had some special settings for connecting to their wired network via Cisco NAC.What Cisco NAC does is monitor what systems are on the network and what they are running. The reason NIU provides for using Cisco NAC is that:"In...
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Thursday, 20 January 2011

Bodhi Linux is Blossoming

Posted on 18:46 by Unknown
Not even three months ago Bodhi Linux was nothing more than a thought in my mind. Today Bodhi is a thriving young project. If you have visited our team page lately or seen our news posts then you know our small team has been steadily growing.We are happy to welcome four new members to our team.Mark Strawser (ottermaton) is taking charge of Bodhi documentation and our get software page.Agustin Verdegal (Agust) is the one responsible for all of the...
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Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Eight Great Enlightenment Modules

Posted on 16:55 by Unknown
Awhile back I did a posting about useful/interesting Gnome Panel Applets. Of the late I've been featuring the Enlightenment desktop more and more so I figured it was only fitting that I do a post highlighting some of my favorite Enlightenment Modules.Forecasts -The forecasts module allows you to display the weather forecast of the current day and the following two days in Widget form either on your desktop or on a shelf. It has options to display...
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Saturday, 8 January 2011

Bodhi Linux Hits Beta

Posted on 12:08 by Unknown
Two months after our first release, the Bodhi Linux team and I are proud to announce our first ever beta release. This release features a number of package updates including the Firefox 4.0 beta 8 and the latest Enlightenment SVN build as of 01/08/2011. For a full change log see here.The most important change in this release is how the default theme for Bodhi is now handled. After listening to the complaints of people more than a few times, I realized...
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