News Archive - June 2006
Zenwalk 2.6
Saturday 24th June 2006
Categories: Reviews, GNU/Linux, FLOSS
On the whole, Zenwalk is a refreshing change from some of the behemoths of distributions that exist at the moment, let down by its package management. If installation can be made a little less intimidating, some parts more user-friendly, and its package management a little more reliable and usable, then Zenwalk could become a truly excellent distribution.
Leaders, Ubuntu and Opera
Saturday 24th June 2006
Category: News
A few articles on the leaders of two closely linked distributions, Debian and Ubuntu. Firstly, there's an interview with the DPL, Anthony Towns, while there is a somewhat critical article about Mark Shuttleworth.
Keeping with Ubuntu, we can see the plans for Edgy Eft, the next release of Ubuntu. It should be kept in mind that this release should contain lots of fun new things, instead of the long term support of Dapper. Also with open source is the article Gartner: Open source on Windows is the future.
Finally, the relatively popular browser Opera has just released its latest version - Opera 9. This brings along various features, such as widgets (they seem to be applets to me), and a BitTorrent client.
It's my birthday!
Thursday 22nd June 2006
Category: News
That's right, boys and girls - we're one year old today, with a new page appearance to celebrate, and no doubt more bugs. What once worked is now broken. If you do find anything that is misbehaving, send it to me through the contact us page. If that works.
What can you look forward to in the year ahead? Well, much the same as the last year, actually. It is as exciting as it sounds.
The Net, Google and Microsoft
Saturday 17th June 2006
Category: News
I've not posted for a little while, so there's plenty to catch up on:
- Linux News Urges Action on Net Neutrality
- Somebody finds their 'destroyed' hard drive is alive and well - along with their data
- Windows vs. Linux: Time to Call a Truce?
- Microsoft cozies up to the GPL?
- Google Earth is ready for Linux
- What happened to GNU/Linux evangelism?
- Is Gates' retirement Linux's chance?