GoblinX Newsletter, Issue 213 (08/16/2009)

Editor’s Note

The KDE4 distribution will be released tomorrow. Now we will decided if we finish the development with few more upgrades and release everything else, or start preparing new packages to bring to you a even better experience. Probably we will upgrade few packages inside our GNOME three, upgrades almost everything of Slackware 13, and release GoblinX 3.0 distributions.

Old Format Newsletter: HERE

Linux News & Articles

The Linux screensaver xscreensaver

“Most of us go away from our computers. When we do we don’t much care to come back to see our screen just the way we left it. We have been trained that a screensaver should take the place of our work or our play on our monitors. I have been asked numerous times “How do I have screensaver X on my Linux desktop?””

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/the-linux-screensaver-xscreensaver/

The Power of Open Source

“It is a fact that many corporations are starting to consider Open Source technologies as a way to reduce IT spending while taking advantage of existing technologies. It is also a fact that more companies are widening Open Source reach to projects that wouldn’t have been considered before, opening more possibilities for the community to spread.”

http://www.industryweek.com/articles/the_power_of_open_source_19742.aspx?SectionID=4

Get to know Linux: Terminology

“I have been covering the Linux operating system for a long time now. There are moments when I take it for granted that everyone knows the basic terminology surrounding this operating system. Because this is obviously not the case, I thought it might be a good time to stop and explain some of the terms that many Linux users toss about every day as if they were household terms.”

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/14/get-to-know-linux-terminology/

10 reasons Linux should be your netbook operating system

“I’ve read countless Microsoft-funded “studies” trying to persuade me that Windows is already dominating the netbook space. According to these studies, Linux might as well just take a curtain call because its act is over in the world of netbooks. That is simply not true. If it were, Asus wouldn’t be selling netbooks with Linux preinstalled.”

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=945

More News & Articles (Just Links)

Who needs screenlets when you can have Conky?!
Looking Ahead to Firefox 3.6: Speed Matters
Five reasons I prefer Opera over Firefox
Panasonic, NEC unveil 9 Linux phones
Interview with Greg Kroah-Hartmann
Some KDE 4 tips you should know
The KDE 4 Series: Pro and Con
Another beta bump for Opera 10
KOffice – A powerful office suite

Development News

G:Standard 2.9.90

The GoblinX Project is proud to announce the second released of the next G:Standard. The G:Standard 3.0.rc01 (2.9.90) is Released. The G:Standard is the original edition first released in the end of October 2004. In the past it was called as GoblinX and later as GoblinX Standard. In order to dismiss doubt about the releases and follow the same criteria used for all distributions (editions) of the GoblinX Project it became simply G:Standard.

Upgrades

The step before start test G:Noblin final release is upgrade packages. We are also waiting for the final Slackware release to close our repository and build our stable releases. KDE will be 4.2.4 and Gnome will be 2.24.4 the stable and heavily tested series.

Updates

Some packages upgraded and added last week.

Mirror#1: http://goblinx.linuxish.net/goblinx-current/
Mirror#2: http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/goblinx/goblinx-current/
Mirror#3: http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/goblinx/goblinx-current/
Mirror#4: http://www.uoc.lkams.kernel.org/pub/dist/goblinx/