GoblinX Newsletter, Issue 218 (09/20/2009)

Editor’s Note

The new development process will start next week with the compilation of all GNMOE 2.28 related upgrades. Some libraries, applications and scripts will change. Cairo, Pango, GTK+2, Glib2 and others need a upgrade in order to prepare our system for the next GNOME. We hope we can release the GNOME upgrade faster in the future. About KDE, we will continue using Slackware packages. XFCE will be prepared to become another desktop for netbooks with the addition of Moblin packages.

Old Format Newsletter: http://www.goblinx.com.br/en/newsletter_218.htm

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Linux News & Articles

How do you like your freedom?

“Today (yesterday) is a special day for many people. This day, September the 19th, is of particular importance to computing tech heads, geeks, developers and even you. Yes, you. The special person you are deserves this day to also call your own (am I laying it on a bit thick? “

http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/how-do-you-like-your-freedom-34214

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How GNOME and KDE spend their money

“Quarterly reports are the stuff of business. In most people’s minds, they are as far from the spirit of free and open source software (FOSS) as anyone can imagine. All the same, as non-profit organizations, many FOSS projects issue them. And while your first reaction may be to avoid quarterly reports, they can give some insights into projects, especially if you read between the lines.”

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/

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Editor’s Note: Sexism in FOSS

“Let’s begin with what this is not about. It is not about war, hunger, poverty, or any of the other evils of the world. It is not about racism, ageism, xenophobia, non-Free software, closed hardware, Microsoft, or any of the other problems in FOSS.”

http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-09-18-032-35-OP-CY

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The Role of Free Software in Education

“On 19 September, we celebrate Software Freedom Day. At tomorrow’s Boston gathering, I will have an opportunity to thank the Free Software Foundation on behalf of Sugar Labs for their support. I will also have a chance to tell the story of Sugar, our efforts to help children learn to learn and learn to love and exercise their freedom. I will also solicit your help.”

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090918110925298

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More News & Articles (Just Links)

Open Source Office Suites Are Few, But Filled with Applications
GIMP 2.8 and its (huge) improvements to the User Interface!
KOffice To Be Used In Next Generation Smart Phone
12 Excellent Free and Open Source Graphics Apps
15 “Really” Awesome Conky Configurations
Mozilla Firefox Cleared of U.S Export Rules
Sophisticated Picture Taking With gPhoto
Want to try Linux, but are afraid to?
Thunderbird Ups the Email Ante

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Development News

G:Standard 3.0

The next and last release of GoblinX 3.0 series will be G:Standard and we are already working on it. With only few test remaining to do we expect to release it during this week

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New Kernel

We need to upgrade but the new ones do not work well with latest Linuxlive scripts. We will start to work with new Kernel after we close the series and start the new project. It will not be kernel upgrades for GoblinX anymore.

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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/

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Tutors & Howtos

How to Monitor System Activity, Hardware and System information in Linux

Create, sign, and publish your PGP key with Seahorse

Fun with the Linux seq command