GoblinX Newsletter, Issue 226 (11/15/2009)

Editor’s Note

Even though I do not adopt a roadmap I must say the next release will be tested only after KDE 4.4 is released and I finished the move to another project. In fact even the beta releases will have to wait this massive upgraded of the system. I also intend to wait until a new Linux Live is released in order to also upgrade the kernel. For now I invite you to test GoblinX or buy one of our cdroms and/or pendrives at On-disk.com.

Old Format Newsletter: http://www.goblinx.com.br/en/newsletter_226.htm

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Linux News & Articles

Learning with Gcompris

“In my last article, Teaching with Tux, I wrote about teaching children with the Tux Educational programs. Today, I’m going to discuss the Gcompris education suite. Gcompris is meant for younger children from 2 to 10 years old, though it seems to focus on the younger part of this range.”

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/learning-gcompris

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10 secrets about Nautilus

“…The file manager lets you organize your files into folders. Folders can contain files as well as other folders. Using folders helps you find your files more easily…”

http://linuxcrunch.com/content/10-secrets-about-nautilus-file-manager

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Cuba preparing to quit Windows in favor of GNU/Linux

“Cuban authorities are seriously preparing to quit the Windows operating system and use the  GNU/Linux free software instead, thus avoiding any sanctions for using this computer system by the Windows’ owner, the giant Microsoft Corporation.”

http://www.ghabuntu.com/2009/11/cuba-preparing-to-quit-windows-in-favor.html

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Microsoft admits Win 7 tool violated GPL

“Microsoft will soon release a Windows 7 tool under the GPL, after admitting the product violated the terms of the popular open-source license. On Friday, the company said it will release the ImageMaster USB/DVD source code and binaries under GPLv2 next, following an internal investigation into the matter that found it had indeed violated the license.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/

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More News & Articles (Just Links)

Free and Open Source Screencasting Software Applications for Linux

Read your RSS feeds on your Linux desktop with Liferea

GwenView ReView – The Linux killer application?

A New Game Comes To Linux And It’s Not A FPS

How to Play Classic Console Games in Linux

Did Microsoft Patent Sudo? Apparently Not

HookSafe Protects Kernel from Rootkits

GNOME 3.0 in September 2010

Parallels Desktop 4 for Linux

Top 10 Conky Designs

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Development News

Packages and Upgrades

The development work is just about building packages and nothing else. For now no upgrades will be made in our repository, but anyone can continue upgrading Slackware packages. Just after I rebuilt every package and some more I will start to recreate our main repository under the name of our next project.

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Updates

No package 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

Tweet from the command line with Twidge

Improve Flash Player 10 Performance

Using Kate As a Web Editor