GoblinX Newsletter Ed.154 29/06/2008

Note

The GoblinX Mini 2.7 was released and the package repository (current) is closed except for security fixes. We will build the next ISOs and release during this week and the next one. After the final ISOs of this series is released, we will open the current repository to some package upgrades and start the 3.0 series... Vacations? What this means?

Documentation and marketing need more attention for now, but we will never stop to maintain the repository packages and add more, after all we need more softwares.

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News, Articles & Websites

En.epochtimes.com 'Open-Source Reshaping the Software Industry'

The En.epochtimes.com published an article written by Heide B. Malhotra about how open source is reshaping the software industry.

"The war for Web browser market share is kicking into high gear.
People in the industry foresee a time in which for many people, the only thing they'll need on a computer is a browser. The browser is just extraordinarily strategic,” said Mitch Kapor, the software pioneer and a director at the Mozilla Foundation, according to the NewsFactor Network. "

Arstechnica.com 'First look: KDE 4.1 beta 2 shows solid improvements'

The Arstechnica.com published an article written by Ryan Paul about KDE 4.1 beta 2 improvements.

"...Some of the new Plasma features that were introduced in beta 1 are maturing and feel like a much more natural part of the KDE experience. The Plasma panel configuration mechanism, for instance, is more fully implemented in this release. I was able to change the panel width and height, change its position along the screen edge, and move it to different screen edges, all with simple point-and-click interactions. I was also able to add and remove additional panels."

Raiden.net 'Linux and Open Source Marketing: Achieving Success the Hard Way'

The Raiden.net published an article written by Steve Lake about Linux and open source marketing.

"Over the past couple of weeks I've been involved in a college class on how to write a research report. It's certainly not the easiest class, but it's been informative. Being a geek myself, I chose for my research topic, the ever volatile subject of "The best ways to market Linux" (I'll share the research report when I'm done with it). So consequently I began my research in earnest to find good articles on which to base my paper, and I discovered something rather interesting that I had not even really expected."

Linuxworld.com.au 'Two Linux mobile groups merge to pool efforts'

The Linuxworld.com.au published an article written by Todd R. Weiss about Linux mobile groups merge to pool efforts.

"In a move aimed at consolidating their efforts to support Linux use on mobile phones, the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum is merging into the LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation.
The two groups -- consortiums of suppliers of components such as chip sets, Linux operating systems, mobile application stacks and handsets, as well as regional and global wireless service providers -- said they hope that joining forces will make the platform stronger. "

More News & Articles (Just Links)

Distros News & Articles

GoblinX 'Released GoblinX Mini 2.7 '

The GoblinX Mini 2.7 is released. After more than four months of development, as Mini 2.6 was released at February 08, we are pleased to announce the availability of the new stable edition.

"Main upgrades since rc02:
Added Bookmarks to Xfce Panel. Corrected some small errors and bugs. Upgraded some packages, interfaces and scripts. Added Xf86-video-openchrome, Libmpd, Cdstatus and Xfmpc. Added some missing applications to Xfce Menu. Added extra folders to be used as package repository. Added media package repository to Slapt-getrc. Added package upgrade check to Xfce panel with Xfce4-smartpm-plugin. Added interface to build module with Slapt-get help. Added more Thunar/Nautilus actions. Added Totem as audiocd player option."

Download:
Unicamp: ZIP: ftp.unicamp.com.br ISO: ftp.unicamp.com.br
Linuxish: ZIP: goblinx.linuxish.net ISO: goblinx.linuxish.net
CVut: ZIP: ftp.sh.cvut.cz ISO: ftp.sh.cvut.cz
Uoc: ZIP: ftp.cc.uoc.gr ISO: ftp.cc.uoc.gr
Lkams: ZIP: lkams.kernel.org ISO: lkams.kernel.org
Torrent: linuxtracker.org
Get a burned cdrom from On-disk.com ($4,40): http://on-disk.com/php-shop

Development News

GoblinX 2.7 Series

Last week the GoblinX Mini 2.7 was released.
Now we are going to build Standard 2.7, Micro 2.7 and Premium 2008.2.
After these releases we will close the repository, reopen the current for the next edition (3.0) and prepare all special editions for DVDs and USB pendrives.

Gtkdialog Course

I've started a small Gtkdialog course in our forum to help everyone start to build graphical interfaces and know more about this nice application we use, and also some other projects.
Visit the course: http://forum.goblinx.com.br/viewtopic.php?p=3436#3436

GoblinX Mini 2.7 Video

I've prepared and sent to youtube a small video of the GoblinX Mini 2.7. Visit the youtube to watch the video here: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdnC1S5bVQ

Week's Tip

You can use the sleep command to delay a task for a specified amount of time, for example use 'sleep 3' to delay 3 seconds.

Minitutor

Install Flash Plugin on Firefox

The Adobe Flash Player cannot be distribute without license granted by Adobe, only single users are allowed to download, install and use the plugin for Firefox. Following you have a minitutor explain howto install the player.

Sometimes Firefox are not able to install the plugin by itself and you will need to download the package and manually install. First visit the Adobe's webpage:
(http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi
?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash), select and download the .tar.gz for Linux systems.

Save the package to your home folder and uncompress it. Open a terminal, go to ~/install_flash_player_9_linux/ and run the command ./ flashplayer-installer.

The installer will ask few question and install the flash player plugin to your home mozilla folder. If you are running GoblinX (2.7) inside your pendrive or harddisk, the plugin will be saved, if not you can use gtkremaster to rebuild a new ISO for you.

You can also rebuild the Firefox module of the GoblinX livecd. First you need to mount you livecd device, for example /dev/hdd (sudo mount /dev/hdd /mnt/hdd), then copy ap.Firefox module to your home page, for example using 'sudo cp /mnt/hdd/goblinx/base/ap.Firefox-2.0.0.14-i486-v2.7.lzm ~/'. Make a data dir (mkdir DATA), change the mode of the module (sudo chmod 755 ap.Firefox-2.0.0.14-i486-v2.7.lzm) and uncompress ap.Firefox to DATA (lzm2dir ap.Firefox-2.0.0.14-i486-v2.7.lzm DATA).
If you have already installed the plugins to your home, just copy to the uncompressed Firefox module, for example using 'cp ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so DATA/usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.14/plugins', or use the flashplayer installer again to install to the Firefox module. Then rebuild the module (dir2lzm DATA ap.Firefox-2.0.0.14b-i486-v2.7.lzm)
After these steps you can use gtkremaster to rebuild the ISO, remove the original module and add your own.

You can use the same method to install Java or other plugins and if you wnat to see the plugins you have on Firefox, open it and type about:plugins in the address bar.