FOSS Friday: Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 Available, Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Live And Lots More
Posted By Sathya Bhat On March 19, 2010 @ 8:23 pm In Open Source Software | 3 Comments
Welcome to another edition of FOSS Friday, where we wrap up the week’s news and tips on FOSS.
News
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 1 now available
After a delay of a day due to certain critical issues, Canonical has announced [1] the availability of first beta Ubuntu 10.04. Apart from being a Long Term Support (LTS) release the 10.04 version gets a visual facelift, dropping its traditional brown colour scheme for a much lighter colour scheme [2].
- OpenSolaris will live
OpenSolaris users have been apprehensive about the long term availability of the OS, especially considering the fact that Oracle now owns Solaris due to its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Adding to the uncertainty, there was barely any mention about OpenSolaris when Oracle executives discussed their plans [3] for Solaris in the near future. To dispell these fears, Dan Roberts, director of Solaris product management at Oracle stated [4] “Oracle will continue to make OpenSolaris available as open source, and Oracle will continue to actively support and participate in the community”.
- Linus Torvalds named most influential open source blogger
A study conducted by Infoworld concludes that Linus Torvalds is the most influential open source blogger [5], and that his opinions are considered as highly regarded in the Open Source world. Joining him in the list are other promineent open source voices, including Tim O’Reilly, Google’s Chris Messina, and Mono founder Miguel de Icaza.
Tips And Features
- Ubuntu 10.04′s five best new features
Popular Linux blogger and evangelist SJVN talks about the new Ubuntu 10.04′s best new features [6] – which include a manual(!), extensive integration with popular social networking sites and the fantastic new theme.
- Some FOSS Financial and Accounting software
Tech Source has a compilation of some awesome FOSS financial [7] and accounting software including Grisbi, jGnash and KMyMoney. If you ask me however, GnuCash is my preferred utility.
- Two note taking applications compared
LinuxInsider compares two note [8] taking applications, XPad and Tomboy. If you use Tomboy across several machines, Clif Sipe [9] has a neat tip to keep all your notes the same [10] across several machines using Dropbox.
That’s it for this edition of FOSS Friday. Do post a comment if you would like to add a tip or two or have any suggestions!
Article printed from Techie Buzz: http://techie-buzz.com
URL to article: http://techie-buzz.com/foss/foss-friday-ubuntu-10-04-beta-1-available-oracle-says-opensolaris-will-live-and-lots-more.html
URLs in this post:
[1] Canonical has announced: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-March/000129.html
[2] for a much lighter colour scheme: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-10-04-LTS-Beta-1-Out-for-Testing-137807.shtml
[3] discussed their plans: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3861516
[4] at Oracle stated: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3867771/OpenSolaris-Alive-
[5] Linus Torvalds is the most influential open source blogger: http://techie-buzz.com/foss/linus-torvalds-influential-open-source-tim-oreilly.html
[6] best new features: http://blogs.computerworld.com/15784/the_new_ubuntu_linuxs_five_best_features
[7] compilation of some awesome FOSS financial: http://www.junauza.com/2010/03/7-more-free-and-open-source.html
[8] compares two note: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/69558.html?wlc=1269043668
[9] Clif Sipe: http://news.google.com/news/search?q=author:%22clif+sipe%22
[10] all your notes the same: http://techie-buzz.com/how-to/synchronizing-tomboy-with-dropbox.html
Click here to print.