August 2012 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Ubuntu debates replacing Nautilus file manager
by Peter Reutemann 12 Aug '12

12 Aug '12

"Members of the Ubuntu development team are discussing whether the distribution should switch away from GNOME's Nautilus file manager and if it should include an older version of the software until a decision has been reached" -- source: http://h-online.com/-1665463 I'm actually quite happy with Mate's custom version of Nautilus. After all those years of people complaining about Nautilus not being able to do an "undo", the Mate version of Nautilus called "Caja" can do exactly this. Yay! :-) Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Rasberry Pi Foundation announces the Gertboard
by Peter Reutemann 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

"The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced an I/O breakout board for the Raspberry Pi mini-computer. The Gertboard uses an Arduino microcontroller and enables the Raspberry Pi to access a variety of electronics devices" -- source: http://h-online.com/-1664335 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Digia buys Qt
by Peter Reutemann 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

"The open source cross platform application framework Qt has been sold by its owner Nokia. Digia, the Finnish software and services company that previously purchased the commercial assets of Nokia's Qt development has announced that it is acquiring the entire Qt business and assets from Nokia." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1663753 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Fwd: [NZOSS-Openchat] Introducing the Hackberry - a higher-spec RPi-like board
by Peter Reutemann 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Sorry for cross-posting, but I thought this might be of interest. Cheers, Peter ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shiv Manas <...> Date: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:31 PM Subject: [NZOSS-Openchat] Introducing the Hackberry - a higher-spec RPi-like board To: NZOSS Open Discussion List <openchat(a)lists.nzoss.org.nz> Hi all, Just a heads-up for those of you who haven't heard of the Hackberry - it's a $60 - $65 (US) development board featuring the Allwinner A10 SoC. Specs: 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU Mali400 GPU (same GPU used in a Galaxy S2!) 512MB - 1GB RAM Android and Linux support https://www.miniand.com/products/Hackberry%20A10%20Developer%20Board The A10 SoC has been around for a while now in the form of cheap tablets and USB-stick PCs, so there should already be quite a few distros and ROMs available that one could download and hack around with. :) Regards, Shiv _______________________________________________ Openchat mailing list Openchat(a)lists.nzoss.org.nz http://lists.nzoss.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/openchat -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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GNOME OS plans laid out
by Peter Reutemann 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

"At the recent Guadec 2012 GNOME developers conference, birds of a feather sessions saw the project set out goals for a GNOME OS initiative to improve GNOME for all users and developers." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1662865 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Debian Changes Default Desktop From GNOME To XFCE
by Peter Reutemann 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

"The default desktop within Debian 7.0 'Wheezy' has changed from GNOME to Xfce. GNOME, KDE, and LXDE will continue to be available, but the decision was made to default to Xfce. The reported reasoning comes down to size constraints in fitting GNOME on a single CD." -- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/08/08/1455243/debian-changes-default-des… Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Desktop Fragmentation
by Peter Reutemann 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

"Competition may be good for business, but competition among Linux desktops is currently so fierce that it may end up being to everyone's detriment in the medium-term." read more at http://h-online.com/-1662354 Personally, I'm curious which desktops will prevail. Survival of the fittest, i.e., largest developer/user base? Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Linux Mint team forks Nautilus
by Peter Reutemann 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

"The Linux Mint team has forked GNOME's file manager after design changes led to the removal of some features. The result is the Nemo file manager which is based on the last Nautilus version before these changes were incorporated." --source: http://h-online.com/-1660545 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Adafruit launches educational distro for Raspberry PI
by Peter Reutemann 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Regarding Raspberry PI and schools... "Adafruit Industries has published a new Linux distribution called "Occidentalis" for hardware hacking and teaching electronics using the ARM-based Raspberry Pi mini-computer. Its developers say that they decided to create Occidentalis because Raspbian – a Debian-based distribution released by the Raspberry Pi Foundation last month – didn't include many of the tools and software components that most hardware hackers would need. " --source: http://h-online.com/-1660567 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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BerryTerminal
by Peter Reutemann 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Hi there It looks like "BerryTerminal" is exactly what Ian was after at the Saturday workshop, a Linux distro for LTSP/Raspberry Pi: "BerryTerminal is a minimal Linux distribution designed to turn the Raspberry Pi mini computer into a low-cost thin client. It allows users to login to a central Edubuntu or other LTSP server, and run applications on the central server. " http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/start NB: It's still labeled "alpha". Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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