"The latest in the "interesting, but perhaps misguided" department,
Darling is a project that aims to build a WINE-like environment for
running OS X applications on Linux. As with many projects that deal
with reverse engineering proprietary systems, Darling faces
significant challenges. However, if Darling is successful, the Linux
desktop would have access to some of the best desktop applications
available. Darling is still in very early stages; if you believe in
this vision, I'm sure there is a place for you to help in moving the
project forward. "
-- source: http://ostatic.com/blog/darling-wine-for-os-x-applications
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
'LibreOffice 4.1 arrived today right in its projected release window.
This release brings several nice new features and probably the most
mentioned in today's headlines was the AOO sidebar. Italo Vignoli said
this release is a landmark in interoperability because it brings
"compatibility with proprietary and legacy file formats to the next
level."'
-- source: http://ostatic.com/blog/libreoffice-4-1-0-is-here-with-new-goodies
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Ubuntu released the first beta of their integrated development
environment for creating applications for desktop, mobile, and,
presumably, television today. I downloaded the environment into a
clean Ubuntu install in a VM to test it out, and was pleasantly
surprised at how quickly I was able to get up and running. I ran
through two tutorials, one I was able to complete successfully, and
the other I was not. There are a few rough edges, and the release is
certainly a beta, but it looks promising and gives a positive first
impression."
-- source: http://ostatic.com/blog/hands-on-with-the-ubuntu-sdk-beta
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"There has been a major security breach on the Ubuntu Forums site,
which is now being reported by mainstream media outlets. Instead of
the usual flow of messages on Ubuntu Forums, a terse splash page has
been posted with instructions for community participants. Here is what
you should do if you are a community participant, and which sites are
and are not affected."
-- source: http://ostatic.com/blog/major-security-breach-at-ubuntu-forums
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Mint 15 KDE is released, and looks good as usual — but it doesn't
install on my UEFI boot systems.
So, what's new in this release? Check the What's New document for
complete details, but here are a few of the highlights:
- There is of course the updated Linux kernel, 3.8.0, and the latest
KDE Software Collection 4.10, which together form the backbone of this
system.
- The new MDM (greeter/login manager) is included, which brings along
HTML5 capability.
- The new Mint Software Sources and Mint Software Manager utilities.
- Finally, of course, lots of upstream packages have been updated —
although I am disappointed to see that digiKam is still only 3.1.0
when a number of other distributions already have 3.2.0. I
assume/hope/pray that this will be picked up in one of the early Mint
updates."
-- source: http://www.zdnet.com/linux-mint-15-kde-hands-on-a-stumble-on-uefi-boot-7000…
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"The 2014 Toyota Lexus IS reportedly will be the second major
automobile to offer in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems based on
Linux, following last year's introduction of the Debian-based Cadillac
User Experience (CUE) IVI system, which now appears in Cadillac's XTS
and SRX models. Cadillac's CUE IVI implementation was developed by
GENIVI Alliance members MontaVista and Bosch and uses similar code,
but is not listed as GENIVI compliant. Meanwhile, ABI Research
projects that Linux will grow to 20 percent IVI market share by 2018,
behind Microsoft and market leader QNX."
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/07/24/2014203
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Still the most popular open source office suite, Apache OpenOffice 4
has been released, with many new enhancements and a new sidebar, based
on IBM Symphony's implementation but with many improvements. The code
still has comments in German but as long as real new features keep
coming and can be shared with other office suites no one is
complaining."
-- source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/07/23/1643204
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Samsung Electronics has dramatically ramped up their Linux hiring and
development efforts in the past three years and they are still on
track for hiring another 20,000 Linux and open-source developers."
-- source: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQxNjg
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
