WhiteHouse.gov now runs on Drupal
WhiteHouse.gov is creating news for switching to an open source content management system.
The official website of the White House is now using Drupal.
This transition took several months of planning as they wanted to switch to an open source solution for running this service.
For the end user, there is [...]
Microsoft contributes to Linux code
Microsoft has surprised industry experts by announcing their decision to donate some code to Linux.
This code is however designed to improve connectivity between Windows and Linux operating systems so it’s going to benefit them in the end as well.
Microsoft said that the code provided includes three Linux device drivers [...]
Wine development release 1.1.26 out
The developers behind the popular open source project Wine have released the latest version.
Wine development release 1.1.26 is now out. It is available as a free download.
Changelog of this edition:
– Still more translation updates.
– Faster bitmap stretching using XRender.
– Proxy support in [...]
Wine development release 1.1.25 out
Wine never gets old. The developers continue to keep adding new features and fixing old bugs.
The latest release of Wine is now out.
Wine development release 1.1.25 can be downloaded from their website.
This seems to be a major update as the Changelog is pretty huge.
Highlights:
– A ton of translation updates.
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Palm releases webOS source code!
Palm has finally gone ahead and released the source code of their webOS mobile platform which powers the Pre smartphone.
This was necessary for them to comply with the GPL licensing.
Palm has also launched an own open source section on their own website to help developers get hold of the code.
Palm has [...]
Wine development release 1.1.23 out
The developers behind the Wine project have released a new version.
Wine development release 1.1.23 is now available as a free download.
Changelog for this release:
- Support for registering MIME types with the Linux desktop.
- FBO mode is now the default for Direct3D.
- Support for COM proxy delegation.
- Improved support for the Mingw [...]
Wine 1.1.22 released
The developers behind the Wine project have released a new edition.
Wine 1.1.22 is now available for download from the project website.
This is a major release and it contains tons of updates and bug fixes.
Bug fixes:
7084 Installers/wine fail(s) to extract icons for menu links
7326 Some apps [...]
FirefoxNotify: Integrate Firefox notifications with Ubuntu
If you are on the latest Ubuntu release, you might have seen the new notification system that is used by the operating system.
Firefox on the other hand has its own notification system.
In case you want Firefox to use Ubuntu’s internal system, there is an add-on for that!
FirefoxNotify is [...]
Cisco settles dispute with Free Software Foundation
Cisco Systems has announced that they have now settled their disputes with the Free Software Foundation.
The company revealed that they would now appoint a director to ensure that its product families are in compliance with the terms of free software licenses.
Cisco’s Linksys range of hardware products were the [...]
Wine development release 1.1.20 now available
The developers behind the popular Wine project have released the latest edition.
Wine development release 1.1.20 is now available for downloading.
Some of the new features in this release:
– Show a dialog on application crashes.
– Much improved OLE copy/paste support.
– Various listview improvements.
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