The fourth milestone CD released as part of the Dapper development cycle is now available. Although the CD images are not production ready, they are described as being "reasonably free of showstopper CD-build or installer bugs" More information on the developments and changes here, while downloads of the isos are available here, here and here … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Development – Flight 4
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ApacheCon Europe 2006 – Dublin
Interesting to see that the European ApacheCon will be held in Dublin this year from June 26th to June 30th in the Burlington. More information will probably be available over the next few days / weeks … [Read more...] about ApacheCon Europe 2006 – Dublin
Gaim – multiuser msn chats
I really like GAIM as an IM client, but some of the functions are a bit hidden. To get a multiuser chat going in MSN isn't as obvious as it could be. It's not hard to do, but it is a little obscure :) Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat? Yes. Right click a buddy on your list and choose "Initiate Chat". In the conversation window that appears, choose … [Read more...] about Gaim – multiuser msn chats
Upcoming Open Source Books from Packt
I've mentioned some titles by published by Packt in the past. What makes Packt different is their philosophy: Packt believes in Open Source. When we sell a book written on an Open Source project, we pay a royalty directly to that project. As a result of purchasing one of our Open Source books, Packt will have given some of the money received to the Open Source project. I don't … [Read more...] about Upcoming Open Source Books from Packt
WordPress 2.0.1
Matt has announced the release of Wordpress 2.0.1 ie. the first point release of the 2.* series of my favourite blogging tool. According to the announcement all the major issues have been resolved and 114 bugs have been fixed. Not bad in 30 days! Some of the highlights: You can now specify an upload directory, and whether to use date-based storage or not. Caching has been … [Read more...] about WordPress 2.0.1