Monthly Archives: March 2008

It’s a contest… think you can win?

Posted on March 30, 2008 by kenvandine

Our friends over at Shuttle have helped us put together a contest. Do you want to learn packaging? Are there applications you want/need that aren’t yet available in the Foresight repository? Come read about the contest, http://www.foresightlinux.org/contest.html There will be … Continue reading →

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GNOME booth at Flourish, help needed

Posted on March 20, 2008 by kenvandine

Kevin will be running the GNOME booth at Flourish this year. Flourish is a FLOSS conference located in Chicago, Illinois, USA with a focus on FLOSS in business and academia. Kevin really needs volunteers to help work the booth. The … Continue reading →

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Shuttle KPC available on newegg

Posted on March 20, 2008 by kenvandine

Woot… I love seeing this cool little box available for sale, of course pre-loaded with Foresight Also, the customizable version of the KPC is available for pre-order directly from Shuttle.

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In search of a tracker

Posted on March 18, 2008 by kenvandine

So the bittorrent tracker on http://torrent.gnome.org is really flaky, it just loses it’s mind about once a day and needs a restart.  Can anyone suggest potential replacement trackers?  Here are our four basic requirements: be a tracker have simple stats … Continue reading →

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New look

Posted on March 18, 2008 by kenvandine

The Foresight marketing team published our new website. The new site sports the new (not that new) logo, a new layout and should be much more maintainable. There is also room for the additional KDE and XFCE pages as well … Continue reading →

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Announcing Foresight 2.0 with GNOME 2.22

Posted on March 12, 2008 by kenvandine

Foresight Linux 2.0 has been released, featuring GNOME 2.22. Available for download from rBuilder for both x86 and x86_64 architectures. Foresight Linux is a Linux distribution for your desktop that features a rolling release schedule that always keeps your desktop … Continue reading →

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Shuttle chooses Foresight for their new KPC

Posted on March 4, 2008 by kenvandine

Awesome news… Shuttle released a press release today: Shuttle Teams with Foresight Linux on $199 KPC City of Industry, CA., MArch 4, 2008 Shuttle today announced that the newly launched $199 KPC will feature the Foresight Linux operating system. With … Continue reading →

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