Category Archives: GNOME

Just one little lonely CD

Posted on July 24, 2008 by kenvandine

We’ve been wanting to get a single CD version of Foresight for quite a while.  It is certainly also in the top 5 requests I have had, so… now we have one!  Foresight Linux 2.0.4 was released today including a … Continue reading →

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Foresight 2.0.2 with GNOME 2.22.2

Posted on May 29, 2008 by kenvandine

Announcing the release of Foresight 2.0.2 GNOME Edition Some highlights: * GNOME 2.22.2 * GNOME Display Manager 2.22 * 2.6.25.4 Kernel * NetworkManager, more stable than ever * Mono 2.0 Beta (now uses less memory) * Banshee 1.0 Beta Read … Continue reading →

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Great review in Linux Format

Posted on May 28, 2008 by kenvandine

The June edition of Linux Format has lots of great things to say about Foresight.  Great review, with screen shots and a step by step install guide (even though it is dirt simple).   All this, and they included Foresight on … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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SCALE, this weekend!

Posted on February 6, 2008 by kenvandine

Just a reminder, I will be at SCALE in Los Angeles this weekend, hanging out with Kevin Harriss and Paul Cutler in the Foresight booth, swing by and say hi. I am also very excited to be doing the GNOME: … Continue reading →

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Getting started with the GNOME Developer Kit

Posted on January 28, 2008 by kenvandine

Joshua Hesketh has written some great documentation on how to use the GNOME Developer Kit. He has covered building, applying/creating patches, and contributing to the GNOME module of your choice . Thanks Josh! I would love to find a volunteer … Continue reading →

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