Monthly Archives: February 2007

Will Dell see their customers really want Linux?

Posted on February 20, 2007 by kenvandine

Dell recently opened up an idea forum called Dell Idea Storm. Currently, the most popular request is pre-installed Linux… Although I don’t see Foresight in the list 🙁

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Foresight Is a Linux Distro to Watch

Posted on February 15, 2007 by kenvandine

What sets Foresight apart from the rest of the fledgling distro pack is the software management framework on which its built. Foresight is one of the most active projects based on rPath’s Conary software management system, which offers administrators a … Continue reading →

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Early Update Manager screenshots

Posted on February 14, 2007 by kenvandine

Jon has been working on a cool new gtk interface to rAA, here are some early screenshots of it in action.

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Video mode selection in the kernel?

Posted on February 7, 2007 by kenvandine

This is a interesting post on integrating video mode selection in the kernel. I think this could really improve the user experience, is it a pipe dream?

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