Author Archives: kenvandine

Year of the Linux Desktop

Posted on January 1, 2008 by kenvandine

It is 2008, time for predictions/wishes/etc. Every year people predict “This will be the year of Linux on the Desktop” and later people make jokes about it. The thing is, people assume that declaring it the year for Linux on … Continue reading →

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GNOME Booth at SCALE, help needed!

Posted on January 1, 2008 by kenvandine

We have been on the hunt for a volunteer to head up a GNOME booth at the Southern California Linux Expo in February, but no luck yet, which is very disappointing. I would really hate for GNOME to miss the … Continue reading →

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GNOME Developer Kit, now with it’s own anaconda theme

Posted on December 18, 2007 by kenvandine

I found some time today (while taking a break from the excitement at Disneyland) to update the anaconda images for the installable iso. I leaned toward the GNOME Love artwork, I just love that heart 🙂

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GNOME Developer Kit feedback/bug reports

Posted on December 12, 2007 by kenvandine

I am heading out of town for a family vacation, and will be mostly away from the computer. We have setup the gnome-live product in bugzilla, so please use that to provide feedback, request packages, and of course file bugs. … Continue reading →

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GNOME Developer Kit

Posted on December 11, 2007 by kenvandine

Want to improve the coolest project on the planet? Too hard to build all of GNOME from source, just to use the latest development code? We are delighted to introduce the GNOME Developer Kit, with daily builds of GNOME. It … Continue reading →

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Choosing a default Messenger client

Posted on November 21, 2007 by kenvandine

As we are actively developing Foresight 2, it might be a good time to look for a new default messenger. Pidgin has been good for us and sort of the defacto standard for linux desktops. However, I am very interested … Continue reading →

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Foresight 2 Alpha 1 (GNOME Edition)

Posted on November 10, 2007 by kenvandine

I am very pleased to announce the first alpha release of Foresight Linux GNOME Edition. Yes you heard that right, GNOME Edition. Foresight will no longer be GNOME only, there will soon be KDE and XFCE editions. There are quite … Continue reading →

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The road to FL 2

Posted on November 6, 2007 by kenvandine

Foresight Linux 2 is shaping up very nicely. We should be able to swing a FL 2 Alpha1 release later this week, very exciting. A brief list of what’s new: GCC 4.1.1 Xorg 7.3 Conary 2 (soon) Lightening fast installer … Continue reading →

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Foresight @ SCALE

Posted on October 30, 2007 by kenvandine

Woot! Foresight was just accepted for a dotORG booth at SCALE. What is SCALE? Southern California Linux Exposition in Los Angeles this coming February. Get venue for us, and the guys organzing it are quite cool. Also a big thanks … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Conary BoF tonight

Posted on October 23, 2007 by kenvandine

For those in the Raleigh area, don’t forget to come join us for the Conary BoF tonight @ 7PM. More info can be found here.

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