Category Archives: conary

GNOME Dev Kit gets more help!

Posted on April 22, 2009 by kenvandine

The GNOME Developer’s Kit is still alive, thanks to Zhang Sen. My free time has been getting tight, and I am very pleased to have been getting some great help from Zhang. In fact, he is doing the daily maintenance … Continue reading →

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GNOME 2.26, live demos available!

Posted on March 19, 2009 by kenvandine

GNOME 2.26 is out, including live demos. We have an assortment of virtual machine formats as well as installable DVD isos. Come and get em’!

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Python 2.6 has landed!

Posted on January 19, 2009 by kenvandine

Our favorite snake has found his way in to the QA branch of Foresight. Everyone running QA, please update, test and file bugs in FITS. This was by far the biggest task associated with the upcoming 2.1 release, so things … Continue reading →

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Development isos available

Posted on December 11, 2008 by kenvandine

I am always getting asked for Foresight install isos with all the development tools and headers included.  I usually just quickly create one off isos for those people using rBuilder.  I have now added those development isos to my list … Continue reading →

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Packaging classes coming soon!

Posted on December 5, 2008 by kenvandine

Want to learn to package software?  We are planning to start a series of IRC based training sessions on the basics of packaging with conary.  We will begin with the basics, covering just creating local packages and building them locally … Continue reading →

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Foresight Linux, Distro of the year!

Posted on December 4, 2008 by kenvandine

Ars Technica awarded Foresight distro of the year alongside openSUSE.  Obviously I am very excited and proud that Foresight was recognized, but I have to send a big congrats out to the openSUSE guys too.  They have done some great … Continue reading →

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Ars Technica review of rBuilder

Posted on November 21, 2008 by kenvandine

Ars Technica just posted a review of rBuilder, check it out.

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Submission deadline for 2.5

Posted on November 17, 2008 by kenvandine

Now that we have all had a few days to digest this, lets get down to business. I have created a wiki page outlining the process and listing the objectives for 2.5 in a table of FITS issues. Road map … Continue reading →

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We want you!

Posted on November 12, 2008 by kenvandine

Foresight Linux release planning The road to Foresight 2.5 includes you!  Historically we have not provided the level of transparency needed to enable more people to participate in Foresight’s core development.  I am very excited about the packagers that have … Continue reading →

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GNOME Live

Posted on September 27, 2008 by kenvandine

After some delays… sorry everyone, the GNOME 2.24 Live demos are available. Come and get them at http://torrent.gnome.org.

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