Category Archives: Geek
GNOME 2.18 Live Demos
I am very pleased to announce the GNOME 2.18 Live Demos, and even more excited to be providing them as official GNOME. These are designed to showcase the new GNOME as well as Foresight Linux. The Live Demos are provided … Continue reading
LiveCD goodness
Just published the first Foresight based LiveCD! Very exciting, we have wanted to do this for a long time but it has never really made it to the top of the priority list. I am even more excited that it … Continue reading
GNOME 2.17.92 Live, more image types
I have published QEMU/Parallels, Microsoft VHD, and VMware image… check them out here.
GNOME 2.17.92 Live with translations
There is a new VMware image available with all the locales, and still only 490M… whew… Check it out and let me know what you think… there will likely be several versions between now and GNOME 2.18 release day. Get … Continue reading
Foresight Linux 1.0.1
The Foresight Linux community is proud to release version 1.0.1 of Foresight Linux. About Foresight Foresight Linux is a desktop linux system that just works. Our mission is to provide a truely useful desktop system that is friendly for the … Continue reading
GNOME 2.17.92 Live (VMware)
Just finished a 2.17.92 Live VMware image, this is the beginnings of what should be the next official GNOME Live Demos. Please test it out and let me know what you think! The LiveCD will be availble soon as well. … Continue reading
Will Dell see their customers really want Linux?
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 🙁
Foresight Is a Linux Distro to Watch
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
Early Update Manager screenshots
Jon has been working on a cool new gtk interface to rAA, here are some early screenshots of it in action.
Video mode selection in the kernel?
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?