Category Archives: Geek

xgl == pretty cool

Posted on September 17, 2006 by kenvandine

no idea why i resisted so long 😀

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Update from 0.9.5 to 0.9.8

Posted on September 11, 2006 by kenvandine

The update path from 0.9.5 and earlier to 0.9.8 is a little bumpy. We have smoothed it out a bit. It is more complicated than the average update for a couple of reasons. First the label change, going to our … Continue reading →

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Announcing Foresight Linux 0.9.8

Posted on September 8, 2006 by kenvandine

Still on the path to Foresight Linux 1.0. We want to do some more testing, but what we have is pretty close to what 1.0 will be. We are now on a new label, foresight.rpath.org@fl:1. This move is in preparation … Continue reading →

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Junior members of the rPath marketing team

Posted on August 31, 2006 by kenvandine

Got a couple junior marketers 🙂

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Virtualization and Linux – Match made in heaven

Posted on August 29, 2006 by kenvandine

Jason Brooks provides some interesting commentary on some of the approaches different vendors are taking to unlocking the inherent power that virtualization + Linux will deliver. read more | digg story

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Xorg 7 now works…

Posted on August 3, 2006 by kenvandine

We have now gotten all of xorg 7.0 cooked up with rMake in @fl:1-devel. And with much help from doniphon, we now have a functioning Xorg 7. We are now getting the rest of the foresight packages cooked with rMake. … Continue reading →

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LinuxWorld Expo Announces Finalists for Product Excellence Awards

Posted on August 2, 2006 by kenvandine

LWE has announced their product excellence awards, interestingly Ubuntu is missing from the list but here are some other notable’s Zimbra’s Collaboration Suite (Ajax to the ma), Eclipse Callisto, No Machine NX (an open source alternative to Citrix), rPath rBuilder … Continue reading →

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The road to Foresight 1.0

Posted on July 30, 2006 by kenvandine

We have started really working toward the 1.0 release scheduled for September 6th. Pretty exciting times, I must say. So what does the road look like? Couple big things, GNOME 2.16, Xorg 7, Conary 1.1, and a more structured release … Continue reading →

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Linkedin

Posted on July 19, 2006 by kenvandine

Am I the last person on earth to sign up on Linkedin? I guess I finally crawled out from under the rock, I am getting connected 😀 My profile, don’t be shy.

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MD5SUMs for 0.9.5.rc2

Posted on July 18, 2006 by kenvandine

By popular demand: dc9d2f3ef4feb1218b3db166b73f264b boot.iso c4110025f68316714ba47de2af68e92f diskboot.img 967cf6c4d8f0fd3275567532d6e6dc18 foresight-0.9.5.rc2-x86-disc1.iso e069cc38e7a36a4f0d95291567fd996e foresight-0.9.5.rc2-x86-disc2.iso 1aee233f4fc61b663ac634a6aa93c9a3 foresight-0.9.5.rc2-x86-dvd1.iso

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