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Foresight posted on VMTN

I have posted Foresight on VMTN (VMWare Technology Network), go check it out… and please vote .

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Want Foresight CDs?

So I hear these folks at The Linux Store is offering up free CDs. Go an request a Foresight CD, it looks like they will ship it to you. Maybe if enough folks request them we will actually get listed … Continue reading

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Foresight 0.9.5.rc2 (2nd Release Candiate) available

Come and get it! http://www.foresightlinux.org/downloads What’s new you ask? Kernel has been updated to 2.6.17.4, Xorg to 6.9 and we have added rMake 0.5. Added Sun’s JRE Updated: abiword=2.4.5-0.1-1 beagle=0.2.7-2-1 cairo=1.2.0-1-1 conary=1.0.23-1-0.1 dbus=0.62-0.1-1 epdb=0.9.1-1-0.1 evince=0.5.4-0.1-1 flashplayer=7.0r63-1-1 gimp=2.3.10-0.0.6-1 glib=2.12.0-0.1-1 gnome-sudoku=0.5.0-1-1 gnome-system-monitor=2.14.4-0.1-1 … Continue reading

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New rPath World Headquarters

We have moved into a new office, it is nice… and spacious. Thanks to all that made the move easy for me 🙂 Never mind the arrow, we are not sitting on the lawn 🙂

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Announcing the 1st release candidate for Foresight 0.9.5 (0.9.5.rc1)

Come and get it… you know you want to… http://www.foresightlinux.org/downloads What’s new you ask? o nautilus default to browse mode o New gtk/metacity theme o New gdm theme What’s been updated? o GNOME Updated to 2.14.2 o conary=1.0.18 o ekiga=2.0.2 … Continue reading

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rMake, a better way to cook

I have been so excited about rMake, and now we can all use it. I urge everyone to check it out, it will give us much better packages… I would also like to encourage all Foresight hackers to use rMake … Continue reading

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rPath is hiring!

Looking for a cool gig? rPath is hiring!

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VMware Player with the 2.6.16 kernel

Many people have found that the latest VMware player doesn’t build the kernel drivers for the 2.6.16 kernel. I found these instructions via google. If you get this message, you need to run this script. The kernel defined by this … Continue reading

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Announcing Foresight Linux 0.9.4 MR7

Seventh Maintenance release in the 0.9.4 series This is the seventh in a series of maintenance releases for Foresight Linux 0.9.4. These maintenance releases help you stay current and also ensure that new downloads include the latest stuff. To update … Continue reading

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LAMP in Xen

Seems all the cool kids are playing with xen now. Last night I took my first real stab at it and was amazed. Following Michael’s steps I got xen up in no time and found that it just works with … Continue reading

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