Category Archives: Geek

Foresight posted on VMTN

Posted on July 18, 2006 by kenvandine

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

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Want Foresight CDs?

Posted on July 14, 2006 by kenvandine

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

Posted on July 14, 2006 by kenvandine

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

Posted on July 6, 2006 by kenvandine

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)

Posted on June 19, 2006 by kenvandine

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

Posted on May 30, 2006 by kenvandine

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!

Posted on May 24, 2006 by kenvandine

Looking for a cool gig? rPath is hiring!

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VMware Player with the 2.6.16 kernel

Posted on May 22, 2006 by kenvandine

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

Posted on May 18, 2006 by kenvandine

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

Posted on May 17, 2006 by kenvandine

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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