its gr8 we can do that in pulchowk college. On 9/21/07, Subir Pradhanang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Some interesting news update from the FOSS World! > > One of them being "Mandriva is planning a worldwide installfest on > November 17 2007". If we want, we can get ourselves involved in it! > > Cheers, > Subir > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sep 21, 2007 5:01 AM > Subject: [TECTONIC] Gnome2.20, SA Govt minister goes geek > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > TECTONIC NEWS - 20 September, 2007 > Tracking the shifts in technology > www.tectonic.co.za > > ------------ > > GNOME 2.20 OFFICIALLY RELEASED > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1740&s=news > The GNOME community yesterday released version 2.20 of the popular > desktop environment after six months of development with a host of > power management, Evolution and desktop integration improvements. > > GOVT MINISTER GOES GEEK FOR FOSS DAY > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1724&s=news > Armed with a One Laptop Per Child computer and kitted out in a Geek > Freedom League t-shirt, South African deputy minister of science and > technology, Derek Hanekom, opened Saturday's Software Freedom Day > event at the departmental offices in Pretoria. > > STRETCH YOUR BATTERY LIFE WITH POWERTOP > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1741&s=news > Getting longer battery life out laptop PCs is the holy grail of > mobile computing. Powertop is a Linux tool to eek out those precious > minutes of battery life by eliminating unnecessary power wasting > processes. > > EMBED A TERMINAL IN YOUR UBUNTU DESKTOP > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1719&s=news > Admit it. You enjoy using the command line in Linux. You only have a > graphical interface so people in the office don't look at you > strangely. So why not embed a command line in your desktop? > > SOFTWARE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME PUSHES OSS > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1744&s=news > Lulatech, a software development consortium, are in the process of > accepting applications for an internship and training programme. > Students will receive training and practical experience in a variety > of IT-related fields. All software used in the course will be open > source. > > SA STUDENT CODER TALKS ON JOOMLA, GOOGLE > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1743&s=news > Charl van Niekerk, a student living in George, earlier this year > became the first South African to participate in the Google Summer of > Code. Tectonic caught up with him to find out how the project went and > about his subsequently joining the Joomla development team. > > A FIRST RUN WITH IBM'S FREE OFFICE SUITE > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1736&s=news > Computer giant IBM yesterday released a free office suite for Windows > and Linux machines called Lotus Symphony. Tectonic gave it a spin. > > MANDRIVA PLANS WORLDWIDE INSTALLFEST > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1737&s=news > To celebrate the release of Mandriva Linux 2008 later this year > Mandriva is planning a worldwide installfest on November 17 2007. Get > involved now. > > HERE COMES USB 3.0 > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1738&s=news > The next generation of USB devices, expected to run at 10 times the > speed of USB 2.0, are expected to emerge in late 2008. > > LINUX PICKS UP PACE ON CELLPHONES > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1739&s=news > There has been growing talk of Linux's adoption on cellphone > platforms. Yesterday Trolltech announced the release of its > application platform under the GPL as well as a partnership with > OpenMoko to do development on the Neo1973, the potential iPhone > killer. At the same time Broadcom joined the Linux Mobile Foundation. > > NEW PORTAL OFFERS INFO ON OPEN SOURCE > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1731&s=news > A new website has been launched to offer information on free, libre > and open source software with particular reference to the use of ICT > in the NGO sector. > > MICROSOFT LOSES EU ANTITRUST CASE > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1732&s=news > European antitrust regulators gave Microsoft a hefty smack yesterday > when they upheld the European Commission's 2004 record fine of 497 > million euros on the software giant. > > MANDRIVA SIGNS FOSS DEAL WITH ANGOLA > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1735&s=news > Mandriva Linux today announced the signature of a broad technical > co-operation and training agreement with Angola. > > MOZILLA PUMPS $3M INTO THUNDERBIRD > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1733&s=news > Good news for fans of Thunderbird. The Mozilla Foundation is planning > to give the email project a $3 million cash injection in an attempt to > gets its heart pumping. > > FOSSFA CALLS FOR USE OF OPEN HARDWARE > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1725&s=news > In conjunction with Software Freedom Day, the Free and Open Source > Software Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) has made a call for > governments to purchase hardware that will not limit its choice of > what software to run. > > GOVERNMENT EYES OUT ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1726&s=news > The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project got a lot of attention from > important government members at the Software Freedom Day celebrations > on Saturday. Take a look at this to see who was on hand to get a > glimpse of the OLPC. > > LINUX IPOD LOCK-OUT BROKEN > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1728&s=news > UPDATE: iPod Linux lock-out broken. Just a day after it was reported > that Apple's latest iPod had a checksum that prevented it from working > with anything other than iTunes, the offending piece of code has been > broken. Blog ipodminusitunes was among the first to report this. > > GET THE LOWDOWN ON YOUR LINUX HARDWARE > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1729&s=news > Want to upgrade your PC but not sure of the type of memory you need > or the capabilities of your machine? On Linux try this: sudo dmidecode > | more which gives you a ton of information from the serial number to > the number of memory slots you have available. No more guessing next > time you're buying upgrade parts. > > JOBS ON TECTONIC > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1730&s=news > Today in Tectonic Jobs: Lead developers are in demand at OpenLab > International and Prefix Technologies. Also needed: Web developer at > Prefix and two software developers at OpenLab International. > > APPLE CUTS IPODS OFF FROM LINUX USERS > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1721&s=news > A couple of sites are reporting that the latest iPods from Apple are > no longer able to sync with non-iTunes applications. Something to > watch out for if you use Linux for which there is no iTunes version > available. See update here. Checksum of iPods cracked. > > SCO FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1722&s=news > The Unix company, now more famous for suing IBM over Linux, filed for > bankruptcy protection on Friday, as the threat of big payments to > Novell, mounting legal costs and a diving share price threatened to > overwhelm the business. > > ---------------------------------------- > Contact Tectonic: > Editor > Alastair Otter > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 083-267-7657 > -- > Tectonic's newsletter is sent out weekly to subscribers and delivers > the best of open source news from around the continent direct to their > desktop. 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