Fedora “Goddard” 13
Yesterday i upgraded my System to Fedora 13 codename “Goddard”. It worked like a charm, without any errors. I did it using the tool Preupgrade. I just had to type:
preupgrade
Then a nice GUI popped up and did everything else for me. It downloaded the packages and installer-image and after a reboot it installed everything for me.
After the successful upgrade I installed the package mesa-dri-drivers-experimental, which brought me experimental 3D support for my Nvidia graphicscard. Now, I can run Compiz and have my workspaces on a cube! (wohoo)
sudo yum install mesa-dri-drivers-experimental
Check out the Release Notes
Android is running on the iPhone!
Check out this video, where the iPhone is dualbooting iPhoneOS and Android!
The guys from the Linux on the iPhone project did a great job.
Now let’s start porting real Linux, FSO and SHR over to it =).
Here is the corresponding blog-post of the developer, who made this real:
Android running on iPhone!
1 Comment · Tags: iPhone, Linux, Openmoko, Hardware, Android, FSO, Freesmartphone, Freesmartphone.org
Steam is comming to Linux, now for real!
Yay, seems like the Steam Client, the Steam Engine and the Steam Games are comming to Linux, now for real.
There is no official announcement by Valve, yet.
But there are Linux binaries and a Linux launcher script on the valve servers publically available.
The Mac version, which is related to the Linux version (with regard to porting it to OpenGL, Webkit, etc…) and officially announced, is in a closed Beta at the moment.
So we may see the Linux version after the Mac version is in it’s final state.
Phoronix suspects a Linux version release in June.
Check out these articles at Phoronix:
Proof In Steam’s Mac Client Of Linux Support
Yet More Signs Of Valve’s Steam On Linux
There Is No Doubt, Steam Is Coming To Linux!
Gnome 2.30 is out!
The new Gnome 2.30 ist out!
The most exciting features for endusers are:
- Dualview in Nautilus
- better Empathy Instant Messenger (Drag’n‘Drop for sending files, better IRC support)
- further PolicyKit integration
- Epiphany plays videos without flash using “html5tube” (included in epiphany-extentions)
- Preview of GnomeShell, the next generation Gnome UI, which is going to be released in 6 month
- Font installation via mouseclick
- syncing music to your iPod and/or iPod Touch is now fully supported
Visit the release notes1 for further information.
1000x 本 NanoNote
Yesterday (24.02.2010) Qi-Hardware1 proudly announced their first product of copylefted hardware – Ben NanoNote – which is now released to the public. The first batch of 1000 NanoNotes is produced. They are shipping and in stock in Hong Kong, Europe and India!2
Now, Qi-Hardware’s masterplan is to sell their 1000 units. Actually they have to sell them, because they spend $180.000 until now, without earning any money (as stated in chapter two of the “[Company] Weekly Update 6/2010”3)
So, if you are an opensource enthusiast, interested in a miniPC/PDA like gadget with 100% opensource hardware (a.k.a. copyleft hardware), running 100% opensource software, which offers a lot of opportunities to run all sort of software on it, go for it!
Get a Ben NanoNote and help Qi-Hardware to finance their current and future efforts in the opensource hardware business:
Official Shop: http://www.nanonote.cc
European Distributor: http://www.tuxbrain.com
German Distributor: http://www.pulster.eu
2 http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2010-February/002114.html
3 http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2010-February/002114.html