El Departamento de Defensa de los EEUU ha emitido una guía para la adopción de Open Source
Nov 4th
Se va notando el acercamiento, cada vez mayor, de las instituciones hacia el Software Libre. La noticia ha saltado, dentro del proyecto del presidente de los Estados Unidos de America, es el cambiar la administración hacia el Software Libre.
Ahora el Departamento de Defensa de los EEUU ha emitido una guía para la adopción de Open Source.
VirtualBox 3.0.10
Oct 30th
VirtualBox 3.0.10 disponible para su descarga.
Lista de cambios:
VirtualBox 3.0.10 (released 2009-10-29)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
- VMM: guest SMP stability fixes
- VMM: fixed guru meditation with nested paging and SMP guests (bug #5222)
- VMM: changed VT-x/AMD-V usage to detect other active hypervisors; necessary for e.g. Windows 7 XP compatibility mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4239)
- VMM: guru meditation during SCO OpenServer installation and reboot (VT-x only; bug #5164)
- VMM: fixed accessed bit handling in certain cases (bug #5248)
- VMM: fixed VPID flushing (VT-x only)
- VMM: fixed broken nested paging for 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts (AMD-V only; bug #5285)
- VMM: fixed loading of old saved states/snapshots (bug #3984)
- Mac OS X hosts: fixed memory leaks (bug #5084)
- Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed redraw problem in a dual screen setup (bug #4942)
- Windows hosts: installer updates for Windows 7
- Solaris hosts: out of memory handled incorrectly (bug #5241)
- Solaris hosts: the previous fix for #5077 broke the DVD host support on Solaris 10 (VBox 3.0.8 regression)
- Linux hosts: fixed module compilation against Linux 2.6.32rc4 and later
- Guest Additions: fixed possible guest OS kernel memory exhaustion
- Guest Additions: fixed stability issues with SMP guests
- Windows Additions: fixed color depth issue with low resolution hosts, netbooks, etc. (bug #4935)
- Windows Additions: fixed NO_MORE_FILES error when saving to shared folders (bug #4106)
- Windows Additions: fixed subdirectory creation on shared folders (bug #4299)
- Linux Additions: sendfile() returned -EOVERFLOW when executed on a shared folder (bug #2921)
- Linux Additions: fixed incorrect disk usage value (non-Windows hosts only)
- Linux installer: register the module sources at DKMS even if the package provides proper modules for the current running kernel
- 3D support: removed invalid OpenGL assertion (bug #5158)
- Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for QNX (and probably other) guests (bug #3206)
- VMDK: fix handling of split image variants
- VHD: do not delay updating the footer when expanding the image to prevent image inconsistency
- USB: stability fix for some USB 2.0 devices
- GUI: added a search index to the .chm help file
- GUI/Windows hosts: fixed CapsLock handling on French keyboards (bug #2025)
- Shared clipboard/X11 hosts: fixed a crash when clipboard initialisation failed (bug #4987)
EasyRPM 0.1.0
Oct 25th
EasyRPM es una herramienta para desarrolladores de software, la cual permite la construcción rápida de paquetes RPM, para proceder a su distribución para las diferentes distros que soporte este tipo de paquetes.
Las plantillas de EasyRPM te ayudarán de manera facil en dicha tarea.
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Good Night – Script shutdown 0.1 para Amarok
Oct 25th
Este script de apagado del sistema es para la aplicación de música Amarok 2.x.
Después de escuchar la lista de música seleccionada procede al apagado del equipo. Esto esta genial si eres de los que utiliza tu PC o portátil como reproductor de música y nunca te acuerdas de apagarlo. De este manera cuando termine toda la lista de reproducción seleccionada, apagará el PC por nosotros.
Descarga: Good Night 0.1
Kdesvn-build 1.10
Oct 25th
Kdesvn-build es una herramienta que permita compilar fácilmente KDE desde las fuentes de un repositorio.
Desde la versión 1.10 se ha eliminado el soporte para KDE 3, solo se da soporte a KDE 4.
Download it: kdesvn-build-1.10.tar.bz2 (58KB)
Code signature: PGP signature – key id 0×5406ECE8
kdesvn-build 1.10 had the following changes from the prior release (1.9.1):
New features/changes:
- Add support for using Git source control. This is required by the qt-copy andAmarok modules.
- The included sample configuration file has comments for qt-copy and amarok describing what you need to do to build them. Obviously if you don’t already have git installed, you will need to do that first. Afterwards you will need to add the correct repository option for each module (just uncomment the one you want from the sample file). You may select the branch you want using the already-existing branch option.
- All support for building KDE 3 modules has been removed.
- A command line option, --purge-old-logs has been added to make kdesvn-build delete old and unused log directories after the build is finished (this feature was already introduced in kdesvn-build 1.9).
- You may use --no-src and --src-only as aliases for the equivalent --no-svn and --svn-only options.
- kdesvn-build-generated log files now begin with a comment containing the command line of the command that generated that file.
- kdesvn-build performs build directory cleaning in a sub-process now, to avoid the useless “No log files” message that is generated if it fails to do this (usually due to permissions errors).
- This web site is no longer checked when downloading Subversion module snapshots, since the snapshots maintained here are out-of-date.
- kdesvn-build now works around a Subversion pecularity when the topleve source directory is a symlink.
Bugfixes:
- The svn info command is now run using a standard locale so that the output is as expected by kdesvn-build (KDE bug 200302).
- Do not crash if a config file is not found. (Note, it remains a bad idea to not use a config file at all, as I do not test this mode of operation more than about once a year. If you encounter a bug please let me know and I’ll fix it though).
RedNotebook 0.8.8
Oct 24th
RedNotebook es un diario de notas con calendario, plantillas, busqueda de texto y puede exportar el contenido a un fichero.
RedNotebook te permite anotar todo, lo va catalogando por fechas y gracias a su calendario puedes ver las notas tomadas durante un determinado periodo o en una fecha en concreto.
Entre sus mejoras incluyen:
- Formato de texto
- Tagging
- Insertar imagenes y enlaces.
- Búsqueda en tiempo real
- Guardado automático
- Backup a un fichero zip.
- Equiquetado de las notas y busqueda por etiquetas.
- Plantillas
- Exportar a varios formatos.
- y mucho mas.
Requerimientos
La aplicación requiere tener instalado GTK+ versión 2.14+. Otras dependencias son
Python, PyGTK, python-yaml
Demostración de Windows 7 en la Televisión de Japón
Oct 24th
Windows 7 empieza bien. En un famoso programa de televisión Japonesa, quisieron realizar una demostración en directo de lo que es capaz de hacer Windows 7. Mejor ver el vídeo 
openSUSE 11.2 on its way to become final – Release candidate available!
Oct 24th
We’re well on the way to openSUSE 11.2! Today we’re happy to announce the first release candidate for openSUSE 11.2. This release includes quite a few bugfixes and several updates, including GNOME 2.28 final, Linux 2.6.31.3, and many others.
As the first release candidate for openSUSE 11.2, it should be almost ready for final release. However, there still are a few remaining known issues and the purpose of the release candidate is to discover any major issues before 11.2 final. It may not be suitable for production systems, but is ready for contributors who want to help with testing and development for 11.2.
What’s new in openSUSE 11.2?
The new version includes latest versions of all kind of software and delivers:
- Live version upgrade. No need to stop working while upgrading from openSUSE 11.1 to openSUSE 11.2
- Support for several social networks like Facebook, Twitter and identi.ca
- Running openSUSE from an USB stick (especially for that we ask you for testing)
- For more new stuff check this wiki page
Changes Since openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8
Release Candidate 1 includes a few new packages, and several of the “most annoying bugs” in milestone 8 have been fixed for this release. New packages include:
- Linux kernel 2.6.31.3
- GNOME 2.28
- PulseAudio 0.9.19
- Evolution 2.28
- Qt 4.5.3
- SeaMonkey 2.0 RC 1
A more complete list can be found on the wiki and an updated list of Factory packages can be found on DistroWatch.
11.2 is looking fantastic. Want screenshots? We’ve got ‘em! Check out the shots here, and/or add your own.
Most Annoying Bugs
As this is a release candidate, 11.2 RC1 does contain a few bugs that we know about, but should not stand between courageous contributors and release testing. The most annoying known bugs in 11.2 RC 1 are:
- Bug 545753: GNOME icon is only partially visible during Desktop selection on DVD installer.
- Bug 544079: sonar: gdm panel contains GtkComboBox that is unreadable.
- Bug 546359: Messages “not a regular file or has tail and normal blocks” on console during boot caused by preload bug.
- Bug 546838: “soft” lockup on shutdown in qemu
- Bug 540482: Restart fails to restart computer
- Bug 543468: all repos are lost on update
You can track the Most Annoying Bugs on the wiki along with 11.2 development.
Testing! Testing! Testing!
As you can see, 11.2 RC1 does have a few bugs that we know about — but there may be more lurking somewhere in the release that haven’t been found yet. If you want to make sure 11.2 final is free of Most Annoying Bugs, we’ll need your help finding, reporting, and fixing those hidden bugs.
To learn more about testing openSUSE, visit the Testing pages on the openSUSE wiki. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development.
Get Release Candidate 1 Today!
What are you waiting for? Grab the milestone release today! Downloads are available at software.opensuse.org/developer/ now.
Note, if you need to try the live CD on a machine with no CD-ROM drive, you can copy it to a USB key with the following command:
dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M
Replace “image.iso” with the name of the ISO image that you have downloaded, and replace “sdX” with the actual device name of your USB drive. Be careful! This will erase the target device, so make sure you have the correct device name and have any vital data backed up!
The next and final release candidate is scheduled to be released on October 29, 2009. See the detailed roadmap on the on the wiki.
Pide tu CD de Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 gratis
Oct 22nd
Ya se pueden pedir los CDs de Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic desde aquí. O si prefieres Kubuntu lo puedes hacer desde este otro enlace.
El envío puede tardar hasta 10 semanas y se empezarán a preparar desde el día 29 de octubre, ya que es cuando estará lista la versión final.
El día 20 de Octubre de 2009 el proyecto Ubuntu cumplió 5 años. Desde aquí desearle “Felicidades Ubuntu” y que cumplas muchos mas y yo que los vea!!
¿A que Microsoft no os va enviar gratuitamente Windows 7 a vuestra casa?
Bilbao Open Day 09 – 22 al 25 de Octubre
Oct 22nd
Un poco tarde, pero aún podeis llegar a tiempo si alguno lo desea. Me han pasado esta nota de prensa:
Desde el jueves 22 de Octubre han comienzado las jornadas sobre conocimiento libre que hemos llamado “Bilbao Open Day09″. Durante 4 días ofreceremos un montón de actividades y charlas de muy diferentes campos, pero que confluyen entorno al uso de licencias libres y el hecho de compartir.
Nuestra andadura comienza con una rueda de prensa a las 16:00h en el aula de audiovisuales de la Universidad de Deusto (ESIDE).
Una vez terminada, y con hora inicial de las 17:00h comienza el nodo: “Cultura libre y Sociedad de la Información”, que contiene las siguientes charlas:
-”*Licencias libres en un marco empresarial*” – (Javier de la Cueva)
-”*Software libre y empresas TIC*” (Iker Sagasti Markina – Irontec
,ESLE, ASOLIF)
-”*Bilbao Agenda 2012*” – (Oier Aurrekoetxea – Ayuntamiento de Bilbao)
-”*Editoriales y medios de conocimiento libre*” – (Soraya Muñoz – Gaceta
Tecnológica)
-”*Software libre en la universidad pública*” – (Dani Gutierrez – UPV)
Para terminar la jornada de mañana, disfrutaremos de una perfomance artística de la mano del genial Ramón Churruca con el título “Libre y a su aire”
Tanto ESLE a nivel local como ASOLIF, estarán representadas en dicho contexto por varios de sus integrantes/promotores.
El evento tiene una duración de 4 días en total (22, 23, 24 y 25 de Octubre) y las temáticas a tratar son: hardware, software, 3D, audio, video y licencias.
El cartel completo es el siguiente:
Después de ésta breve pero intensa presentación, solamente me queda convocar a todos los aquí presentes, a que se pasen a disfrutar de unas jornadas cargadas de conocimiento libre, mentes brillantes y buenas
oportunidades.