7.3 release progress
,----[ Quote ]
| I've been shirking my responsibilities as release manager, and sadly the
| release has suffered. I've tried to catch up, and I'm about ready to
| push 1.3.99.2, once I can get another approver to review the last two
| changes for 1.4. I'm going to push 1.4, and thus the 7.3 katamari, out
| for another week beyond initial schedule to see if we can't get these
| issues cleared up, and hopefully get some more testing. So, 2007-09-05
| is the new date.
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http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/xorg/2007-August/027792.html
Microsoft Update Forces HP MediaSmart Home Server Delay
,----[ Quote ]
| The delay isn't too troubling, according to HP, because the computer maker
| still expects to get its product out in time for the holiday shopping
| season -- the busiest time of the year for retailers. Heckman declined to
| give a specific release date, or to give pricing.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070901/tc_cmp/201803565
It's astonishing. They use so much spin to make this delay seem like a positive
thing. Why not just give up and admit frustration?
Related:
X.Org 7.4 To Get Multi-Pointer X Support
,----[ Quote ]
| X.Org 7.3 will be released later this month, and now Daniel Stone has updated
| the X.Org Wiki with a page for the X.Org 7.4 release. With the six month
| release cycle, X.Org 7.4 is planned for release in February of 2008. Some of
| the features so far on their planning page includes Multi-Pointer X which
| provides multiple cursor support...
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NTk4OA
Linux MPX Multi-touch Table May Become Alternative Microsoft Surface
,----[ Quote ]
| It may not be as fancy-schmancy as Microsoft Surface or Jeff Han's demos but
| this video of a Linux-based MPX multi-touch table shows that things are
| moving full speed ahead in the land of the free penguins.
`----
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/touch-me/linux-mpx-multi+touch-table-may-become-free-diy-microsoft-surface-one-day-278613.php
Multi-touch support for MPX [in Linux]
,----[ Quote ]
| MPX already supported multiple input devices. Which blows pretty much all
| assumptions in user interfaces (input) out of the water. Now I've gone one
| step further and added support for multi-touch displays. Have a look at this
| video...
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http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx/?q=node/86
Getting Started With Compiz Fusion
,----[ Quote ]
| Some people who are new to Compiz Fusion might like to watch this video to
| get to know the basic commands and to have a better Compiz Fusion experience.
`----
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uNQcD82mhk
Microsoft Rips off Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona
,----[ Quote ]
| Recently while on vacation I was flipping channels and came across a
| channel called “current TV”, what caught my eye was a computer booting
| to Kubuntu. This computer looked remarkably like Microsoft’s new
| Surface touch table. Funny thing is the reactable has been around
| over three years and research has been going on much longer than that.
`----
http://dthomasdigital.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-rips-off-researchers-at-pompeu-fabra-university-of-barcelona/
Microsoft Surface idea not that new?
,----[ Quote ]
| An attached PC, running Linux and Reactrix software, calculates the
| location and movement of an object interrupting the beam and enables
| the system to allow a basic interaction with projected content.
`----
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32389/118/
Jeff Han's Research Ripped by Microsoft Surface?
,----[ Quote ]
| Jeff Han, consulting research scientist for NYU's Department of
| Computer Science, developed a multi-touch interactive graphical
| interface, which he presented at the TED conference over a year
| ago. His research turned into its own company, Perceptive Pixel.
|
| Now it seems Microsoft completely ripped the idea and created
| Microsoft Surface.
`----
http://www.jorispoort.com/2007/05/jeff-hans-research-ripped-by-microsoft.html
Windows Home Server – Is It Really Worth It?
,----[ Quote ]
| Sadly, Home Server does not support Mac or Linux – yet. Mac OS X Leapord's
| Time Machine program is supposed to have support for Home Server, but for
| Linux, there doesn't seem to be much hope. Sure, Linux users could access it
| through a server message block, but I was hoping for an actual program.
`----
http://blogs.pcworld.com/communityvoices/archives/2007/08/windows_home_se.html
Who needs Windows Home Server with Linux around?
,----[ Quote ]
| Is this a joke? I only recently started paying attention to Windows Home
| Server, since I tend to focus more on desktop operating systems and
| enterprise server systems. So I didn't realize until now that WHS is really
| just a vanilla file server.
`----
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9015653445.html
Will bad backups doom Windows Home Server?
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft just announced it's working on Windows Home Server, which
| among other features, will automatically back up files on all PCs in
| the home. But if the product uses the same kind of brain-dead backup
| built into Windows Vista, this is a product that will be dead on arrival.
|
| The backup tool built into Windows Vista may be the worst utility
| every packed into an operating system. It doesn't allow you to back
| up individual files, folders or even file types. Instead, you have to
| back up every single file and folder of broad generic types.
|
| For example, if you want to back up a single picture, you have to back
| up every single graphic of every graphic file type on your entire PC,
| including all the graphics that Vista itself uses. This means you can
| be forced to back up hundreds of gigabytes of files if you only want
| to back up a few family photos.
`----
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4303
,----[ Quote ]
| In an entry on the Home Server blog, program manager Chris Sullivan
| said that the group has received nearly 2,400 bug reports so far from
| beta testers, and still had 495, or about 21% of the total, classified
| as "active."
`----
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9014183&intsrc=news_ts_head
Review: Excito Bubba home server
,----[ Quote ]
| The Bubba is built around a 160MHz processor, which is only one tenth as fast
| as a notebook computer's chip, but it uses a special version of the Linux
| operating system rather than Windows, which means it's more than up to the
| task.
|
| Despite Linux having a fearsome reputation as being hard to set up and use,
| setting up the Bubba was simple, as long as your router uses DHCP (this is
| switched on by default for most routers).
`----
http://www.vnunet.com/computeractive/hardware/2196911/review-excito-bubba-home-server
Multipurpose home server gains power, features
,----[ Quote ]
| Quad Micro Works is prepping a second release of its Linux-based
| multipurpose home network, gateway, and server appliance. The new
| "Square One Personal Server" will integrate an 802.11g access point,
| along with a 4-port router and file, print, and Web servers.
`----
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2053358509.html
Compelling Linux server slithers into the open
,----[ Quote ]
| Given the compact size of the Slug (it's smaller than most of
| the hard disk enclosures that plug into it), the low power
| consumption and the range of software available, it makes for
| a pretty compelling little Linux server, particularly for
| developers.
`----
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/05/24/slug_linux_server/
Hardware Review: Bubba - The Linux-Based Mini Server
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft would like you to think that their new Home Server products
| are something new; affordable devices that sit quietly in the corner
| of your home, providing network backup for your most important files,
| and streaming your media around your home. While Home Server is
| definitely a new approach for Microsoft, it's a niche that their
| nemesis Linux has been filling for some time. If Microsoft wanted
| a masterclass on how to craft their latest assault of consumers'
| homes, they should look to Excito and their Bubba Mini Server.
`----
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/21/213437.php
Server device deemed "best Linux-based product"
,----[ Quote ]
| Bubba is a compact, fanless server appliance with an internal hard
| drive up to 500GB, a 200MHz ARM processor, and a fully customizable
| Debian Linux operating system.
`----
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6475002954.html
Compact, fanless home server runs Debian Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| A small company in Sweden is shipping a low-power, ultra-quiet
| Linux file and print server based on Debian Linux. Excito's
| "Bubba" is based on a 200MHz ARM processor, and comes equipped
| with 80GB to 500GB drives plus a customizable OS featuring a
| handy torrent/http/ftp download manager.
`----
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4105652894.html
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