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WordPress 2.2 is going to be released, pretty soon!

The next major release of WordPress 2.2 is scheduled to be released around 26 April 2007. This is the next latest release since WordPress 2.1 was made in January 2007.

WordPress 2.2 spot major improvement over the previous WordPress architecture among it :

  • It includes the new ATOM API support for managing post (like blogger.com)
  • Uses phpmailer to handle mail related code
    (reduce burden to wordpress developer to spot bugs/vulnerability)
  • Support multiple comment feed format (RSS, ATOM)
  • Uses the lighter jQuery for JS core library which is lighter (thus faster)
  • Includes Widgetized default themes (Kubrick and Classics)
  • Plugin sandboxing for testing new plugins

The addition of ATOM API and ATOM 1.0 feeds is a much awaited feature for blogging geeks since both of it has been supported in blogger.com, and considered superior to XML-RPC interface and RSS syndication feeds.

p/s : I’ve been using the WordPress 2.0.x branch for compatibility reason with most of my plugins. Since, most of my plugins has been ported to 2.1, may be this is a good time for me to upgrade to the latest WordPress 2.2.x branch after this.

Alternative post : WordPress by Examples

[tags]wordpress,blog,blogger,blogger.com,xml-rpc,wordpress.com[/tags]

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Windows Vista Ultimate Powered by Ubuntu

I got this photo from a guy who’s able to con his dad into using Ubuntu by telling him that it is the newly released Windows Vista from Microsoft.

Suprisingly, his dad found out that the new “Windows Vista” is better than OS X and unaware that he’s currently using Ubuntu in his pc.

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From the website :

Later, when he came home from work, I showed him his new “Vista” install, complete with the latest Office and Solitaire.

Well, it’s been a few days since that and now he says Bill Gates is better than Steve Jobs and brags about how OS X on my iMac is obsolete compared to Vista on his PC.

Original website : degredo.net
Screenshot: Ubuntu Vista

[tags]ubuntu,vista,microsoft,windows vista,funny,humor,humour[/tags]

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Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn was finally released !

The moment that we have been waiting for is here. Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn was finally released today (19 April 2007), despite rumors saying that the release might has to be delayed for a few days.

It seems everybody want a piece of Feisty Fawn right now, the mirrors are dead slow, one can only guess how many terabytes are being transfered this night alone. I would suggest to use the p2p bittorrent solution to download the iso file.

But the speed doesn’t bother me that much compared to the Ubuntu official website which seems ‘weird’ to me after the release.

Take a look at the ‘before’ and ‘after’ screenshot I took :

Before (on 18 April 2007)

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After (on 19 April 2007)
ubuntu_com_tn.png

Seems like somebody is in a hurry to update Ubuntu.com website or was it a work by a professional cracker?

Anyway, enjoy your Feisty Fawn download :)

Updates : As of 0200 UTC (20 April 2007), the Ubuntu website is back to using the default layout again :)

[tags] ubuntu,linux,feisty,feisty fawn,open source, distro[/tags]

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How to use SVN for beginners

surface from Linux by Examples has written two ‘getting started for SVN’ articles that I find it interesting and useful for beginners.

The article covers important SVN operation (checkout,diff,update,import, check in) necessary for managing a software project.

Here’s the link to the article :

What is SVN (Subversion)
SVN or subversion is an open source tool used for revision control system similar to CVS. It is widely use by popular open source project such as Apache, KDE, Gnome, Python and Samba as their version control program.

Open Source repository site like SourceForge and Google Code Project Hosting provides SVN hosting for free and open source project.

Further Reading
You can find more information about SVN (or Subversion) and maintaining open source software by reading these books:

Visit SVN (Subversion) Official website for more information about the system.

Recommended Reading

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GNUbuntu ? Ubuntu plans a completely free variant of its distro

The Ubuntu project is planning to release a new variant of its distribution which would appeal ‘Free Software’ purist which want no more than a 100% completely free operating system that works out from the box.

This intention has be made known by Mark Shuttleworth himself in the Ubuntu mailing list few days ago (12 April 2007).

However the unnamed release is not intended to be a ‘variant’ of the main Ubuntu release, putting it inline with the Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu project.

The new variant of the distro will only feature software which only come with source code and that have full rights of modification and redistribution. Mark Shuttleworth also notes that works on the new variant will involve the folks from gNewsense team, an unofficial distro based on Ubuntu, which puts a possibility that the gNewsense distro will be completely integrated into the Official Ubuntu project.

The variant is estimated to be ready on the next cycle of Ubuntu release (Gutsy Gibbon) due on
October 2007. It unclear if the new Ubuntu variant will support playing mp3 or mpeg4 files as codecs for both for format are licensed under a GNU GPL compatible free software license despite their patented status.

p/s: If this plan works, I think you might be seeing FSF (or even Stallman) himself use Ubuntu on their computers anytime soon.

[tags]ubuntu,gnewsense,debian,linux,gutsy gibbon,gutsy,linux,opensource,open source[/tags]

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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (Etch) was officially released

The much anticipated Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (Etch) was finally released on 8th April 2007.

The release was unofficially available since November last year but some technicalities prevented the project from making an official release announcement until all architectures it supported is of release quality.

Among softwares included in Debian Etch are :

  • GNOME 2.14
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0.4
  • GIMP 2.2.13
  • Iceweasel (Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3)
  • Icedove (Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5)
  • PostgreSQL 8.1.8
  • MySQL 5.0.32
  • GCC 4.1.1
  • Linux kernel 2.6.18
  • Apache 2.2.3
  • Samba 3.0.24
  • Python 2.4.4 and 2.5

Debian is one of the oldest GNU/Linux distribution project which is still active until today. Many of the newer Linux distribution (eg Ubuntu, mepis,knoppix) based their project on Debian codebase.

Debian has the largest collection of softwares and the widest machine architecture support compared to other distro.

Please visit the official Debian GNU/Linux project website to get more information about it.

[tags]debian,linux,distro,opensource, open source[/tags]