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FossNews Weekly
Issue : 3
Team : T.Shrinivasan ( tshrinivasan@gmail.com ) , K.Balavignesh ( kbalavignesh@gmail.com )
Date : 10052008
Contents
1. Sun launches OpenSolaris
2. Google launches security group for open source
3. Migrating to ext4 FileSystem
4. A review of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
5. OpenArena 0.7.6 is released.
6. Blog of this week : http://fossjobs.wordpress.com
1. Sun launches OpenSolaris
Sun launched OpenSolaris 2008.05. It is a Live/Install CD. It is easy Installer and GNOME Desktop.
Sun learned from Linux that Opening the Code is the only way to survive and to make the Solaris
Operating System alive, it released the Open Solaris.
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2543956200.html
http://opensolaris.org/
2. Google launches security group for open source
Google is creating a volunteer team for advising Open Source developers on Security issues on their
applications. OCERT, the Open source Computer Emergency Response Team, will constantly
checking all the major applicaions and test the code for security vulnerabilities and exploits. Then
they suggest and advise the developers to patch and solve the security issues.
http://ocert.org
3. Migrating to ext4 FileSystem
The entire world is waiting for the ext4 file system for its special features. After ext3, the filesystem
team fixed a lot of bugs and implemented more special features in ext4. Now, this is in experimental
version. You can download and install the ext4 file system.
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ext4 supports larger files as Pepibyte(PiB) and Exibyte(EiB), promised undelete options, Faster
filesystem Checking, supports timestamps in nanoseconds and more.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/lext4/?ca=dgr
lnxw02aLinuxFSext4&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR
4. A review of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
Ubuntu 8.04 has been released with LongTerm support and it has its own pros and cons. It comes
with latest software and outstanding performance. Here is a review on Ubuntu 8.04
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/hardyheronreview.ars
5. OpenArena 0.7.6 is released.
OpenArena is a violent, sexy, multiplayer first person shooter game. It is alternate to the Properitory
games like Unreal Tournament, Quake etc. This release has extra models, more characters, excellent
Video and Audio features. This is available for Linux, Mac and Windows too.
get it at http://openarena.ws/files.html
6. Blog of this week : http://fossjobs.wordpress.com
This session introduces a blog every week.
fossjobs.wordpress.com is blog dedicated to Free/Open Source Jobs available in India. The Author
updates the blog regularly with the latest Job requirements in FOSS Technologies like Linux, PHP,
Perl, Ruby, Networking, Security etc.
http://fossjobs.wordpress.com
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