Users always appreciate support from developers. There are many ways to get it –being email the most common, but in some cases not the more useful. So, some developers also offer Support Forums –as it is the case with FinderPop. In my opinion, support forums are invaluable.
To FinderPop users: my advice would be to register and/or subscribe and, then, read the posts with your favorite news feed reader.
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition Released.
Integrates the Latest Stable Applications with Long Term Support.
LONDON, April 21, 2008 – Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition for free download on Thursday 24 April. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition.
Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) provides a stable platform for software and hardware vendors, developers and users. With three years of support and maintenance on the desktop, 8.04 LTS is a great choice for large-scale deployment. A substantial and growing ecosystem of free and commercial software built for Ubuntu provides a rich set of choices for desktop users. This is the eighth desktop release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu’s track record in delivering – on a precise schedule every six months – a commercial operating system that is free, stable, secure and fully supported, remains unique.
“Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition is a very significant release as it will take Ubuntu squarely into the business environment,” said Jane Silber, COO of Canonical Ltd. “Our business and home users have told us that they want a longer support cycle to make Ubuntu a better deployment option. We have responded to that and added a commitment to much broader software and hardware support that we and our partners are excited to deliver. With enhanced commercial support through Landscape, combined with our always excellent community support, expect to see 8.04 LTS drive Ubuntu into new arenas.”
“Ubuntu’s polished, user focused version of the Linux desktop has built itself a wide enough following to compel significant ISV interest and support,” said Stephen O’Grady, principal analyst at Redmonk. “By coupling a very capable desktop offering with long term support options, Ubuntu is becoming an increasingly viable option for enterprises as well as consumers.”
“Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino bring highly scalable messaging and industry-leading collaboration to the Ubuntu desktop,” said Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president of IBM Lotus Software. “We believe the extended multi-year support for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS makes it an excellent desktop solution for corporate users who wish to deploy Lotus Notes on an open platform.” (…) More.…
Latest Server Release Expands Ubuntu Enterprise Profile.
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition Combines Advanced Functionality With Five Years of Maintenance and Support.
LONDON, April 21, 2008 – Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition for free download on Thursday 24 April. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition.
Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server Edition adds new features to enhance the performance, stability and security of this fully supported general platform. The LTS release sees further expansion of the commercial ecosystem of software, hardware and services vendors supporting Ubuntu Server.
The extended maintenance period meets demand from business users to deploy Ubuntu widely over a period of years. It also positions Ubuntu Server as a platform on which hardware and software vendors can build commercial solutions. A wide range of vendors have declared support for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, and more are currently testing and certifying the release.
“Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition is built for business,” said Jane Silber, COO of Canonical Ltd. “This release brings together significant feature and stability improvements to a free and open platform. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is at the centre of a growing ecosystem of applications that serve businesses of all sizes extremely well. We look forward to seeing its adoption grow across the five years we will support it.”
As part of its news today, Canonical also announced that Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition is certified on several high performance, energy efficient Sun x64 server platforms, including the Sun Fire X2100 M2, X2200 M2 and Sun Fire X4150 servers. Lisa Sieker, vice president of Systems Marketing, Sun Microsystems says, “Sun is committed to providing customers a choice of operating systems on our x64 servers. Sun has worked closely with Canonical since early 2006 and we continue to see growing interest in Ubuntu on Sun platforms.” (…) More.
Epiphany using WebKit r32284 gets 100/100 (Acid3).
Recently we’ve been working to finish off and land the last couple of fixes to get a perfect pixel-for-pixel match against the reference Acid3 rendering in WebKit/GTK+. I believe we’re the first project to achieve this on Linux — congratulations to everyone on the team!
Great work guys. Congrats.
Amendment of the Framework Decision on combating terrorism.
Today the Council reached a common approach on the amendment of the Framework Decision on combating terrorism proposed by the Commission on 6 November 2008. The amendment up-dates the Framework Decision making public provocation to commit a terrorist offence, recruitment and training for terrorism punishable behaviour, also when committed through the Internet. The amendment is well-balanced in terms of its effects on freedom of speech and general respect for human rights.
The Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism constitutes a key tool in the fight against terrorism. It harmonises the definition of terrorist offences in all Member States and ensures that they establish for natural and legal persons having committed or being liable for such offences penalties and sanctions, which reflect the seriousness of such offences. It sets out jurisdictional rules to guarantee that terrorist offences may be effectively prosecuted and adopts specific measures with regard to victims of terrorist offences because of their vulnerability.
The proposal intends to up-date the Framework Decision by introducing three new offences: public provocation to commit a terrorist offence, recruitment and training for terrorism. It aims to equip our legal systems across the EU with the adequate tools to bring to justice the criminals who spread violent propaganda providing terrorism tactics and instructions on how to manufacture and use bombs or explosives to provoke others to commit terrorist acts. The new legislation will make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get cooperation from internet service providers, to prevent crimes and identify criminals while, at the same time, ensuring that fundamental rights remain well protected.
The amendment of the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism is intended to harmonise national provisions on public provocation to commit a terrorist offence, recruitment for terrorism and training for terrorism, so that these forms of behaviour are punishable, also when committed through the Internet, throughout the EU, and ensure that existing provisions on penalties, liability of legal persons, jurisdiction and prosecution applicable to terrorist offences, apply also to such forms of behaviour.
Individuals disseminating terrorist propaganda and bomb-making expertise through the Internet- can therefore be prosecuted and sentenced to prison insofar as such dissemination amounts to public provocation to commit terrorist offences, recruiting for terrorism or training for terrorism and is committed intentionally.
In these cases, courts or administrative authorities will be able to request internet service providers to remove this information according to national rules implementing the Directive on electronic commerce.
The wording which is proposed is as close as possible to the wording of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of terrorism which provides for an excellent example of how the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes can be dealt with in a way which respects the freedom of speech.
Sun Touts Big Plans for OpenSolaris As First Release Nears.
Sun’s Ian Murdock gave a presentation about OpenSolaris at LugRadio Live this past weekend. He hopes to expose open source enthusiasts to unique Sun technologies by creating a cohesive distribution that will provide a complete environment that is adequate for day-to-day use. This will involve bringing together the Solaris operating system and a diverse assortment of open source community projects and “adding a package management system to hold all these pieces together,” Murdock stated. The final release will take place in May and the distribution will adhere to a six-month release cycle, just like Fedora and Ubuntu.
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L.A. Lakers – Clinched Pacific Division.
Update: L.A. Lakers – Clinched Western Conference. The Lakers capped their remarkable season by clinching home-court advantage throughout the West playoffs.
FinderPop Puts the Power Back in OS X’s Finder (via Compiler – Wired Blogs)
Apple’s file browser application, Finder, lacks many of the power user features you’ll find in Windows Explorer or Linux’s Dolphin and Nautilus options. If you’re a switcher, or just want to get more out of your Finder, have a look at FinderPop.
FinderPop is a free system utility that adds a bunch of contextual menu options to the Finder application. The menus are designed to make it much easier to accomplish everyday tasks like navigating through, copying, moving, and aliasing files.
There’s even an option to customize the items that appear in the FinderPop menu. All you need to do is open up the FinderPop Library folder and add aliases to your favorite or frequently used applications and files.
Much of FinderPop’s functionality isn’t limited to just the Finder. I set up FinderPop so that right-clicking on any dead space in any app will bring up the menu. That allows me to directly access and open files without ever leaving the application I’m in — sweet.
FinderPop is a free download, though the author has a PayPal tip jar set up if you’re feeling generous.
BTW, the Compiler’s Blog Has Been Nominated for a Webby Award.
Turly said: MacWorld reviews FinderPop!
Dan Frakes over at MacWorld reviews FinderPop – a very kind review too, 4.5 stars. Nice to be appreciated!
As I said to someone earlier, his review shows the difference between a ‘real’ writer and a butcher like me – he has distilled what FinderPop is mostly about into a page, whereas my manual blathers on for page after drivellish page :-/
You can download the latest version of FinderPop here (2.1.2, Universal, MacOS 10.4+).
You deserve it, Turly! ;)
Turly has set up a new FinderPop (only) Blog. There you can find some interesting links -among other things.
Turly here – I already have my own WordPress blog where I sometimes blog about FinderPop – but I will try to keep this up to date too.
In case I don’t, see:
