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Nov92007

My Current Status…(III)

It had been a very busy month for me. Maybe because in a few weeks from now, I’ll finish (graduate) my post-graduate studies. At time like this, it seems I’m much busier than a prime minister. Had to finish writing and checking my thesis, preparing for thesis defense, making presentation slides, and all at the same time maintaining my cluttered life (it’s kinda hard really…to manage so many things in one go). Due to that, I missed so many things/events happened around me; most notably many of my friends birthday (forgot to wish at the exact time; I really dislike to use ‘belated’ :-P ), meeting/hanging with my friends during Eid, watching new movies at cinema, and spending most of my holiday with my parents. Aih…I do hope this pattern will end soon though… Read More

Nov92007

Fedora 8 “Werewolf”.

Fedora

Yesterday mark another release day of one of my favorite Linux distro (Fedora); Fedora 8 codenamed Werewolf ( what a codename :-P ). Among notable features in this release were:

  • Features a 2.6.23 based kernel.
  • GNOME 2.20
  • KDE 3.5.8 (KDE Live and regular DVD) while the KDE 4 (Beta) Development Environment is available in the repository.
  • The implementation of PulseAudio sound daemon.
  • Codec Buddy (a.k.a codeina).
  • A new look and feel (the “Infinity” desktop art is cool..changes color to reflect outdoor conditions).
  • Nodoka, a fresh new GNOME theme created specially for Fedora
  • Compiz Fusion installed by default.
  • Open-source Java integration through the IcedTea project.
  • Improved laptop support.
  • Remote virtualization management.
  • Improved network management
  • Many other improvements.

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