News and announcements
QBzr 0.9.5 released
Written for QBzr by Alexander Belchenko on 2008-11-03
Maintenance release: various bugfixes and bunch of small improvements.
New features:
* qcat:
* New command-line option `--native` to show file content in native
application rather than in usual QCat window. (experimental)
* qtag: new command to edit tags.
* New translation added: Turkish
NOTES: when upgrading old installation (<0.9.2) of QBzr to 0.9.5,
please uninstall or remove old files first.
Firebird 2.1 included in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
Written for firebird by Popa Adrian Marius on 2008-11-03
Firebird 2.1 (version 2.1.0) is included by default in the Ubuntu 8.10 named Intrepid Ibex that was released on 30 October. To use it you might need this guide and also there is an repository with version 2.1.1 (recommended)
ProsePoint version 0.07 has been released
Written for ProsePoint by bengtan on 2008-11-03
ProsePoint version 0.07 has been released with one major new feature set.
Channels functionality has been totally rewritten. A channel now has two modes of operation:
1. Story list - A time-based listing of stories with the most recent stories appearing first, or
2. Scheduled editions - A set of editions with scheduling in the same way as previous versions of ProsePoint.
The first mode is essentially a blog format, while the second mode allows for greater control of content and layout (but obviously involves more editing work). You can change the channel mode at any time.
Channels are implemented as hierarchical categories, so channel-subchannel relationships can be created. This also paves the way for future features such as related stories, tag clouds, and other stuff.
The Channels Manager has been removed and replaced by a list of the channel hierarchy.
There are a few other minor changes as well. These are noted in the changelog.
To find out more, please visit http://
Finally, a script that installs helpful non-free programs without seriously harming your computer
Written for First Time Script by Jim McCormick on 2008-11-03
I've just started this project. The goal is to provide a non-harmful way of adding generally useful software that isn't included in the default Ubuntu distribution. We're not looking to customize your computer, nor are we even suggesting applications you might like. We're simply providing functionality that the default installation of Ubuntu lacks.
EOEC 0.1 released
Written for EOEC by Daniel Darabos on 2008-11-03
I will do a workshop on OpenOffice.org extension development at the OOoCon 2008 Beijing, and I will demonstrate how EOEC speeds up the process and lowers the barrier of entry. The workshop is at 16:45 on Wednesday.
