RedHat officially released RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 today. This marks the first time that the 2.6 Linux kernel will be appearing in RHEL, as well as Evolution 2.0, GNOME 2.8 and a whole host of other upgrades, all of which…
Too cool. Linux4all has released a “LiveCD” running Fedora Core 3. This will allow you to test out Fedora without actually installing anything on your computer’s hard drive and places Fedora amongst the ranks of Knoppix/Gnoppix, Gentoo, and Mandrake as…
RedHat used to send me a monthly “Under the Brim” newsletter filled with various and sundry goings-on at RedHat. They’ve apparently scrapped that idea and are now “printing” a virtual “magazine”. The first issue is out and, for a publication…
A while back, Slashdot solicited questions that they would forward to Neal Stephenson (of Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, Diamond Age, The Baroque Cycle, etc. fame). They’ve posted his responses and, as always seems to be the case with Stephenson, the results…
There were two releases today that are guaranteed to make Unreal Tournament 2004 fans happy (especially if they run Linux). First off is the long-delayed 3204 Linux patch. Download and install it ASAP. Bugfixes and performance improvements abound, by all…
Looks like the official release of FC2 has hit the Bittorrent system. It’s not due out until tomorrow officially, but the ftp mirrors world-wide have been synching up since the 14th and I guess some kindly soul has posted a…
A gent by the name of Konstantin Ryabitsev posted the following priceless message to the Fedora devel list last night and I had a hard time containing my laughter as I read it. P’rhaps only the Fedora geeks out there…
The latest, greatest test version of Fedora has been released and is ready for all you early adopters to pound it into the ground. As always, DULUG has .torrents available for your (and everyone else’s) downloading convenience. I’ll be grabbing…
Looking to get your X-Com groove on, but you just don’t know if you can handle those old school graphics? Then check out UFO: Alien Invasion. They’ve just made a tech demo available for download and it’s available in Windows…
Well, upon further pondering, I think my choice comes down to CyberPower or eMachines. The Compaq just has too many negatives (more expensive, it’s a bleedin’ Compaq, etc.). One of my objections to CyberPower has gone away, as I recently…
