Tim Ferro » open source

Firefox 3.5 Released!

Tim — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:32:18 +0000

Top 10 Firefox 3.5 Features – Source

Firefox 3!

Tim — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:46:10 +0000

“The Best Firefox Yet

With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before.” – Source

Wine 1.0!

Tim — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:28:11 +0000

“The Wine team is proud to announce that Wine 1.0 is now available.
This is the first stable release of Wine after 15 years of development
and beta testing. Many thanks to everybody who helped us along that
long road!

While compatibility is not perfect yet, thousands of applications have
been reported to work very well. Check http://appdb.winehq.org to see
the details for your favorite applications.” – Source

Firefox Download Day 2008!

Tim — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:31:38 +0000

Fedora 9, Sulphur, Is Released!

Tim — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:02:41 +0000

Fedora 9 Beta Linux Distro Released

Tim — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:35:19 +0000

” Fedora 9 beta is available for download today, with a final release scheduled for April 29. The latest version of the free (as in beer) cousin of Red Hat Linux comes with a number of major updates, including support for the latest versions of the KDE and GNOME desktop environments.” – Source

Amazon MP3 Store Now Linux-Friendly

Tim — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:19:18 +0000

“Amazon’s MP3 store got officially Linux-friendly last week, adding support for Debian 4 Etch, Fedora 8, Open SUSE 10.3, and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy. So who’s still locked out of the store?” – Source

Firefox 500 Million Downloads!

Tim — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:10:54 +0000

Ubuntu’s Intrepid Ibex

Tim — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:32:03 +0000

“The wacky developers behind the popular Ubuntu linux distribution have chosen a code name for Ubuntu 8.10, or the version that will be released after the next version. Following the longstanding tradition of giving each new version a two word name with an adjective followed by an animal, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 8.10 will be known as Intrepid Ibex. No, really.” – Source

Fedora 9 (Sulphur) Alpha Released

Tim — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:28:13 +0000

“The first alpha release of Fedora 9 (codenamed Sulphur) was announced this morning on the Fedora mailing list. This alpha, which provides a first look at the features of Fedora’s next release, includes GNOME 2.21, KDE 4.0, Firefox 3 beta 2, version 2.6.24 of the Linux kernel, and many other improvements.” – Source