Linked by David Adams on Sat 17th May 2008 03:33 UTC, submitted by pas de calais
Andrew Min gives a taster of the open source goodies being developed at Google's Summer of Code: a GUI for Aptitude, a GUI for Grub 2, search based menu browsing for GIMP and Audacity file import/export with FFmpeg amongst others. Read (or listen to) to the full article at Freesoftware Magazine
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Member since:2005-07-24
I know this sounds like me tooting my own horn for something I have a vested interest in...
I spent a few days with OpenSolaris 2008.05 and was pleased and impressed with the progress made by Project Indiana. It's not, in my opinion, quite there yet for a desktop system, but it's pretty obvious that it will be. As a long time unix advocate, I would be most pleased to see projects like NWAM move forward at a goodly rate.
Member since:2005-07-06
"I know this sounds like me tooting my own horn for something I have a vested interest in...
I spent a few days with OpenSolaris 2008.05 and was pleased and impressed with the progress made by Project Indiana. It's not, in my opinion, quite there yet for a desktop system, but it's pretty obvious that it will be. As a long time unix advocate, I would be most pleased to see projects like NWAM move forward at a goodly rate. "
Some of the designs are just plain awesome; I'm wondering whether the developers are taking their time to ensure that the design is as optimal as they can get before turning it into code.
There are a number of things that need addressing, but from what I have heard through the grape vine, the next version of OpenSolaris should include some cool features that'll bring it more onto par with Linux distros such as Ubuntu and Fedora.
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2005-07-06
I know this sounds like me tooting my own horn for something I have a vested interest in but I'd love to see NWAM completed, or atleast phase 1 completed. Right now NWAM in Solaris *very* basic to say the least. It would be nice if it were more than just a dialogue box and more what has been discussed on the project page.