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X.Org 7.4 Finally Released
It's been a hell of a time getting X.Org 7.4 out the door, but this afternoon Adam Jackson has released this long-delayed update to this X system. X.Org 7.4 is arriving after the release of X Server 1.5.1 earlier in the day. Yes, it's finally here! In this article we have information on the features that make up this release along with what it's taken to get X.Org 7.4 primed for release.
PostgreSQL
The PostgreSQL project is trying something new by releasing 8.5alpha1 - thefirst alpha release they have ever done. "We've started doing alphareleases on the 'release early, release often' principle, so that our advanced users will try new features and new codeas early as possible and get back to us with adjustments and problems.These alphas are not stable and should never be used in production; theyare for developers to try new features only." See therelease notes for information on what will be in 8.5.
Annual
For the sixth year in a row, the Eclipse community has delivered its annual release train on its scheduled date. Galileo, the 2009 release train, is the largest ever release from the Eclipse community, comprising 33 projects and over 24 million lines of code. Over 380 committers from 44 different organizations participated to make this release possible. read more
Gentoo 2008.1 canceled
The Gentoo Project has announcedthat it is canceling the 2008.1 release and rethinking its release processin general. "In future releases, Gentoo will focus on a moreback-to-basics approach that will give you up-to-date install media on aregular basis and make much better use of our human resources. We'relooking into automated weekly builds of the minimal CDs and stage tarballsas well as maybe an annual LiveCD release."
The Monkey On Microsoft’s Back
"Poor Microsoft. This week, the Redmond, Wash., giant is gearing up for the next big release of its Web browser, a leap from Internet Explorer 7 to IE 8. When open-source competitor Mozilla released its last update of Firefox in June, the Web went wild: People downloaded more than 8 million copies in 24 hours. Microsoft's release might not have such a frat party feel. Even as it gears up to release IE 8, the developers behind the Firefox Web browser are experimenting with a new technology that sharpens the threat their browser software poses to Microsoft's most valuable businesses. The new technology, dubbed TraceMonkey, promises to speed up Firefox's ability to deliver complex applications." While many have abandoned Microsoft's browser offerings, Microsoft will be introducing an innovative new type of selective privacy mode called InPrivate with IE8.