Meeting 26th April

Thu, 2009-04-23 10:24 — Matthew Davidson

Start: 2009-04-26 15:00

End: 2009-04-26 17:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+10

I won't be able to make it to this meeting, but please come along regardless (or perhaps because of my absence). There will be lots to discuss; to quote at length from Robert Thorsby's reminder email:

In anticipation of delays in downloading the latest *buntu (9.04 Jaunty Jackalope) which will be released tomorrow (Friday) perhaps someone who has managed to download a copy might bring along a CD or DVD with whichever version they downloaded. I suspect that Ubuntu and Kubuntu will be popular requests at the meeting.
Also, although I haven't checked, I suspect that Mandriva will be releasing shortly (or may have released recently) their latest upgrade. Mandriva's six-monthly release cycle always seems to coincide roughly with Ubuntu's.
For those into lightweight-but-fully-featured window managers Xfce has just released its latest version, and it looks impressive. Note that Xfce manages "windows" not "Windows", the latter is only capable of being properly managed by low-level formatting.
On the kernel side, the new file system is progressing well, with bugs being squashed rapidly. I wonder when the major distros will decide that the new system is production ready and make the transition from their current "interim" file systems to the new one.
On a closing note, what will be the final effect on FLOSS of Oracle's purchase of Sun? Oracle has always been a supporter of a "free" version of it's massively-priced database and it has made many contributions to the kernel. But there are many people who have been openly sceptical of Oracle's grasp of the concept of "Free Software". Sun, of course, as originally contemptuous of FLOSS generally, and Linux particularly. There are many who say that Sun's recent epiphany was driven by its allet not its heart.
Anyway, there will be plenty to discuss on Sunday.
May the Source be with You,