The Apache 2007 US Conference – Get Involved

The Apache Software Foundation launched it’s seventh annual conference called ApacheCon US. The very first Apachecon US was held in Orlando, Florida on 8-10 March 2000 and since then the tradition has been kept. This year Apachecon US will be held 12-16 November 2007 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Apache conference series they say “delves into the highly lauded community that develops and shepherds industry-leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server – the world’s most popular Web server software for more than a decade.
ApacheCon offers participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of Open Source methodologies and further advance their participation with like-minded peers in a relaxed, community-focused environment.

Registration is still open to all on the Apachecon website. The ASF offers early registration incentives for ApacheCon 2007. For a better follow-up subscribe to the ApacheCon public mailing list to get more information on the upcoming US 2007 conference as well as future events: [email protected].

Opera 9.5 Beta for Linux

Opera 9.5 Beta is now ready for public test. This new version of the Norwegian browser comes a year after the previous, the version 9, the Linux version integrates Qt 4. Many major improvements have been made in this version including stability issues, better user interface with content blocking improvements, better support for CSS 3 and a new JavaScript engine amongst many others.

Opera 9 has Linux versions for i386, PowerPC and Sparc and is available for download for most Linux distributions

Gimp 2.4 comes with many new features.

Gimp the most popular Open Source image editor just released the 2.4 version. This new version comes with a bundle of new features and improvements, like Improved display when zooming in or out, better Scalable Brushes and Selection Tools, lens distortion filters and a lot more.

Most Linux distributions come with Gimp as a pre-installed, for example Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” comes with a pre-installed Gimp 2.4 version. An update could be enough.
Gimp is also available in the Fedora and openSUSE repositories and for download as source code.
For beginners the Gimp User Manual is a recommend starting point.

Screen Recording in Linux; Is it possible?

Xvidcap; The most classic screen recorder for Linux. Xvidcap records both video and audio. It uses the ffmeg tool for video recording while the audio is taken from the system’s interface(need a working microphone).
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The forgotten members of the Ubuntu family

Much had been said about Ubuntu and it’s, new release Gutsy Gibbon in the recent days. Many do not even know that on that same day October 18 Gutsy Gibbon versions of Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Edubuntu were released. Very little attention has been given to the other members of the Ubuntu family like the KDE version Kubuntu or the rather feather weight version Xubuntu.
Fortunately, Lifehacker came out with a thorough summary of what’s new in the entire Ubuntu family. Get yourself informed, you might even find Kubuntu better.

Wireshark, the Live Network Analyser

Formally known as Ethereal, Wireshark is a popular Network analyser that displays all data packets that get in and out of your computers network interface (LAN, Wi-Fi etc).
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