Archive for December, 2006

Debian Linux 4.0 “Etch” Is Frozen

It happened. New packages will not be accepted any more. Number of critical bugs is 116.
Here are the guidelines for changes that will be accepted into testing during the freeze:

fixes for release critical bugs (i.e., bugs of severity critical, grave, and serious) in all packages;
changes for release goals, if they are not invasive;
fixes for [...]

FireBug 1.0 Beta Released

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
Basic fuctions:

Inspect and edit HTML
Tweak CSS to perfection
Visualize CSS metrics
Monitor network activity
Debug and profile JavaScript
Quickly find errors
Explore the DOM
Execute JavaScript on the fly
Logging for [...]

The Sims 2 Seasons Announced

Electronic Arts released addon to popular Sims game. Head outdoors for year-round fun with your Sims! New seasonal activities await your Sims including snowball fights, chasing fireflies, jumping in leaf piles, and more. Strengthen family ties in Winter, let romance bloom in Spring, deepen the bonds of friendship in Summer, or fast-track your career [...]

GNOME Commander 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 Released

The GNOME Commander team announced the next release of GNOME Commander 1.2.2 and sevreal hours later bumped version to 1.2.3 with new key bindings feaures.
Bug fixes:

Fixed problem with symlink creation for multiple file selection
Fixed problem with grouping of file size digits
Fixed problem with SMB UNC handling
Fixed problem #367744 (filename not correctly displayed)
Fixed problem #374282 [...]

New Way Of Installing Vista Without Activation is Found

It seems that pirates are laughing over all Microsoft’s statements on Windows Vista licensing limitations. Before official release of new Volume Activation 2.0 server, pirates already relesead their own one.
Volume Activation 2.0 – is new Windows Vista protection system, which requires activation for each copy of Vista, even those for corporations. But, in order [...]