Fedora Weekly news issue 107

Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 107 for the week of October 22nd. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue107

In PlanetFedora, we have “Fedora 8 - Blocker bugs status”, “Fedora 8 ALSA kernel needs Testing”, “Scary Haloween with Werewolves”, and “Projeto Fedora?”

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Fedora 8 to release in 10 days

Fedora 8 will release on November 8th. 11 days from now. Read More Here

KDE 4 Beta 3+ live cd

If you want to try the new KDE 4 Beta 3 release follow this link:
http://home.kde.org/~binner/kde-four-live/

Don’t forget to report bugs in http://bugs.kde.org

KDE4 Beta3 is OUTTTTT!!!!

Finally the KDE4 Beta3 which I was really waiting for, came out TODAAYYYY! you can download it from http://www.kde.org
New in this version:
1. Oxygen theme
2. Plasma The most exciting feature of KDE
:D So far I just know these two!

#yum install kdebase4

For fedora 7 users:
Run this command and you’ll have Kdebase4 installed on your current fedora 7 installation
Repositories are just added. I’m installing it right now! I believe it has also raptor in it!!!

Linux Doesn’t Need To Look Like Windows

Here’s the big reason I feel as uneasy as I do: it’s tantamount to an admission of defeat. The only way Linux can “succeed” is if it looks like Windows. And frankly, isn’t there something hypocritical about railing againstMicrosoft (NSDQ: MSFT) for not innovating and then turning around and mimicking them, right down to the chrome on the user interface?

This comes back to a question many people have asked before. Does Linux have to look like Windows to work? Not “beat Windows at its own game”, which if you ask me is a red herring, but work. Granted, the Windows UI is familiar territory for most people with at least some degree of computer use, but that doesn’t mean it has to be the be-all and end-all of UI design. Read more

Source:

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/linux_doesnt_ne.html

An answer to old fashiond menus: Raptor

The new Raptop will replace the K-menu in KDE4. I like it very much. It’s useful, looks nicer and faster to be used than the old fashioned menus like the “start menu” in windows or even K-menu in KDE3 series. See it to believe it >


Sources:
http://pinheiro-kde.blogspot.com/index.html
http://www.nuno-icons.com/images/estilo/raptor/raptor.pdf

+3 tables for the club

As it seems, there are 3 more ping-pong tables in gym. around I believe 24 members. Club is going amazingly well as I really didn’t expect it to be this good. All members are excited :D

New ping-pong club in school

I like ping-pong, so because there was no ping-pong club in my school, I decided to make one myself. It’s done now. We will have our first practice on monday next week and I will do a 5 min speech :) I’m happy for that! We will also have some tournaments in school and maybe with other schools too. There is only two high schools in this city so it must be Ok!

Bach Prelude in C

FINALLY, I got my hands on Bach Prelude in C major or in another words, Prelude 1 from Book 1. Uhhhh I was looking for this song a loooooong time but unfortunately I didn’t even know the name. Today I just went to my piano class and just asked what this song was called and my teacher said it’s Bach Prelude in C :) I’m so happy I can’t wait till tomorrow when I can practice this nice song.

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