Archive for September, 2008

After bouncing back following the cancellation of a distribution release last year, once again Gentoo drops the ball. Or does it?

Popularity: 15%

“Gentoo seems to be having problems with .’1′ releases – 2007.1 was cancelled and now 2008.1 has been cancelled. The Gentoo project has also announced a desire to move to a more ‘back to basics approach’ where they are doing weekly builds of Gentoo stages.

Popularity: 10%

Thanks to the coders at the open source Wine project, experimental versions of Google’s Chrome browser are available for Mac OS X and Linux. These builds, dubbed Crossover Chromium, come well before Google’s official releases, and they are a little half-baked. But if you can’t wait to run Chrome on your Mac, now’s your chance.

Popularity: 9%

As open source rises in popularity, so too does the likelihood that licensing violations have seeped into your applications.

Popularity: 10%

Forty pupils at a new city academy, which opened just two weeks ago, have been suspended.

Popularity: 9%