Open Source - Part 10

Archive for the ‘Open Source’ Category

WordPress 2.6.2 released

posted on September 9, 2008 in Blogging, Open Source, Software, WordPress with 0 Comments

Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.2 this morning using the WPAU plugin. The release fixes a vulnerability in the password complexity which could allow user passwords to be reset by the attacker who can later use mt_rand() to predict the random password. Upgrade if you allow open registration. Download WordPress 2.6.2

Yet another Malaysian Ubuntu repository

posted on September 9, 2008 in Linux, Malaysia, Open Source, Software with 0 Comments

Found this yesterday. It’a another Ubuntu repository for Malaysians and it’s hosted by MMU. http://ubuntu.mmu.edu.my/ubuntu/ Source: FOSS-SM

Dropbox client now available for Linux

posted on September 6, 2008 in HowTo, Linux, Open Source, Software with 5 Comments

The folks at dropboxÃ‚Â released the much anticipated Linux client yesterday. Currently it’s designed as a nautilus extension. Support for Konqueror should be available soon. The nautilus extension is opensource but the dropboxd daemon which keeps the files in sync is closedÃ‚Â source. Packages for Ubuntu and Fedora are available for download. For other distros you’ll need [...]

Google Chrome

posted on September 3, 2008 in google, Internet, Open Source, Software with 1 Comment

Google released it’s own web browser “Google Chrome” yesterday.Ã‚Â Why the need for a new browser? Google felt that the browser has not evolved too much since the old days and to support today’s web applications browsers will need to be re-engineered. Google decided to wipe the slate clean and start over with Google Chrome [...]

Auto upgrade Firefox 2 to Firefox 3

posted on August 26, 2008 in Mozilla, Open Source, Software with 0 Comments

Users on the latest Firefox 2, version 2.0.0.17 should start receiving software updates later today prompting them to upgrade to Firefox 3. The update is automated so no user intervention is needed expect for clicking yes on the license agreement disclaimer page. Most extensions are already Firefox 3 capable so chances of you running an [...]

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