OpenOffice.org v2.3.1 has been released. With a new version of Mozilla Firefox v2.0.11 released just last week, look for version 1.83 of the TTCS OSSWIN CD in time for the weekend.
Tag: opensource
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TTCS submission for Software Freedom Day 2007 receives “highly commended” award
The Software Freedom Day (SFD) Competition 2007 results have been announced by the Software Freedom Day organisation and the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society’s entry for SFD 2007 received a “highly commended” award from the Software Freedom Day organisation!
- Read the TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007 report submitted to SFD
- Photos from SFD 2007 on Flickr
- BitDepth #595 – ‘A slow march to freedom’ Mark Lyndersay’s newspaper column on technology which covered SFD 2007
- 18 minute video on TTCS SFD2007 on Vimeo
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Tux Paint v0.9.18 released
Tux Paint v0.9.18, the fun open source drawing program for kids is available from New Breed Software for Windows 2000/XP/Vista and PowerPC based Macs (versions for older Windows 98/Me, Intel based Macs will be available soon).
A key feature of the new release is the ability to write and add your own “Magic Tools” plugins. Read the Tux Paint press release for more details.
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Software Updates since TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.82
- Folder Size 2.4 – adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer to show the size of folders
- Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 – powerful e-mail and newsgroup client
- Thingamablog v1.1b2 – standalone blogging application
- Filezilla 3.0.3 – fast FTP and SFTP client
- Miranda 0.73 – multi-protocol instant messenger (IM) client
- InfraRecorder 0.44 – CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows
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TTCS tech meeting on Saturday 17th November 2007- Drupal
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society will be having a tech meeting on Saturday November 17th, 2007 from 1 to 5pm at Engineering Consultants at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain (corner of Oxford and Edward Street).
This meeting will be a look at Drupal, one of the leading open source content manangement systems for websites. Presenting this topic is Shivan Jaikaran, a Drupal developer for nearly three years who has contributed several modules to this content management system.
Anyone interested in this topic are welcome to attend. A contribution of $20 towards refreshments is expected. See you there!
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TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.82 released
The TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.82, a compilation of over 100 open source software for Windows, is available for download.
Date created : November 3rd, 2007
- File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.82.iso
- File size : 698 MB (732,409,856 bytes)
- MD5 checksum : 7cc54f94b25b290cc0c52404ec44f413
- SHA-1 : 9c1746fd 070a54f1 9737b9e9 febafcd3 ccd62b60
- SHA-256 : 334a9637 cfca995d 5bfad8db 65e6dd11 ef335691 18bf80f0 0467823c 9aae1225
Changes from v1.81
- removed Gimp Help files
- updated GanttProject, WinMerge, Kobo Deluxe (yay!), Freeciv, Scorched Earth, Gimp, Mozilla Firefox, Filezilla, Miranda IM, XAMPP Lite, Hmailserver, Virtualdub, Keepass
First download location is at Filefront ; other download locations and BitTorrent will follow in the next few days.
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New version of Kobo Deluxe available!
When Mozilla Firefox v2.0.0.9 was released on November 1st, 2007, starting preparing the TTCS OSSWIN CD. Hmm….a few more updates since I last checked the TTCS OSSWIN CD for updates….: Gimp v2.4.1, Scorched Earth, Freeciv….. ….then I see a version 0.41 of Kobo Deluxe is available!
A description for the uninitiated : Kobo Deluxe is a third person scrolling 2D shooter with a simple and responsive control system – which you’ll need to tackle the tons of enemy ships that shoot at you, chase you, circle around you shooting, or even launch other ships at you, while you’re trying to destroy the labyrinth shaped bases. There are 50 action packed levels with smoothly increasing difficulty, and different combinations of enemies that require different tactics to be dealt with successfully.
Kobo Deluxe is loads of fun, classical arcade style (and addictive!) gameplay! I’ve already created a Windows installer for the TTCS OSSWIN CD.
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 to be available soon
Was thinking of pushing out a TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.82 release in time for the weekend, but just saw the Mozilla Firefox Developer News talking of Mozilla Firefox v2.0.0.9 coming out very soon. Release Candidate builds of Mozilla Firefox v2.0.0.9 are available for testing.
As such, TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.82 will be published soon after Mozilla Firefox v2.0.0.9 is released, hopefully early next week.
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Gimp 2.4 available
Gimp 2.4, the image editor suitable for photo retouching (its features are often compared with Photoshop) for Windows 2000/XP/Vista (support for Windows 98 has been dropped) is available for download. You can read a summary of what new in this release from the Gimp documentation.
Gimp v2.4 will be included in version 1.82 of TTCS OSSWIN CD ; the Gimp Help files for v2.2 on the TTCS OSSWIN CD will be dropped to make room for Gimp 2.4.
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software updates since TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.81
A lot of the of software included on the TTCS OSSWIN CD has been updated since TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.81 was made available on October 5th, 2007 :
- GanttProject 2.0.5
- WinMerge 2.6.12
- Scorched3D 41
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8
- FileZilla 3.0.2.1
- Miranda IM 0.7.1
- XAMPP Lite 1.6.4
- Hmailserver 4.4.1 – Build 273
- VirtualDub 1.7.6
- KeePass 1.09
Should release version 1.82 by the end of the week, although another program has to removed from the TTCS OSSWIN CD since these program updates makes the TTCS OSSWIN CD ISO too big to fit a 700MB CD-R. Hmmm…..which one?