Pushing for xchat-gnome 0.26.3

xchat-gnome 0.26.2 has been tagged, and not yet been pushed into ftp.gnome.org . I am instead trying to push xchat-0.26.3, ( hopefully) the last release for gtk2.x series, followed by xchat-gnome 0.3.0 for gnome3.

gnome legacy and gnome 3

For all the folks, who like to stick with "gnome legacy", instead of gnome 3 with bling and gnome-shell, setup the default gnome session accordingly

$ cd /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions
$ mv gnome.session gnome-new.session
$ mv gnome-fallback.session gnome.session

Evolution evovled

New features expected with Evolution 3.0

* Migrate the local store from mbox to maildir format
* Remove duplicates
* Memory fixes

RHEL6 is out

RHEL6 is out, and brings out a whole lot of feature over RHEL5 for
desktop users. A small set of feature, I find useful on a EL6 desktop

• Upstart - http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/
• dracut - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut
  

• ext4 - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Ext4
• btrfs - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Btrfs_in_Fedora_13
  ( tech preview )
  

• plymouth - http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth
• KMS - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting
  

• tickless kernel - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTicklessKernel
• tuned - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PowerManagement
  
  

• XACE - http://selinuxproject.org/page/XACE
  ( link seems to be dead )
• PolicyKit - http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/polkit/
  
  

• Xorg 1.7
  
• nouveau - http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
• r600 h/w acceleration support - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/R600Accel
• xrandr 1.3 - http://lwn.net/Articles/319897/
• Display Port support - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DisplayPort

• GDM supports multiple authentication stack - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/MultiplePAMStacksInGDM
• Fast user switching ( ConsoleKit) - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Desktop/FastUserSwitching
  
  

• pulseaudio - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePulseaudio
  
• Unified volume control - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VolumeControl
  and http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VolumeControlContinued
• Glitch free audio - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GlitchFreeAudio
  

• i18n (ibus, im-chooser, iok, fonts) - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/IBus
  over scim

• Evolution 2.28, support for MS Exchange 2007+ via
  OpenChange - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OpenChange
  
  
• OpenOffice3 - Support for MSXML ? ( docx format ) - From
  http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/ to
  http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.0/
  

• NetworkManager System wide settings - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NetworkManagerSystemConnections


• Desktop stack upgrade
• GNOME 2.28 - From
  http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/ to
  http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.18 ( release are even
  numbers )
• KDE 4.3 - From http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.3/ to
  http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.0/
  
• XFCE in EPEL
• SPICE support
  
  

press release - http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2010/flexibility-and-portability.html
Product link - http://www.redhat.com/rhel/desktop/

xchat-gnome and delays

sorry for the delay in releasing a new version. I have relocated to Pune, and currently looking for an accommodation and this would be followed by a broadband. Once this is setup, I will move ahead with working on xchat-gnome. Meanwhile, patches are welcome.

ps: xchat-gnome now has a mailing list

HP TouchSmart tx2

I am a not so proud owner of an HP tx2, and a major pain it is. It came preloaded with Windows Vsita, and a "free" upgrade to Windows 7, available upon request. The laptop/tablet is heavy, has a poor battery life, and heats up faster than a toaster.

HP tx2 is pretty small ( 12" display ), easy to carry around, with an optical drive ( yes, I do use it at times ), and linux compatible hardware ( Touch screen does work, though I have borked something here ).

I have accidentally zeroed the disk,, and lost a fair bit of data. Fortunately, I have had backed up data on an external drive, which I have to swift through.

xchat-gnome 0.26.2

I am currently one of the maintainer of xchat-gnome, and working slowly towards releasing 0.26.2 ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602311 ) .