Gullfoss — Ongoing Work on Office Open XML FIlters
大家可以到以下位置下载开发版本：http://ooo.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/cws/upload/ooxml/install/

Shaun McDonald — X11 Installation instructions now have pictures
苹果电脑安装OpenOffice.org的截图。
X11 Installation instructions


不太熟悉，好像是要先安装附加包中的X11吧，也许大家用过的应该知道的，我就不表述拙见了

谷歌博客服务已经从Beta版本升级为正式版本了



顺便简单介绍一个小软件：WinMerge。我也是经常用的，类似的软件还有KDiff3（有Windows与Linux版本）。此软件的主要功能是对比分析不同版本源代码间的改动，做源代码的合并，生成源代码Patch文件。


最新版本：WinMerge 2.6.4

Release Date:
    01/17/2007
Release Status:
    Minor Update
Download:
    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/winmerge/WinMerge-2.6.4-Setup.exe (2.84 MB)
Operating Systems:
    Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP
Supported Languages:
    English, ChineseSimplified, ChineseTraditional, Czech, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Type:
    Freeware

OpenOffice.org推出的一个Firefox扩展OpenOffice.org Menu，主要是方便OpenOffice.org用户访问OpenOffice.org相关的网站，如果大家对OpenOffice.org比较感兴趣，不妨安装一下，好多有用的网站在等着你呢


TortoiseSVN 4.000.000 downloads!
2007-03-02 11:26 - TortoiseSVN
TortoiseSVN is a Subversion client, implemented as a windows shell extension. It's intuitive and easy to use, since it doesn't require the Subversion command line client to run.
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    * Pydev Release 1.2.8   2007-03-01 11:49
    * First ADempiere conference in Berlin, Germany   2007-02-28 09:12

加油加油，其实这种链接基本上没有，我只看自己的收藏夹....

Pierre-André Galmes — Cairo 1.4.0 is out

Cairo 1.4.0 was just released. That's again a good news, as this version comes with huge improvements, especialy regarding performances which were the major complain about Cairo and improvements in PDF support. Here is the link: http://cairographics.org/news/cairo-1.4.0

As Cairo is used in Firefox and is making its way into OOo with Cairo Canvas, this is an interresting news also for the OpenOffice.org community. Especially regarding Impress, Draw, and calc charts. If I understood well, cairo canvas are the one which should bring anti-aliasing for OOo. I am really eager to see those included!

PS: Maybe Thorsten has some news about those things.

呵呵，OpenOffice.org也有相关的计划，有人在做前期的工作，测试可行性，如果我没有记错的话，这个人应该是Novell的Michael Meeks，期待早日能够提到正式日程上来


再说一下OpenOffice.org 2.2的发布问题吧，据最新的计划，正式发布日期已经由March 6th, 2007推迟到March 14th, 2007了，这次也许是出的开发milestone版本最多的一次了，截至今天已经出了11个版本了，当然这其中正式的RC版本只有两个，下一个应该是RC3了，所有的stopper性质的缺陷均已解决，个人估计March 14th, 2007将会如期出正式版本的，届时，某一家商业通讯社会报道OpenOffice.org 2.2的正式发布。

Gullfoss — New: OpenOffice.org 2.2 Release Candidate 3
OpenOffice.org 2.2 Release Candidate 3 (build OOF680_m11) has been uploaded to the mirror network. In contrast to Developer Snapshot Builds this version installs as OpenOffice.org.

Full localized builds and language packs can be found on one of the extended mirror servers. For a full list of extended mirror servers, please have a look at http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors

Please give the version a try and communicate show stoppers within the OpenOffice.org releases mailing list.

English binaries, sources and SDK binaries are available from here:

http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html

If JavaScript is activated then the link above will point to the 2.2.0rc3 directory automatically. For those who don't want to use Javascript there is

http://download.openoffice.org/680/index-nojs.html

the md5sums:

http://download.openoffice.org/680/md5sums.html

呵呵，看来是要发布OpenOffice.org 2.2正式版本了

今天在irc.freenode.net#Openoffice.org上碰到一个不丹（Guess Who??: ok..i'm not..i'm from Bhutan...u knw...Bhutan?）的哥们，想把他的文本文件格式的词库导入到数据库中去，我在单位时没有太理解，后来理解了，还答应他写个例子的，可我并不知道他是用的什么数据库，看来是惹麻烦了，大家能否提供些例如csv文件导入不同数据库的方法及工具的，在此替他谢谢大家了

呵呵，今天从IRC Communication上发现工具X-Chat的Windows版本，虽然现在还存在UTF-8显示中文的问题，但还是很好用的irc工具

据OpenOffice.org Wiki的条目OOoRelease22所述的最新信息，OOo 2.2将推迟至March 21st, 2007发布，主要原因系Issue 75249，这是一个于本月九日刚刚发现的OOo 2.2 stopper严重软件缺陷。

参考Shaun McDonald — People are still surprised about OOo，发现OpenOffice.org确实给好多人带来了惊喜，呵呵，详细请参见：Free Alternative to Microsoft Office。

Thanks for your comments Truthseeker, I will make sure I don’t buy vista now.

现在已经升级到1024MB了，刚刚不小心发现的：

More free storage
You now have 1GB (and counting!) of free storage.
Search Picasa community photos
Discover and explore photos from other Picasa Web Albums users with this new search feature.
Would you like your public albums to appear in community search?

同时奉献俺的家居照片一张，仅供大家分享：

呵呵，今天和不丹的那个国际友人小姑娘聊天时间太长，都差点没时间给大家通报我收集到的消息了
Gullfoss — OpenOffice.org has been accepted for Google Summer of Code 2007
Google Summer of Code ™ 2007大家应该不会陌生吧，主要是OOo框架方面的项目多些。

比较有趣的图片欣赏，法国老外的作品呀：
Eric Bachard — Mac OS X port
OpenOffice.org , an Apple ...

详见原文。

据OOoRelease22最新消息，OpenOffice.org 2.2将推迟于March 28th, 2007正式发布，呵呵，这次真是精益求精呀，据最初定的2月28日已经有差不多一个月了

release candidate for all languages: February 22th, 2007
Product release: March 28th, 2007

但即便如此，仍然不太乐观，因为最近又出现了几个showstopper的缺陷，将会再出一个开发候选版，期望能够不再次推迟了，呵呵

如果Issue 73858关闭了，那么发布就不成问题了。

help testing! Download a release candidate!

很久没有关注Zim了，今天偶然去Guru's RPM Site逛逛，发现已经出新版本了，呵呵：
Editors > zim (wysiwyg desktop wiki editor)
SuSE Linux的版本现在为0.19，现在的最新版本是0.19了，可至以下位置下载源代码：
http://pardus-larus.student.utwente.nl/%7Epardus/downloads/Zim/



经过简单测试，已经对中文名称（unicode编码）的条目支持很不错了

2007-03-23早上刚刚发现，在http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/openoffice/extended/2.2.0rc4/上OpenOffice.org 2.2.0rc4已经可以下载，中文版本下载链接如下：
Linux
Windows

OSRMT version 1.5 released，一个开源的需求管理工具，新版本使用了新的Oracle 10g JDBC。这是March 27, 2007的消息了。下载请前往以下链接：
Open Source Requirements Management Tool

OpenOffice.org 2.2.0预定于今天发布，由于时差方面的原因，现在还未正式释出，估计应该在稍晚些时候发布。
Summer of Code: Application Deadline Soon! - OpenOffice.org：

We invite students to join us in this year's Summer of Code. The deadline is soon: 27 March 12:00 AM UTC.

呵呵，也不知道国外有多少爱好者参与，感觉国内这方面的气氛不怎么好呀，期望有条件的狐狸能够积极参与类似的活动，虽然今年已经无法参与了，但大家应该保持一颗良好的心态，尽量多为开源事业做出自己应有的贡献吧
另外，OpenOffice.org Security Team发布了几个OpenOffice.org的安全报告，大家如果感兴趣可以关注一下。
CVE-2006-5870: WMF/EMF Processing Failures

CVE-2007-002: WordPerfect Import Vulnerability

CVE-2007-0238: StarCalc Vulnerability

CVE-2007-0239: URL Handling Security Vulnerability (Linux/Solaris)

SourceForge.net本月的月度项目如下：March 2007 - Zenoss Core。

OpenOffice.org 2.2已经正式发布，这是OpenOffice.org在2007年发布的第一个新版本。

OpenOffice.org 2.2 Is Here!

OpenOffice.org 2.2 is an important new release and all should download it, as it resolves security issues and includes significant enhancements. These are both general and specific. A full list of the new features and fixes is given in our release notes, but among them:

    * Enhanced text display throughout
    * Better support for Pivot Tables in Calc
    * Several key improvements in Base
    * A more robust Mac version for X11
    * ... And many more

Not all of OpenOffice.org's more than 80 languages are available right now, but many are. Check with your favourite Native Language Project for updates.

    * OpenOffice.org 2.2 | Release Notes | Support
    * Press Release
    * Security Bulletins


新闻稿参见：OpenOffice.org Releases New Version of Free Software Alternative to Microsoft Office.

Dia 0.96已于近日正式发布，相关介绍文章可参见：类似Visio的图表绘制软件Dia v. 0.96发布。

Dia New release!

Version 0.96 of Dia is now available. Version 0.96 includes Visio VDX import and export as well as much improved text rendering. The source code can be found at http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dia/0.96/dia-0.96.tar.bz2. Your feedback will help making the next release better! The main new points can be seen in the NEWS file, and full details of changes are in the ChangeLog.

[LUPA调查]选出您认为的最容易使用的linux，大家可以投自己喜欢的Linux一票，支持开源，贡献自己的一份力量

Pavel Janik — New logo: finally快讯：

The endless voting process inside the community is now finished! We finally have a new logo. No gulls, a sea motive is still present there though.
The complete style guide for the new logo is to be finished, but this is minor issue. We finally have it. Enjoy it!

这个新的Logo不再有海鸥了，但仍然是以海洋为主题，因为没有找到相关投票的网站及可参照的其他信息来源，只能简单引用一下这一博客消息了，请见谅。

呵呵，刚刚从Linux友情论坛Gaim更名Pidgin (zt) - LinuxSir.Org得知，Gaim要更名了：
News - Pidgin

Many years ago when this project was first started, it was called "GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger." AOL naturally complained, and Mark Spencer changed the name to "Gaim." AOL was appeased, and no one really ever heard of it because there were very few users back then.

A few years later AOL trademarked "AIM," and started referring to their IM services using that name. They complained. The issue was brought up on Slashdot, and the Gaim developers at the time got some legal support. That legal support advised that the ongoing discussions with AOL be kept confidential until fully settled, and so it remained. The public thought the issue had gone away then. It sorta did, in that AOL stopped responding to Gaim's legal support for a while.

Our legal support has changed several times, and each group of lawyers have recommended silence & secrecy. Around the time of Gaim's first 2.0.0 beta, AOL came back into our lives in a very strong way, this time threatening to sue Sean.

This represents a clear pattern. AOL received more pushback than they expected, and would sort of let things stand for a while. Then they would threaten a different Gaim developer. Each time a new Gaim developer was threatened, we had to look at new legal support, to prevent a conflict of interest.

This process could not go on forever. As a result we ended up forming the Instant Messaging Freedom Corporation, and making it legally responsible for Gaim. We also had our new legal support work to create a real settlement with AOL that would get this issue dismissed from our lives forever.

Getting a settlement with AOL has taken FAR FAR longer than we would have ever guessed. On legal advice, we have refrained from any non-beta release during this process as a show of good faith, and to keep AOL from giving up on it. Again, on legal advice, we have also kept this information closely controlled.

At long last, I am pleased to announce that we have a signed settlement and can release our new version. There is one catch however: we have had to change the project's name.

After a long, and unfortunately secret debate (as we could not say why we were looking at a name change, we ended up just doing this ourselves), we settled on the name "Pidgin" for gaim itself, "libpurple" for libgaim (which, as of 2.0.0 beta6, exists), and "Finch" for gaim-text. Yes, the spelling of "Pidgin" is intentional, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin.

We are going to release it with a 2.0.0 version number, and an API compatibility layer for plugin authors. The project has not changed; this is our 2.0.0 release, not some new program that requires new version numbering.

期待早日用上Pidgin  2.0.0

最近sf.net不怎么主动发布软件更新的消息了，昨天发布了好几条：
Asymptote 1.25 released
2007-04-11 14:15 - Asymptote
Asymptote (http://asymptote.sourceforge.net) is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text.
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    * Gallery 1.5.6 Released   2007-04-11 14:12
    * KeePass 2.02 Alpha released   2007-04-11 14:12

Pantheios 1.0.1 (beta 24) Released
2007-04-09 07:51 - Pantheios - The C++ Logging Sweetspot
Pantheios is an Open Source C/C++ Logging API library, offering an optimal combination of 100% type-safety, efficiency, genericity and extensibility. It is simple to use and extend, highly-portable (platform and compiler-independent) and, best of all, it upholds the C tradition of you only pay for what you use.
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    * TCExam 4.0.011 Released!   2007-04-09 07:49
    * Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 2.0.0.3 Released   2007-04-09 07:48
    * Java Embedding Plugin 0.9.6.1, bugfix release   2007-04-09 07:46
Dimdim : 1.6.0 Alpha (040207) - Usability Release
这个软件功能好像还挺丰富的：

Dimdim is the Open Source web conferencing company. With Dimdim you can show Presentations, Applications and Desktops to any other person over the internet without installing anythign on the Attendee side. You can chat, show your webcam and talk with others in the meeting.

可惜只能在Windows下面的浏览器上使用，不太让人满意呀。