Review on the NAEV's project hottest bun right now. NAEV is a 2D top-down perspective free-roaming space game inspired by the game trilogy Escape Velocity. Underlining that its a very promising project, the fourth beta release is already fun to play, as opposed to many other FOSS game projects.

he Naev devteam is proud to announce the release of Naev 0.5.0! This release is the result of over a year of hard work done by nearly 30 committers. This release is just a step in the path for ultimate greatness and a major step forward in the maturity of Naev. It has many major gameplay changes and signifies the coming of age of Naev, which has now exceeded the tag of Escape Velocity clone.

NAEV is a 2D space shooter inspired by Escape Velocity. The player flies a ship from a top-down, isometric perspective, engaging in trade, combat, and missions.

0.4.0 includes a plethora of changes, including new ships, weapons, star systems, improved graphics and a completely new equipment system.

The ReactOS team has just put out its latest newsletter, and it contains some interesting information on the progress being made. However, it also provides some definitive insight into what, exactly, the project is trying to recreate - a topic of some confusion.

Here's a long-awaited update on where the Python 3000 project stands. We're looking at a modest two months of schedule slip, and many exciting new features. I'll be presenting this in person several times over the next two months.

The second issue of Firebird SQL Project newsletter was delivered to all subscribers. This issue includes announcements of official Firebird channels at YouTube and SlideShare, the full list of materials from Firebird Conference 2011, and also digest of recent community news.
You can read the second issue online.

FPC 2.6.2 has landed. FPC 2.6.2 is an update to 2.6.0 that
contains most library progress over the 2.6.0 and some crucial
compiler fixes.

Building is still in progress and some formats (deb,rpm) and targets might
not be available yet.

Deb Goodkin announced the publication of the annual FreeBSD Foundation’s End-of-Year Newsletter (2009). Highlights include: Letter From the President, End-of-Year Fundraising Update, and New Console Driver.

Welcome to the December edition of the Foresight Linux Newsletter. This month we take a look at the initial launch of the GNOME Developer Kit based on Foresight Linux, a look back at the year in review, an update on the next alpha of 2.0, updates to developer documentation, and news from Foresight's marketing and infrastructure teams.