"...For applications that run internally we use Ruby on Rails. Because we enjoy using it, it's fast to develop with, straight forward to use and because we use it (i.e. to reduce knowledge transfer and training requirements) we decided to follow the same design patterns and coding conventions used in Rails when we built our MVC framework. Yes that's right we've built Perl on Rails..."

2007. What a year. Ubuntu cranked out two more solid releases, sub-$500 laptops flooded the market and undermined Microsoft's influence, and 3D desktop effects continued to improve. The DistroWatch charts were invaded by Texans, and several new distros appeared on the scene, while existing ones (Mint, Sabayon) joined the ranks of the Top 10. And what a Top 10 it is...

"There are many Policy change proposals, including some obvious and uncontroversial ones, that didn't make it into this release. That doesn't mean they've been rejected, only that a Policy release was long-overdue and it was better to set a deadline and upload what was finished by that deadline than postpone it further. I expect that 3.7.4.0 will not be far in the future..."

I am going to present to you the desktop I present to my clients and Kids via the Komputers4kids program. Now you will find that I work exclusively through KDE and if you can prove to me there is a better new-user environment to be used...

"I am currently in the process of organising the half-day Gentoo mini-conf at the next linux.conf.au, Australia's annual technical conference about Free Software..."

"Chris Beard, Mozilla VP and General Manager for Mozilla Labs, the R&D arm of Mozilla, announced today that Mozilla could develop an open and extensible framework for online services that would allow users to access them from their favorite web browser, web aggregation service or web enabled desktop app..."
VIA mozillalinks.org

One of the things I really like about the Linux community is that many members of the community are not shy in expressing how they feel. Many of my fellow journalists, having been on the receiving end of said expressions, might be wondering at this point if I am in need of some kind of intervention.