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Fedora项目组考虑只支持自由软件

noreply@blogger.com (YeFeng0619) — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:09:00 +0000

　　由红帽公司资助的Fedora Linux项目日前在自由软件库的审定方面有所变化，他们将在即将发布的Fedora 7中只包含自由软件。因为在最新的Fedora 7中红帽将不再区分Core 和Extra两种软件库，只有一个软件库，而这其中不符合自由软件或者开源软件定义的软件将不得不被放弃，再后来，项目组考虑将完全转向自由软件。

　　最近有关对Fedora项目组的诟病不断传来，先是Eric对其的质疑，然后又是普通用户对其的质疑，弄的Fedora项目组非常被动，希望Fedora项目组能够走好。

　　The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora project is undergoing several changes before the release of its next version. In preparation for Fedora 7, which will fuse the Core and Extra software repositories, Fedora's developers are auditing the repositories for non-free and non-open software that doesn't meet the project's guidelines. Eventually, the project may change its package guidelines to only allow Free Software.

　　Following a message from Michael Tiemann, Red Hat's vice president of open source affairs, to the Fedora Advisory Board mailing list in April 2006, board member Rahul Sundaram and Fedora developer Tom Callaway initiated a licensing audit of Fedora. After a strenuous scanning process, several changes were made to the Core repository to make Fedora compliant with its own packaging guidelines. "What we did before Fedora Core 6," says Sundaram, "is go through the entire Fedora Core packages to make sure we are compliant with our own guidelines, since many of these packages were inherited from Red Hat Linux during the project launch a few years back."

　　The next task in their queue is cross-checking the Fedora's Extras repository, which will be merged with the Core repository before the upcoming release. The Fedora Extras packages already go through a peer review process which includes a license check before a package is allowed into the repository.

　　Currently, the Fedora packaging guidelines require packages to be compliant with the Free Software and Open Source definitions and covered by either the OSI-approved licenses, GPL-compatible Free Software licenses, or GPL-incompatible Free Software licenses. If a proprietary package that fails to comply with those definitions is identified in the auditing process, Fedora works with the package maintainers and upstream projects to see if they can change the licenses. "In many cases," says Sundaram, "we have successfully done that. In some instances where the license change was impossible, we had to drop the packages. We strive to provide Free Software alternatives wherever possible when we have to drop packages."

　　Change in the guidelines?

　　In his email message last year, Tiemann asked what board members thought "about changing the tilt of Fedora from open source to free software." Sundaram says that though their first priority is to complete the review of the Extras repository, a change in the guideline is possible. "It is likely that we may change the guidelines to allow only Free Software (as defined by Free Software Foundation) instead of Free and Open Source software, as defined within the guidelines now. Any further licensing changes would be discussed and implemented publicly with feedback from the community members."

　　Sundaram asserts that the developers of Fedora have always believed in having an entirely free software distribution that is unencumbered by restrictive software patents. He says that eradicating proprietary software from a distribution has more benefits than drawbacks. "Users can be confident that they are using a distribution where all the software provides them with well-known rights. They can easily customize it to fit their needs. We can fix any issues and ensure that all the packages are portable to the architectures we support, since we have all the code available under appropriate licenses. Derivatives have the freedom to modify the distribution as per their requirements. We have capability to play all the open codecs within Fedora. Users only have to fetch additional codecs if they want to view proprietary multimedia content."

　　On the other hand, he adds that Fedora also believes in users' choice. "If a particular user would want to install proprietary components, they are free to do so even if we don't recommend doing this. For example, standardization of Free Software using a single multimedia framework like GStreamer makes it easier for users to install any additional multimedia codecs easily and having them immediately accessible and functional across all applications. In Fedora 7, we are planning to go further by providing a feature called the Codec Buddy, which kicks in when a user attempts to use content which requires additional codecs and guides them to fetch the codecs easily instead of cryptic error messages."

　　Fedora remains one of the most popular Linux distributions. Respecting freedom without much inconvenience to desktop users seems like a nice idea. How the community will react to the changes remains to be seen.

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Windows Vista Keygen is Just a Joke

noreply@blogger.com (YeFeng0619) — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:01:00 +0000

“The author of the Windows Vista keygen that was reported yesterday has admitted that the program does not actually work. Here is the initial announcement of the original release of the keygen, and here is the followup post in which the same author acknowledges that the program is fake. Apparently, the keygen program does legitimately attack Windows Vista keys via brute force, but the chances of success are too low for this to be a practical method. Quote from the author: ‘Everyone who said they got a key is probably lying or mistaken!’”

fact is the brute force keygen is a joke, i never intended for it to work. I have never gotten it to work, everyone should stop using it!

everyone who said they got a key a probably lying or mistaken!

i suggest everyone uses the 120 day 3x rearm method.

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Ubuntu 7紧锣密鼓 3D桌面默认首选

noreply@blogger.com (YeFeng0619) — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:16:00 +0000

Ubuntu的开发者们正在为4月中旬发布的Ubuntu 7在努力工作，Ubuntu的开发人员Tollef Fog Heen日前宣布，Ubuntu的主要软件库已经冻结，因为最新发行版本的测试版本Herd 5即将发布。所有的的上传工作必须获得他，或者Ubuntu发布小组的另外一位成员的批准才能进行，所有，假如你有什么重要的升级计划请尽快跟我们取得联系。

　　Feisty Fawn Herd 5测试版本预计将在本周4发布，在此之后，Ubuntu发现小组将为最新版本的的beta办和RC版本努力，再后来就是最终的发行版Feisty Fawn，预定日期时4月19日。

　　Ubuntu一直坚持他们严格的6个月一次重要的发行版的原则，上一个重要的发行版时去年10月26日的Ubuntu 6，代号为Edgy Eft。

　　当Ubuntu的创始人太空人Mark Shuttleworth在Ubuntu 6发布现场，宣布有关Ubuntu 7计划的时候，就提到，Ubuntu 7将不断提高Ubuntu对硬件产品的支持，包括笔记本电脑、台式机和服务器市场。并且对新兴的桌面技术积极采用。Ubuntu 7将把重点放在多媒体和桌面效果上，我们期望到时候将为用户和开发者带来全新的体验。

　　而且在接下来的Ubuntu 7中，一些桌面效果技术，比如Compiz和Beryl将成为默认选择。Mark Shuttleworth认为，在将来的桌面系统中3D体验非常重要，这势必在Ubuntu中将带来专有的图形驱动代码。

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Vista Brute Force Keygen

noreply@blogger.com (YeFeng0619) — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:16:00 +0000

Thanks to Computer User to report this way and to Snooza to prepare the pack! This method is a brute force attempt at determining a usable key.

This has been reported to work!......look at the following user comments!!!
zapp2 wrote: This WORKS WORKS WORKS WORKS WORKS WORKS WORKS
2 min a go I ACTIVATED VISTA HOME BASIC..... Shocked Shocked Shocked
Computer User U are the BIG MAN Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

CodeCrapper wrote: I GOT A VALID KEY FOR MY VISTA BUSINESS!!!!!! Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

salmypal wrote: 5 hours and i got 3 legit keys. will leave it on for 2 days and will keep letting everyone know. need one ? i'll give only if your a long time keznews user. Wink

Nice easy to follow instructions thanks guys:
1: download the file slmgr.zip (links below)

2: make a backup of C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs (in case the keygen works, replace it back with the original)

3: use slmgr.vbs from the zip-file to replace the one in C:\windows\system32\. If you have problems with permissions, select file...goto properties....take ownership....then change permissions.

4: write down your partial or entire productkey. You can check your key with "magic jellybean" (from our pack)

5: goto Start > Run, type "cmd" and OK. Now type "C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk generate". A process called "wscript.exe" will start and can take quite a lot of CPU resources. It will check aprox. 10000 keys per 30 minutes.

6: now the waiting begins. It can take very very very long before you get some results

7: after some time (hours, days) check your productkey with "magic jellybean" again to see if it has changed

8: if your serial has changed try to activate Vista by going to Start > Run. Now type the command "C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato"

DONE!

KEYGEN PROVIDED BY COMPUTER USER!...thanks fokes for your "patience!" Laughing

DISCLAIMER: under no circumstances should anyone sell the key that they generate. I do not support Piracy, this was simply an experiment in which i used to practice my vbscripting. This was just for fun and was a complete accident! sorry for cracking your beautiful operating system BILL GATES

I strongly encourage everyone to purchase windows vista, and be a genuine customer!

source download:
Vista Brute Force Keygen (link 1)
Vista Brute Force Keygen (link 2)
Vista Brute Force Keygen (link 3)

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