Parece inacreditavel, mas devido a algumas modificações da forma de licenciamento da Sun com o seu produto, java, agora usuários do Dapper irão poder instalar o JDK, JRE, (insira aqui sua sigla favorita) usando sua ferramente de gerenciamento de pacotes favorita! Não vamos mais precisar de aprender novas formas ou conjurar argumentos obscuros para usufruir desta tecnologia! Assumindo que você habilitou o repositório Multiverse, procure pela palavra-chave java5 (caso usem o Synaptic, por exemplo) ou executem o seguinte comando no console:

Due to the proximity to the release date for Dapper Drake, Ubuntu Linux’s latest version scheduled to be released this June first, I have completely stopped working on my pet project, BillReminder. The translation effort to bring Open Source goodness to the Brazilian masses has a higher priority in my agenda, but the coding itch is still there! BillReminder is completely written in C#/Mono and makes use of the newly incorporated Windows.

Ever since I wrote my last post about the state of Epiphany as the default web browser for Gnome, I completely switched from Firefox to it! Cold turkey! I must tell you, there are certain things which can be annoying at times… But the sheer speed I have gained while performing my web surfing “duties” is more than enough justification as to why I will keep using it for now. Thanks to some great comments I received, I am now subscribed to their mailing list and have solved some of my initial issues by installing the epiphany-extensions package.

A new legislation (http://www.softwarelivre.org/news/6524 in pt_BR) has been approved in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by which the entire local goverment institutions will have to give priority to Open Source solutions! Hopefully the rest of the nation will follow soon and make better use of all that money currently being spent on licenses and what not… How about putting an end to poverty and illiteracy in one of the largest countries in the world?

I’ve been using Firefox for what seems to be a long time now… As a matter of fact, I don’t really remember the last time I had to use IE! Even when I have to use someone else’s computer, the first thing I do is plug my USB key and fire up the portable version of Firefox! I really like the theming capability as well as the great plethora of plugins and extensions available… But somehow I am extremelly attracted to the simplicity of Epiphany!

Como disse o famoso pintor/escultor Michelangelo diante de sua obra de arte, agora todo mundo que tem contribuído com a tradução dos manuais do Dapper podem fazer o mesmo! Já existe uma versão online que pode ser lida aqui. Ainda há tempo para terminarmons o guai do servidor e do empacotador!!! Apareça no canal #ubuntu-br-tradutores e digitem o seguinte comando: @diga [seu nick] Iniciando e o Brazuca vai te indicar o que fazer…

Before I go into a major rant attack against Macromedia (or whatever they’re called these days) for not doing a better job at providing open source-friendly versions of their software, I’d like to ask my fellow Linux users the following: Is there a way of running ShockWave under Linux without the aid of emulators??? I wish people would be more considerate (or do a better job at researching alternatives out there) and use open standards when providing their services to users via the web!

… o Ubuntu fica cheio de brasileiros! Parabéns ao Alexandre Otto Strube ou Surak como é conhecido no IRC, por ter sido eleito como membro oficial do Ubuntu Team! Infelizmente não pude presenciar a reunião de hoje mas é bom saber que o seu trabalho como “bug squasher” foi reconhecido pelo pessoal do Community Council. Mais um brasileiro representando o nosso potencial pelo mundo do software livre! Agora somos 9 (Eu, Fábio, Meyer, Yves, Lício, Lucas, Carlos, Rodrigo, e Alexandre)… Será que esqueci de alguém?

Por incrível que pareça, o termo mais usado na internet que conecta ao meu blog não é a palavra “ubuntu” ou mesmo “linux”. De cada 10 visitas provenientes do Google (ou qualquer outra site de busca), 9 delas foram direcionadas devido àpalavra-chave meebo!!! Quase todo dia recebo comentários no meu artigo sobre o Meebo, relatando como a companhia de um bloqueou o serviço e tal… Eu geralmente aprovo esses comentários mas nunca me preoculpei em tentar ao menos providenciar algum work-around, isso até hoje!

So says my good friend Gerrard with his new catchy tune! He never ceases to amaze me with his multi talents! On a different note, tomorrow I’ll be attending the Northern NJ MySQL Group meeting at the Panera Bread in Paramus. Got lots of books to distribute from O’Reilly and Apress too! Should be lots of fun! Work has kept me really busy these last 2-3 weeks… Too bad it is not new development… Going over thousands of Java, PL/SQL, and T-SQL spagethi code looking for some obscure logic is not what I call fun… Got a few phone calls from headhunters but nothing I’d be interested in doing…