Advanced Micro Device's graphics division ATI has managed to sell quite a large number of its RV770 based cards, about 2 million to be more specific. Since the market was until not long ago dominated by NVIDIA's cards, this number comes as proof of the great performance capabilities ATI’s products brought to users.ATI's RV770 chip caught NVIDIA off guard, as it delivered much higher performance levels than the green GT200 with 192 shaders, known as GeForce GTX 260. RV770 helped ATI move up and all the cards featuring the chip were able to bring NVIDIA's similar cards to their knees, as they feature, besides increased performance, more power efficiency.
The reign of ATI's cards might be ended by NVIDIA with the release of its latest GeForce drivers. Even so, ATI might still have some chances to keep the leading position, mainly due to the already announced launch of its future Catalyst 8.12 drivers in December; they are said to bring a good amount of performance improvement to the red team's cards. The latest release of the Catalyst drivers was mainly focused on the addition of features, while the improvements were postponed.
Nevertheless, ATI managed to ship about 2 million RV770-based cards, although it is not known whether the Radeon HD 4870 X2 cards were counted in, or the number included only the Radeon HD 4870/4850 cards. Also, ATI benefited a lot from having aggressively priced its boards, as most of its solutions are cheaper than the NVIDIA counterparts. This could be considered a second hit for the green company, which was forced to dramatically lower the prices for its products, driving it to massive losses.
Since the two companies are known to move towards the most advanced 40nm process technology in early 2009, we may witness a new graphics card battle at that time as well.
27 Kasım 2008 Perşembe
26 Kasım 2008 Çarşamba
Silverlight 3 in 2009
Having made available for download version 2 of its Adobe Flash killer, Microsoft is already moving onward to the next iteration.
Silverlight 2 was released to web in mid-October 2008, and, for next year, Microsoft is cooking the third release of what it is defining as a cross-browser, cross-platform and cross-device browser plug-in, designed to support interactive and Rich Internet Application experiences. In this regard, Silverlight 3 is planned for availability in 2009.
“Silverlight 3 will include major media enhancements (including H.264 video support), major graphics improvements (including 3D support and GPU hardware acceleration), as well as major application development improvements (including richer data-binding support and additional controls). Note these are just a small sampling of the improvements - we have plenty of additional cool features we are going to keep up our sleeves a little longer,” revealed Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Platform.
Essentially, behind the plug-in, the technology of Silverlight is in fact a subset of the .NET Framework. Microsoft itself is committed to developing using Silverlight. Guthrie offered a variety of examples in this regard, from MSN Toolbar to Windows Live Photos and Windows Live Video messages. At the same time, the forthcoming Office 14 Web Companion RIA applications, which will accompany the successor of the Office 2007 System, will also use the technology.
“We shipped Silverlight 2 last month. Over the last 4 weeks, the final release of Silverlight 2 has been downloaded and installed on more than 100 million consumer machines. It has also recently been published to corporate administrators via the Microsoft SMS and Microsoft Update programs to enable them to automatically deploy across enterprises. Over 1 in 4 computers on the Internet now have some version of Silverlight installed,” Guthrie added.
Silverlight 2 RTW (2.0.31005.0) is available for download:
Microsoft Silverlight 2 2.0.31005.0 RTW / 1.0.30109.0 (link 1)
Microsoft Silverlight 2 2.0.31005.0 RTW / 1.0.30109.0 (link 2)
“Silverlight 3 will include major media enhancements (including H.264 video support), major graphics improvements (including 3D support and GPU hardware acceleration), as well as major application development improvements (including richer data-binding support and additional controls). Note these are just a small sampling of the improvements - we have plenty of additional cool features we are going to keep up our sleeves a little longer,” revealed Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Platform.
Essentially, behind the plug-in, the technology of Silverlight is in fact a subset of the .NET Framework. Microsoft itself is committed to developing using Silverlight. Guthrie offered a variety of examples in this regard, from MSN Toolbar to Windows Live Photos and Windows Live Video messages. At the same time, the forthcoming Office 14 Web Companion RIA applications, which will accompany the successor of the Office 2007 System, will also use the technology.
“We shipped Silverlight 2 last month. Over the last 4 weeks, the final release of Silverlight 2 has been downloaded and installed on more than 100 million consumer machines. It has also recently been published to corporate administrators via the Microsoft SMS and Microsoft Update programs to enable them to automatically deploy across enterprises. Over 1 in 4 computers on the Internet now have some version of Silverlight installed,” Guthrie added.
Silverlight 2 RTW (2.0.31005.0) is available for download:
Microsoft Silverlight 2 2.0.31005.0 RTW / 1.0.30109.0 (link 1)
Microsoft Silverlight 2 2.0.31005.0 RTW / 1.0.30109.0 (link 2)
25 Kasım 2008 Salı
Windows 7 – 20 Features to Make Users Forget Vista SP1/SP2 and XP SP3
Microsoft is currently moving onward with the development of Windows 7, having passed Milestone 3 with the operating system. According to Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, the Redmond company is now cooking the Beta 1 release of Windows 7. But even as early as Windows 7 Milestone 3 pre-Beta Build 6801 and 6801+, discernible details, components and features across the next iteration of the Windows client come with the promise of making users forget all about Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and even SP2, or even Windows XP Service Pack 3.
"We’ve had a pretty incredible couple of weeks at the PDC and WinHEC. Based on what we talked about you can imagine we are all rather busy as we transition from milestone 3 to beta. We trust many of you are enjoying 6801 (or perhaps we should say 6801+)," revealed Sinofsky earlier this week.
With Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 changes stretch from the surface to under-the-hood optimizations, with the client evolving from both the perspective of the graphical user interface, user experience and interaction model but also in regard to the actual architecture of the operating system, with repercussions on performance, new capabilities and features, as well as compatibility and support.
The Windows 7 Desktop:
At the Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Los Angeles at the end of October, Chaitanya Sareen, a senior program manager for Microsoft, delivered a session in which he emphasized the evolution of the various elements on the desktop from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Sareen was already running a Windows 7 development milestone higher than Build 6801, namely Build 6933, which, of course, is still in pre-Beta stage. The entire presentation packaged as a WMV is available for download via this link.
According to Sareen, the key goals with the Windows 7 desktop include: "things you use all the time are at your fingertips – it is easy to get the programs and destinations you use all the time, with less mouse movement and fewer clicks. Manage your windows with confidence – you can switch to the right windows quickly without mistakes and effortlessly position windows the way you want them. You are in control – the desktop reflects your style; you get to personalize the experience, choosing what is important to you, including how and when you receive notifications. Clean and lightweight – the desktop experience feels organized, light, open and is a pleasure to use; visuals and animations are delighters the first time and every time."
Windows 7 desktop elements:
1. The new Windows 7 Taskbar (the Superbar) – the Quick Launch area is gone, the Show Desktop button was moved all the way to the right hand side of the taskbar, and the entire space dedicated to housing opened programs can now be used to manage both launched applications and IE tabs, but also shortcuts to the most used items across the operating system.
2. Aero Peek – the way to switch windows without actually switching windows. Working in conjunction with the new Windows 7 Taskbar, Aero Peek is designed to highlight a single window corresponding to the mini-window that the user focuses on with the mouse on the thumnail of a specifically opened desktop item.
3. Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnails – even in pre-beta Build 6801, the thumbnails for opened programs in Windows 7 are interactive. Unlike Vista, in Windows 7 users will be able to click thumbnails in order to access a specific opened application or window, to sneak (Aero) peek at the content, to close an item on the desktop, and even to run basic commands such as play and pause for Windows Media Player.
4. The Start menu and the mini Start Menus (Jumplists) – Microsoft has obviously revamped the Start Menu in Windows 7, from the search functionality to simple pin program actions. At the same time, the company will offer mini start menus, also called Jumplists, for each Taskbar item, allowing the user to jump directly to the tasks performed with a certain program, rather than executing the application and only then navigating to the task, be it a web page for Internet Explorer or a document for Word.
5. Overhauled notification area and the Action Center – those pesky and nagging notification balloons in the bottom right hand side of the screen will be a thing of the past in Windows 7. The successor of Windows Vista will allow end users to control notifications via the Action Center.
6. AeroShake – a feature locked in Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801, which allows users to control opened windows with mouse or touch gestures. Desktop items can be minimized or maximized by grabbing a window and shaking it.
7. DesktopSlideshow – is a feature designed as a combination between traditional static wallpapers and DreamScene animated backgrounds. It will allow users to have an image slideshow as their background.
8. New fonts – Windows Vista came to the table with Segoe and Windows 7 will deliver Gabriola, a new font.
9. Windows Sidebar is no longer a sidebar - the feature continues to exist in Windows 7, but it is no longer associated with the bar placed on the right hand side of the screen. In Windows 7 gadgets don’t have a dock anymore, and, just as in Vista, they can be placed all over the desktop.
10. The Windows Ribbon graphical user interface – Microsoft is attempting to change the old approach to GUI designs as it has become traditional in Windows, with a move to a new style introduced with the Office 2007 System. The company already introduced the Ribbon GUI in applications such as Paint and Wordpad but it is looking to convince developers to do the same for all third-party applications designed for Windows 7.
Windows 7 under-the-hood:
1. New installation process - Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 comes with a tweaked installation process that automatically deploys the Ultimate SKU of the operating system. This could, of course, be a preview of Microsoft simplifying the number of Windows versions, but it is still too early to tell, and the company has not confirmed anything officially in this regard.
2. Faster boot – Microsoft has already demonstrated that the Milestone 3 of Windows 7 will boot faster than Windows Vista by a few seconds. It is only to be expected of the Redmond company to take startup performance to the next level with the forthcoming version of the Windows client.
3. MinWin – Windows 7 does not come with a new kernel, and it is in fact delivered as Windows version 6.1, whereas Vista is 6.0, but what it does come with is an isolated core. End users will not be able to see this, but Microsoft will, from now on, separate the development and innovation of the Windows NT kernel plus a limited number of core-components, labeled collectively as MinWin, from the rest of the operating system. This is known as componentization.
4. Support for over 64 processors and scaling up to 256 processors - "In the Windows 7 operating system, the 64-bit kernel supports more than 64 logical processors. To scale up to support this expanded number of processors, some applications and Windows kernel-mode components require modification," Microsoft stated.
5. Touch capabilities – Windows Vista offered a preview of things to come in terms of touch computing with the integration into Microsoft Surface. With Windows 7 the Redmond giant is simply taking Windows touch one step further. Windows 7 will come by default with a Natural User interface based on touch and gestures designed to work with the latest hardware technology, already integrated into computers sold on the market.
6. Cloud Integration - Windows Essentials – Windows 7 will no longer come with a range of applications bundled by default into its fabric. Instead, the operating system will reach into the cloud to grab applications such as an email or an instant messaging client.
7. Windows 7 Driver Verifier - "Driver Verifier monitors kernel-mode drivers to detect incorrect function calls or actions that might corrupt the system. For Windows 7, Driver Verifier has several features that did not exist in earlier versions of Windows, that detect new classes of driver defects, and that provide information for debugging these driver defects. This paper provides a preview of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) documentation for these enhancements. Exposing these additional classes of common driver bugs assists driver developers in producing higher quality device drivers," Microsoft revealed.
8. Home Groups – with Windows 7 Microsoft has made it easier for computers in the same Home Group to share pictures, music, videos, documents and devices.
9. Windows Sensor and Location Platform – Windows 7 will know where users are; here is how Microsoft explains it: "The Windows Sensor and Location platform, which is new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. With location sensors – including GPS devices, WWAN radios, and even triangulation technology – your applications and gadgets can know exactly where they are, enabling them to provide more locally relevant content and functionality."
10. Windows 7 Troubleshooting – Windows 7 brings to the table enhanced troubleshooting capabilities compared to Windows Vista. The next version of the Windows client will be able to resolve issues related to programs, devices, networking, printing, display, sound and performance.
"We’ve had a pretty incredible couple of weeks at the PDC and WinHEC. Based on what we talked about you can imagine we are all rather busy as we transition from milestone 3 to beta. We trust many of you are enjoying 6801 (or perhaps we should say 6801+)," revealed Sinofsky earlier this week.
With Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 changes stretch from the surface to under-the-hood optimizations, with the client evolving from both the perspective of the graphical user interface, user experience and interaction model but also in regard to the actual architecture of the operating system, with repercussions on performance, new capabilities and features, as well as compatibility and support.
The Windows 7 Desktop:
At the Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Los Angeles at the end of October, Chaitanya Sareen, a senior program manager for Microsoft, delivered a session in which he emphasized the evolution of the various elements on the desktop from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Sareen was already running a Windows 7 development milestone higher than Build 6801, namely Build 6933, which, of course, is still in pre-Beta stage. The entire presentation packaged as a WMV is available for download via this link.
According to Sareen, the key goals with the Windows 7 desktop include: "things you use all the time are at your fingertips – it is easy to get the programs and destinations you use all the time, with less mouse movement and fewer clicks. Manage your windows with confidence – you can switch to the right windows quickly without mistakes and effortlessly position windows the way you want them. You are in control – the desktop reflects your style; you get to personalize the experience, choosing what is important to you, including how and when you receive notifications. Clean and lightweight – the desktop experience feels organized, light, open and is a pleasure to use; visuals and animations are delighters the first time and every time."
Windows 7 desktop elements:
1. The new Windows 7 Taskbar (the Superbar) – the Quick Launch area is gone, the Show Desktop button was moved all the way to the right hand side of the taskbar, and the entire space dedicated to housing opened programs can now be used to manage both launched applications and IE tabs, but also shortcuts to the most used items across the operating system.
2. Aero Peek – the way to switch windows without actually switching windows. Working in conjunction with the new Windows 7 Taskbar, Aero Peek is designed to highlight a single window corresponding to the mini-window that the user focuses on with the mouse on the thumnail of a specifically opened desktop item.
3. Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnails – even in pre-beta Build 6801, the thumbnails for opened programs in Windows 7 are interactive. Unlike Vista, in Windows 7 users will be able to click thumbnails in order to access a specific opened application or window, to sneak (Aero) peek at the content, to close an item on the desktop, and even to run basic commands such as play and pause for Windows Media Player.
4. The Start menu and the mini Start Menus (Jumplists) – Microsoft has obviously revamped the Start Menu in Windows 7, from the search functionality to simple pin program actions. At the same time, the company will offer mini start menus, also called Jumplists, for each Taskbar item, allowing the user to jump directly to the tasks performed with a certain program, rather than executing the application and only then navigating to the task, be it a web page for Internet Explorer or a document for Word.
5. Overhauled notification area and the Action Center – those pesky and nagging notification balloons in the bottom right hand side of the screen will be a thing of the past in Windows 7. The successor of Windows Vista will allow end users to control notifications via the Action Center.
6. AeroShake – a feature locked in Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801, which allows users to control opened windows with mouse or touch gestures. Desktop items can be minimized or maximized by grabbing a window and shaking it.
7. DesktopSlideshow – is a feature designed as a combination between traditional static wallpapers and DreamScene animated backgrounds. It will allow users to have an image slideshow as their background.
8. New fonts – Windows Vista came to the table with Segoe and Windows 7 will deliver Gabriola, a new font.
9. Windows Sidebar is no longer a sidebar - the feature continues to exist in Windows 7, but it is no longer associated with the bar placed on the right hand side of the screen. In Windows 7 gadgets don’t have a dock anymore, and, just as in Vista, they can be placed all over the desktop.
10. The Windows Ribbon graphical user interface – Microsoft is attempting to change the old approach to GUI designs as it has become traditional in Windows, with a move to a new style introduced with the Office 2007 System. The company already introduced the Ribbon GUI in applications such as Paint and Wordpad but it is looking to convince developers to do the same for all third-party applications designed for Windows 7.
Windows 7 under-the-hood:
1. New installation process - Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 comes with a tweaked installation process that automatically deploys the Ultimate SKU of the operating system. This could, of course, be a preview of Microsoft simplifying the number of Windows versions, but it is still too early to tell, and the company has not confirmed anything officially in this regard.
2. Faster boot – Microsoft has already demonstrated that the Milestone 3 of Windows 7 will boot faster than Windows Vista by a few seconds. It is only to be expected of the Redmond company to take startup performance to the next level with the forthcoming version of the Windows client.
3. MinWin – Windows 7 does not come with a new kernel, and it is in fact delivered as Windows version 6.1, whereas Vista is 6.0, but what it does come with is an isolated core. End users will not be able to see this, but Microsoft will, from now on, separate the development and innovation of the Windows NT kernel plus a limited number of core-components, labeled collectively as MinWin, from the rest of the operating system. This is known as componentization.
4. Support for over 64 processors and scaling up to 256 processors - "In the Windows 7 operating system, the 64-bit kernel supports more than 64 logical processors. To scale up to support this expanded number of processors, some applications and Windows kernel-mode components require modification," Microsoft stated.
5. Touch capabilities – Windows Vista offered a preview of things to come in terms of touch computing with the integration into Microsoft Surface. With Windows 7 the Redmond giant is simply taking Windows touch one step further. Windows 7 will come by default with a Natural User interface based on touch and gestures designed to work with the latest hardware technology, already integrated into computers sold on the market.
6. Cloud Integration - Windows Essentials – Windows 7 will no longer come with a range of applications bundled by default into its fabric. Instead, the operating system will reach into the cloud to grab applications such as an email or an instant messaging client.
7. Windows 7 Driver Verifier - "Driver Verifier monitors kernel-mode drivers to detect incorrect function calls or actions that might corrupt the system. For Windows 7, Driver Verifier has several features that did not exist in earlier versions of Windows, that detect new classes of driver defects, and that provide information for debugging these driver defects. This paper provides a preview of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) documentation for these enhancements. Exposing these additional classes of common driver bugs assists driver developers in producing higher quality device drivers," Microsoft revealed.
8. Home Groups – with Windows 7 Microsoft has made it easier for computers in the same Home Group to share pictures, music, videos, documents and devices.
9. Windows Sensor and Location Platform – Windows 7 will know where users are; here is how Microsoft explains it: "The Windows Sensor and Location platform, which is new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. With location sensors – including GPS devices, WWAN radios, and even triangulation technology – your applications and gadgets can know exactly where they are, enabling them to provide more locally relevant content and functionality."
10. Windows 7 Troubleshooting – Windows 7 brings to the table enhanced troubleshooting capabilities compared to Windows Vista. The next version of the Windows client will be able to resolve issues related to programs, devices, networking, printing, display, sound and performance.
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Build 16497
Microsoft is laboring to serve Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista a little over a year after the availability of Service Pack 1, beating Windows 7 to the market. The first development milestones of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 have already shipped to testers and are even available for download for users of the operating system outside of the limited testing pool selected by Microsoft. Come 2009, the Redmond company will make available the Release Candidate of the operating system's SP2 one year after the RTM of SP1, just to deliver the gold bits a couple of months after that.
According to TechARP, Microsoft will offer the first Release Candidate of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista in February 2009. Vista SP1 was of course released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, concomitantly with the RTM of Windows Server 2008. Come April 2009, the software giant reportedly plans to sign-off the code for Vista SP2. As it happened with SP1, the RTM and availability deadlines for Vista SP2 might not coincide. Vista SP1 RTM'd in February but was only up for grabs in mid-March 2008.
While building Windows 7, the Redmond company is also looking to the evolution of Vista, but SP2 will be nothing more than a standard service pack release. Fact is that the impact delivered by SP2 for Vista SP1 is bound to be equivalent to that of SP3 for Windows XP SP2. While SP2 will represent an evolution for Vista, it will be nowhere at the level of Windows 7, which according to all reports will be offered by the end of 2009.
Microsoft already offered the first taste of Windows Vista SP2 via a Beta release, namely Build 6002.16497. By the looks of the first Beta Build of Vista SP2, Microsoft appears to focus on under-the-hood changes such as support for Bluetooth 2.1, and the introduction of Windows Search 4.0 and Windows Connect Now. Chances are very scarce that SP2 will do for SP1 what SP1 did for Vista RTM.
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Build 16497 is available for download here.
According to TechARP, Microsoft will offer the first Release Candidate of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista in February 2009. Vista SP1 was of course released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, concomitantly with the RTM of Windows Server 2008. Come April 2009, the software giant reportedly plans to sign-off the code for Vista SP2. As it happened with SP1, the RTM and availability deadlines for Vista SP2 might not coincide. Vista SP1 RTM'd in February but was only up for grabs in mid-March 2008.
While building Windows 7, the Redmond company is also looking to the evolution of Vista, but SP2 will be nothing more than a standard service pack release. Fact is that the impact delivered by SP2 for Vista SP1 is bound to be equivalent to that of SP3 for Windows XP SP2. While SP2 will represent an evolution for Vista, it will be nowhere at the level of Windows 7, which according to all reports will be offered by the end of 2009.
Microsoft already offered the first taste of Windows Vista SP2 via a Beta release, namely Build 6002.16497. By the looks of the first Beta Build of Vista SP2, Microsoft appears to focus on under-the-hood changes such as support for Bluetooth 2.1, and the introduction of Windows Search 4.0 and Windows Connect Now. Chances are very scarce that SP2 will do for SP1 what SP1 did for Vista RTM.
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Build 16497 is available for download here.
Upcoming Releases and Announcements
Summary of expected upcoming releases
- 2008-11-25: Fedora 10 (see draft release schedule)
- 2008-11-27: openSUSE 11.1 RC1
- 2008-11-XX: Musix GNU+Linux 2008-11 (see roadmap)
- 2008-12-18: openSUSE 11.1 (see roadmap)
- 2008-12-18: Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 2
- 2009-01-13: Frugalware Linux 1.0pre2
- 2009-01-15:Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 3
- 2009-01-27: Fedora 11 Alpha
- 2009-02-05: Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 4
- 2009-02-10: Frugalware Linux 1.0rc1
- 2009-02-24: Frugalware Linux 1.0rc2
- 2009-02-26: Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 5
- 2009-03-10: Frugalware Linux 1.0 (see roadmap)
- 2009-03-12: Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 6
- 2009-03-24: Fedora 11 Beta
- 2009-03-26: Ubuntu 9.04 Beta
- 2009-04-16: Ubuntu 9.04 RC
- 2009-04-23: Ubuntu 9.04 (see release schedule)
- 2009-04-XX: Musix GNU+Linux 2.0r0 (see roadmap)
- 2009-05-26: Fedora 11 (see proposed release schedule)
Alcohol 52% 1.9.8.7117 Free Edition
Alcohol brings a new meaning to the word multimedia! It is without a doubt a leader in it's class, bringing the ability to emulate and record CDs and DVDs together into one amazingly easy to use software program. Using the latest technology the program is constantly being developed and improved to add new features, allowing it to maintain it's position as a leading software package. Imagine being able to store your most used CDs as images on your computer and just call them up at the click of a button! And then run them at 200x the speed of some CD drives and without requiring the CD itself! How about being able to make a backup of that CD onto another CD either using the CD itself or just using the image you have created? This is what Alcohol allows you to do and much more. Alcohol 52% CD & DVD emulation software can create virtual CD/DVD-ROM drives and play CDs & DVDs without the need for the physical disc. This piece of emulation software allows users to play CDs & DVDs without the need for the physical disc. Notebook users and PC Game players will benefit the most from Alcohol 52%. It is not necessary to carry the physical discs and CD & DVD-ROM drive, if users need to present their works to the customers from their notebook. It is not necessary to insert the CD & DVD discs if users want to play PC Games in their computer. Alcohol 52% copies an "invisible" CD & DVD disc to the harddisk.
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Supported OS: Windows NT 3.x, Windows NT 4.x, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Changes in version 1.9.8.7117, 2008-11-23:
- NEW A.C.I.D Wizard "Alcohol Cloaking Initiative for DRM"
- NEW Add Context Menu in explorer for burning image file
- NEW Improved Dumping/Burning engine more stability and speed
- NEW Latest SPTD layer version
- FIX Problem with some Drives Not showing correct manufacture ID of blank discs.
- FIX The incorrect 'Processor Info' display on some Operating systems, especially for Core 2 Dual new processors
- FIX addressed some blacklisting problems
- FIX Bugs reported by some users
- UPDATE Some language files
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Homepage - http://www.alcohol-software.com
Size: 10.1 MB
23 Kasım 2008 Pazar
Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 1
Colin Watson has announced the first alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04, code name "Jaunty Jackalope": "Welcome to Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.04. The primary changes from Intrepid have been the re-merging of changes from Debian. We've also been spending some time getting the new ARM port up and running, although its build daemons are still catching up so installable images will have to wait for a future alpha release. This is the very first roughly working set of images off the production line, and they haven't all been tested, so you should expect some bugs. Prominent among these are that some of the images are oversized and can only be tested using a DVD or a virtual machine, and that the desktop CD isn't ready yet! This release consists only of the alternate and server CDs; the desktop CD will follow in the next Alpha release." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5) the installation CD images from here: jaunty-alternate-i386.iso (699MB), jaunty-alternate-amd64.iso (700MB). Also released today were the 9.04 alpha 1 images for Kubuntu (download), Xubuntu (download), Ubuntu Studio (download) and Mythbuntudownload). (
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