Ubuntu 8.10 approaches end-of-life

Ubuntu 8.10 approaches end-of-life - The H Open Source: News and Features

Ubuntu Release Manager Steve Langasek has reminded users that Ubuntu 8.10, code named Intrepid Ibex, will reach its end-of-life on Friday the 30th of April, 2010. Version 8.10 of the Debian-derived Linux distribution was released on the 30th of October, 2008 and was the first to feature an Ubuntu LiveUSB creator and an encrypted private directory for users. The desktop edition included, for example, GNOME 2.24, GIMP 2.6, Firefox 3.0 and OpenOffice 2.4. After the 30th of April, no new updates, including security updates and critical fixes, will be available for Intrepid Ibex.

Intrepid Ibex users are advised to upgrade to one of the current standard releases, Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) or version 9.10 (Karmic Koala), to continue receiving updates. The developers note that users wanting to upgrade to 9.10 from 8.10 will have to upgrade to 9.04 first. The standard releases are supported for 18 months of updates for both the desktop and server versions. Long Term Support (LTS) versions of Ubuntu are supported for three years for the desktop releases and five years for server releases.

The current development release is Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 1, code named "Lucid Lynx", from earlier this month. The final version of Lucid Lynx is scheduled to be released on the 29th of April of 2010. Ubuntu is sponsored by UK based Canonical Ltd.

15 Games for Linux

Stop Wine-ing: 15 Games for Linux | Linux Magazine:

"While gaming on Linux has suffered some recent setbacks with id Software and Atari seemingly having abandoned the Linux platform, there are some bright spots on the horizon. (See Commercial Gaming, Coming Soon to Linux?.)

Many believe that Wine and other Windows emulation solutions may be their only recourse for high-quality gaming enjoyment. That, however, it not entirely true. There are plenty of smaller, independent gaming houses developing and releasing premium commercial games for Linux alongside Mac and Windows offerings. Search hard enough and you’ll find games ranging from low-resource puzzle solvers to 3D first-person shooters.

Let’s have a look at some of the games recently released for Linux and a few up-and-coming prospects for the future."

Welcome to bloggers from China to Standard Bank in South Africa

Welcome to bloggers from China | Standard Bank blog

Submitted by Standard Bank Team on Thu, 2010/03/18 - 09:54

We are excited to be able to meet face-to-face a group of influential bloggers from China to the Standard Bank Group head office today.

The bloggers are visiting South Africa to find out more about the country so they may present their perceptions to their followers in China and around the world.

During their visit to Standard Bank Group's head office they will hear more about our history, business and social media activities.

• Chinese Bloggers
• Standard Bank Group

• Standard Bank Team's blog

List of Chinese bloggers

Submitted by Standard Bank Team on Thu, 2010/03/18 - 11:02.

The bloggers cover a variety of subjects from business, society, culture and media to Internet, science and technology. Their trip is was coordinated by the South Africa Mission in Beijing. These are some of the bloggers from China.

Ping Ke 平客 and Steven Lin (Flypig) 飞猪
http://antiwave.net/
Microblogs: http://t.sina.com.cn/flypig and http://t.sina.com.cn/buchimifan.
This duo are well known in Internet circles for their audio podcast at Antiwave.net. They have not updated in a long time, but a series of podcasts almost live from South Africa would be very well received in China's media and Internet circles. In addition, both of them have popular microblogs (Twitter type mini blogs) on Sina.

William Long
www.williamlong.info
Widely-followed tech blogger, influential in Internet and IT industries.

WebLeOn
webleon.org
Internet and tech blogger with a huge Feedburner and Feedsky readership.
Also on Twitter: http://twitter.com/webleon

Acosta
Internet celebrity.
Currently the third most popular celebrity blogger on Sina, and the only one to have drawn his celebrity entirely from his blog. Initially enshrouded in mystery and the subject of speculation about behind-the-scenes hit-count manipulation, Acosta has since gone on to publish a volume of essays and impress at least a segment of the literary establishment with his writing abilities. (English sample here: http://cnreviews.com/blogs/the-desert-spring_20100201.html )
Blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/acosta

Beijing Female Patient (北京女病人)
http://lome2000.blog.163.com/?Life2
A popular female blogger who works in the media, her blogs centre on her personal life, but has a huge following.

Chun Sue 春树
http://blog.sina.com.cn/springtree
Microblog (which she uses more frequently): http://t.sina.com.cn/springtree
Famously the author of Beijing Doll (2002), Chun Sue supposedly wrote the first "cruel youth" novel in China, published when she was 17. She regularly blogs and microblogs on Sina and is very popular with the generation of Chinese people born after 1980.
Contact: "Chunsue" ,

Shi Zhao
http://shizhao.org/
http://twitter.com/ShiZhao
China Wikipedia programmer and blogger. Well known for being part of a team who conducts the Chinese Bloggers Conference every year.
Contact: @shizao on Twitter, shizhao@gmail.com, 13691189514

Andrew Yu (安猪)
http://anzhu.net/
http://www.1kg.org/
The founder of one of the more well-known NGOs in China, 1kg which encourages city youth when they go on holiday to the countryside to take school supplies for rural schools. Andrew Yu has a background in the sciences but has turned his organization into more of a commercial model than purely not-for-profit. However, his company's blog on NGOs is very widely followed.

Mr Sean Shu,
General Manager & Chief Editor of Da Qi, the biggest Chinese community website (www.daqi.com)

Ms Vina
Bloger of Douban Website, one of the most popular websites in China, some of her blogs are listed as following:
my douban：http://www.douban.com/people/nanarun/
my blog:http://vina.blogcn.com/index.shtml
http://t.sina.com.cn/vinana
http://vina.blogcn.com/diary,29430488.shtml
http://vina.blogcn.com/diary,25076769.shtml
http://vina.blogcn.com/diary,24160305.shtml
http://vina.blogcn.com/diary,22922562.shtml
http://vina.blogcn.com/diary,24652623.shtml
http://vina.blogcn.com/diary,24584983.shtml
http://vina.blogcn.com/diary,19787776.shtml

Mr Wang Jilu
Deputy Chief Director of Netease, www.netease.com