from the UNIX front
By csant. Thursday, 22. March 2007, 21:59:58
Two important things have happend this last week on the UNIX front of our desktop team:
It started on monday with PC-BSD announcing that it will deliver Opera in the next version of PC-BSD. Opera will be "one less thing you need to download after installation", as Matt Olander, CTO of iXsystems puts it, to get "a more usable system" out of your PC-BSD box.
And today we had our second big announcement:
Baobab and Opera have joined forces in an innovative project to provide the technology to combat HIV.
The solution is based on using a stripped-down Linux distribution on low-end hardware with a touchscreen. One of the main concerns is of course performance and footprint: but even just the plain desktop version is an ideal solution on low-end hardware.
It is a significant step for us: it is "a first step towards using Opera to power the projects that promote progress in the developing world", as Håkon Wium Lie, CTO of Opera, puts it. There are more steps to do…
P.S. Some community members have already asked how they can help the Baobab project: you can help them out with a charitable donation - they have a button on their site.
It started on monday with PC-BSD announcing that it will deliver Opera in the next version of PC-BSD. Opera will be "one less thing you need to download after installation", as Matt Olander, CTO of iXsystems puts it, to get "a more usable system" out of your PC-BSD box.
And today we had our second big announcement:
Baobab and Opera have joined forces in an innovative project to provide the technology to combat HIV.
The solution is based on using a stripped-down Linux distribution on low-end hardware with a touchscreen. One of the main concerns is of course performance and footprint: but even just the plain desktop version is an ideal solution on low-end hardware.
It is a significant step for us: it is "a first step towards using Opera to power the projects that promote progress in the developing world", as Håkon Wium Lie, CTO of Opera, puts it. There are more steps to do…
P.S. Some community members have already asked how they can help the Baobab project: you can help them out with a charitable donation - they have a button on their site.
