New Blender WIP Updates Plus Blender Windows Build SVN!

And here is what you windows guys are waiting for – an installer for the blender 2.5 alpha 2 svn build date 5-28-2010.

Arora 0.10.2 - Moblin

Since I’ve been working on the windows installers for arora – I realized there were no arora rpms for moblin.
Presenting arora 0.10.2 rpms on moblin. Fast, lightweight and excellent flash support too (flash seems to play faster in moblin than on firefox).
Get it from the ibiblio moblin repository now.

Arora 0.10.2 Stable With SSL Support Windows Build

For those finding the latest git windows build of arora is too buggy for you, here’s some great news.
I have compiled openssl 0.9.8n dlls on windows, and used them for the arora 0.10.2 stable build. With these in mind, arora 0.10.2 is running as sweet as ever.

You may download the stable binary for windows [...]

How To Create Your Own Yum Repository in Moblin

I received a question from an email on how to create your own yum repository.
I am basing it on Moblin/Meego, but should mostly work on Fedora/RedHat too.
I am assuming that you have already installed the development tools of Moblin in your installed Moblin distribution by using this command:
sudo yum groupinstall “Development Tools”
To start, we install [...]

Dream Big - An Open Source Tale

Don’t ever let yourself be put down because other people say it can’t be done.

This is a simple story of how leveraging open source technologies can bring you to heights and depths you thought you could never reach.

Gambas2 in Moblin; RPMS in Ibiblio

For those who don’t know what Gambas is, it is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions. I call it like VB on linux. You can make GUI programs in Qt or GTK+ and save your compiled application in RPM format.

Wine 1.1.38 In Moblin

A quick post on Moblin repository updates. I added wine 1.1.38 on my small Moblin repository.

Moblin Repository Started

Hi there guys,
I noticed moblin’s repository of packages are quite limited. Yes, I know, moblin is gonna be meego in Q2 2010, but for the moment, I need my application fix.
Presenting a little moblin rpm repository until I meego comes, or whatever…
Two applications are in there, GFtp and Gnumeric. Those applications fitted my [...]

Just Fun Stuff - LUG Meeting

Well, it’s a short post.
Since I was around the area and was more or less free during the time, I attended a short meeting with a local Linux Users Group at the G2iX Techbar, IT Park, Cebu City, of which I am a member.
There was basically a short talk on Liferay, an Open Source Portal, [...]

The Importance of Sandboxing Plug-ins in Browsers

What happens if a rogue plug-in runs in your browser? This is when sandboxing plug-ins become apparent.