May 31

Fedora 7

My favorite distro has just released a brand spanking new version.
Some release highlights:

  • GNOME 2.18 and KDE 3.5.6
  • New desktop theme - “Flying High”
  • Wireless firmware improvements, and new GUI NetworkManager for managing your wired and wireless connections
  • Hot plugging display devices due to inclusion of Xorg Server 1.3
  • Performance enhancements for yum
  • Python 2.5, and all Python repo software uses it!

They have also introduced new Spins(fedora install types).

  1. GNOME and KDE bootable live images
  2. Normal desktop,workstation,server images
  3. DVD images that include entire Fedora repository

I will definitely be installing this once I can find the time.

Check out the Fedora home page here –>Fedora Project

Or go to release notes here –> Release Notes

May 18

Just ran into this on another site. Really cool way to build your own “custom” ajax loading image. Gives you something nice to do with that div while your content is fetching. You can choose from over 30 image animated gif styles, and customize the background color/transparency, as well as set the primary foreground color.

I love generators like this. This is simple to use, and saves you the time of creating your own gif.

Ajaxload - Ajax loading gif generator