I have launched my new website, makethemove.net, which is designed to present Linux and open source software as viable options to Windows and other computer systems.

Please check it out and help spread the word!

Chris

Well Matt's trip is over. He headed back home a few weeks ago and I've just come back from a trip to Beijing with Mendy and her family. I'll be based in Hong Kong and Macau for the next two months hopefully working on Kororaa 2006 (though it might end up being 2007!).

There are photos of Hong Kong and Macau if you haven't seen them yet, and I'll shortly upload some photos from Beijing at the gallery.

Will also post an update on my personal blog sometime.

Cheers,
Chris

We are happy to release Kororaa AIGLXgl 0.3 Live CD.

It is available via direct download and bittorrent. Please see the Live CD page here for more details.

Major changes include the removal of non-GPL ATI and NVIDIA video card drivers (see here); the inclusion of AIGLX now along with Xgl (hence the name), 2.6.18 CK patchset based kernel, KDE 3.5.4, Gnome 2.14, updated installer, many bug fixes, as well as a new version of the Kororaa Penguin and other artwork by Pascal Klein.

The system works well on my Macbook with its integrated Intel video card. The open source radeon driver will work with many ATI cards, but not all the newer ones. If you have an NVIDIA video card 3D effects will not be available, however you can still use this CD as a "normal" livecd and installation to disk is available (where you can install any drivers you wish).

We hope you enjoy!

Your Kororaa Team :)

The Kororaa Project has released a final official statement on the GPL issue which was brought to light earlier this year.

Greetings.

Just letting people know that I'm doing some final testing on the limited (one computer) I have here. Things are going well so I will probably release 0.3 shortly.

A reminder that 0.3 will NOT contain the non-GPL nVidia and ATI drivers. Cards that require these drivers will not have fancy Xgl/AIGLX effects when booting the livecd. The livecd will still work like a normal livecd (just without effects) and you are able to install to disk. Once you've installed you can install any driver you want.

-c