Archive for the Category: Open Source

New: Universal File Mover v1.2.1

June 29, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of Universal File Mover v1.2.1. It is a free open source project. Universal File Mover is more than a simple tool to manage the transfer of files. It allows the user to combine business processes into a workflow. The user combines a series of Action commands to create […]

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Apple to Open Source Swift

June 8, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Today at WWDC 2015, Apple announced that it will open source its Swift language: https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/?id=29 http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/06/apple-open-sources-swift/ And the best part of the announcement, is that Linux will be supported. As SNL’s church lady would say “Well, isn’t that SPE-CIAL?”. 🙂 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Debian 8.1 Released

June 8, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Debian Project has just released Debian 8.1. https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150606 Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the […]

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Perl 5.22.0 Released

June 2, 2015 Roger Lacroix

The Perl developers have just released Perl v5.22.0. http://www.perl.org/get.html Perl is a high-level programming language with an eclectic heritage written by Larry Wall and a cast of thousands. It derives from the ubiquitous C programming language and to a lesser extent from sed, awk, the Unix shell, and at least a dozen other tools and […]

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Trojanized, Info-Stealing PuTTY Version Lurking Online

May 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Since a large portion of the MQ community uses PuTTY to connect to their remote servers, please be careful where you download PuTTY from. Here is an article about a malicious version of PuTTY: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=3041 The bottom-line is that you should ONLY be downloading PuTTY from the author’s web site at: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Regards, Roger Lacroix […]

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Mozilla Firefox 38.0 Released

May 12, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v38.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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SQLite v3.8.10 Released

May 8, 2015 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.10. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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OpenBSD v5.7 Released

May 1, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Theo de Raadt has just released OpenBSD v5.7. http://www.openbsd.org/57.html The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Debian 8.0 Released

April 27, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Debian Project has just released Debian 8.0. https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426 Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the […]

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Ubuntu 15.04 Released

April 24, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v15.04. http://releases.ubuntu.com/15.04/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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