Archive for the Category: Open Source

LibreOffice 4.1 Released

July 29, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice v4.1.0. http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2013/07/25/libreoffice-4-1-interoperability/ LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it’s available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux […]

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OpenOffice 4.0 Released

July 23, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Apache OpenOffice Project has just released OpenOffice v4.0. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Notes OpenOffice.is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files […]

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Fedora 19 Released

July 2, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Fedora Project Contributors has just released Fedora v19. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Release_Notes/index.html Fedora is a Linux-based operating system, a suite of software that makes your computer run. You can use the Fedora operating system to replace or to run alongside of other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X. The Fedora operating system is 100% […]

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Mozilla Firefox 22.0 Released

June 25, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v22.0. 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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NetBSD v6.1 Released

May 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix

NetBSD Project has just released NetBSD v6.1. http://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-6/NetBSD-6.1.html NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.7.17 Released

May 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.17. 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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Mozilla Firefox 21.0 Released

May 14, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v21.0. 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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File Transfer from 3rd Party Application to Universal File Mover (How To #8)

May 13, 2013 Roger Lacroix

In the previous blog posting, “File Transfer to 3rd Party Application using Universal File Mover (How To #7)”, I showed how to do file transfers from UFM to a 3rd party application. In this blog posting, I will show how to use UFM to receive files from a 3rd party application. UFM will connect to […]

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File Transfer to 3rd Party Application using Universal File Mover (How To #7)

May 10, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I sometimes get a question like “can UFM be used to send files as MQ messages to a 3rd party application”. The answer is yes. In this blog posting, I will show how to do a file transfer in “client mode” when UFM connects to the queue manager. Things to note: UFM stores the directory […]

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Debian 7.0 Released

May 6, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Debian Project has just released Debian 7.0. http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 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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