Huw Davies today sent a update on the status of the DIB Engine that he's working on for Wine. Wine requires a DIB engine (part of the display subsystem that, when pointed at screen memory, can serve as a flat-frame-buffer display driver) to properly handle Device Independent Bitmaps (DIB).

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a “feed”, “web feed”, or “channel”) contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text.

While OpenOffice.org Base is good for storing and querying data, it doesn't provide any easy way to chart information. This is exactly what Calc does best, with its dedicated chart module. If you want to visualize data stored in a Base database, you can write an OOo Basic macro that pulls data from a database, inserts it into a Calc spreadsheet, and then creates a chart. Here's how.

I've long been a fan of Compiz desktop candy (see here and here), so when I saw version 0.7.6 had been released I rushed to install it. The release notes give details of updates, fixes and new additions, but I wanted to try out the sphere and cylinder alternatives to my usual desktop cube. Here's some comparative shots...

After six months of development since the release of the much publicized 4.0, the KDE project has unveiled version 4.1 which includes many new bug fixes and feature enhancements.

Launchy and GNOME Do are both two launcher programs that are designed to let you quickly open applications and files and perform tasks you want done quickly, with just the tapping of a few keys.
Previously, Launchy had been an open source solution, albeit for Windows only, and GNOME Do was the Linux solution.

If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.

The improving of scripts for better compatibility with version 3 of PlayOnLinux continues. Today the lucky ones are Age Of Wonders and Baldur' S Gate (5 CDs). Starcraft & Starcraft BroodWar, SimCity 4 and SimCity 4 Deluxe! If your a serious or part time Linux gamer you will defiantly want to check out these updates.