Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

2008 Google Summer of Code Highlights

Posted by timothy on from the sweet-anticipation dept.

andrewmin writes "SoC 2008 has begun, and with 175 organizations and 1125 students it looks better than ever before. Here's a quick run-down of a few programs that, if they are finished, will definitely be making their way onto your machine."

7 of 101 comments (clear)

  1. Re:E17? by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then get to it, damnit.

    --

    "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
  2. Re:GRUB GUI? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blue screen at bootup?

    Must... resist... urge... to make... Windows BSOD.... joke... aaaaaaargh!

  3. Re:E17? by dfedfe · · Score: 5, Funny
    Patience.

    It is this very attachment and craving that keeps you from attaining it.

  4. stop hating on mplayer by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Since VLCs firefox plugin is incompatible with noscript, I've started using mplayer, and as its modular (unlike VLC) I can also throw almost anything at it (actually I can throw more at it as it handles realmedia too). As for interfaces well i personally think Kmplayer beats VLC hands down as a media player too.

    I also dont understand the need for a frontend to aptitude, apt + front end is just as powerful, its only dependency resolution that hasn't been well implemented in other front ends.

    --
    IranAir Flight 655 never forget!
  5. from the aptitude-gtk guy by GrAfFiT · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hi, I'm the Aptitude-gtk applicant.
    If you've used both Synaptic and Aptitude, you should have seen some differences :)
    The dependency resolution is one point, but it's not only that. The whole navigation in Aptitude is just much more efficient. Ever used Synaptic in a mixed-distribution install ? Say you want to install another version of a package and it has some different dependencies. Good luck navigating them in Synaptic. It's really not designed with that in mind.
    You can see the full application here and my development blog here .
    I warmly welcome any input on my project!

  6. Re:GRUB GUI? by Z-MaxX · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The "Legacy" version of GRUB (latest release is 0.97), currently used by most Linux distributions, has been patched by various distros to support background images in a graphical console mode. However, there is no support in GRUB 2, where all GRUB development is currently taking place. I am going to add a basic GUI to GRUB that will surpass the patches for GRUB 0.9x in portability and flexibility. Once the graphical menu support is added (my GSoC'08 project), adding mouse support will be relatively straightforward... ;-) From http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-soc.html under "Fancy menu interface":

    This feature is really important for GRUB 2, because GRUB Legacy has been patched by third parties frequently, as the official version never support a graphical interface, but such an interface attracts more casual users. Support for a fancy menu - even better than an unofficial patch for GRUB Legacy - would attract more people to GRUB 2, thus this is critical in a long term to accelerate the development.
    I plan to make the code portable to non-x86 architectures (though at first VESA VBE 2.0 on PC architecture will be the only supported video driver). More details at: http://gibibit.com/grub-gsoc/proposal.html
    --
    Dr Superlove 300ml. I use my powers for awesome
  7. Re:GRUB GUI? by gslavik · · Score: 5, Funny

    BTW, in case you didn't pick it up, I'm the student developing the GRUB GUI for GSoC'08... :-) stop reading slashdot and get to writing code!