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Extending Window Live Writer Features

September 18, 2007
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Windows Live Suite available for download

At the Windows Live blog, Microsoft announced the imminent availability of the new Windows Live Suite. The Live Suite seems to be primarily new versions of desktop software such as Live Mail, Live Photo Gallery , Live Writer, Live Messenger , and Live OneCare. Some of these are in beta right now, and some, like Photo Gallery, have not yet been publicly released.
These are desktop apps, in contrast to the other Live online services like Hotmail, Spaces, SkyDrive beta, and Home Page beta, which live on the web and are accessible from any browser. New today, in addition to updated versions of most of the desktop apps, will be a new installer that lets you select any or all of the apps you wish to install from one location. You can see a video of the new installer app in action at Microsoft’s Vista Blog. At the time of this writing, the new installer and new beta versions of the applications are not yet published on the Live Suite site, but Microsoft promises the bits will be live later today. Photo Gallery, in particular, should be worth a look as a huge upgrade to the existing Photo Gallery in Vista, and should also be available to Windows XP users.
Included in the suite :
Windows Live Mail (the desktop client)
Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live Writer
Windows Live OneCare Family Safety
Windows Live Messenger (8.5)
Windows Live Toolbar

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September 6, 2007
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Optional replacement for GNOME panel that uses online services via mugshot;
Enhanced Bluetooth support;
Fedora 8 Bookmarks;
Make core dumps self-identifying enough to find the exact correct versions of all relevant binaries and debuginfo;
Buddy Helper app promotes Free alternatives and guides users trying to play content under restricted codecs;
Fix the dictionary proliferation problem;
Integrating KDE 4.0, a new major version of KDE;
Improved support for using Fedora on Laptops;
Support for Nepali Language;
Nodoka, new default theme for GNOME;
We need to remove pam_console and migrate all users to use the ACLs as set by HAL;
Easy and painless administration;
Using delta RPM updates by default. Saves heavy amount of bandwidth and time for updates;
Feature rich sound server (Pulse Audio);
Make rsyslog the new default syslog daemon.
Rsyslog has an assorted set of new features that make system administration easier;
TeXLive 2007 inclusion;
Make the default x86_64 kernel tickless;
Secure remote mangement for Xen, KVM & QEMU virtualization;
Powertop is included. Need to start tracking egregious offenders;
Don?t start XFS font server daemon by default and fix font packages. Savings on performance and bootup time;
Use and integrate XULRunner which is the Gecko browser engine separated from the user interface.