Hi again. Time for a bit of an update and a brain-dump. Apparently my rather negative take on the current state of e17 in my last blog entry depressed a few readers, so I’m determined to put on happy face this time. Everything is just fine. No, really it is.

Well, actually…

Welcome to February 2009. It has been a few weeks since I last blogged about e17 and cafelinux, so there's a bit of catching up to do. Sorry for the delay. I blame the heat - Australia's summer has been an absolute scorcher.

Is Enlightenment Dying?

In this exciting issue, we'll look, as usual, at the state of e17 and OzOS over the past couple of weeks, talk about what some cafelinux members have been up to and make a few pithy observations about LTE (Life, the Universe and Everything).

A final festive wrap-up.

1. Flag is currently [ _ACTIVE_ ] Upgrade e17 Negative!

Indeed! We have had our longest ever period of an _ACTIVE_ advisory for the svn code. It has now been several weeks since we have felt confident enough to give the "all clear" on updates. Members should be assured that this isn't an over-sight on our part and that the code continues to be tested on a daily basis. While we have had some brief periods of useable code, overall it hasn't been stable enough to reset our advisory. My latest useable build is 38251.

"Every second, every minute

It keeps changing to something different

Enlightenment, don't know what it is"

Van Morrison, Enlightenment, 1990

Yes, it does keep changing! An active couple of weeks on the forums highlighted a few issues and new developments in OzOS and in the e17 code base. Here's my take:

There's been a lot happening with OzOS and Enlightenment lately and the CafeLinux Forums have been running hot with news and changes. I thought it would be a good idea to blog a summary of what is happening and to give an overview of the ongoing changes in both OzOS and e17.

1. OzOS 0.9 Released