Latest news of SaltOS and RhinOS

New environment demos by RaCaMeT

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:56:00 GMT

Thanks to RaCaMeT, you can enjoy a VPS with 8 cores, 3Gb of RAM and 100GB of NAS connected to a fast internet connection to test SaltOS and RhinOS.

Demostration services restored.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:11:00 GMT

After making some improvements in the captcha system, the demostration services were out of service. The error has been detected and fixed, and everything is back to normal. Sorry by the inconvenience, but I am doing improvements to prevent the annoying spam inside the forum.

One year of free hosting for saltos.net by dinahosting

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:32:00 GMT

Dinahosting has confirmed today that continue the sponsorship for another year to the SaltOS and RhinOS projects, giving a free linux hosting for the website. As always to all those who collaborate with these projects: Thank you.

By the way, I'm looking for a housing provider to allow me to put a computer tower where run the demos of SaltOS and RhinOS.

Published new SaltOS and RhinOS releases (r4941)

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT

I just published a new release of SaltOS that update and fix:

It has been upgraded to JQuery-UI 1.8.17 release
Fixed a bug in the installation wizard (calling an incorrect JQuery file)
Fixed some errors that affect the permission system, it prevent the correct access to the search engine and to the user folders.

New server for the demostration environment of SaltOS and RhinOS

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:34:00 GMT

Jordi Company and Andres Diaz, have given me a server to replace old equipment I had in my home for the demostration environment of SaltOS and RhinOS. The specifications of the new machine are:

Intel Xeon 5130 (4M Cache, 2.00 GHz)
6Gb DDR2 RAM (2x2GB + 2x1GB)
4 HDD SATA2 (2x1Tb, 1x320Gb, 1x80Gb)

The computer is already connected and running, and the truth, I have noticed an increase in execution speed, which will make the user experience in the demostration area more positive.

Published new SaltOS and RhinOS releases (r4908)

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:48:00 GMT

Good morning to the SaltOS and RhinOS followers. As already announced the past week, I uploaded to sourceforge the new packages with the improvements discussed, as well as some updates from third-party libraries.

Fixed a spurious bug in SaltOS

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:37:00 GMT

I has been informed by some SaltOS users that some times the application waits more time that the normal to process requests. I revised some parts of the code and I detected some issues that affects the semaphore_acquire function and the default timeout set to 10 seconds. Now, the semaphore_acquire function is called with the coherent timeouts that prevent to wait long time in some cases. The main responsable of this spurious bug, is the cache_gc routine (the garbage collector) that is executed in all requests and only 1% of the times, acquire the semaphore to execute the real garbage collector and clear all non needed files. In some days, I publish a new release of SaltOS that join all new issues and corrections.

Merry Christmas from the SaltOS and RhinOS projects

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:31:00 GMT

To all who give me encouragement to continue developing SaltOS and RhinOS, I wish you a Merry Christmas. You pass the festivity very well!!!

Patch that fixes the bug of MySQL v5.5 of SaltOS v3.1 r4767.

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:12:00 GMT

You who are using the new version of SaltOS v3.1 r4767 and wish to use a server MySQL v5.5, apply this patch that fixes a detected bug.

To do this, will download the file patch-4790-4794.diff from https://sourceforge.net/projects/saltos/files/patch/ and from a terminal run: "patch-p0 < patch-4790-4794.diff". With this, your SaltOS will work perfectly with MySQL v5.5.

Note: For users who work from WAMP environments, I have also published a file (patch-4790-4794.tgz) containing the files to update. Just unzip the files into the code directory.

Patch that fixes the bug of MySQL (extension and improved extension) of SaltOS v3.1 r4767.

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:38:00 GMT

You who are using the new version of SaltOS v3.1 r4767 and wish to use MySQL extension or MySQL improved extension, apply this patch that fixes a detected bug.

To do this, will download the file patch-4770-4772.diff from https://sourceforge.net/projects/saltos/files/patch/ and from a terminal run: "patch-p0 < patch-4770-4772.diff". With this, your SaltOS will work perfectly with mysql and mysqli drivers.

Note: This bug does not affect the pdo_mysql driver (MySQL PDO).
Note 2: For users who work from WAMP environments, I have also published a file (patch-4770-4772.tgz) containing the files to update. Just unzip the files into the code directory.

Download statistics of Sourceforge

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:27:00 GMT

I added to the download section the download statistics of Sourceforge. The data is grouped by project (SaltOS and RhinOS), by country and by operating systems.

Published a new version of SaltOS 3.1 (r4767)

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:24:00 GMT

I just uploaded to sourceforge a new version of SaltOS 3.1 which includes a lot of improvements (in a previous post is published). I hope you like it. I remember you that you can send me your success stories for the new section of the web.

SaltOS Success Stories

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:21:00 GMT

I am preparing a section on the SaltOS website where I'll put success stories in companies using SaltOS. If you have installed yourself in business or you are using it, I would like you to write a few lines (not many) explaining that you give to use SaltOS and what solved issues.

To do this, I need in an email to josep.sanz@saltos.net with the following:

- Company's name

- Company's logo

- Company's WEB

- Text explaining the use you give it to use SaltOS and what solved issues.

Thanks to whoever dares to send success stories.

I'm preparing the new SaltOS v3.1 release

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:48:00 GMT

As always, the libraries that SaltOS uses have been updated to the latest release.
- jQuery 1.6.4
- jQuery-UI 1.8.16
- CKEditor 3.6.2
- And many more ... (see the about section of the application)
They have incorporated the following libraries:
- jQuery Columnizer: used in the help zone
- TCPDF: This library is a fork of the old FPDF with many improvements including:
  - Integration of all the scripts that SaltOS should use as extras
  - Native support for UTF-8
  - Support for PNG images with transparency
  - Updates and much greater support from the author.
- pdf.js: used in the PDF viewer, allows viewing of any PDF from the online viewer that integrates SaltOS.
  - This enhancement allows you to enable this option without the use of technologies in the server as pdfinfo and convert.
- Archive: allows to generate files in ZIP, TAR, TAR+GZIP and TAR+BZIP2 formats
- jQuery Favicon: for notifications on the icon area (favicon)
- jQuery Player: to play the audio voice notifications
- jQuery Autogrow-textarea: to set the height of textareas depending on the content
They have remove the following libraries:
- jQuery Layout: now, the SaltOS layout is generated using traditional techniques (without plugins)
- jQtouch: support for mobile devices is made directly using jQuery-UI
- FPDF: has been replaced by his fork called TCPDF
- PCLZip: has been replaced by the Archive library that allows more options.
- jQuery Mousewheel: has been removed for not be used in SaltOS now
New layout: now the SaltOS interface is designed to only use one scroll.
- The lists uses all height of the screen
- Items such as iframes, textareas and ckeditors, adjust the height to the content.
- Thus, the application will only have one scroll: the page itself
New language: added the French language by Francis Dionne.
Improved installation process:
- The installation wizard lets you define additional parameters such as PATH, LANG
- the GROUP_CONCAT of SQL is validated to a correct work
- You can further customize the installation and the system.
Improved self-installation package PHP format:
- It includes everything you need to decompress the package without the need for external commands.
- It is optimized for systems without large memory resources.
Efficiency improvements:
- Queries to the database have been optimized to reduce latency and CPU consumption.
- Less transfers transactions are made because the images are included directly in the CSS (inline mode image)
- Repetitive executions are stored in cache to avoid unnecessary use of CPU
- They have rewritten some transactions to be executed via AJAX to speed up the rendering process
- Icons are now using the sprite technique, which reduces the number of requests and transfers to the server
New features:
- Managing Folders:
  - Any content can be linked to folders that are managed by each user
  - It has enabled drag-and-drop to drag any record of any list to a folder in the menu area
  - In all details, have a tab that allows you to modify the relationship between content and folders
- Calculator:
  - Thanks to this mini-application, while working with SaltOS, you can use an online calculator
  - Use the calc command inside the server
- Translator and spell checker:
  - If the server has installed aspell and apertium, we shall have this mini-application
  - Make corrections and translations from SaltOS
  - No need for third party services (like Google Translate or others)
- Voice notifications:
  - We need that server has installed festival and the needed voices
  - SaltOS can read the subjects of the emails and the feeds titles
  - Too, can read all the notices that are displayed in the interface of SaltOS
  - Useful if you're in another window and want to be aware of all emails and feeds to be downloaded
- Integrated desktop notifications:
  - For now only available with Google Chrome browsers
  - Allows to launch SaltOS notifications
  - And even if we have another window in front or minimized the browser
- Notices on the icon of the application:
  - This feature allows the icon make a move and report new mail and downloaded feeds
  - Useful if you're in another window as quickly, looking at the icon of the TAB, we know what's new in SaltOS
- Improvements in the downloads from SaltOS:
  - If we are in a record that has associated files, you can download all (or those I select)
  - The formats supported are ZIP, TAR, TAR+GZIP or TAR+BZIP2
New drivers for communication with databases:
- Until now, SaltOS only allowed to work with PDO drivers
- Now, this has changed for the better and enable drivers to use more
- Using SQLite as a binary wrapper (bin_sqlite):
  - Thanks to this driver, SaltOS can be used directly to access the sqlite3 binary to use the database and modify it
  - This is especially useful if you want to use SaltOS in hostings where sqlite3 driver (pdo_sqlite) is old
  - It is also useful if you fail the pdo_sqlite check requirements of the wizard - Improved MySQL (mysqli):
  - This is an enhanced version of the MySQL native driver
  - I recommend pdo_mysql because internally implements a cache which greatly improves the efficiency
Fix bugs:
- Fixed many bugs in queries to the database
- Renamed the file jquery.cookies.js by jquery.kookies.js to avoid problems with some hostings
Added support for displaying online help (need someone to finish writing!)

Problems with spam in the forum

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:46:00 GMT

From the last week, I have problems of spam on the forum and I have solved the incidence with some improvements of the captcha (using sinusoidal deformations) and adding a spam filter (I will not explain for security reasons) in the logic add comments. Let's see if we avoid the white noise!.

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:57:00 GMT

After several months developing improvements in the application, you can access the 3.1rc2 version to see the changes:

Replaced the FPDF library by the TCPDF library
Periodical updates of JQuery, JQuery-UI, CKEditor and many other libraries
New layout that uses the full height of the screen
Plugins such as calculators and spell / translator
New French language.
Improved performance and compatibility
New database interfaces for SQLite and MySQL.
Improvements in the installation process.
And more...

SaltOS can read and translate texts

Mon, 02 May 2011 22:39:00 GMT

Now, notifications of new emails, posts and events of the agenda may be heard from the speakers of your computer without installing anything. It also is presented in beta phase the corrector integrated into the email client and a new translator with automatic language detection in the tools area. To achieve these benefits are being used programs as festival, ffmpeg, apertium and aspell. Try the new features using our demos server because it is not yet available for download until finish the tests cases.

Problems with demos's DNS has disallowed the access

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:48:00 GMT

A problem with the daemon to update the DNSs of the subdomains that give access to the demos of SaltOS and RhinOS has made are offline for 12 hours approx. Already restored service and give back to work perfectly.

Published a new release of SaltOS (r3842)

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:00:00 GMT

This release includes updates of JQuery, JQuery-UI, CKEditor and other plugins. Fixes some bugs reported by users. It also presents the functionality of folders, which allows to use folders to contain any applications content such as emails, documents, projects or other content.

Fixed a minor bug in the mime_parser class (r3775)

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:03:00 GMT

The error caused that sometimes (very few) were added some spaces to decode a q-encoded string. Almost always affects the Subjects of the mails. Thanks to Manuel Lemos for their quick intervention.