When Mozilla adopted its six-week rapid development cycle in early 2011, backlash came from a number of angles — but the heaviest was from enterprise IT departments. In October, the browser maker formed a working group in order to sit down with corporate users and hash out a suitable support plan. The result is the Mozilla Extended Support Release (ESR) program, which is now up and running for Firefox, and is due to debut shortly for Thunderbird a well.
If you don't like change, working in IT has to be a harrowing experience. That's particularly true in open source, where few stand on tradition and things move at breakneck pace. The latest change that has a few folks excited? Fedora's proposal to “move all to /usr.” On the face, this might seem like a shocking departure from standards – but look a bit deeper and it seems to make sense.
Vim's syntax highlighting and color schemes can be a blessing, or a curse, depending on how they're configured. If you're a Vim user, let's take a little time to explore how you can make the most of Vim's color schemes.