Linked by David Adams on Fri 16th Jul 2010 19:46 UTC, submitted by aaronb
The folks at WineHQ have released the second major stable version of Wine: "This release represents two years of development effort and over 23,000 changes. The main highlights are the support for 64-bit applications, and the new graphics based on the Tango standard. It also contains a lot of improvements across the board, and over 3,000 bug fixes."
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I think I understand you up until half-way through. The rest doesn't make any sense, but whatever.
Standardization is good for a foundation, but it can't be the ultimate solution because no device could ever be "special". That is, it could never do anything outside the standard. It'd be just like any other device. So why not just have one manufacturer for each type of device, with one model that never changes? That's what you want, basically. And you want it only so that you can run your pet OS on your computer. Well, nobody else cares. That's not a business goal of any company to make it so that you can run hobbiest OS 0.0.3-beta. Keep that in mind as you propose unworkable solutions.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 17:26 UTC
So, the Xbox One disaster continues. Microsoft's policy for dealing with the used games market has reportedly leaked - and it's a clear and direct attack to destroy the used games market. Prices for used games will be set at the retail value of a new game, and retailers have to hook into Microsoft's computer systems and comply with Microsoft's terms and conditions.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 11:29 UTC
The day has finally come! Jolla has finally announced the launch device for its Sailfish operating system - and by god this is a looker. It's decidedly different from other phones out there, but it has good specifications and carries a relatively reasonably price tag - EUR 399, and it's up for pre-order today, shipping in the fourth quarter of this year.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:33 UTC
Why does Google get so much credit in the technology industry? Why, despite the company's many obvious failings, do many geeks and enthusiasts still hold a somewhat positive view on the all-knowing technology giant? A specific talk at Google I/O this week provides the answer.
Linked by David Adams on 05/16/13 4:23 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/11/13 21:41 UTC
"Windows is indeed slower than other operating systems in many scenarios, and the gap is worsening." That's one way to start an insider explanation of why Windows' performance isn't up to snuff. Written by someone who actually contributes code to the Windows NT kernel, the comment on Hacker News, later deleted but reposted with permission on Marc Bevand's blog, paints a very dreary picture of the state of Windows development. The root issue? Think of how Linux is developed, and you'll know the answer.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/02/13 15:28 UTC
Exactly twenty years ago, a document was published that played a huge role in establishing the web as we know it today. Twenty years later, and this simple and straightforward document is proof of an irrefutable fact: while closed technologies can change markets, open technologies can change the world.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.More Features »
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The problem with linux is not a unique problem. There are many WOW open source systems. But there is a vast amount of devices with different APIs that absorb developers ' creativity. GFX, Sound, printers, scanners, cameras should have well defined cross-OS standardized interfaces. In other words no special drivers. A generic sound/gfx/... driver and stack that would conform to a standard. As the vendors introduced more capabilities the standard version number should increase. This way Linux, BSD, opensolaris, Haiku could progress. We could see AIX and HPUx for the desktop. But more importantly new ideas could have a lower entry barrrier like uKernel operating systems. Of course ther ecould be some CPU specific stuff but It could be standardized. The problem is deeper and since Linux and other OSes try to tame it I use them. WINDOWS does not print does not play sound does not network does not scan and sees a VESA gfx card no matter how hard MS tries to hide it with cheap tricks. I use it for word because I am required, though I like OO and use it to compile win32 versions of apps besides my Linux versions, but even in this respect it is a hell. And if people are pessimistic about Open Source operating systems there are very good medicines to help you make it through the day.