Gentoo Linux 2005.1-r1 Released
The Gentoo release team has announced the availability of Gentoo Linux 2005.1-r1, a bug-fix update to the current stable release.
Ultimate++ 511 Released
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Ultimate++ 511 was released. U++ is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development suite, where "rapid" is achieved by the 'smart and aggresive' use of C++ features. The main improvement of the new version is the
Assist++ (code completion, browsing and transformation tool) in TheIDE. See an
overview of the library.
‘Mac OS X Could Destroy Microsoft’
"Apple can alter its business plan slightly and become the well-liked dominant force in the technology market. Everything Apple needs sits right in front of them for the taking. Users are simply waiting to restart global innovation and take the PC to the next step."
What Happened to Open Source at Tunis?
"For the last two years, I've been keeping track of the UN sponsored, International Telecommunication Union administered, World Summit on the Information Society process that held its first mass meeting in Geneva, Switzerland in December 2003. The process culminated last week with a meeting of over 19000 people in Tunis, Tunisia. I was reading the final reports emanating from the conference over the last several days, a question occurred to me. What happened to open source?"
Beyond the Big Three BSDs, BSD Alternatives
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"Although Linux gets much of the attention in the Free and open source operating system world, the BSD operating system is also very popular. BSD has a longer history, and its roots go right back to one of the original Unix implementations that spawned commercial Unix variants like Solaris and Mac OS X. BSD is actually a popular source for server-focused operating systems and, due to an open license, it is sometimes more attractive to developers as the base for their projects. With some BSD variants, security and high-performance networking are key drivers."
Wireless Hotspot How-To
This tutorial deals with setting up a WLAN HotSpot on a Linksys WRT54GS router using OpenWrt, ChilliSpot, and FreeRadius. OpenWrt is a Linux distribution for Linksys WRT54G. ChilliSpot is a wireless LAN access controller. It is used for authenticating users of the wireless LAN. It supports web based login for hotspots. FreeRadius is a server that manages remote user authentication and accounting.
The Pegasos Book: First Release of English Translation
The first (not complete, though) English translation of the Pegasos Book has been released. Its goal is to gather a whole of information and articles on the Pegasos and its operating systems (MorphOS, Linux, MacOSX with MacOnLinux) in only one document which can be consulted off line or printed easily.
Review: DesktopX 3.1
" has existed (at least in concept) since the mid-90s, when IBM was going to use OpenDoc to add similar features to OS/2 Warp 5. DesktopX 1.0 was released in 2000. Five years later, we have version 3.1 in our hands. DesktopX in its present state is more than a mere widget manager. While it does include a widget manager, it does a couple other things."
‘Google-Mart’
"In a secret area off-limits even to regular GoogleFolk, is a shipping container. But it isn't just any shipping container. This shipping container is a prototype data center. Google hired a pair of very bright industrial designers to figure out how to cram the greatest number of CPUs, the most storage, memory and power support into a 20- or 40-foot box. We're talking about 5000 Opteron processors and 3.5 petabytes of disk storage that can be dropped-off overnight by a tractor-trailer rig. The idea is to plant one of these puppies anywhere Google owns access to fiber, basically turning the entire Internet into a giant processing and storage grid."
Mozilla Uncages Latest Firefox Beta
The open-source Mozilla Foundation released the latest iteration of its Firefox Web browsing software on Friday, promising faster navigation, increased customization and improved security in the third beta version of its upcoming application. Labelled Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 3, the new installment of the Web browsing software claims many of the same types of improvements as the last several test versions of the application.
IE 5+ Clipboard Privacy Issue Demonstrated
AmigaWorld.net (by the way, check their brand new mobile site too) reader Olegil demonstrates how to read Windows' clipboard, by using the IE 5+ clipboard API. IE's clipboard API is a known design-decision feature which allows for better interoperability with Office/VBA. But as Olegil shows, the rules of the game are too loose and information can be stolen and stored on a remote server.
FreeBSD Status Report Third Quarter 2005
After a long, exhausting, yet very productive third quarter of 2005 FreeBSD 6.0 has been released. Many activities were put into the background in order to make this release the success it has become. Read the status report here.
The Power Mac G5 Quad: Seat Belt Not Included
"Yesterday, I had an hour to work with Apple's new Power Mac Quad G5, and for anyone in the broadcast, sciences, music, print and photography industries, I have some advice: Place your orders now!"
(K)Ubuntu Linux 6.04 Flight 1 Released
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"Well, it is that time of the year again. With Halloween done and over with its time for Thanksgiving and, before you know it, the holiday season. Every company realizes this and has made sure the stores are packed with cool new gadgets, gifts, and gizmos. This guide is going to go over a few of the items which appear of the wishlists of a few of the staff members. Nothing too formal, but you can get an idea of some of the cool products to keep an eye out for this season."
Skinning Primer: a Comprehensive Look at Windows Customization
For users who have wanted to customize their Windows PC beyond what is part of the OS, this skin primer goes through the most popular two dozen programs commonly used to tweak, customize, and enhance the default Windows desktop environment.
NetBSD 3.0 RC1 Available for Download
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Matthias Scheler, on behalf of the NetBSD Release engineering team, announced that the release process for NetBSD 3.0 has officially begun. The first release candidate is available for download
here.It is expected to have RC2 available on the FTP server in about a week, which hopefully will be the final release candidate. So if all goes well the release of 3.0 is approximately three weeks away.
Make Your Eclipse Applications Richer with View Linking
The Eclipse platform allows pluggable components -- plug-ins -- to help create a rich graphical user interface (GUI) application. With Eclipse you can enhance a user's app experience by adding views to the GUI. This article will teach you how Eclipse makes it easy to link views and provides ways to adapt view linking to non-UI scenarios.
Microsoft BOB Review
BentUser reviews what is famous for being Microsoft's worst product of all time - and finds out just exactly what is so terrible about it.
Apple Invests in LLVM, Suggests Merge with GCC
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In an email to the GCC development mailing list, one of the main developers of LLVM revealed that his recent employment at Apple has been focused on integrating LLVM with GCC, and is now proposing a long-term merge of the two projects.