The Software Revolution, Inc. (TSRI) announced web publication of the most comprehensive and detailed design documentation ever available for the Linux Operating System. Linux Open Design 2.6 is a richly hyper-linked graphic and textual blueprint for the entire Linux Kernel, Security, Memory Management, File System, Cryptography, Initialization, Drivers, and Architecture and Inter-Process Communications (IPC) Subsystems.

Irrespective of the language programmers choose for expressing solutions, their wants and needs are similar. They need to be productive and efficient, with technologies that do not get in the way but rather help them produce high-quality software. In this article, we share our top ten list of programmers' common wants and needs.

Disgusted by security issues and poor performance, Winn Schwartau makes the switch from Windows to the Mac and details the bumps in the road along the way in his Mad as Hell series.

Intel released a 64-bit processor for mainstream/cheaper PCs on Monday, putting the company a month ahead of rival AMD, which is expected to come out with a chip for the same market in July.

Linuxlookup.com is reporting Wipro surveyed 90 companies in the U.S. and Western Europe with 2,500 to 113,000 employees where both the Windows and open source operating systems were simultaneously being run. The outcome: Windows beats Linux in Security. "We already know how to secure a Windows-based solution and keep it running smoothly,” says Stephen Shaffer, the airline’s director of software systems. “With Linux, we had to rely on consultants to tell us if our system was secure. With Windows, we can depend on Microsoft to inform us of and provide any necessary updates."

Many people take as a given that the desktop computer market is ossified and completely dominated by Microsoft. But, taking the global view, the PC market is anything but saturated. Some huge, untapped markets will ultimately decide how the market share pie will ultimately be divided. There will be room for Microsoft, Apple, and Linux, but how will it shake out?

Sun will release this week components of its Java Enterprise System technology stack to the open-source community under the Community Development and Distribution License. To be released are Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Enterprise Service Bus implementations, based on the community's Java Business Integration specification, and its Java Systems Application Server.

Sun Microsystems has polished off its cheapest and likely most attractive Opteron-based workstation to date. The hardware maker today introduced the world to the Ultra 20 a one-way (one socket) box that starts at $895. That price has to please a lot of Sun customers who complained when the much higher-end W2100z amd W1100z workstations arrived, costing thousands of dollars. With the Ultra 20, Sun is really delivering some of the price/performance benefits associated with x86 chips to the developer crowd.

Prex is an open-source real-time OS for embedded systems. Prex version 0.2.1 was released today. The ARM processor support was added in this release. Now, Prex works on the Game Boy Advance with On-Screen Keyboard. The screenshots are available here.

"Every time I hear another announcement on what Longhorn will implement or what new tricks it will learn to perform, I have the feeling that I’m watching a show where the magician pulls rabbits out of a hat." Softpedia has a lengthy piece discussing what Longhorn means to Redmond.

Some nine weeks after the official release of SUSE LINUX 9.3, an installable DVD image of the product has been released to SUSE's download mirrors, reports Distrowatch.

"Rivalry between different derivatives of OpenSolaris has already begun, two weeks after Sun Microsystems' initial code release."

Today is TV-watching day at OSNews. Today's latest is from Marcus Hesse, who writes, "I recently captured this from an old VHS handout of this keynote. In 1997, Apple was nearly bankrupt, and was in desperate need of help. This keynote marks the return of Steve Jobs to Apple, complete with a Bill Gates appearance, and a very emotional crowd. Quicktime 7 is required to view it, as it is in H.264." This nostalgic video is available through this Bittorrent link.

Not everyone is cheering about RSS integration into Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7. With the event of making RSS a native format for Longhorn, many software developers whom make stand-alone feed readers are crying out that Microsoft is once again shutting down a sector of business which in all respects is somewhat true. With the complete integration of the format within the OS, there is no need of stand-alone feed readers. Flexbeta has a nice write up about what MS is trying to accomplish with RSS integration into the OS.