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GCC 4.0 Review

Submitted by Omega 2005-05-03 General Development 19 Comments

An interesting review and performance testing of the new GCC 4.

The Engadget Interview: Bill Gates, Part 1 & 2

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-03 Microsoft 4 Comments

In part one of EnGadget's interview with Bill Gates, published yesterday, they chatted with him about the next Xbox console, whether or not Microsoft is going to come out with a competitor for the PlayStation Portable, and the future of Windows Mobile. In today's second and final installment they asked him about HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray, IPTV, Windows Media Center and DTV, and why the Tablet PC has struggled so much in the marketplace.

Review: VMware 5.0

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-03 OS News 16 Comments

With last month's release of VMware Workstation 5, the virtual machine software is better than ever. VMware Workstation now has 64-bit host support, the ability to capture multiple snapshots for each virtual machine, easier sharing of virtual machines, and the ability to connect multiple virtual machines in a "team" setting.

Microsoft gunning for Adobe’s PDF format?

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-03 Office 40 Comments

When Bill Gates showed off the new Metro document format in Longhorn at a hardware conference last week, some analysts were quick to call it a PDF killer.

Changes to Functionality in Windows XP Pro x64 Edition

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-03 Windows 5 Comments

This document provides information regarding features that differ in functionality from Windows XP SP2. It is important to note that this document uses the Windows XP SP2 feature set as the baseline for comparison with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Features not documented here are at parity with Windows XP SP2 and function the same way.

Debian Sarge Freeze Now Official – Release Date Set

Submitted by Charlie 2005-05-03 Debian 36 Comments

According to Debian Planet, the Sarge freeze is now official and a May 30 release date has been set.

Apple feeds Tiger to iMac and eMac lines

Submitted by François Vincent 2005-05-03 Apple 33 Comments

Apple Computer sped up its iMac line on Tuesday, adding faster processors and graphics chips along with its just-released Mac OS X Tiger operating system. My Take: The high-end eMac model seems like an awesome deal.

Windows XP SP3 Rumored to be Released Before Longhorn

Submitted by Richard 2005-05-03 Windows 6 Comments

A blog found on the f-secure.com site reveals rumors of Windows XP SP3. The small message on the blog reads this: Windows XP could be released before Longhorn. There is also mention of the new Internet Explorer 7. You can read the story here.

Approval of OpenDocument v1.0 as OASIS Standard

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-03 Office 13 Comments

OASIS announced that OpenDocument v1.0 will be recognised as the OASIS standard for documentation. Several open source office suites including Openoffice 2.0, Koffice and Abiword (Planned) will support the new standard.

Exploring Tiger Server

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-03 macOS 30 Comments

Tiger Server is loaded with technologies that provide great opportunities for developers, including Xgrid, 64-bit support, Access Control Lists, and more.

FreeBSD 5.4-RC4 Released

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-03 FreeBSD 32 Comments

The fourth release candidate of FreeBSD 5.4 is out. This will be the last Release Candidate, unless a major problem is discovered as part of RC4 testing the final release will be made early next week. This RC contains fixes to all known major issues.

Mandriva Linux 2005 ISO Images Available for Download

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-03 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 26 Comments

Mandriva has released the CD and DVD ISO images of Mandriva Linux 2005 Limited Edition for i586 to their download mirrors.

First Impressions of PC-BSD

Guest post by Uri Sharf 2005-05-02 PC-BSD 54 Comments

PC-BSD is a new FreeBSD 5.3 distribution, with a graphical installer and KDE 3.4 as its desktop. A new beta version was just released, and though I can't say I have much experience with FreeBSD, or any *BSD for that matter, I was curious enough to try it. And I'm glad I did. From a desktop user's point of view, completely oblivious to the many virtues and sound foundation of all things BSD, all I really ever wanted was an OS that is solid, easy to install and, well ... fun to work with.

Apple’s Tiger vs. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition vs. Linux

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-02 Rumors 48 Comments

With servers, where there is a good economic model, Linux would clearly remain favored over Apple because of much deeper support from companies like HP and IBM. But on the desktop, for most users, Tiger is the clear winner. It has better desktop application bundles, better customer support, better hardware, good value and is easier to use. Read more here. Also, firm expects Apple to grab 4% US market share.

Interview with Mandriva Linux Founder Gael Duval; Review

Submitted by jeremy 2005-05-02 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 3 Comments

LinuxQuestions.org has just posted an interview with Mandriva founder Gael Duval.

Tiger Server 10.4: Open source made easy

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-02 macOS 26 Comments

Continuing with its open-source theme, Apple on Friday released Mac OS X Tiger Server v10.4. The new server software relies on new open-source projects to implement many of its new features, including an iChat server and mail enhancements.

Linspire Puts a Friendly Face on Linux

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-02 Linspire 28 Comments

One of the smaller features Windows users will appreciate is Linspire's global spell checker. No matter what application you are using, you will find that suspected misspellings are underlined and suggested corrections are only a click away.

GNU Classpath 0.15 released

Submitted by Mark Wielaard 2005-05-02 Java 5 Comments

New in GNU Classpath 0.15: Optimized nio and nio.charset packages plus io streams integration leading to large speedups in character stream performance. To complement this new framework a native iconv based charset provider was added. Better support for free swing metal and pluggable lafs. Some org.omg.CORBA support added. Better java.beans support for the Eclipse Visual Editor Project. Completely lock free ThreadLocal implementation added. More javax.swing.text support for RTF and HTML. More flexible runtime interfaces and build configuration options added. Release announcement.

Ubuntu and its “appropriation” of Debian maintainers

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-02 Rumors 43 Comments

As a followup on the earlier news reports on Ian's comments that Ubuntu "is a net negative for Debian", more friction between Debian and Ubuntu developers have burst out over Ubuntu package maintainers modifying Debian packages without changing the contact information results in inconsistent bug reports in the Debian bug tracker.

The History of Non-UNIX Oses

Submitted by the_viking 2005-05-02 OS News 37 Comments

eXpert Zone Founder, Andrew Youll (youlle) has posted about a document he has found on the net detailing the history of "non-UNIX" oses in a timeline it also shows relationships between oses and shows which projects have borrowed from where or which oses have "compatibility" with other projects.