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WebSphere Performance Tuning–z/OS

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-22 IBM 2 Comments

This chapter will assist you in tuning the performance of WebSphere V5 on your z/OS system with a general focus on z/OS-specific items.

RISC OS Select 4 features list revealed

Submitted by Ian Chamberlain 2005-02-22 RISC OS No Comments

Amidst uncertainty over Select support for the Iyonix, RISCOS Ltd. have today announced a brief list of features intended for RISC OS Select 4.

Mono Applications? Aplenty!

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-22 Mono 87 Comments

Sure, everyone knows Tomboy, F-spot, Beagle, MonoDevelop, Muine, Blam! or Monodoc. But there are a lot of other interesting Mono/GTK# applications out there that need your attention. Join us for a quick listing of the not-so-well-known GTK# apps and you will witness yourself that the platform is flourishing.

GTK+ to (Finally) Get Memory Optimizations?

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-22 GTK+ 80 Comments

Novell's Ben Maurer has been reducing memory usage for Mono 1.1.x recently and he now asks for the same extend of optimizations to be done for GTK+ itself. Read more on his blog and the wiki.

VectorLinux 5.0 Soho released

Submitted by UKBill 2005-02-22 Linux 19 Comments

The Vector Linux crew is pleased to announce the release of VectorLinux Soho v5.0 - a feature-rich full-sized Linux Distribution.

Some thoughts on “Database Filesystems”

Guest post by Rufus Hamade 2005-02-21 General Development 40 Comments

With the recent (or not so recent, I am a very slow writer) interest in database file systems, I've been thinking about what a typical user really wants from such a system. What would they use it for? What would we need to do to help them get the most from it? Are there any precedents that show how useful a database file system could be? If not, could we invent one? This lead me to some "gedanken solutions" (like gedanken experiments, just with software) that I thought I'd distract you with.

Escape the Java Trap at Fosdem 2005

Submitted by Mark Wielaard 2005-02-21 Java 46 Comments

At Fosdem 2005 the GNU Classpath, Kaffe and GCJ hackers will cooperate and give demos of what will be possible with Kaffe 1.1.5 and GCC 4.0. The main theme of the official program is building bridges with other communities and contains talks about IKVM .net integration, cooperations with Apache Jakarta, rapid desktop development with java-gnome. And demonstrations of Free AWT and Swing plus lightning fast native eclipse and jonas.

Interview: The Future in Grid Computing

Submitted by Nate Mook 2005-02-21 Hardware 1 Comment

Computing grids, or software engines that pool together and manage resources from isolated systems to form a new type of low-cost supercomputer, have finally come of age. BetaNews sat down with some of the world's leading grid guru's to discuss the significance of such distributed technologies and separate grid hype from grid reality.

Gartner takes Microsoft to task

Submitted by Tudy 2005-02-21 Microsoft 49 Comments

Microsoft should be concentrating on securing Windows instead of trying to challenge security software companies, according to research firm Gartner.

Build a Simple Wireless Authenticated Gateway Using OpenBSD

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-21 OpenBSD 7 Comments

"Now, without spending a lot of money you to can build an authenticated gateway solution to verify your WIFI users. First and foremost you need to get your hands on the coolest free BSD system for firewalls and security devices. In this example I will be using OpenBSD3.6 stock standard as a build and a base system." Read the rest here.

Flush and the FVWM

Guest post by Tavis Ormandy 2005-02-21 Desktop environments 57 Comments

I'd like to announce my new project, flush. Flush is a shell with a difference, you'll be able to execute simple commands like mv and rm, but there will be no support for scripting constructs, pipelines, globbing or substitution.

Sun Reveals Java Desktop 3

Submitted by Tudy 2005-02-20 Oracle and SUN 127 Comments

Sun this week at LinuxWorld revealed its Java Desktop 3.0 enterprise Linux desktop environment. Sun has not yet given a laundry list of features, but has indicated that device support and productivity are the foremost attributes of the upgrade.

Review of Hoary Array-5 LiveCD

Submitted by Ryan Thiessen 2005-02-20 Ubuntu 57 Comments

Here's a recently written review of the new Hoary Array-5 LiveCD, with some background of the Ubuntu project and a bunch of screenshots.

Providing database encryption

Submitted by LogError 2005-02-20 Databases No Comments

In this paper, we explore a new approach for data privacy and security in which a security administrator protecting privacy at the level of individual fields and records, and providing seamless mechanisms to create, store, and securely access databases.

TextOS 1.0b5 “Architect” released

Submitted by Daniel Quintiliani 2005-02-20 BSD & Darwin 17 Comments

TextOS, the small FreeDOS-based operating system/programming language on a floppy, has been updated to version 1.0b5 "Architect." It fixes some bugs and includes the long-awaited PAK file creation menu, which makes it easier to create your own TextOS PAK applications. Download it here.

Mockup updates

Submitted by Pier Luigi Fiorini 2005-02-20 OS News 38 Comments

Mockup Web site has been migrated to Mocka from Plone. Mocka is the Mockup Web Platform based on Silva. In other news the first beta of the Mockup project has been released today, as a live CD.

QEMU addon makes emulation fast

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-20 OS News 36 Comments

QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation. Its sporting a new module called the 'Accelerator' which can achieve near native speeds, and currently runs on Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. This means you could theoretically run Windows (or another OS) on a Linux machine at near native speeds without buying a commercial emulator.

T2 2.1.0-beta3 “serpentine” released

Submitted by René Rebe 2005-02-20 General Development 4 Comments

T2 is a system development environment. It provides a self-contained distribution build kit based on sources with an up-to-date development toolchain (gcc, glibc, uclibc, dietlibc, X.org, KDE, GNOME, etc.).

Apple PowerMac G5 vs. PC

Submitted by Ralf Hasemann 2005-02-19 Benchmarks 109 Comments

Here are some of the most powerful PCs vs the G5. The G5 does very well on cpu crunching, but not on graphics tests.

Using DTrace to Profile and Debug A C++ Program

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-19 General Development 25 Comments

A sample program CCtest was created to demonstrate an error common to C++ applications -- the memory leak. The examples in this article demonstrate the use of the DTrace feature in the Solaris 10 Operating System to diagnose C++ application errors. These examples are also used to compare DTrace with other debugging tools, including Sun Studio 10 software and mdb in the Solaris 10 OS.