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Enterprise Database Development on OSX

Guest post by Ken Cluff 2005-02-23 macOS 23 Comments

This article explains how I’m able to use an aging but still capable Mac for database development in a company that develops commercial decision support software for hospitals. I wrote this article because I think the results of the search I made for software that allows me to work productively on this machine may be of use to others.

Days of Lean I remember

Guest post by Davon Shire 2005-02-23 Editorial 59 Comments

Amazing is the recent interest in full, live, operating systems that can fit on a 50 MB CD-ROM. It's totally astounding that they can cram so much onto such a tiny disk. But wait.. let's run back to the days of old.. back to say 1988.

Mini-Mozilla marches toward Windows mobiles

Submitted by Tudy 2005-02-23 Mozilla, Gecko 21 Comments

Minimo, the Mozilla browser for mobile devices, is poised to move beyond Linux PDAs and onto Windows CE devices, according to the Mozilla Foundation. Screenshot here (mobile version of OSNews is showing). Elsewhere, the Mozilla chairman Mitch Kapor speaks out.

Mono Security Manager – Using CAS permissions

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-23 Mono 3 Comments

Here is a two-part article on security and Mono.

Last FOSDEM 2005 Interviews

Submitted by None 2005-02-23 In the News 2 Comments

FOSDEM 2005 will take place this Week-End in Brussels, Belgium.

OpenZaurus Getting Started Guide

Guest post by Cory Syvenky 2005-02-23 Wireless 12 Comments

A number of new OpenZaurus users are having problems getting up and running with OZ. Here is my basic Getting Started guide for OpenZaurus 3.5.2.

Ubuntu: could do with a bit more work

Guest post by Neil Lucock 2005-02-22 Ubuntu 109 Comments

I'd better start by admitting that I'm a fan of KDE. It's not because it works like Windows, but for the quality of the tools available. However, a GUI is just a way of doing something and I think I've been a bit dismissive of the Gnome desktop up to now. I read a few reviews of Ubuntu, looked at their web site and decided to have a look. I wanted a general purpose (desktop) distribution and an opportunity to get to know the Gnome utilities.

John C. Dvorak: How to Kill Linux

Submitted by Ed 2005-02-22 Linux 170 Comments

The idea here would be to cut the driver layer out of Windows and attach it to Linux directly. This would become MS-Linux. If Microsoft actually produced an MS-Linux that was the standard Linux attached to the driver layer of Windows, giving users full Plug and Play (PnP) support of all their peripherals, nobody would buy any other Linux on the market.

New Enlightenment; Rasterman’s Opinions on xdevconf

Guest post by Diego Calleja 2005-02-22 Desktop environments 110 Comments

Rasterman talks about other's opinions. As he says, E17 has several of the tecnoologies gnome and others are searching. He adds two videos as a proof with animate backgrounds and other things.Perhaps it's time for the linux desktop world to stop reinventing the wheel and collaborate one with each other. Gnome has things like accesibility and lots of apps, enlightenment has a very powerful rendering engine. It'd be a shame to see people reinventing the wheel.

Live Query: name=”SkyOS”

Submitted by Kelly Rush 2005-02-22 SkyOS 30 Comments

Query support has been implemented into SkyOS. Queries can be initiated through either the Viewer, or directly through the command line.

Sony to end Clie line of PDAs in Japan Too

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-22 Wireless 11 Comments

Sony Corp. is calling an end to its Clié line of PDAs (personal digital assistants) in Japan, the company said Tuesday. The move comes eight months after the company said it would no longer sell new models of PDAs overseas and puts the cap on a product line first announced by the Tokyo company in mid-2000. Elsewhere, here's a review of the Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox 420.

GNOME 2.8.3 released

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2005-02-22 Gnome 55 Comments

GNOME 2.8.3 has been released: This is the third and last maintenance release of the stable 2.8.x series of GNOME and it contains a huge amount of bugfixes and other improvements since the last release. Elsewhere, a user is discussing the things that annoy him about Gnome.

DragonFlyBSD slides

Guest post by Eduardo Tongson 2005-02-22 BSD & Darwin 20 Comments

I have created slides for an introduction to DragonflyBSD which was originally used for a recent get together of the Philippines BSD users group.

Richard Grimes’ farewell to .NET

Submitted by Brandon Sneed 2005-02-22 .NET 50 Comments

Here's a very interesting article dealing with his findings on .NET after many years of working with it. It isn't pretty. It goes into detail as to what his perception of its problems, weaknesses are. In addition to his opinion that Microsoft let marketing take over what developers should have done.

Apple community revolt over lawsuits

Guest post by ggg ulias 2005-02-22 Apple 98 Comments

There's an article up with a quote from Steve Wozniak, where he publicly chastises Apple for their lawsuits against the canadian student being sued by Apple Computer for leaking a build of 10.4, and will be donating money to the student's defense. It doesn't just stop there. Some of the biggest names in the Mac world are also listed with quotes, and the general consensus is "He made a mistake, but Apple is going too far".

Windows Processes and Threads: Weaving It All Together

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-22 Windows 3 Comments

This chapter explains the basics of process management and also introduces basic synchronization operations. If you're at all interested in Windows system programming, this is the place to start.

.NET: Understanding Impersonation

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-22 .NET No Comments

Impersonation is one of the most useful mechanisms in Windows security. It's also fragile and easy to misuse. Careful use of impersonation can lead to a secure, easy-to-administer application. Misuse can open gaping security holes. This sample chapter will help you to use impersonation properly and effectively.

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.