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Part II: Corp. Desktop Linux – The Hard Truth

Submitted by Steve Mallett 2005-02-16 Linux 63 Comments

Steve Mallett published Part II of W. McDonald Buck's essay on Linux TCO. In it he looks at the scenario of a company having already moved to Linux in the server room and also to OSS on Windows desktops, but "...now wants to know, how much extra can be saved by the final step of changing the operating system itself? And, what are the other costs, risks and benefits of doing that. To keep the scenario simple, we're assuming too that this will be done at a time when the desktop equipment is also being replaced. The news is good, but not as good as we like to believe." Here's Part I.

NetBFS Alpha For Zeta

Submitted by DaaT 2005-02-16 Zeta 20 Comments

Coded by momoziro, an (early) alpha version of NetBFS is now available. NetBFS is a native network fs for Zeta. For more details and a screenshot head over to ICO.

Basic security Practices for a Windows XP Desktop

Guest post by Vincent 2005-02-15 Windows 29 Comments

This guide found exclusively at OSNews.com in PDF format is mostly focused on creating a decently secure installation of Windows XP Professional for an end-user. While the vast majority can be applied to Windows XP Home, and OEM Restore Disk Sets, there are a few instances where these two media will need to be setup in a different manner.

Microsoft’s Martin Taylor Responds

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-15 Microsoft 32 Comments

Slashdot passed on requested questions for Martin Taylor, Microsoft's global general manager of platform strategy, and here is the resulted interview.

Random NetBSD News

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-15 NetBSD 9 Comments

Here's a bunch of NetBSD and related news floating around.

Windows gets a splash of Indigo

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-15 Windows 19 Comments

Microsoft wants Windows to play well with others. To do that, it's recoating the future in Indigo.

A quick Review of PCLinuxOS

Submitted by Garret 2005-02-15 Linux 19 Comments

PCLinuxOS is without a doubt one of the cleaner and easier to use Linux Distributions available today. Based on Mandrake, with development led by Texstar, it continues to be a Live CD distribution that often finds it's way as a permanent solution for many desktop workstations. The latest release is looked at by a GUILinux Team Member. Read the full review Here.

PalmSource’s sideways shuffle to Linux

Submitted by jeanmarc 2005-02-15 Wireless 7 Comments

Wave goodbye PalmSource the PalmOS company, say hello to Palm the Chinese Linux company. That judgment may be a little premature, but there's no doubting where the company sees the future, says TheRegister. Elsewhere, you can read an interview with PalmSource's CEO.

Pegasus III: Connect Anytime, Anywhere

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-15 Wireless 10 Comments

I own 3-4 PDAs and yet my favorite one remains the legendary PalmV. There is something about its design & looks that makes me feel nostalgic of another tech era. As much as I enjoy using the PalmV when away, its lack of direct internet connection capability is bothersome. The only way I can directly connect to the net with it, is via a modem. Enter Pegasus III: The smallest modem of its kind today, able to serve both via infrared and a serial port. This is a modem that's supported by most PDAs, PC, laptops and virtually every operating system out there.

Internet Explorer 7 Beta This Summer

Submitted by Gsurface 2005-02-15 Internet Explorer 34 Comments

Flexbeta.net reports that today at RSA, it was announced a new beta version for Internet Explorer 7.

Real-time Linux system for parallel computing for Itanium 2

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-15 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 10 Comments

Mandrakesoft announced today the release of the first Linux system capable of real-time computing on Itanium 2 based parallel computing platforms (Symmetric Multiprocessing and cluster computing).

The life of BeOS

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-14 Haiku 55 Comments

AtomicPC posted a 7-page history of BeOS article and an interview with YellowTAB's Bernd Korz.

Miguel de Icaza on Mono

Submitted by Matthew Revel 2005-02-14 Mono 77 Comments

Miguel de Icaza defends Mono and talks about its future relationship with the Gnome desktop, in the latest LugRadio.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: An overview

Submitted by Rahul Sundaram 2005-02-14 Red Hat 37 Comments

Recently NewsForge had the chance to test out Red Hat's new version of its popular Enterprise Linux product, which Red Hat is officially unveiling today. The results were somewhat disappointing, as RHEL4 offers few compelling reasons for current RHEL3 customers to upgrade. For those considering new deployments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will be a more attractive option than its predecessor, but how will it fare against rival products from Novell, Sun Microsystems, and Mandrakesoft? Another RHEL 4.0 article can be found at LinuxPlanet.

Wind River completes embedded Linux metamorphosis

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-14 Linux 7 Comments

Embedded software powerhouse Wind River's metamorphosis into an embedded Linux vendor appears to be complete. The company will announce today that first embedded Linux distribution, and that it has already delivered 1,000 "developer seats" for the Carrier Grade Linux 2.0 compliant software.

Twenty new Linux cellphones on the way, says software maker

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-14 Qt 22 Comments

According to a story at LinuxDevices.com, Trolltech announced today that more than fifty companies are currently developing or shipping Linux-based devices using its Qtopia graphical application platform software, including more than twenty mobile phones.

GoBSD Preview2 Release Available

Submitted by David Rhodus 2005-02-14 BSD & Darwin 19 Comments

The Preview2 Release of the GoBSD distro is now available for download here . GoBSD is a BSD distro based off of DragonFlyBSD which uses pkgsrc. With this release you can build Xorg and other large packages using pkgsrc which is included on the ISO.

Mac OS X Tiger build 8A378 Hits the Testers

Submitted by Alexandros Roussos 2005-02-14 macOS 25 Comments

The latest Mac OS X Tiger build 8A378 is now available to the testers.

Get HeapAnalyzer 1.3

Submitted by hamilt 2005-02-14 Java 6 Comments

Have you had your Java Heap looked at lately, well maybe you should. It could be oozing something nasty. Why walk around wondering if you’re Heap has a leak? Use the free HeapAnalyzer graphical tool and check yourself before your wreck yourself. Version 1.3 now includes the capacity to support the .phd format.

Eweek reports that MS is plotting fixes to IE Browser

Submitted by Rahul Sundaram 2005-02-14 Internet Explorer 72 Comments

Microsoft Corp. recently held a secret Webcast with some of its closest partners to discuss ways in which the company might improve its Internet Explorer browser and customer confidence in the platform.