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Castle open floodgates to new RISC OS 5 users

Submitted by Ian Chamberlain 2005-01-03 RISC OS 7 Comments

Castle have announced a promotional offer which will bring the cost of a RISC OS 5 computer below the £1000 UK mark for the first time ever. This will no doubt allow many more eager users to upgrade to the 32bit version of the operating system running on brand new, fast hardware.

Oracle Database 10g Available for Mac OS X Server

Submitted by kasra yousefi 2005-01-02 macOS 55 Comments

Oracle Database 10g is the first database designed for grid computing and now it's on Mac OS X.
Another source notes that Oracle is using the Xserve RAID in its own datacenter.

Review: SkyOS Beta 8.2

Submitted by Tech^salvager 2005-01-01 SkyOS 58 Comments

While everybody was out partying and what not this New Years eve, Tech^salvager decided to sit down and write a review of SkyOS beta 8.2. Read the review here.

Linux-Windows Single Sign-On

Submitted by TTF 2005-01-01 General Development 58 Comments

This article explains steps to have your users logging on at their Linux/Unix desktops with their Windows AD accounts

The Year 2004 in Microprocessors

David Adams 2005-01-01 Hardware 4 Comments

From spintronics to clockless CPUs, 2004 was a year of process and research in the microprocessor industry. As a way to transition into the new year, this article offers a month-by-month look at the highlights of the 2004 microprocessor timeline.

Apple Is Up the Market Without a CPU

Submitted by Somynona 2005-01-01 Editorial 53 Comments

"Despite its current misadventure with Linux, Sun isn't in the generic desktop computer business. The Java desktop is cool, but it's a solution driven by necessity, not excellence. In comparison, putting Mac OS X on the Sunray desktop would be an insanely great solution for Sun." read the rest macnewsworld.com

Available: A First Install ISO for FreeBSD PPC

Submitted by Guido 2005-01-01 FreeBSD 16 Comments

On the freebsd-ppc mailing list Peter Graham has announced the availability of the first minimal install ISO of FreeBSD CURRENT for PPC (Make sure you're a power user with nerves of steel and read the blurb.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Updated

Eugenia Loli 2005-01-01 Debian 31 Comments

This is the fourth update of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (codename 'woody') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems.

Happy New Year!

Adam Scheinberg 2004-12-31 OS News 145 Comments

From all of us here at OSNews, Happy New Year! 2005 promises to be an exciting year in technology - what surprises do you think this year will hold? What news do you think will top the technology news sites in 2005 - Linux? SCO? Microsoft? Firefox? Security? Wireless networking? A destructive new worm? Share your thoughts here.

Xandros Desktop OS 3 Deluxe Edition Review

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-31 Oracle and SUN 16 Comments

"I've been running the recently released Deluxe Edition of Xandros Desktop OS for the past week. Xandros 3 has proven to be all that I hoped for, and more. This release should prove a good fit for many, combining the ease of use and elegant good looks that Xandros brings to the table with the underlying power and stability of Debian." Read the rest at NewsForge.

Mockup screenshots and new release

Submitted by Mariano Viola 2004-12-31 Haiku 52 Comments

The Mockup project published screenshots of the recent released source code. The development of the GUI is following these mockups, using Qt 4.0 beta1 and key technologies like HAL and DBUS. The announcement, with instructions about how to compile source code, of the latest release is here.

Rise and Evolvement of the Machines

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-31 Geek stuff 17 Comments

Systems architect and engineer Judith Myerson explains the ins and outs of wireless robots: their components, their shortcomings, and how they can interact in a competitive or cooperative team within professional environments. Learn how smarter robots can relieve us of the most tedious -- and dangerous – tasks.

Microsoft Delays a New IE Version

Submitted by danjr 2004-12-31 Internet Explorer 49 Comments

Microsoft is not planning an upgrade to Internet Explorer until at least 2006, when the next version of Windows is released. The company is busy building and testing a faster (and more secure) version, and Jim Allchin, head of the Windows platform division, says, "We have a very, very innovative set of capabilities that we're putting in the next version."

Suffering the Swings and Arrows of Outrageous Customer Service!

Guest post by Dan Welch 2004-12-30 Apple 170 Comments

This holiday season I was given some Christmas money, and I wanted to purchase a DVD burner for my G4 Apple Macintosh computer. When I purchased my computer, I was wise in buying a tower since they are upgradeable, right? WRONG!

A Month Later — Mandrake 10.1 Official reviewed

Submitted by sarumont 2004-12-30 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 32 Comments

This review takes the 10.1 Official release through its paces during a month of operation. Rather than give an at-a-glance review, LinuxForumsDOTorg sends Jeremy on a 30-day journey using Mandrake 10.1 Official to bring you this review.

TextOS 1.0b3 “Lightning” released

Submitted by Daniel Quintiliani 2004-12-30 OS News 15 Comments

TextOS is a small operating system for text-based applications which runs on a floppy. Built on top of FreeDOS, it runs programs made with the TextOS BASIC programming language. TextOS has been out for about a month, but it is only now in working condition. For more information see the official TextOS website.