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Integrate Linux and Windows with Samba

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-10 Internet 29 Comments

The third in a three-part series on how to leverage Linux to get the most from your network, this tutorial shows how to use Samba to integrate your Linux and Windows networks (reg. req.). Sample code and configuration files are provided throughout to aid understanding.

Two Developer Books Now Online: Smalltalk and SharpDevelop

Submitted by Lumbergh 2004-12-10 General Development 17 Comments

The Smalltalk green book, Smalltalk-80, Bits of History, Words of Advice text is now online. Also, the now discontinued SharpDevelop book Disecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop is now available for download.

Inside Mac OS X Tiger build 8A323

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-10 macOS 48 Comments

Earlier this week, Apple Computer provided its developers with Mac OS X Tiger build 8A323, the third widely distributed pre-release version of its next-generation operating system. In a five-page seed note accompanying the build, Apple lists over two dozen known issues with the system, in addition to some fixes and improvements over previous builds.

Yet another installer for OpenBSD

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-10 OpenBSD 17 Comments

YaifO is a modified OpenBSD installer for remote installations or updates via Secure Shell. It has been tested and should work on Alpha, i386, Sparc and Sparc64. It is especially useful for people who like to switch their root server from Linux to OpenBSD without access to a serial line or keyboard.

Debian on AMD64

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-10 Debian 32 Comments

Debian Woody, the current stable release for over 2 years, and Sarge, the new upcoming stable release due out in a month or two, support no fewer than 11 architectures. Perhaps surprisingly, AMD64 is not one of them and it won't be in Sarge either.

Xandros Desktop OS 3 Deluxe Edition Review

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-10 Oracle and SUN 26 Comments

"There's quite a bit of value here for anyone and we feel very comfortable recommending it to anyone who wants to move off of Windows and onto Linux. It's stable, easy to use, and comes with a good range of applications. Laptop wireless problem aside, in terms of ease of use, we think that Xandros has set a new standard for Linux distributions." Read the review at ExtremeTech.

BlitzMax for cross-platform games development

Submitted by James L Boyd 2004-12-10 Games 21 Comments

BlitzMax is the new, next generation game programming language from Blitz Research. BlitzMax provides developers with a complete cross-platform 2D programming solution for OSX, Windows and Linux. The OSX version has just been released, with Windows and Linux versions to follow shortly. For more details, please visit www.blitzmax.com or read the official press release. Blitz3D is also available.

Fedora Core 3: Cruising The Bleeding Edge

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-09 Fedora Core 70 Comments

The first thing anyone considering using Fedora needs to know is this is not a safe, sane Linux distribution. It's not meant to be. Fedora is the test bed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and is also the replacement for Red Hat Linux, with two major differences: there is no commercial edition, and it is intended to be a community project, rather than solely a Red Hat product. Read the rest of the review at LinuxPlanet.

LLVM 1.4 Released

Submitted by Tanya Lattner 2004-12-09 General Development 2 Comments

The LLVM 1.4 release is out! It features a huge assortment of improvements in functionality,generated code quality, and compile times. Be sure to download the release, read the release notes, or just learn more about LLVM here.

Microsoft to patch New Windows flaws

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-09 Windows 32 Comments

Microsoft plans to release patches for five Windows flaws next week, it announced today.

NetBSD 2.0 Officially Available

Submitted by ephemeral 2004-12-09 NetBSD 33 Comments

The long wait for NetBSD 2.0 is over, the official release is here.

Mossberg: OS X “Rock Solid”; G5 iMac “Best” PC “Ever Reviewed”

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-09 Apple 117 Comments

Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walt Mossberg gave the highest praise possible to not one but two Apple Computer products in his Thursday Personal Technology column, calling Mac OS X "rock solid" and the G5 iMac "the single best desktop computer I have ever reviewed." Mr. Mossberg used his weekly column to discuss the plague of viruses, spyware and other security problems that primarily affect the Windows platform.

Development Release: Fedora Core 3 Test (PPC Edition)

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-09 Fedora Core 10 Comments

A test release of Fedora Core 3 for PowerPC systems has been announced, more info here.

Password imperfect

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-09 Privacy, Security 22 Comments

For years, Microsoft has hammered away at the security flaws in its desktop operating system. Now the company is looking to plug another security hole: weak passwords.

OpenVMS HP – Intel Developer Forum – Report from the Front Lines

Guest post by Ken Farmer 2004-12-09 OS News 12 Comments

I just returned from spending three days with the OpenVMS stream of the HP - Intel Developer Forum in Mahwah, New Jersey. The over-subscribed OpenVMS stream was extremely successful, and provided an advanced view of what OpenVMS users can expect from the soon-to-be generally released OpenVMS for HP Integrity Servers. Read article...

MIPS 2.6. Kernel Evaluation LSP from MontaVista

Submitted by Patricia Colby 2004-12-09 Linux 2 Comments

MontaVista Software has announced the immediate availability of a MIPS evaluation Linux Support Package (LSP) for MontaVista Linux Professional Edition (Pro), based on the 2.6 Linux kernel and MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.1 applications and tools.

Mac OS X 10.4 Migration Assistant

Submitted by Erik Vlietinck 2004-12-09 macOS 7 Comments

This article covers the Migration Assistant, one of the major new features, and propbably one of the most useful and time-saving.

An apt-get primer

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-09 Debian 29 Comments

If any single program defines the Debian Linux project, that program is apt-get. apt-get is Debian's main tool for installing and removing software. Working with the .deb package format, apt-get offers sophisticated package management that few Red Hat Package Manager RPM-based distributions can match.

KDE 3.4 Alpha 1 (‘Leverkusen’) Released

Submitted by Albert Astals Cid 2004-12-09 KDE 33 Comments

KDE has released the first Alpha of what will become KDE 3.4. You download it, read the schedule, look at the planned features, report bugs or help in any other way.

Microsoft Goes to Pieces

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-09 Windows 59 Comments

With the release of Longhorn in 2007, Microsoft said it will offer "role-based" versions of Windows in which only the code needed to perform a given function will be included in a particular build of the operating system. Could Longhorn's new, component-based approach be the start of something big?