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Getting KDE to run in Cygwin

Adam Scheinberg 2004-12-11 KDE 35 Comments

Patrick Weber writes "The tutorials on the KDE-Cygwin site are very vague and they dont even have one for beginners. So I went out on my own and wrote my own tutorial. This is for anyone (even the people that have no idea what they are doing). I hope that this article is a help to everyone."

DragonFlyBSD: Scheduler Revision Plans

Submitted by Nix_User 2004-12-11 BSD & Darwin 35 Comments

As seen on kerneltrap.org: "In response to a question raised on the dragonfly-kernel mailing-list, Matt Dillon gives an overview of plans to revise the DragonFly userland scheduler, the second of two schedulers that Dragonfly currently utilizes in a layered fashion. Matt explains, 'There are actually two schedulers.. there's the LWKT scheduler, which is as close to perfect as its possible to be, and there is the userland scheduler, which is the one that needs work.'"

AROS-Max On Windows

Submitted by Ola Jensen 2004-12-11 Amiga & AROS 30 Comments

Nicholas Otley has built a QEMU hosted version of AROS Max for MS Windows. It's easy to use, just run the self extracting archive and double-click the winaros.bat file to run AROS-Max in a window. Get the file here or visit the Aros-Exec message board.

Zeta Neo Service Pack released

Submitted by jeanmarc 2004-12-11 Zeta 44 Comments

yellowTAB announced the immediate availability of the long awaited Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Zeta Neo. This service pack addresses bugs reported in previous versions of Zeta, and offers users the opportunity to enjoy the improvements done to the operating system as development keeps moving towards a Zeta 1.0 release.

NetBSD: Ideas on Audio Framework and Hardware Mixing

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-11 NetBSD 3 Comments

Tamura Kent formally unveils his plans to add new functionality to NetBSD's audio framework (audio(9) and audio(4)) - specifically, the addition of an audio converter pipeline and in-kernel mixing. These additions along with audio device cloning would make it possible to natively support hardware mixing without the use of a software based soundserver.

VMWare Workstation 5.0 Beta Review

Submitted by Gsurface 2004-12-11 OS News 17 Comments

Flexbeta has got a review of VMWare Workstation 5.0. This new beta includes many nice features such as the ability to capture movies, and support for 64Bit hardware.

Editorial: The Penguin, The Palm, and the PDA

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-11 Wireless 17 Comments

The potential synergy between the GNU/Linux OS and the Palm platform is huge, but so are the potential pitfalls. Larry Garfield looks at both the pros and cons of the Next Next Palm OS.

Teeny module runs new “.NET Embedded” software stack

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-11 .NET 12 Comments

A small startup in Microsoft's backyard is poised to begin shipping a tiny, 32-pin chip-like computer module that runs ".NET Embedded," a new Microsoft embedded software platform developed for use in watches and other "smart personal objects." The module, developed by startup .netcpu Corp., incorporates portions of Microsoft's Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) hardware and software.

Stealth Desktop Part IV: Removable Drives and Scanners

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-11 Hardware 19 Comments

This time Eduardo turns to issues more related to hardware. First we'll see how to enable removable drives in a Slack installation, with especial attention to floppies; and then Eduardo will examine how to setup new hardware, using a scanner as an example, since its setup was tricky. Read the whole adventure at OfB.biz. My Take: Honestly, I hope someone could come up with an administrative GUI for DevFS & uDev so users can set permissions on device nodes without having their heads explode.

New file system has long road to Windows

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-10 Windows 42 Comments

Microsoft's long-awaited new Windows file system is still a work in progress. Although Microsoft hopes to ship a test version of WinFS in late 2006, it could be several more years before the revamped storage mechanism finds its way into Windows Server.

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.