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Topologilinux Reviewed

Submitted by sarumont 2004-11-16 Linux 16 Comments

Tired of VMWare's emulation slowing you down? Topologilinux has the solution. Topologilinux allows you to install its image into a single file in your Windows file system (Anyone remember BeOS PE?) This allows you to run the Slackware-based distro without spending the system resources on a VM. While the idea seems plausible, LinuxForumsDOTorg's Jeremy wasn't very impressed.

Free Solaris available soon

Submitted by NS 2004-11-16 Solaris 66 Comments

Anyone who registers with Sun will be able to use Solaris for free on servers with x86 processors, said John Loiacono, executive vice president of Sun's software business. It's not a totally free lunch, though: Sun will provide security updates in the free version but will charge an annual subscription fee for bug fixes and support.

Vintela: Microsoft’s Secret Unix/Linux Weapon?

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-16 Microsoft 47 Comments

Microsoft made a minority investment on Monday in Unix/Linux management vendor Vintela on Monday. Neither Microsoft nor Lindon, City, Utah-based Vintela would comment on the size of the investment. But sources said the amount was under $10 million. Vintela has acted a key participant in Microsoft's Unix/Linux interoperability strategy. Nonetheless, Vintela is an unlikely Microsoft partner. Update: I hope to interview someone from Vintela this week, and ask them about their relationship with SCO (other than having the same investor). If you have any other burning questions, please suggest them in the comments.

Interview with Red Hat’s VP Michael Tiemann

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-16 Red Hat 2 Comments

Michael Tiemann recently took some time to do an email interview with LinuxQuestions.org.

G6: More POWER on the way?

Guest post by Nicholas Blachford 2004-11-15 IBM 34 Comments

Last year IBM introduced a cut-down POWER4 CPU called the PowerPC 970 and Apple promptly put it into their PowerMac line. IBM are not standing still; the POWER5 is out and rumours have long hinted at a successor to the 970 being in development. What should we expect?

Apple makes gains in server market

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 Apple 34 Comments

Gartner Dataquest’s preliminary worldwide server shipment estimates for the third quarter of 2004 reveal that the market achieved its seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit year-over-year growth. Apple continued to re-establish itself in the server market, according to the analyst. After having above-average growth in the second quarter of 2004, Apple grew shipments 119 percent year over year.

.NET Compact Framework Graphics

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 .NET 1 Comment

Learn about the support that the .NET Compact Framework provides programs for creating graphical output, including limitations and how to supplement the programs with the help of GDI functions.

Xandros Desktop Management Server Review

Submitted by Arun Madhu 2004-11-15 Oracle and SUN 4 Comments

Linuxtimes has a fairly detailed review of the Xandros Desktop Management Server up at this link.

Fact and fiction in the Microsoft-SCO relationship

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 Legal 10 Comments

The SCO Group's legal actions against Linux have shed light on the inner workings of the open-source programming project and on the operations of a company desperate to survive. They've also created a cottage industry for conspiracy theorists over Microsoft's role in the affair.

Novell Linux Desktop reviewed

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 Novell and Ximian 44 Comments

Tom has reviewed the Novell Linux Desktop, a new desktop for enterprise customers.

Why open Mac bootware may be more practical

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 IBM 4 Comments

Open Firmware is software that is used after powering a machine to bring the operating system online (most visibly on PowerPC and SPARC systems), all modern Macintosh systems use it. This article looks at the Open Firmware spec, traces its history as a standard, examines how it works and some of its components, and discusses the benefits it offers. The best way to learn more about OF is to practice, to get a Mac, hold down command-option-O-F when you turn it on, and just start typing.

Emulating legacy operating systems on Linux

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 OS News 3 Comments

From CP/M to OpenVMS, one of the best things to do with a Linux box is to run programs for other operating systems on it. It can simplify your life considerably. Emulations of a wide variety of operating systems are available for Linux. More than mere academic exercises, these "hosted OSes" are practical investments for many server rooms. Also see Cameron Laird’s notes on emulators.

Sun Announces Solaris 10

Submitted by Tudy 2004-11-15 Solaris 126 Comments

Sun's upping the ante against Linux with Solaris 10. First, it will be available free for download, with a pay-for-support model. Also, a feature called Project Janus allows users "to create a virtual container inside Solaris in which they can run Linux applications."

Securing Windows XP

David Adams 2004-11-15 Privacy, Security 53 Comments

This guide will show you how to secure Windows XP. While it covers the basics it also goes beyond them without going into "paranoid" mode...This guide is for home users in a stand-alone or workgroup environment. It is intended as a step-by-step guide and we highly suggest you read through the entire article before taking any action. We welcome suggestions and feedback.

GNU Classpath 0.12 Released; Full JDK 1.0 Compatibility

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 Java 30 Comments

GNU Classpath includes all native methods and core classes necessary for a completely functional Java runtime. This release features X.509 certificate path checking, signed JAR file support, full java.awt.color implementation, java.beans 1.4 updates, an improved build process, better AWT focus management, much faster and better fonts support, AWT Choice fixes, HTTP POST fixes, better collection documentation, Calendar bugfixes, lookahead support for regular expressions, fixes for jtree, and improved Eclipse 3 support.

MorphOS Developers Unpaid? MorphOS New Version Delayed

Submitted by JE 2004-11-15 Morphos 99 Comments

The Genesi-owned/sponsored Morphos.net website (Google cache) has been taken down and instead, a page, that reminds us a lot of the Amiga situation up to a few months ago, is described there. It claims that no new version of MorphOS will be released until payments are made to developers. The latest version of MorphOS is almost a year old already, while releases used to happen every few months in the past, usually.

Xcode 2: New Model of Development

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 macOS 22 Comments

With the so-called Tiger release of Mac OS X, due the first half of 2005, Apple Computer Inc. will unleash Xcode 2, a version of its rapid development environment that it claims will work with enhancements to the operating system that automatically generate object models, thereby simplifying application development. Xcode 2 also will introduce modeling, include the gcc 4.0 compiler optimized for G4 and G5 processors, and support 64-bit development.

The Upcoming Changes of the Gnome Subsystem

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 Gnome 49 Comments

Anders Carlsson of Imendio outlines and explains (copy of the text) the API changes that are coming with the Gnome 3.0 release in the future. On other toolkit news, GTK# 1.0.4 and beta 1.9.0 (wrapping around Gnome 2.6) was released recently. You can rate GTK# here. Update: On yet another toolkit news, the latest release of the Ruby language bindings for Gnome, adds support for GnomePrint, GnomePrintUI, librsvg and Atk 1.7. Rate Ruby-Gnome here.

Gentoo Linux 2004.3 is released

Submitted by Chris Gianelloni 2004-11-14 Gentoo 36 Comments

Gentoo is proud to present the world with Gentoo Linux 2004.3. Read more of the announcement.

Qt: Lists, Trees and Tables

Submitted by Johan Thelin 2004-11-14 Qt 6 Comments

The Independent Qt Tutorial has been updated with a brand new chapter on lists, trees and tables. The visual components are very common in todays applications and complements the existing chapters well. Also from digitalfanatics, a widget gallery, helping you to pick the right widget with screenshots and code examples when it is hard to choose.