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SVISTA Virtual Machine Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 OS News 4 Comments

Serenity Systems International (SSI) has announced the release of their Serenity Virtual Station, SVISTA, family of virtual machine products . This is the latest entry into the hot field of virtual machine software which allows users to run multiple operating systems on their PC. A field dominated by VMWare and Microsoft's Virtual PC.

Ekush Emulator And its License Pains

Submitted by Steven Edwards 2004-11-10 ReactOS 13 Comments

Some have claimed to release a product called Ekush a Windows replacement Operating System. The problem is that it uses code from ReactOS, Wine, Qemu and Freetype without obeying the GPL or LGPL that ReactOS and Wine use as their license.

Interview with Novell’s Ted Haeger

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 Original OSNews Interviews 25 Comments

Today, we feature an interview with Ted Haeger, director of marketing for Novell Linux Desktop.

The Future of BeFree

Guest post by Karl vom Dorff 2004-11-10 Haiku 71 Comments

Pierluigi Fiorini discusses the future of his BeFree project and decides to use Qt for his goals.

JDS Live CD Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 Oracle and SUN 26 Comments

Sun released a live CD of Java Desktop System. Get it here.

In-depth Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official Edition review

Submitted by aRTee 2004-11-10 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 29 Comments

Here is an in-depth review of Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official Edition, with screenshots.

Firefox and Beyond: Mozilla President Browses the Future

Submitted by Tudy 2004-11-10 Mozilla, Gecko 20 Comments

As Mozilla launches Firefox for the masses, the group's president, Mitchell Baker, outlines goals for gaining more Web browser converts and focusing on a development platform play.

Desktop Linux: The Final Hurdles; Editorial Follows

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-09 Linux 178 Comments

"Desktop Linux is almost soup. We only have a few items left on the short list. Will we do it? If history is an indicator, the answer is yes." Read this article at LXer. Read more for a short list of my personal needs before I could say "yes, I can switch to Linux or FreeBSD full time".

Trolltech Releases Major Upgrade to Qtopia

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-09 Qt 3 Comments

Trolltech today announced that it has released Qtopia version 2.1, a major upgrade to its development platform and user interface for Linux-based mobile devices. New features in Qtopia 2.1 include touch-screen phone support, full-screen handwriting input and new phone themes to extend customers' flexibility and options for developing customized, full-featured Linux-based mobile devices.

Review: White Box fills niche between Fedora and RHEL

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-09 Linux 24 Comments

White Box Enterprise Linux (WBEL) is an attempt to fill the void left by Red Hat's decision to become a purely commercial product. It's not without problems, but but it does a bridge the functionality gap between the Fedora Project and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

IT Morale is in the Dumps

David Adams 2004-11-09 In the News 98 Comments

A recent survey found that 3/4 of IT managers surveyed reported having morale problems among their staffs. Layoffs, uncertainty, high stress, and incompetent management all contribute to a feeling of malaise among tech workers today. Layoffs have left firms understaffed, and workers feel growing resentment towards their bosses, the survey suggests. How are you feeling about your job?

Migrating from AppleShare IP to OS X Server

Submitted by Esther Schindler 2004-11-09 Apple 12 Comments

Tony Williams shares the joys and frustrations from a recent Macintosh migration from AppleShare IP (ASIP) under OS 9 to OS X Server 10.3. Although Apple tried to make this process as painless as possible, there are still some problems.

Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2 Evaluation Edition

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-09 Windows 14 Comments

The Evaluation Edition software enables you to build Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2-based operating systems for 120 days from the day of installation.

Advanced Linux Installations and Upgrades with Kickstart

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-09 Red Hat 5 Comments

This article is a collection of techniques that may interest people who want to do more with Kickstart. It covers Kickstart customization, scalability, and security.

Mozilla readies Firefox 1.0 release

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-09 Mozilla, Gecko 137 Comments

After 19 months of development, two name changes and more than 8 million downloads of its preview release, the Firefox browser is finally turning 1.0. Firefox is scheduled to be available for free download at 1 a.m. PDT Tuesday. Our Take: Sky's the limit. After Thunderbird (and third-party NVU & Mozilla-Calendar), I would love to see the Mozilla Project build a multi-IM application (ICQ, AIM/iChat, MSN, Y!, Jabber, etc) with the same design/usability goals as Firefox, coupled with good voice and video support (support which lacks on all third party multi-protocol IM solutions today). UPDATE: It's out.

Red Hat Announces Second Beta of Redhat Enterprise 4

Submitted by Rahul 2004-11-09 Red Hat 22 Comments

The second beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, code name "Nahant" is available for download and testing. Announcement, release notes, download location or from a mirror.

Interview with Mr. Alan Nugent, Novell’s CTO

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-08 Novell and Ximian 14 Comments

In this interview by Preston St. Pierre, Alan Nugent, Novell's CTO, speaks on behalf of Novell on their Linux strategy. Innovation is on the way at Novell, with a next-generation desktop in the plans. Internally, the Linux migration is on schedule, and the staff are wholly in favor of moving away from Windows.

Konfabulator, DesktopX and the widget wars

Guest post by Brad Wardell 2004-11-08 Graphics 26 Comments

Ideally someone else would write this article since I'm connected to DesktopX. But with all the enthusiasm over "widgets" lately and Konfabulator's release on Windows today, I've written up my best attempt at neutrality in looking at the pros of each program.

Opinion: Regarding Stallman’s Vision

Guest post by The Bit Land Prince 2004-11-08 Open Source 102 Comments

I've always had mixed feelings about the Open Source movement because while my feelings suggest that this is surely a great innovation in software development, there are other (many) things that I don't agree with. Nevertheless, I've been contributing to free software (or open source) since 1996 and I'm still doing it. Nothing famous or that you might have heard of, though. But enough that I feel I have some insight on the subject.

OpenBSD Graphical Ports System Frontend

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-08 OpenBSD 18 Comments

pbrowser (pbrowser = PortsBrowser) is a free implementation of a graphical frontend for the ports(7) system for OpenBSD. It allows for easy browsing through the ports(7) tree and offers search facilities to a certain extent. It is also possible to install and or delete ports and packages with pbrowser. You can rate the application here.