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Desktop Linux — A VB & Access developer’s view

Submitted by Zac Woodall 2004-10-26 Linux 50 Comments

Companies that are running customized applications may find a migration to Linux too costly or complex notes Pete Morgan, a VisualBasic/Access developer. Morgan offers a few solutions to help overcome the challenge. Without compatibility, Morgan says, a significant number of businesses may not see the benefits in moving to Linux desktops.

Novell- in competition with Red Hat

Submitted by maceto 2004-10-26 Novell and Ximian 16 Comments

Novell tries to push SuSE server to Red Hat customers with the release of their latest PDF write up.

GNOME 2.8.1 Released

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2004-10-26 Gnome 25 Comments

GNOME 2.8.1 has been released, more information here.

Fedora Core 3 Release Candidate Available

Submitted by dhaneshr 2004-10-26 Fedora Core 42 Comments

Fedora Core 3 release candidate is available for testing; Interested parties can find it here or here.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r3 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-26 Debian 32 Comments

A new revision of the stable branch of Debian GNU/Linux ("woody") is now available: This is the third 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.

Firefox aims for 10 percent of Web surfers

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-26 Mozilla, Gecko 101 Comments

Bart Decrem, marketing contact for the Mozilla Foundation, told ZDNet UK on Friday that he expects the browser's market share to reach 10 percent by the end of 2005.

Interview with Linus Torvalds

Submitted by Preston St. Pierre 2004-10-25 Linux 35 Comments

Preston St. Pierre interviews Linus Torvalds for LinuxTimes. Linus talks about a lot of interesting things.

How to Migrate your Enterprise to Unix

Guest post by Anton Velev 2004-10-25 Unix 55 Comments

This quick guide is based on true story, and is contributed to the community with the intent to be helpful to the department, office and enterprise Managers, network Administrators and support Staff, and Small Business Owners.

A week in the BSD CLI

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-25 NetBSD 39 Comments

"I've always been comfortable using the command line interface to get specific tasks done. I already knew that I could do pretty much anything from the command line if I was willing to sit down, read manual pages, and learn -- or if I really had to. To prove it, recently I forced myself to use only the CLI for a week. I ended up learning a lot more than just a few command line arguments." Read the article at NewsForge. Jeff also writes: "I used Lynx as my browser; I don't really like Lynx, but what else is there?" May we suggest eLinks 0.10.x, Links and w3m? They all have way better rendering than Lynx!

Red Hat Hit by Security Update Email Scam

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-25 Red Hat 39 Comments

An email purporting to be from Red Hat alerts users to download a patch that actually contains malicious code. Red Hat's Mark Cox notes that security notices from his company "are never sent unsolicited, are always sent from the address [email protected] and are digitally signed by GPG." This kind of ruse has been used many times in the past to try to fool Windows users.

Security for Internet Users Deemed Weak

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-25 Privacy, Security 56 Comments

Home internet users are suffering from a variety of worms, viruses, and spyware on their machines, and though they are often aware that their computers are acting funny, they often don't have any idea why. Typical home users are not taking the necessary steps to protect themselves from these online threats. These are the findings of a recent study on internet security.

Understanding 64-bit PowerPC Architecture

David Adams 2004-10-25 IBM 7 Comments

Each of the leading microprocessor manufacturers has announced the availability of one or more 64-bit desktop processors, but differences exist in architectural design, fabrication, support, and intended use of each processor. This article looks at the critical issues in a few of IBM's 64-bit POWER designs, covering 32-bit compatibility, power management, processor bus design, and the manufacturing process.

Windows XP Release 2 Coming

Submitted by on 2004-10-25 Windows 19 Comments

If you thought that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP was the last of the big updates, think again. Speaking yesterday at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that a number of important security initiatives were underway for Windows, some of which would be part of a pre-Longhorn "Release 2" for Windows XP.

Macs do Star Wars dirty work

Submitted by David Gabriel 2004-10-25 Multimedia, AV 106 Comments

Behind the scenes, painstaking effort and computing power has gone into cleaning up George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy for its recent DVD release. 600 Mac G5s. And btw, the Star Wars III teaser will be released in less than 15 days.

Java On Pocket PC Devices

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-25 Java 3 Comments

Have you ever wondered how to create Java applications for Pocket PC devices? These gadgets have become come more and more popular with businesspeople, students, and other folks who appreciate the connections to Microsoft Office applications. Read Mikko Kontio's tips on how to get started and where to find more information.

More Windows Mobile 2005 Details Emerge

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-24 Windows 5 Comments

Although Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition brought some important improvements to the Pocket PC platform, Microsoft has not yet made the myriad of other changes to the operating system people have been hoping for.However, it is beginning to seem that the next version of this operating system, code-named Magneto, will bring some significant improvements.