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HP discontinues its Itanium workstations

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-25 Intel 33 Comments

Hewlett-Packard, one of the most aggressive promoters of Intel's Itanium family of processors, is 86ing its line of workstations that use the chips. The decision by the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computing giant will likely be interpreted as a large symbolic blow to Itanium's fortunes.

Updated RDF/RSS News Feed; Please Test

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-25 OS News 45 Comments

To get better compliancy with RSS, we upgraded our feed to RSS 1.0. Please refresh your feeds, test and report any problems in the comment section. On other site news, the GTK+ browser Dillo is now working better with our comment.php pages. The GnomeFiles.org feed also saw an update recently, it is now formatted in lovely HTML (it will remain in RDF version 0.9 though, as it will the NMC feed, because their creation php code is hairy).

Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-24 Red Hat 263 Comments

A top Red Hat exec has attacked the open-source credentials of its sometime business partner Sun.

Linux and G5; iMac G5 benchmarks show 35% speed boost

Submitted by carrie 2004-09-24 Apple 61 Comments

This article does a roundup of the Linux support to G5 machines. Elsewhere, Macworld's initial benchmarks on Apple's new iMac G5 show that the machine is 35 percent faster than the previous G4 model. "As you could probably guess, the new G5-equipped iMacs out-performed than their G4-powered predecessors," writes James Galbraith.

Programming Language Popularity

Submitted by David N. Welton 2004-09-24 General Development 83 Comments

David N. Welton has compiled some statistics and added a bit of commentary and conjecture.

Linux public access distro delivers extreme ROI

Submitted by jill 2004-09-24 Linux 14 Comments

Userful corporation is taking on the public access computing market with software that enables a Linux PC to connect up to 10 monitors, giving each user the experience of being connected to a standalone computer. The Canadian company’s “1-Box” approach lets up to ten users can browse the Internet, send email and run applications from one computer. The strategy eliminates the need for servers and networking equipment, save significant money on hardware and is deployed in several libraries in that country. The company also gives some environmental impact savings on ewaste and energy due to their solution. Read full story. Elsewhere, Linux takes a step toward desktop acceptance.

An Interview with Tom Lord of Arch

Submitted by Steve Mallett 2004-09-24 General Development 6 Comments

Version control systems are a tool close to any programmer's heart and a lot has been made of advancements in Subversion, but there is another version control system out there that completely redefines the boundaries of how such a system should work. Tom Lord is the author of the Arch Revision Control System. OSDir interviews Tom on the story behind Arch and just how different it is from what you're likely using today.

Is there a ClearCase to move to UCM?

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-24 IBM 2 Comments

Are you thinking of moving from base Rational ClearCase to Unified Change Management (UCM)? Many organizations find it difficult to use ClearCase out of the box. UCM was an effort to identify the most common elements of ClearCase use models, and to create objects and methods that make the application more effective. This article shares some points that you may want to consider when making the decision to move to UCM.

Beginner-friendly Linux OS: Desktop/LX

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-24 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 20 Comments

Lycoris is a great distribution if you've never used Linux before. However, it focuses on the familiar, preferring commercial applications to lesser-known free alternatives. Lycoris offers an easy introduction to Linux, but the limited range of software included means the distribution is probably best suited to first-time users, says PCWorld.au.

Watson’s life nearing end; Sun delays Java version

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-24 Internet 29 Comments

Watson developer Dan Wood has posted an update on Sun's Java version of his popular Mac OS X application. "I am sad to say that it looks like Sun doesn't seem to be focusing on getting the port of Watson released any time soon," writes Wood on his blog.

Java 1.4.2 Update 2 Released via SoftwareUpdate

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-24 macOS 19 Comments

Java 1.4.2 Update 2 for Mac OS X provides improved behavior for applets in Safari and increased stability for desktop Java applications. It is an accumulative upgrade.

New OS4 beta and MOS 1.5 beta in Finland

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-24 Amiga & AROS 10 Comments

The Finnish Amiga Users Group is pleased to demonstrate the best of the both worlds at its annual meeting this coming Saturday: AmigaOne running a new AmigaOS 4.0 beta and Pegasos II running MorphOS 1.5 beta.

SharpDevelop 1.0, MonoDevelop 0.5.1 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-23 .NET 29 Comments

The long awaited 1.0 release of SharpDevelop is here. It is a good replacement to VisualStudio (the .NET framework comes for free, so you can develop for .NET on the cheap). Elsewhere, the twin brother of SharpDevelop, MonoDevelop for the Mono framework released version 0.5.1, a bug fix release.

DeveloperLand: Optimize Your Views

Submitted by Joan 2004-09-23 In the News No Comments

Two interesting articles/reflections about business in the new economy: one, two.

Interview with Camino project head Mike Pinkerton

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-23 macOS 16 Comments

ArsTechnica interviews the leader behind the OSX Camino browser project, while O'Reilly has an article about the OSX utility browsers you never knew about.

Qt 4 Preview 2 Highlights Accessibility; D-BUS Bindings for Qt 4

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-23 Qt 125 Comments

Trolltech has announced the availability of the second Qt 4 Technical Preview. Key highlights include support for AT-SPI, bringing accessibility to the Unix and Linux desktop for people with disabilities.

The Paradox of Choice: Round Three

Guest post by Christian Paratschek 2004-09-23 Editorial 93 Comments

After reading Adam Scheinberg's original article "The Paradox of Choice" and Kevin Russo's response, I want to add my personal comments to this discussion. I will quote Adam and Russo several times and pick up their arguments.

Apple integrates online store into Mac OS X Tiger application?

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-23 Apple 141 Comments

Running out of ink? The Apple online store carries several varieties, as users of the company's next-generation operating system may soon find out.

A Progress Bar that Doesn’t Progress; Create a Debugger Visualizer

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-23 .NET 6 Comments

Sometimes you just need to show that you are doing something, even if you can't say how long it is going to take. One effective way of illustrating this state is to display a cyclic animation. Building your own progress bar is probably the easiest part of this column; understanding how to use it in your own applications is the real trick. This article describes how to create a visualizer, using the Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 release, which enables you to customize the way data is displayed when you are debugging through managed code.

Statistical programming with R

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-23 General Development 28 Comments

This series introduces you to R, a rich statistical environment, released as free software. It includes a programming language, an interactive shell, and extensive graphing capability. What's more, R comes with a spectacular collection of functions for mathematical and statistical manipulations -- with still more capabilities available in optional packages.