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JDS gets Gaming Support from GCCLinux.com

Submitted by Sam Hiser 2004-10-14 Oracle and SUN 25 Comments

Tom Adelstein interviews Ricardo Wagemaker on DesktopLinux.com. Wagemaker, based in the UK, is founder of GCCLinux.com, a company (Global Computer Corporation) and Web site dedicated to supporting GNU/Linux--and the Java Desktop System ("JDS") in particular--as the premier entertainment and gaming environment.

Google Desktop Search Tool Goes Beta

Adam Scheinberg 2004-10-14 In the News 39 Comments

Google has released a beta version of their desktop search tool which runs on Windows XP and 2000 SP3+. Details can be found here and more in depth reviews here and here. Its release is amid more concerns of privacy, many of which began when Google's Gmail system was introduced. Update: AOL wishes the same.

Mandrakelinux 10.1 Beta 2 (x86_64) Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-14 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 22 Comments

The second beta of Mandrakelinux 10.1 for x86_64 has been released. Update: Here's another Mandrake 10.1 review for your reading pleasure.

Red Hat to embedded: “I’m back”

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-14 Red Hat 15 Comments

Red Hat has launched a program to support embedded deployments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The "Red Hat Runtime" program targets developers looking for a well-supported Linux foundation on which to build commercial embedded systems and devices that are not particularly resource-constrained and which are based on mainstream architectures.

FreeBSD Documentation: An Interview with Tom Rhodes

Submitted by FreeBSD_User 2004-10-14 FreeBSD 34 Comments

FreeBSD has been known for excellent documentation and here is a rare sneak peak behind the scenes of the FreeBSD document project with FreeBSD's very own Tom Rhodes.

iPods, notebooks help Apple double profits

Submitted by Richard Levangie 2004-10-13 Apple 96 Comments

Apple reported its quarterly profit had more than doubled on strong sales of its iPod digital music player & laptops, and said revenue and earnings for the current quarter would top Wall Street estimates.

Review: Moving to the Linux Business Desktop By Marcel Gagné

Guest post by Will Senn 2004-10-13 Office 21 Comments

This is Marcel Gagné's third book with Addison-Wesley following, Linux System Administration: A User's Guide and Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!. Marcel is also the well-respected author of Linux Journal's, Cooking with Linux. The author has written this excellent book with near-perfect timing.

Ubuntu Linux 4.10 RC Released; Review: Should you do Ubuntu?

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-13 Ubuntu 87 Comments

Ubuntu Linux is a new Debian-based distro sponsored by Canonical Ltd. NewsForge spent a week using Ubuntu and came away impressed, despite some of its obvious teething pains. Update: A release candidate of Ubuntu Linux 4.10 is now available.

Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 SP1 Free 45-Day Trial Edition

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-13 Microsoft 29 Comments

Virtual PC is a powerful software virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple PC-based operating systems simultaneously on one workstation, providing a safety net to maintain compatibility with legacy applications while you migrate to a new operating system. It also saves reconfiguration time, so your support, development, and training staff can work more efficiently. This is a 45-day time-out, full version of the Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 product. No serial number is required.

Debian installation guide and tips

Submitted by Rudi van Bavel 2004-10-13 Debian 25 Comments

This guide describes in detail the installation process for a dual boot computer with Debian GNU/ Linux as well as some configuration guidelines. As an addition this guide has a section for bio-informatics tools installation.

Freescale gets back in the game

Guest post by Nicholas Blachford 2004-10-13 Hardware 58 Comments

Apple and PC users alike criticised Motorola when the G4 CPUs failed to keep pace with the aggressive clock speed ramping of processors from AMD and Intel. The newly announced 8641D with dual cores, dual DDR-II memory controllers and more is set to change all that.

Sun’s COO Jonathon Schwartz speaks Openly

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-13 Oracle and SUN 36 Comments

Sun Microsystems president and COO Jonathan Schwartz is in Sydney to meet with government and corporate clients. His outspoken, maverick views frequently put him at odds with his competitors as Computerworld's Rodney Gedda discovered in an interview yesterday.

Will Linux finish off the Mac?

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-13 Apple 171 Comments

"A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh faithful. After all, since Microsoft, which can marshal its forces and target competitors at will with lethal precision, hasn’t finished-off Apple after all these years (and I’m not saying that this was necessarily a Redmond goal), how on earth can an operating system like Linux spell trouble for Apple?" Read the comentary at ZDNet by David Berlind.

Real-time responses for Linux possible, but unwanted

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-13 Linux 25 Comments

MontaVista, a Californian start-up has proposed a hard real-time response system for Linux, but the proposal has already been rubbished by Linus Torvalds.

Sun Lights up Java Desktop on x86

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-13 Oracle and SUN 24 Comments

Sun Microsystems has taken the wraps off a new version of its Java Desktop System (JDS) running on its Solaris OS. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker, which made its JDS Release 2 software available this past weekend, said it has now ported the desktop environment to Solaris running Intel and AMD x86-based servers and workstations.

A Skype Review

Guest post by Alessandro Giusti 2004-10-12 Rumors 46 Comments

I love Skype. The concept is nothing new, it is an Internet Telephony application: years have passed with people talking to each other for free over the Internet, and it has always been considered cool. However traditional telephones are on everyone's desk today as they were three decades ago, despite that most of these desks now feature PCs connected with fat pipes to the Web.

KDE 3.3.1 Released

Submitted by Brett 2004-10-12 KDE 30 Comments

KDE 3.3.1 is a maintenance release which provides corrections of problems reported using the KDE bug tracking system and greatly enhanced support for existing translations and new translations.

Cherry OS lets PCs emulate Macs

Submitted by Pee Drinker 2004-10-12 macOS 61 Comments

Maui, Hawaii-based MXS announced Tuesday the release of Cherry OS, an emulator that lets PCs run Mac OS X. The virtual machine emulated by Cherry OS sports full network capabilities and has complete access to the host computer's hardware resources -- hard drive, CPU, RAM, FireWire, USB, PCI, PCMCIA bus, Ethernet networking and modem. It purportedly runs at about 80 percent of the performance of the host CPU, according to the developer.

The Seed of Apple’s Innovation; OSX 10.3.6 News

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-12 Apple 47 Comments

CEO Steve Jobs says among other practices, it's "saying no to 1,000 things" so as to concentrate on the "really important" creations. Elsewhere, a forthcoming update to Apple's Mac OS X 10.3 Panther operating system nears release as the company provides documentation of its feature set.

Microsoft opens Windows to the home

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-12 Windows 3 Comments

Bill Gates unveils plans to make Media Center software the centerpiece of the digital home. Brand-name PC makers debut a host of new PCs that feature Microsoft's Media Center 2005 software.