Tips on porting Intel apps to 32 bit and 64 bit Linux on POWER

IBM 19 Comments
This article reviews tips for porting 32-bit software from Linux IA32 to Linux PowerPC. Linux PowerPC also provides a platform for the development and deployment of 32 bit applications that would benefit from a 64 bit environment. This article shares the best practices for porting Intel applications to 64 bit Linux on power. In both casses, PowerPC derived chips offers industry leading performance and provides a world class hardware platform for the deployment and migration of Intel 32 bit and 64 bit apps to the Linux PowerPC environment.
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Gentoo 2004.2 Review

Gentoo 51 Comments
Gentoo Linux is the BSD of GNU/Linux distributions; it's elegant and customizable and you know exactly what you're getting when you install it. If you do it right, Gentoo is usually faster than your average GNU/Linux distro because everything can be compiled with higher compiler optimizations. The 2004.2 edition of Gentoo Linux lacks the improvements I had hoped to see, but this is still the best community GNU/Linux distribution for desktop tinkerers. Some even say that it makes a good server, too. Linux.com has the full review.
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Interview with Jeff Waugh On Ubuntu Linux

Original OSNews Interviews 76 Comments
The Debian-based Ubuntu Linux was unveiled today and a preview release is available for download. Ubuntu uses Gnome 2.8, kernel 2.6.8.1, OOo 1.1.2 and comes with a text-based, but dead-easy, installation procedure. Ubuntu has disabled the root user (sudo is used, same way as OSX does it) and it endorses the "less is more" philosophy. There are still bugs on the preview release, but the team welcomes feedback via their mailing list. Read more for an interview with team member Jeff Waugh (also of Debian and Gnome fame). Screenshots also included, and more are here to be found.
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Make simple clusters easy and complex clusters possible with xCAT

  Submitted by gham IBM 6 Comments
xCAT (Extreme Cluster Administration Toolkit) is a tool kit that can be used for the deployment and administration of complex Linux clusters. It makes simple clusters easy and complex clusters possible. The new release of XCAT v1.2.0-pre6 includes support for Kernel 2.6, JS20 (PPC64), RH Fedora Core 1 and 2, SuSE 9 and 9.1, SystemImager updates and alternative Java support for MPCLI.
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Gumstix and eInk – A glimpse of future plans?

Hardware 10 Comments
Gumstix is something I've ran into during my ever-continuous search for high tech gadgets in the embedded world. I like staying up to date with Via Mini- and NanoITX boards, iPaq's running Linux and things like Sony Librie and their restrictive DRM. It is an ever changing world out there, especially with the recent rise of iTunes and the MS-music store. These too try new techniques for a good balance between security and piracy. But I wasn't going to go into this. Too deeply. To get back on the road I'll tell you a little secret.
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Review: VMware 4.5.2

OS News 8 Comments
Virtual machine software allows you to run one operating system (and its applications) from within the environment of another. For years the most recognized name in virtual machine software for the x86 architecture has been VMware, whose eponymous industry-leading product supports a wide variety of guest operating systems. Read the review at NewsForge.
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 Announced

Graphics 28 Comments
With pro features like 16-bit per channel support, camera RAW and the healing brush, Adobe announced Photoshop Elements 3.0 today. Digital photo users in particular now have the choice of this powerful application that has little competition in its range, be it the free Gimp or the similarly priced PaintShopPro. Picture Window Pro is the only photo application that can outfeature Elements (and depending on the case, even Photoshop itself sometimes). Picture Window Pro is one of the favorite applications of photography professionals and it's at the same price range as Elements, 90 USD.
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