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Embedable C/C++ interpreter Ch 4.7 released

Submitted by xiaodong xzhou 2004-09-28 General Development 11 Comments

Ch is an embeddable C/C++ interpreter for cross platform scripting, 2D/3D plotting, shell programming, numerical computing and embedded scripting. Ch supports Windows, Linux,Solaris, HP-UX, FreeBSD and Mac OSX. Ch can be easily interface with binary C/C++ library, andbe embeded or plugin into other C/C++ application programs as scripting engine. Ch Standard Edition is free for commercial and non-commercial use in all platforms.

Crux-PPC 2.0 released

Submitted by corinne 2004-09-28 Linux 4 Comments

Crux-PPC 2.0 was released today: announcement and review.

Interview with Mikael Hallendal, Founder of Imendio

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-28 Original OSNews Interviews 38 Comments

Imendio, based in Sweden, provides services in application and platform development based for Gnome/GTK+ on Linux, *BSD and UNIX based systems. Today, we interview its founder, Mikael Hallendal (also known in the Gnome developer community as the author of Gossip, Blam! and DevHelp applications) about the business of Imendio, the challenges GTK+ poses and more.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Beta 1 Available

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-28 Red Hat 22 Comments

Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.4-Beta1 is a preview of the next generation of Red Hat's comprehensive suite of enterprise operating systems - designed for mission-critical enterprise computing and certified by top enterprise software vendors. More info and download locations over at DistroWatch.

New OpenZaurus Version Features Fixed Konqueror

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-28 Wireless 26 Comments

OSNews reader "Cal" was very kind to let us know the answer to the question we posed last week about the embedded version of Konqueror. Read more about the problem, the solution and view screenshots.

Perens Hits Out at Sun over OpenOffice

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-28 In the News 64 Comments

Perens said the legal arrangement between Sun and Microsoft was "creepy." The agreement, he added, "essentially says that Sun will not stand together with the open source developers who contributed to their own product." Sun spokesperson Russ Castronovo, however, said Perens "can make whatever call he wants to make."

Rubydiam JIT in Development

Submitted by anon 2004-09-28 KDE 24 Comments

Not so long ago Richard Dale announced Korundum, a RAD environment for KDE. And we should not forgetting Kommander and the official Qt Designer. It seems that KDE/Qt have more than enough RAD tools around. Now another KDE developer has announced Rubydiam, his efforts to bring JIT optimization to Ruby. The results could well be a competing runtime for Free Software development.

Ubuntu Linux 4.10 Preview

Guest post by Michael Salivar 2004-09-27 Ubuntu 61 Comments

After reading about Canonical Software's philosophies upon September 15th's Ubuntu Linux preview release, I knew my dial up was about to be hurting. Three days later when I had the ISO in hand and Ubuntu installed, I knew the experience had to be shared. Hopefully this article will offer some insight into this wonderful, though buggy, Debian and Gnome distribution.

GNOME 2.10 Needs You!

Guest post by Vidar Braut Haarr 2004-09-27 Gnome 83 Comments

With GNOME 2.8 out the door, work on the next version, 2.10, is progressing nicely. There is some new and exciting software, and it's looking to be pretty sweet. There are still many things to be done, though, and if you want to help, there's a pretty good list with things just waiting to be done by you. Maybe even more important are the Nautilus bugs (over 1300 of them) and so its project leader is asking the community to get to work and fix as many as they can.

NetBSD 2.0-RC1 Third Party Builds Available

Submitted by daniel olsson 2004-09-27 NetBSD 30 Comments

Some NetBSD 2.0-RC1 builds for those how wants to try this RC1 for the i386 and sparc64. These are unofficial builds without extra patches, made by a NetBSD enthusiast/developer. UPDATE: Jan Schaumann of NetBSD writes:

PalmSource to unveil smart-phone software

Submitted by Ryan 2004-09-27 Wireless 7 Comments

PalmSource will go after the emerging smart-phone market with its latest operating system, looking to grow beyond its core handheld business. As expected, the market-share leader in handheld operating systems plans to announce on Tuesday the Cobalt 6.1, its first product specifically aimed at smart phones, at a developer conference in Munich.

Solaris vs Linux Blog Wars; OOo XML Format for ISO Standard?

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-27 Oracle and SUN 21 Comments

Solaris Kernel Developer Eric Schrock is bloging more about the Solaris vs. Linux issue and linux kernel moneky Greg is answering on his blog. More here. Elsewhere, Sun is looking into making OOo's XML format an ISO standard and at license options toward opening the Java source code; here are more thoughts on those, by engineer JBQ.

Reverse Migration: From Linux to Windows

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-27 Rumors 44 Comments

The number of enterprises migrating from Windows to Linux is a growing concern for Microsoft. But it's not a one-way street. Some companies-unhappy with their open-source experience-are making the switch back to Windows.

Apple’s G5 Power Mac versus Pentium 4, Dual Xeon, and Dual Athlon

Submitted by Richard Levangie 2004-09-27 Benchmarks 63 Comments

BareFeats is continuing their benchmark articles for the fastest workstation/desktop machines around.

Allchin To OEMs: Create Computing Experiences

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-27 Microsoft 6 Comments

Microsoft's Windows platform chief Jim Allchin last week told 50 top-tier OEMs to think more like custom-system builders. During Microsoft's annual OEM executive summit at company headquarters in Redmond, Wash., Allchin, group vice president of platforms, advised the vendors to shift development resources into creating computing "experiences" through which they can differentiate their offerings, rather than beating each other up mainly on price and spewing out product specs.

Review: Linux-based HP Thin Client With XFce 4

Guest post by Olivier Fourdan 2004-09-27 Xfce 44 Comments

This summer, in the beginning of August, HP has released a new Linux based thin client. Unlike the other models from the "t5000" line of HP thin clients which use Microsoft Windows CE as their embedded operating system, the "t5515" is based on the Linux operating system. This is also, to my knowledged, the first device that is using Xfce for its graphical user interface.