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Turbolinux Announces Release of Turbolinux 10 Server

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-06 Linux 3 Comments

Turbolinux today announced the anticipated release of Turbolinux 10 Server (10S). Turbolinux 10S significantly expands on the high performance capabilities of its first-generation predecessor, Turbolinux 8 Server, released in October of 2002.

McOS Re 0.4.1 Released

Submitted by Paul McLauren 2004-10-06 OS News 32 Comments

The first bootable release of McOS Re 0.4.1 is available. McOS Re is a project dedicated to the re-creation of the Traditional Mac OS. The first goal is to be source- and binary-compatible with native PowerPC code for Mac OS.

Open Source Software: Customers Define the Field We Play On

Guest post by Dave Richards 2004-10-06 Open Source 34 Comments

We're a small, Open Source software vendor that's been offering a variant of an Open Source CRM since 2000. We have some large corporate clients with significant installations and hundreds and hundreds of users with smaller ones. Our product is called Centric CRM though until recently it was known as Dark Horse CRM.

What would happen to Java if Sun…

Submitted by Anonymous 2004-10-06 Java 57 Comments

This article discusses a topic that is often discussed among Java developers, and raised as a problem with Java's license by GPL advocates. What would happen to Java if Sun were to go out of business or be aquired by another company? Unfortunately, the article really doesn't give any answers. It only raises more questions and leaves room for lots of discussion.

Microsoft prepares to kill Linux with different Windows flavours

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-06 Windows 56 Comments

Microsoft is developing versions of Windows with only a subset of its code base, designed for specific server tasks. The intention is to reduce maintenance costs and create products that are less vulnerable to attack, and so tackle head-on the threat posed by Linux.

PatchBurn 3.0 for Mac OS X Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-05 macOS 16 Comments

PatchBurn is a tool to patch existing CD/DVD-drivers (under Mac-OS X 10.2.x) or to generate and install new device profiles (under Mac-OS 10.3.x and later). It allows many, otherwise unsupported burners to be used directly with Mac OS X, iTunes and DiscBurner. It has given life to my (otherwise unsupported) external SONY DVD-/+RW drive and so it comes recommended. PatchBurn is harmless, as all it does is create a new description profile for the drive so OSX knows how to deal with it.

NetBSDs Quarterly Status Report published

Submitted by Karsten Kruse 2004-10-05 NetBSD 13 Comments

Jan Schaumann published the NetBSD Foundation's third quarterly status report, covering the months July through September of 2004.

A quick guide for repairing your kernel from a live CD

Guest post by Ben Hughes 2004-10-05 Linux 31 Comments

GNU/Linux, and all other operating systems, are based around a kernel which controls hardware access and maximizes CPU and RAM efficiency by controlling when and how much programs get to use. The difference between Linux and most other operating systems (closed source ones at least BSD and other open source OS's you can do this with) is that you can compile the kernel to meet your needs.

Latest Apple interface spotted in new Tiger builds

Submitted by Ron Johnson 2004-10-05 macOS 38 Comments

Brushed aluminum swept aside as Apple's Mail 2.0 will reportedly sport an updated theme.

Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadline

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-05 Windows 33 Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was in a lighthearted mood during a swing through the Netherlands, but did he give a serious clue about Longhorn?

‘Fun of Computing 2004’ show report

Mike Bouma 2004-10-05 Amiga & AROS 15 Comments

Here you can find a show report of last weekend's multi-platform 'Fun of Computing 2004' event which was held in Ilmenau, Germany. The highlight was a demonstration of AmigaOS4. These presentation sheets from a French Amiga event which was held one week prior to this event, shows the current development status of AmigaOS4.

SuSE’s YaST 9.1 Screenshosts

Guest post by Steve Mallett 2004-10-05 SuSE, openSUSE 21 Comments

The SuSE linux distribution has been on people's radar in the past year since it became an acquired property of Novell. One of the flagship features of SuSE has always been YaST, SuSE's installation and system management tool. Interesting to see what YaST was like now that it has been open source'd by Novell & share the results here with the screenshots.

Virtual servers: VMware vs Microsoft

Submitted by NS 2004-10-05 Rumors 10 Comments

While the benefits of virtual machines on a workstation may be quite straightforward, there are more far-reaching ramifications for virtual machines on a server. Micrososft's Virtual Server 2005 integrates with Microsoft's management & third-party tools, while VMware's Virtual Server GSX has its own virtual infrastructure management software called VirtualCentre and can also integrate with third-party tools.

A Look at Linare Professional

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-05 Linux 30 Comments

Linare Corp sent us in the Pro version of their Linare Linux flavor. We are taking a quick look at the product, at it's advantages and occasional... missteps.

HP tells Sun to get its facts straight

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-05 Unix 25 Comments

Hewlett-Packard has formally demanded that Sun Microsystems and its president, Jonathan Schwartz, stop publishing what it calls "misleading and factually incorrect statements" about HP's commitment to its version of Unix--but Sun is standing firm.

Stateless Linux Strikes Client Balance

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-05 Red Hat 28 Comments

Red Hat Inc. recently announced a project to provide a centralized management solution for connected and disconnected users that provides administrators with tight control over the systems they manage, using the same tools for connected and disconnected users.

Legendary file manager, Directory Opus, new version

Guest post by Damien McKenna 2004-10-05 In the News 61 Comments

GP Software have released the latest edition of Directory Opus, aka DOpus. In skipping revision numbers from v6 to v8, DOpus has gained a vast amount of flexibility for viewing and managing different document types. Some of the highlights include:

Security Update 2004-09-30 for Mac OS X Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-04 macOS 22 Comments

Security Update 2004-09-30 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: AFP Server, CUPS, NetInfoManager, postfix and QuickTime.

The Common Creative(s)

Guest post by Dennis Heuer 2004-10-04 Graphics 19 Comments

Over the last few weeks there were a lot of articles and discussions about how to manage a project well. From commercial success to user support nearly every subject was set on proof. However, after I've read the comments to the articles my conclusion was very plain: some minds will never change!

FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 Released

Submitted by Joel Dahl 2004-10-04 FreeBSD 60 Comments

Fixes and enhancements made since BETA6 on FreeBSD 5.3: fix timekeeping on sparc64 and alpha that would result in the day of the week being stored incorrectly in NVRAM; add support to the fxp driver for the ICH6 chipset; fix the panic on detach problem with USB hubs; import BIND 9.3.0, this completely replaces the old BIND 8.x nameserver in the base system; fix panic when allocating swap on a busy system; fix loader crash when using the 'lsdev' command".