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Preview of Windows XP Media Center Edition

Submitted by Platypus 2004-11-01 Windows 8 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its Media Center OS, which turns a PC into a Tivo-like device and digital jukebox. While the last version only came pre-installed on rather expensive hardware, there are already vendors lined up with some less expensive (and pretty cool) hardware this time around. Read more in this Mercury News article.

Southern California Linux Expo

Submitted by Andrea 2004-11-01 Linux No Comments

The annual Southern California Linux Expo will take place on February 12-13 2005 in Los Angeles. Organizers are making a call for papers, if you'd be interested in participating.

Techworld updates Windows vs. Linux report

Submitted by Andrew Yeomans 2004-11-01 Rumors 30 Comments

Techworld just released an updated version of their Report on Windows vs. Linux. This report tries to separate myth from reality... In particular, we have looked at new technological developments since the last survey. We offer no blanket conclusion that Linux is better than Windows, or vice versa, but point out the technological areas where one scores highly and the other less well.

Evaluation copy of Lycoris available

Submitted by Platypus 2004-11-01 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 40 Comments

According to Distrowatch an evaluation edition of the Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 has been released. The edition only contains GPL components and the license prevents its use after the initial 45-day evaluation period. Get more information via their press release here and their sneak peak page. Update: 100 Lycoris screenshots.

Arch Linux 0.7 beta2 released

Submitted by Platypus 2004-11-01 Linux 38 Comments

The second beta of Arch Linux 0.7 code named Wombat has been released for public consumption and testing. Kernel 2.6.9 is included. Get it from the download mirrors.

Zeta and OpenBFS presented at Kansai Open Source 2004

Submitted by Koki 2004-11-01 Zeta 24 Comments

BeOS/Zeta user group JPBE.net recently exhibited at the Kansai Open Source 2004 show held in Osaka, Japan, inviting yellowTAB Senior Development Engineer Bruno G. Albuquerque to host a seminar on OpenBFS, and to demo the latest version of Zeta OS. News site www.iscomputeron.com now carries a report of Kansai Open Source 2004, while videos of the OpenBFS session and an on stage Zeta demo are also available from JPBE.net. Also, C# for BeOS.

FreeBSD 5.3-RC2 Available

Submitted by Bascule 2004-11-01 FreeBSD 28 Comments

Release announcement of the FreeBSD 5.3-RC2 release available here.

Book Review: Mono: A Developer’s Notebook

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-31 Mono 10 Comments

Here's the only recent and still valid book for Mono: "Mono: A Developer's Notebook" by Edd Dumbill and Niel M. Bornstein. The book is under O'Reilly's "notebook" series, which are meant to be books mainly consisted by notes. Here's our quick review.

XFce 4.2 beta 2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-31 Xfce 61 Comments

The second beta of the upcoming XFce 4.2 is now available for testing.

Solaris 10 build 69 available

Submitted by sunfan 2004-10-31 Solaris 34 Comments

According this article Solaris 10 beta7 aka. build 69 available for download from Sun Microsystems.

New NetBSD Logo Available

Submitted by ephemeral 2004-10-31 NetBSD 61 Comments

The NetBSD project has chosen their new logo. High-res version available too.

Porting Your Visual C++ .NET Programs to Visual Studio 2005

Submitted by Vesko Peev 2004-10-30 .NET 24 Comments

Stan Lippman discusses issues that developers should be aware of when porting applications to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

Portable.NET 0.6.10 released

Submitted by Maciek Plewa 2004-10-30 .NET 14 Comments

The long anticipated update to Portable.NET has been released. The new version features important patches and fixes for Serial I/O, threading support, sockets and many more - read the full announcement for details or download the source code now (binaries will be available shortly).

Darwinports 2000 packages milestone

Submitted by Jeff 2004-10-30 BSD & Darwin 10 Comments

The Darwinports project recently announced the 2000th package has been added to its collection.

Design By Contract for C

Submitted by .luke 2004-10-30 General Development 21 Comments

OnLAMP features a new article on how to use a simple implementation of DBC with C code. If you ever wanted to know what designing by contract is, and why C's assert is not enough read this.

Twenty Third Party Gnome Apps you Can’t Live Without

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-30 Gnome 94 Comments

When on Unix/Linux I mostly use Gnome, and so here are some of the best third party GTK+ applications around I have found.

Concerns over Windows cashpoints

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-30 Windows 70 Comments

Viruses could stop you getting cash from an ATM Cash machine networks could soon be more susceptible to computer viruses, a security firm has warned. The warning is being issued because many banks are starting to use the Windows operating system in machines.

Reading Suggestions for the Weekend

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-30 Office 15 Comments

We've put together a short list of tech books that could keep you company this weekend.

SimplyMEPIS – Best Free Desktop Linux

Submitted by Jack 2004-10-30 Linux 55 Comments

DesktopLinux has published a detailed and lengthy eight page review of SimplyMEPIS 2004. In the review, SimplyMEPIS is declared "the absolute masterpiece of desktop Linux distributions." There are several screen shots to go along with the article. Update: More Mepis screenshots here.

Apple Global Market Share Falls to 1.8% as Competitors Post Gains

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-29 Apple 129 Comments

Apple's worldwide market share fell to 1.8% in the third quarter of this year from 2.1%, and dropped to 3.2% from 3.6% in the U.S., according to figures from research company Gartner. The numbers also showed dramatic declines in the quarter-to-quarter growth rate of Macs sold while Apple's Windows-based competitors saw double digit increases in the U.S and an almost 10% rise worldwide.