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GTK+ 2.4.3 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 GTK+ 63 Comments

GTK+ 2.4.3 is a bug fix release and is source and binary compatible with 2.4.0. The main reason for this quick followup release is a problem with the button size allocation logic in 2.4.2, which showed up in the Gimp. A number of other bugfixes have been included as well.

DotGNU Ported to PocketPC

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 .NET 12 Comments

Pocket C# is port of C# compiler from DotGNU project to Windows CE. DotGNU contains open-source runtime, compiler and tools creating a free cross-platform .NET environment.

Showdown with the Linux Gang

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 SCO 15 Comments

Working largely on their own time, Linux devotees apply their collaborative model for creating software, known as open source, to attack SCO and its case. Dozens of online detectives comb corporate documents, analyze legal filings and publish everything they can find about the company, its finances, management and connections to Microsoft.

Microsoft’s FAT Patent Under Review

Submitted by Moe and Larry 2004-06-11 Windows 34 Comments

In a move that could ultimatety deal a heavy blow to Microsoft's intellectual property rights, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will re-examine patent the company holds on the FAT (file allocation table) file system, a format used for the interchange of media between computers and digital devices.

Red Hat Desktop Review at Linux.com

Guest post by Jem Matzan 2004-06-11 Red Hat 24 Comments

Linux.com has published a review of Red Hat Desktop, Red Hat's new RHEL3-based corporate desktop product. It's a lot like Red Hat 9 was, except not available as a standalone product anymore. The software that comprises it is a little old, as well, but at least everything seems to work, says J. Matzan.

Microsoft: Linux threat is rising

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 Microsoft 51 Comments

More companies are using the threat of Linux when negotiating deals with Microsoft, one of the company's senior executives has admitted.

Beyond Proprietary Databases: Helen Borrie on the Future of Firebird

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 Databases 16 Comments

"Major corporations like Boeing, Lockheed and Motorola were InterBase users, so we've got the track record," Helen Borrie told LinuxInsider. "It's very satisfying to learn of yet another big corporation or enterprise product that has switched to Firebird, and, as the word gets out, it happens more often."

‘Cut and Paste’ Is Out, ‘Pick and Drop’ Is In

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 Graphics 6 Comments

From Slashdot: How do you exchange a file with a colleague or a photograph with a family member? Chances are that you cut the desired element and paste it into your e-mail program to send it. Now, imagine yourself in a meeting, picking a file on your PDA with a digital pen and using the same pen to drop it on your friend's laptop screen.

Windows HPC Edition in the Works

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 Windows 59 Comments

Although Microsoft has refused to confirm the many reports that say so, it appears the company is working on a version of its Windows Server platform specifically tailored for the high performance computing market... That Microsoft would branch off from Windows 2003 Server to create an HPC Edition makes perfect sense for a number of reasons.

Will .Net Developers Get Mono?

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 Mono 81 Comments

"Mono currently doesn't have an impact on most of my clients," said Thomas Murphy, VP of research services for Meta Group. "Use of Linux in the enterprise is growing, but most people are using it for Java and if they are comfortable with .Net they generally are comfortable with Windows," he told LinuxInsider.

Understanding ASP.NET View State

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-11 .NET 3 Comments

Scott Mitchell looks at the benefits of and confusion around View State in Microsoft ASP.NET. In addition, he shows you how you can interpret (and protect) the data stored in View State.

Opinion: TCO for Everyone who isn’t a Multinational Corporation

Guest post by Ryan (aka Aurex) 2004-06-10 In the News 125 Comments

Ever since Microsoft started publicly outing Linux with their "Get the Facts" campaign, I have seen numerous articles and studies about the TCO (total cost of ownership) of both products in a head to head manner. However, I have yet to see one article discuss the TCO for home users and small businesses. I have thought long and crunched many numbers to devise a conclusion to this years old debate and I think the results are obvious... Windows is way more expensive than Linux.

Subversion 1.0.5 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-10 General Development 4 Comments

Versions up to and including 1.0.4 have a potential denial of service and heap overflow issue related to the parsing of strings in the 'svn://' family of access protocols. This affects only sites running svnserve. It does not affect 'http://' access; repositories served only by Apache/mod_dav_svn do not have this vulnerability. This release fixes this issue.

SCO Revenue Takes a Tumble

Submitted by Tim H. of Rack64 2004-06-10 SCO 38 Comments

The SCO Group reported lackluster second-quarter results on Thursday, with revenue falling across its three divisions and its loss from operations widening and McBride blames IBM, Novell to SCO's fiscal woes. In the meantime, the Sun Vs SCO soap opera has started (here too).

Linux: Not for Everyone

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-10 Linux 77 Comments

"I am not hearing of many wholesale swaps from Windows to Linux," says Laura DiDio of the Yankee Group. "A company has to have a self-sufficient, experienced I.T. staff that can write custom applications, and be willing to risk not having an indemnification policy."

The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux Platform is Getting Fat

Guest post by Bob Marr 2004-06-10 Linux 484 Comments

Consider these memory requirements for Fedora Core 2, as specified by Red Hat: Minimum for graphical: 192MB and Recommended for graphical: 256MB Does that sound any alarm bells with you? 192MB minimum? I've been running Linux for five years (and am a huge supporter), and have plenty of experience with Windows, Mac OS X and others. And those numbers are shocking -- severely so. No other general-purpose OS in existence has such high requirements. Linux is getting very fat.

Eclipse 3.0-RC1 Available for Download

Submitted by Jeffrey Bacon 2004-06-10 General Development 26 Comments

Though not mentioned on the main Eclipse website yet, Eclipse 3.0RC1 is available for download on their main download site.

Mandrakelinux 10.0 for AMD64 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-10 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 19 Comments

Mandrakesoft has released the AMD64 edition of Mandrakelinux 10.0: "Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official for AMD64 combines the strengths of the 10.0 distribution with the latest technology of AMD Athlon64 and AMD Opteron processors. 10.0 Official for AMD64 is based on the PowerPack 10.0 with significant performance enhancements in all of the applications."

Overview of MSBuild, Part 2: From the Task Author’s Perspective

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-10 General Development 3 Comments

This second of a three-part article series explains how to write, install, and debug your own tasks to enhance what is possible to build with MSBuild.

Mandrake 10: A Long Time User’s Experiences

Guest post by David Donley 2004-06-09 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 56 Comments

I have been using Linux since 1993. I installed the first version of Slackware on a 16MB 386sx-25. Since then I have been using it almost exclusively on one or more of my PCs. So I consider myself as a bit of an expert. I have been using computers since 1982 mostly PCs, but also VAX mainframes and SPARC systems. Operating systems (and GUIs) I have been using include CP/M, DOS, Windows from Version 2 to XP, Geos, Beos, SCO Unix, Solaris, OS/2 and quite a few Linux Distros.