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Image Processing using GTK+

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-06 GTK+ 16 Comments

This document aims to explain the feasibility of image processing using GTK. The document scratches the surface when it comes to explaining the nook & corner of Image processing theory. It shows examples of pixel based filters and convolution filters. Developers are asked to rewrite the doc to GTK#.

Opera 7.51 Released for Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and Windows

Submitted by Carlos Vendramini 2004-06-06 Opera 70 Comments

Opera Software released a new version of Opera browser which brings a security fix and in addition:

Microsoft slows to support customers’ pace

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-06 Windows 66 Comments

The software maker's decision to extend support for many of its products reflects a new reality: Customers are increasingly reluctant to update major software components every few years just to keep up with Microsoft's shipment schedules.

Experiments with Kernel 2.6 on a Hyperthreaded Pentium 4

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-06 Linux 12 Comments

LinuxGazette .net and .com have a few interesting articles to share with us: "A Bare-Bones Guide to Firewalls", "Firewalling with netfilter/iptables", "Experiments with Kernel 2.6 on a Hyperthreaded Pentium 4" and "Timers in Linux". At O'Reilly you can find "Tales of Optimization and Troubleshooting".

IRIX 6.5.24 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-05 SGI and IRIX 31 Comments

IRIX 6.5.24 has been released and is shipping with all new systems from SGI worldwide manufacturing centers. The IRIX 6.5.24 release continues the focus on stability, reliability, security and compatibility required in the IRIX 6.5.xx quarterly release process.

VMWare Workstation 4.5 Review

Submitted by Hernan Di Pietro 2004-06-05 OS News 27 Comments

A review of VMWare 4.5 appeared at Hernan Di Pietro's HDP Tools Site including a test of VMWare 4.5 running Windows Server 2003.

Open Letter to Sun: The Case for Open-Sourcing Java

Guest post by Michael Klein 2004-06-05 Java 62 Comments

This was a letter I recently wrote to Sun's head of global communications, Russ Castronovo, after reading his interview with Chuck Talk on orangecrate.com, and then reading the ongoing pro-/anti-Mono arguments over at PlanetGnome. Now that Sun seems to be on the brink of making the decision to open-source Java (or not to), I thought it would be an appropriate time to take action.

Poll: Favorite Version Control System

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-05 General Development 46 Comments

For all you developers, click in and vote for your favorite Version Control System!

Security Differences Between Windows and Mac OS X

Submitted by Billy Kakes 2004-06-05 Privacy, Security 111 Comments

Here’s a billion-dollar question: Why are Windows users besieged by security exploits, but Mac users are not? John Gruber is discussing why this happens and ultimately concludes that it doesn't matter why, what it matters is that you can't argue with facts.

GTK+ 2.4.2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-04 GTK+ 16 Comments

GTK+ and GLib 2.4.2 are released. This is a bug fix release and is source and binary compatible with 2.4.0. There are a considerable number of fixes in this release, especially in the areas of GtkFileChooser, GtkComboBox and GtkEntryCompletion. Also, a problem on Solaris has been fixed.

Draft on the GNOME Roadmap

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-04 Gnome 36 Comments

Ximian's Dave Camp posted a draft Gnome Roadmap for versions 2.8+. Issues up for discussion are Mozilla/Epiphany, incorportation of peer to peer filesharing, blogging, addition of more media widgets etc. Also, ULB Gnome 0.8.0 for SuSE & Dropline Gnome 2.6.1 for Slackware are out.

Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 Out in July

Submitted by Thom Holwerda 2004-06-04 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 20 Comments

Desktop/LX 1.4 (formerly known as Update 4) is coming in July. It features an updated desktop powered by KDE 3.2.2 and its newer kernel supports even more hardware.

No decision on open-source Java

Submitted by Will Senn 2004-06-04 Java 12 Comments

Contrary to published reports, Sun has not made a decision as to whether or not to release its Java platform under an open source software license, company executives said Friday.

Arch for CVS Users

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-04 General Development 11 Comments

CVS users, don't let the next-generation version control system scare you. The basic functionality in Arch can be just as simple as CVS. LinuxJournal covers the basic commands you need to get started.

Celebrating Ten Years of BeOS

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-04 Haiku 118 Comments

PalmSource ain't gonna make a birthday party for BeOS but it would only be fair if the rest of us, users, remember the "media OS" as the innovative operating system of the late '90s, still used by some. Depending on how you count, it was early 1994 when the first BeOS version left the Be, Inc. offices and headed toward Be's "partners" and "developers". It was 1994 when the word started to spread around among geeks about this "new and exciting" OS and soon, external devs got access to it.

Microsoft offering free OS for ‘cold’ servers

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-04 Windows 6 Comments

In what could be a sign of things to come, Microsoft Corp. is offering a small sweetener to its Software Assurance licensing program. From this week the company will allow servers used for disaster recovery to carry copies of its Windows server software at no extra cost. Update: Elsewhere, IBM this week relaxed stringent requirements for running the highest-end version of its Windows server software, effectively lowering the overall price 30 percent in some cases and potentially expanding the pool of interested customers.