In this new version, there is more refinement on the UI (layout, new icons, Look'n'Feel), and the editor now supports code folding.

First, allow me to say that I have only been using Linux for about 5 months, so I'm a comparative newbie to many in the Linux world. I don't make presumptions to know everything. With that in mind, this review is not geared toward the Linux veteran, but for people who have more curiosity than experience with Linux.

Subversion 1.0.4 is a bugfix release that fixes a few problems. "svn up" can now delete unversioned data on Win32 filesystems. Memory leaks in "svnlook diff/changed/dirs-changed" were plugged. An insecure script example in the pre-commit-hook template and the inability to do a checkout to "/" were fixed.

Linux Compatible has published a review on Fedora Core 2 with 30 screenshots: "Fedora Core 2 is the latest release of Red Hat's community supported Linux distribution. This release is available on 4 CDs (+ 4 CDs sources) or 1 DVD, and for x86-compatible (32-bit) and AMD64 (64-bit) platforms."

This update (10.2.8 here) delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: HelpViewer.

A NY startup selling Linux-based thin-client management software has called foul on HP and Dell for recent efforts to fund computer recycling programs. Symbio Technologies says they stand to sell more new PCs if future diskless clients are destroyed, instead of being donated to schools or resold.

During the last few months Chuck Silvers has refined the support for non-executable mappings on NetBSD. Non-executable mappings make parts of the stack and heap non-executable when they are marked writable. This makes exploiting potential buffer overflows harder.

Linux.com has a review of Sun's second release of their GNU/Linux-based Java Desktop System.

News.com is carrying an article that seems to have gone by unnoticed. Macromedia is looking into releasing Linux versions of their development tools. This will immediately make Flash development accessible. Future products will enable Linux users to program using next generation Macromedia technologies such as MXML.

Mozilla.org today released the latest milestone of the Mozilla Suite and platform, 1.8 Alpha 1. This release is the first step towards a new milestone plan, outlined below. New in this release is a basic FTP upload UI, better Linux mouse support, and a number of other features. A more complete change log is also available. Builds are starting to become available on the FTP servers currently.

Sun's aim was to produce a viable alternative to Microsoft's pervasive Windows and Office products. And you know what, it very nearly succeeded, says PCPro on their review.

Here is a step-by-step tutorial on getting GCJ working on Mac OS X. It's aimed at Java devs on OS X who probably don't have any experience with configuring and building GCC.

This review takes us through a tour of what is new in SUSE Linux 9.1. The article goes into the Yast control center as well as both desktop environments, KDE and GNOME also pointing out a few problems or inconviniences.

Muglia, a 16-year veteran of Microsoft, is tasked with building Longhorn Server, likely the most complex operating system ever designed. What's more, Muglia must keep a long train of updates and service packs for older versions of Windows rolling off the production line. He sat down with CNET News.com to talk about Longhorn, the evolving Linux threat and how Microsoft builds Windows.