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Managing Packages on Panther with DarwinPorts

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-10 BSD & Darwin 5 Comments

"One of the first things I started doing almost immediately after installing Mac OS X when it first came out in March 2001, was to begin downloading and building Unix-based open source applications. I was able to build quite a few applications by performing the usual configure/make/make install sequence." Read the rest of the article at MacDevCenter.

Chronicles of a WinFx Developer: Just Getting Started

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-10 Windows 11 Comments

From ActiveWin: Adam Kinney, a known blogger in the Avalon community, tells us of his experiences getting started with Longhorn, and what's working and what's not. Elsewhere, Joe Beda, development lead on the Avalon/Longhorn team, talks about the 3D capabilities that will be delivered in Longhorn.

Sun Rolls Out Free Java Application Server 8

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-10 Java 15 Comments

Sun has released the latest version of its Java application server software, and as in the past, has made it available for free download to developers, TechWeb reports.

Ark Linux 1.0 alpha 11 Released

Submitted by Bero 2004-04-10 Linux 14 Comments

The Ark Linux team has announced the immediate availability of Ark Linux 1.0 alpha 11, a new version of its easy to use, easy to learn desktop operating system.

Sun kills UltraSparc V, Gemini chips

Submitted by Ken Farmer 2004-04-09 Oracle and SUN 50 Comments

Sun Microsystems has discontinued development of two planned chips as it retrenches in a difficult era for the company. More at News.com.

How Microsoft Is Clipping Longhorn

Submitted by Oni 2004-04-09 Windows 42 Comments

To get the already-delayed follow-up to Windows XP out the door by 2006, it has decided to omit some of the most ambitious features, including WinFS over network.

KDE 3.2: A User’s Perspective

Submitted by Navindra Umanee 2004-04-09 KDE 26 Comments

W. Kendrick gives a visual overview of lesser known KDE features in KDE 3.2 - A User's Perspective (mirror). He covers everything from SuperKaramba to the new Kiosk tool.

Gnomers Blog on Future of Gnome; Dropline Gnome 2.6 Released

Submitted by Witek Wasilewski 2004-04-09 Gnome 12 Comments

Red Hat, Ximian and Debian developers are discussing the future of Gnome and its place in the desktop marketplace at Planet Gnome (scroll to read all discussions taking place). In the meantime Dropline GNOME 2.6 became available for Slackware, while the Gnome bindings have reached RC status.

Is Linux a National Security Risk?

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-09 Linux 49 Comments

Proprietary OS vendor Green Hills and its CEO Dan O'Dowd have launched a broadside against the use of Linux in military and defense applications.

OpenBeOS: Networking Kit Milestone

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-09 Haiku 19 Comments

From OpenBeOS.org "We have reached a milestone toward self-hosting. The prolific Waldemar Kornewald checked in a file using our netstack and PPP code."

A Look on ICEwm; XOrg Vs XFree86

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2004-04-09 Wayland 17 Comments

Jim Farnsworth takes a look at the ICEwm under MEPIS. On other X11 news, with Release, X.Org seals the fate of XFree86 says InternetNews.

Mac OS X Panther Applications and Utilities

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-09 macOS 12 Comments

Mac OS X comes with dozens of utilities and applications—many of which can be easily cataloged, such as Internet and media tools. Many applications, however, can't easily be assigned a category. This chapter covers the useful Mac OS X applications and utilities that you're likely to use regularly.

OpenGL Advances with the Times

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-09 3D 10 Comments

OpenGL, the decade-old mother of all graphics application programming interfaces (APIs), is getting two significant updates to bring it into the 21st century.

A Primer on NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)

Submitted by TTF 2004-04-09 Hardware No Comments

NUMA is a memory architecture used in multiprocessors wherein apart from the common system memory each processor has its own local memory which can be used for the processor's own computations.

Reminder: Write a Development Article, Win a 3000USD Prize

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-09 Gifts, Contests 19 Comments

Three days are left for our 'Aspire Swatter' competition (prize worth $3000 US) and we have only received a single submission. Participate, as the chance of winning is huge!

Microsoft Readies for Software Bootleg Binge

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-09 Windows 13 Comments

Microsoft acknowledged today its investigation into the illegal use of an activation key generator for enterprise software including Windows Server 2003.

Power-using Eclipse 3.0M8 with Templates

Guest post by Laurent Duperval 2004-04-09 General Development 26 Comments

Eclipse is one powerful IDE. I've been using it for a few weeks and in this article, I will be reviewing a few of the features that make it such a wonderful tool.

MSDN TV: Using High Performance Features in Visual C++

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-09 General Development No Comments

In this episode, learn how to make use of some new features added to Visual C++ in Visual Studio 2005. These include adding OpenMP to your application, optimizing your application with Profile-Guided Optimization, and building a 64-bit application.

CLR: Beware of Fully Trusted Code

Eugenia Loli 2004-04-09 .NET 12 Comments

K. Brown pulled together a number of examples where fully trusted code can skirt around CLR security features, starting each with a question that seems to have an obvious answer.

Looking at the New Gnome 2.6

Guest post by Maynard Kuona 2004-04-08 Gnome 94 Comments

Maynard Kuona takes a look on Gnome 2.6-pre and discovers a whole new world of new features and well-crafted interfaces built-in on every Gnome-bundled application.