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What next for GNOME’s user interface?

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-04 Gnome 60 Comments

"Microsoft's XAML has a lot of people worried. Its advantage is to bring the ease of web page authoring and scripting into writing .NET application user interfaces. This makes immense sense. We have a desperate need for decent user interfaces, and the place where a large body of UI designers and programmers live and work at the moment is in web pages." Read the opinion of Gnome's Edd Dumbill and a reply from Miguel deIcaza.

YellowTAB Goes CeBIT, GigaTV; Gets Reviewed

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-04 Zeta 14 Comments

yellowTAB announced that they will be attending the CeBIT in Hannover this year while they have scheduled another TV appearence. In the meantime, FreeNet.de reviews Zeta (in German).

Ted Neward and Bruce Tate Talk Java

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-04 .NET 13 Comments

Ted Neward (DevelopMentor, TheServerSide.Net) and Bruce Tate (Bitter Java) talk about the relationship between Java and .NET, underscoring the issues with interop between the two platforms. Presentations are played using the Microsoft Windows Media Player.

Connect KDE applications using DCOP

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-04 KDE 9 Comments

Hidden deep within the KDE desktop lies a powerful set of scripting technologies that can allow the power user to automate many tasks. In this article, the author introduces us to these technologies and explains how they can be used to the fullest.

Longhorn News; Build 4053 Out in the Wild

Submitted by 2004-03-04 Windows 19 Comments

Recently lots of Longhorn News has been arising. An article at ADT Magazine discusses the possible release date of Longhorn, which could be anywhere from 2006 to 2008, as well as the management of code in the upcoming operating system.

Mandrake Move First Look

Guest post by Pete White 2004-03-04 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 9 Comments

The idea behind Mandrake Move is simple, you have a bootable CD with Mandrake Move on and a USB flash drive to store your data then you can use any PC at your disposal to do your work. Its a nice idea but as I found out it doesn't always work how you expected. Read More.

The Future of Computing Part 6: Replacements

Guest post by Nicholas Blachford 2004-03-03 Editorial 27 Comments

If it's AI and robots you wanted from this series then this one is for you. Artificial Intelligence exists today, when this and other technologies merge the result will be more like Science Fiction than any PC. The technology will be fantastic, the possibilities endless. Get it wrong, the consequences dire.

Swapping Red Hat for a Fedora

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-03 Fedora Core 35 Comments

"When asked about Fedora, I’ve always offered the same response – it’s meant for those who want to stay on the bleeding edge of Linux development. I feel that Fedora is more a change of concept and mindset for Red Hat users and developers rather than being merely a Linux distribution." Read the review at Star-TechCentral.

Beyond XFree86, Searching for the Alternative

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-03 Wayland 48 Comments

"There's another schism going on in the Linux world. Just in case you've been under a rock in the last few months the XFree86 team has changed their license. There's an uproar from several of the largest Linux distributions where they're refusing include XFree86 4.4 in their new releases. This is bad news for a few but also in the middle of this conflict begs the question. What are the alternatives?" Read the editorial at Linux.Warcy.com.

Finder co-Designer Not Keen on Current User Interface

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-03 Graphics 69 Comments

Steve Capps, co-designer of the Finder and much of the Mac's graphical user interface (as well as one of the folks behind the Newton OS), doesn't find much to excite him about either the Mac or Windows user interfaces these days.

Knoppix Linux version 3.3 Review by THG

Submitted by Alan 2004-03-03 Linux 18 Comments

"Do you want to explore Linux without blasting your pc? Do you want to have some of the greatest hacking tools, all on one bootable cd? Then Knoppix Linux is for you! The price is right, because it's Free." Read the review at TomsHardware.

SCO sues AutoZone

Submitted by Ressev 2004-03-03 SCO 49 Comments

SCO Group Inc. Wednesday said it has filed a copyright suit against auto-parts company AutoZone Inc., alleging the chain runs versions of the freely distributed Linux operating system that contain code belonging to SCO.

Microsoft Readies Another Cut-Rate Windows Bundle

Submitted by Tudy Parghel 2004-03-03 Windows 24 Comments

Right after dropping hints that it is readying new initiatives to combat the growth and popularity of open-source software overseas, Microsoft acknowledged Tuesday that it is offering a low-priced Windows bundle to Malaysian users.

GTK+ 2.3.5 released

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-03 GTK+ 28 Comments

Development versions GTK 2.3.5, GLib 2.3.5 and Pango 1.3.5 were released for testing.

IBM: Give Linux wireless networking a try

Submitted by Frank 2004-03-03 Linux 27 Comments

These days you cannot talk about computers and networks without thinking of Linux and wireless networking. This article explains wireless networking with WLAN, Bluetooth, GPRS, GSM, and IrDA from a Linux perspective. It uses various wireless devices and the corresponding kernel layers and user space tools to demonstrate how they work with Linux. With this knowlege you can tinker with various wireless devices having different form factors, and develop Linux kernel code required to enable unsupported devices.

Preliminary Statistics from our Mobile Web Pages

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-02 Internet 47 Comments

Building simple cHTML sites for the less-capable Phone/PDA/textmode browsers seems to be my passion lately, and so I thought I share some statistics with you. As you might know, the new OSNews "mobile" pages went live last weekend and we got some preliminary results:

Linux on the Opteron, Part III

Guest post by Robert Minvielle 2004-03-02 Linux 17 Comments

Continuing with the Linux on the AMD64 series of articles, this installment is to be a summary of two new distributions, and the changes that have been made to Gentoo since the last installment. Here I review the installation of TurboLinux 8 (both with and without the update CD), the installation of Fedora Core for x86_64, and more news on Gentoo for the AMD64.

Interview: Martin Taylor, Microsoft’s Manager for Platform Strategies

Submitted by Rodrigo 2004-03-02 Microsoft 32 Comments

Microsoft's general manager of platform strategies describes plans to compete with Linux, including segmenting the market into small, medium and large businesses. Taylor also defends the security and innovation of the proprietary development process against open source critics.

Calmira XP 3.32; shell for Windows 3.11

Submitted by i386DX 2004-03-02 Windows 54 Comments

Do you still use the old Microsoft Windows 3.1(1 for Workgroups)? It still holds some value for some people, but the old Program Manager isn't all that great for today's standards, says ABZone. That's why Calmira exists, it's a shell for Windows 3.1 that gives you a Windows 95 look-and-feel. Calmira XP goes a step further; it has a Windows XP interface for Windows 3.11.

FreeSBIE 1.0 released (FreeBSD Live CD)

Submitted by HoBa 2004-03-02 FreeBSD 37 Comments

What is FreeSBIE? It is a live system on CD, or an operating system that is able to load directly from a bootable CD, without any installation process, without any hard disk. It's based on the FreeBSD OS.