"Avalon" applications and Microsoft Windows.Forms applications share many similarities. Both are managed solutions with many of the same underpinnings governing .NET Framework-based applications. There are, however, also differences between the two application models. Understanding these similarities and differences will help you assess how to adapt an existing Windows Forms application to take advantage of the capabilities in "Longhorn." On other news, Longhorn is set to kill middleware: the server version of Longhorn will include business process orchestration features to allow users to link together Web services, among other tasks, without the need for additional middleware.

Mad Penguin put up an article with some mockups about a Slackware packager front-end. On other interface news, gTask is a daemon and client library that allows programs to communicate the progress of certain long running operations (e.g. downloading files, printing, etc) to the daemon. Various user interfaces can report on the progress of these tasks to the user. The project created after inspiration of an OSNews article. On yet another interface article, here is what Roberto Alsina wrote regarding the relationship between free software writers and UI designers.

The developers of the SkyOS project sat down with TechIMO to answer a few questions about the promising alternative operating system.

This article presents a fictional case study that illustrates the methodology, tools, and best practices used to migrate a Tru64 environment to a Solaris environment.

A new version of the HyperTransport specification comes out Monday that will, ideally, boost performance in PCs and communications equipment over the next year.

Steven Garrity writes about his experiences with Linux and Gnome: "I've noticed a few little user interface niceties worth sharing", he says.