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The KDE Group Protests “GNOME-Only” Decision for UserLinux

Submitted by Tom 2003-12-21 KDE 150 Comments

The KDE Group - a group of KDE and/or Debian developers with a dedication to and interest in both projects - have written this detailed proposal opposing the decision to go with GNOME as the sole UserLinux GUI. Our Take: On Friday I emailed Bruce Perens on the issue, but he didn't reply. Following is my short email to Perens, trying to suggest a solution that might become acceptable by both camps.

Introducing the JNode OS

Submitted by greg gulrajani 2003-12-21 OS News 27 Comments

JNode is a Java new Operating System design effort. The goal is to get an simple to use and install Java operating system for personal use. Any java application should run on it.

Interview with Michael Phipps, Project Leader of OpenBeOS

Guest post by Koki 2003-12-21 Original OSNews Interviews 41 Comments

Koki from the japanese site jpbe recently interviewed Michael Phipps the project leader of OpenBeOS. The original interview in japanese can be found here. Read more for the english version of the interview.

Subversion 0.35.1 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-21 General Development 19 Comments

Subversion is a version control system which aims to replace CVS by incorporating a modern architecture and needed features currently not found on CVS. The latest interim bugfix release of Subversion is ready. This release is to correct for the problems in the 0.35.0 release and affects Windows users only: fix: file handle leak (r8048), fix: UTF-8 path problem (issue #1660).

Interview with Sun’s Peder Ulander

Submitted by Anonymous 2003-12-21 Oracle and SUN 25 Comments

Sun's Java development site recently posted an interview with Sun's Director of Marketing for Desktop Solutions. regarding the Java Desktop System.

XFree86 4.4.0-RC2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-20 Wayland 42 Comments

The XFree86 project released the second RC for their upcoming 4.4.0 X server version.

Screenshot of full ReactOS desktop

Submitted by Juan Linietsky 2003-12-20 ReactOS 46 Comments

This message was posted in the ReactOS mailing list: "For those of you who haven't followed the progress with Explorer closely, take a look here. This screenshot was taken with current CVS and Filip's Wine DLL snapshot here. There are still many stability problems (lots of multi-threading issues), unimplemented and buggy ReactOS features, but all in all we're much better shape than I had expected to be at this point in time. If we can keep up this pace, 0.2 will be on time (before WineConf) and will rock!" UPDATE: Quake2 running on ReactOS.

Python 2.3.3 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-20 General Development 13 Comments

PythonLabs released the Python language 2.3.3 yesterday. This is a bug-fix release.

KDE Keeps You Fit

Submitted by Ingemar Eriksson 2003-12-20 KDE 23 Comments

ITBusiness.ca has an interesting success story about how LinuxMagic switched FitnessWorld to Linux and KDE. Although the article does not mention KDE, we know they are using KDE thanks to this KDE Success Story that was submitted to KDE::Enterprise. Our Take: Last night we watched the X-Men 2 DVD and in the feature documentaries on the second DVD disk, in the one regarding the visual effects, one of the SGI animators was clearly using KDE as well.

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-20 macOS 25 Comments

Apple released a Security update for 10.3.2 and 10.2.8 along with the 10.3.2 OS update for OSX Server.

Get Your Free Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit

Submitted by Ah-Pook, The Destroyer 2003-12-20 .NET 23 Comments

This kit contains Microsoft .NET controls, worth $899 US, from ComponentOne and other leading .NET component vendors. Technical content includes white papers, videos, and code samples to help you get the most from Visual Basic .NET. Download for free or order a CD for a small fee.

Linux: Reiser4 In 2.6?

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-20 General Development 24 Comments

A brief thread on the lkml discussed whether or not Reiser4 would soon be stable enough to be merged into the 2.6 kernel as an 'experimental filesystem'.

Getting Linux 2.6 Into The Enterprise

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-19 Linux 28 Comments

The Linux distributors detail their plans on when they'll be introducing Linux 2.6 into their commercial releases, while the analysts consider what 2.6 will mean to Microsoft and users. Fedora already has some test 2.6 kernels and Slackware now too in its -Current tree.

Best Tool for the Job

Submitted by Marcus Vorwaller 2003-12-19 Rumors 80 Comments

"In this article, I'm taking Linux (Debian and others), Macintosh OS X (Panther) and Windows XP and comparing them to find the ideal operating system for web design and development. After using Windows, Macintosh OS X and Linux (in various incarnations) each for extended periods of time over the last 4 1/2 years, here is what I've found." Read the article at MarcusVorwaller.com.

The Return of S3

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-19 3D 22 Comments

S3 is back on the scene with its first new GPU architecture in five years. Rather than take aim at the high-end, S3 has set its sights on the midrange price/performance category, which is currently dominated by ATI's Radeon 9600 XT and nVidia's GeForce FX 5700, both of which are under $200. Today S3 unveils the DeltaChrome S8 GPU, which represents the midrange of its upcoming line of DeltaChrome GPUs.

Sun: Microsoft Forcing Customers to Upgrade

Submitted by Josh 2003-12-19 Oracle and SUN 39 Comments

Sun Microsystems' top software executive criticized Microsoft's decision to drop older software products that rely on Java software and offered a steep discount on Sun's own desktop software. Elsewhere, RealNetworks files a $1 billion lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing the software giant of illegally using its Windows monopoly to limit consumer choice in digital media.

Mini Interview with Ximian’s Robert Love

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-19 Original OSNews Interviews 58 Comments

Robert Love, well known figure for his kernel hacking, preemptive patch and his recent book (review), joined Ximian recently in an effort to improve the Linux desktop experience via kernel development. Today we feature a mini-Q&A with Robert about this new project.

Apple Releases Xcode 1.1

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-19 macOS 15 Comments

MacMinute reports that Apple has released Xcode 1.1, an update to its set of powerful developer tools for Mac OS X. Version 1.1 provides overall stability and performance enhancements to Xcode IDE, as well as improvements to debugging, workflow, the Xcode build system and CodeSense. Apple recommends that all Xcode users install this update. Xcode 1.1 is available via the Software Update preference pane. Apple also released today iTunes 4.2 and QuickTime 6.5.

How to Misunderstand Sun’s Linux Desktop Strategy

Submitted by Sam Hiser 2003-12-19 Oracle and SUN 56 Comments

The author of this article, Tom Adelstein, articulates in unique detail the importance of Sun's JDS more effectively than Sun itself has done. And he explains within the context of .Net and its limitations how the scope of JDS extends beyond the GNU/Linux community's parochial horizons.

Interview: Red Hat’s Owen Taylor on GTK+

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-19 Original OSNews Interviews 86 Comments

Today we are very happy to feature an interview with Red Hat engineer Owen Taylor. Owen is the project leader of the GTK+ multi-platform toolkit, also known for his contributions on Pango. It is also important to note that a few days ago he received the highest number of votes for the Gnome Board of Directors elections. In the following Q&A we discuss about the features on GTK+ 2.6 and beyond, RAD tools, performance, GL and other widgets, GTK# and lots more!