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PalmSource Prepares OpenGL-based GUI?

Submitted by Robert J. Gebis 2003-12-04 Wireless 37 Comments

In the steps of OSX's QuartzExreme, freedesktop.org's new X and Longhorn, PalmSource seems to be seeking an engineer to take on "responsibility for a new high-performance graphics system, based on OpenGL and Postscript." According to this bit of information it might be safe to assume that a future PalmOS will be basing its UI on GL.

Interview with Andreas Typaldos, Xandros CEO

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Oracle and SUN 13 Comments

Two weeks ago, Xandros Corporation announced the release of Xandros Desktop OS 2.0, which will be available for purchase beginning December 9. LWN has taken this opportunity to ask the recently appointed CEO of Xandros Corporation Andreas Typaldos about the product features, plans for the future and other topics of interest.

Fast Start with Samba

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Internet 9 Comments

When we first asked for suggestions for inclusion in the Samba HOWTO documentation, someone wrote asking for example configurations -- and lots of them. This article offers extensive descriptions of Samba configuration possibilities.

Genesi selects IBM PPC for Performance-intensive Pegasos Release

Submitted by Nathaniel Downes 2003-12-04 Morphos 13 Comments

Genesi today announced a new, PowerPC-based, modular MicroATX mainboard release that brings flexibility and efficient processing power to performance-intensive applications, including desktops, workstations, servers, and communications products. Read the rest of the press release.

Three Months with Slackware Linux 9.1

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Slackware, Slax 128 Comments

My husband hooked me up on Slackware almost three months ago (he used to run Slackware in the '90s). While I use a large range of OSes on a daily basis, when I am under Linux I now prefer to use Slackware. This is my mini-article with thoughts on Slackware 9.1 after using it for three months on and off. Ten screenshots are included.

Microsoft Shares a Bit More Source

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Microsoft 67 Comments

Microsoft broadens its intellectual property licensing, and adds new IP licensing programs, including one for its FAT file system.

Federico Iannacci: The Linux Managing Model

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Linux 5 Comments

This study focuses on the distinguishing traits of the Linux managing model. It introduces the concept of process to capture the idea of impermanence, dissolvability and change. Far from being a predictable flow of programming, assembling and releasing activities, it is suggested that the Linux development process displays a stream of activities that keep feeding back into each other, thus creating a complex and unpredictable outcome. Read more articles at FirstMonday's issue index.

The Future of Gentoo Linux

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Gentoo 39 Comments

The next official release of Gentoo Linux will adopt a new year-based versioning scheme and will be called Gentoo Linux 2004. It will be released in January 2004. It will also mark their transition to a quarterly release schedule. Elsewhere, LWN featured recently an introduction to Gentoo Linux.

Scripting your Windows XP Embedded components

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Windows 6 Comments

In this technical article titled "Scripting your Windows XP Embedded components", software consultant Hans de Vetten offers guidance on how to script Windows XP Embedded components. The article describes some steps that lead to more user-friendly components.

Red Hat Linux End of Life & the Options Available for SysAdmins

Submitted by Kurt Seifried 2003-12-04 Red Hat 29 Comments

"Finally I think there needs to be a public call to Red Hat to provide critical security updates for Red Hat 7.x, 8.0 and 9. While I realize that this will not create any revenue for Red Hat, quite the opposite, it will reduce short and medium term revenues as customers will continue using "free" products". Read the article at the Security-Site by Kurt Seifried.

Lindows.com Released LindowsOS Laptop Edition

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Linspire 29 Comments

Lindows.com today launched LindowsOS Laptop Edition, the first Linux-based operating system tailored specifically for laptops. LindowsOS Laptop Edition includes improved power management, compatibility with WiFi cards and the ability to take advantage of keyboard shortcuts to browsers & email programs.

Windows XP and Red Hat Linux Hardware Boxes

Submitted by my friend Billy Kakes 2003-12-04 Hardware 15 Comments

Here is an excellent OS-related case mod. Ingeniously simple and practical.

Captive: NTFS Read/Write Filesystem Addon for Linux

Submitted by Kinh Luan Nguyen 2003-12-04 ReactOS 5 Comments

Captive is a project to create a wrapper around Microsoft's ntfs.sys driver that allows linux users to get read-write access to their NTFS partitions. They are using WINE and ReactOS code to emulate parts of Windows environment needed to make the driver work.

Mac OS X Applications You Can’t Live Without

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-03 macOS 80 Comments

Since we bought that dual PowerMac G4 last month, Mac OS X has been used a lot more than before in our home. However, I tend to try out stuff a lot for reviews and other reasons and so I re-install Mac OS X quite regularly on my test Macs (three installations throughout November). Everytime though, I hurry to VersionTracker to download these following apps that I can't live without.

C#: An Extensive Examination of Data Structures

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-03 General Development 7 Comments

This article kicks off a six-part series that focuses on important data structures and their use in application development. We'll examine both built-in data structures present in the .NET Framework, as well as essential data structures we'll have to build ourselves. This first installment focuses on defining what data structures are, how the efficiency of data structures is analyzed, and why this analysis is important. In this article, we'll also examine the Array and ArrayList, two of the most commonly used data structures present in the .NET Framework.

New Desktop Battleground: Microsoft vs. Sun

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-03 Oracle and SUN 36 Comments

Sun's Schwartz says his company's partnership with EDS and its deal with the Chinese government establish Sun as a leading desktop provider and competitor to Microsoft.

AmigaOS 4 Screenshots; Fleecy Q&A

Mike Bouma 2003-12-03 Amiga & AROS 21 Comments

The Amiga usergroup SEAL has posted some pictures of AmigaOS4 and AmigaOne demonstrations held at the MicroMart Computer Fair in Birmingham last Sunday. Alan Redhouse (Eyetech Group) and Fleecy Moss (Amiga Inc) were present. AmigaWorld.net has now posted the 24th Q&A session with Fleecy and has also started an AmigaOne-XE competition.

OnLamp and Perens on Desktop Linux

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-03 Linux 33 Comments

OReilly's OnLamp site has two articles, Part I and Part II titled "Real Desktop Linux". Elsewhere, Bruce Perens posted a white paper of his UserLinux initiative titled "UserLinux: Repairing the Economic Paradigm of Enterprise Linux".

Cooperation by Standards in a Diverse World

Guest post by Marius Andreiana 2003-12-03 Editorial 28 Comments

They say that "diversity is the key of survival and evolution in any domain. In software world though, variations are so big that they have started to prevent cooperation between software users and developers." Diversity is the key of survival and evolution in any domain. Because of variation, individuals from same species will react differently in the same environment, some surviving and becoming stronger, others disappearing. In software world though, variations are so big that they have started to prevent cooperation between software users and developers.

Murray Cumming Hints on Gnome Bindings

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-03 GTK+ 35 Comments

As applications based on gtk-python, Gtk# and gtkmm become aplenty, many casual Gnome users find it difficult to install them painlessly as these GTK+ bindings are not part of the default Gnome distribution and they usually don't come with the distro by default. Gtkmm's Murray Cumming is now suggesting that the project creates a GNOME Bindings release set with all the needed libraries and deps in the "package" in a way that makes it easier for both distro maintainers and casual users to install them. If the idea takes off it can be very beneficial for all.