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Sun’s StarOffice Still Can’t Rival Microsoft

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-16 Office 121 Comments

It has been years since Microsoft had any real competition for its Office productivity suite -- the software package that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Once-popular competitors like WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 have been reduced to tiny niche players. This article evaluates Star Office in comparison to MS Office.

The Apple alternative; Panther Performance on G3s

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-16 Apple 22 Comments

Timesofoman site has an Apple article exploring its abilities as an alternative to Windows, while the MacNightOwl site has a report about how well Panther performs on G3s.

Microsoft: Courting China

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-16 Microsoft 29 Comments

To persuade the Middle Kingdom to pick its software over Linux, Microsoft plays nice. Can there be such a thing as a kinder, gentler Microsoft? The answer may well soon emerge in China, where the software Ninja and Red Dragon are locked in a strategic duel over Windows and its free competitor, Linux. Elsewhere, Brazil moves to shun Microsoft software.

Novell: The New Linux Superpower

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-16 Novell and Ximian 39 Comments

Novell's management has changed from the early days when it flubbed its Unix System Labs and Word Perfect acquisitions, notes Meta Group analyst Earl Perkins. "The team in place now knows that there is too much at stake not to do this one correctly."

IBM keynote presentation from Desktop Linux Conference in Boston

Submitted by Jill Ratkevic 2003-11-15 IBM 45 Comments

DesktopLinux.com, in coordination with the Desktop Linux Consortium, is making select presentations from Monday's conference at Boston University's Corporate Education Center available. The first presentation in the series is from IBM's Sam Docknevich, Linux and Grid Services Executive for IBM Global Services. His presentation discusses IBM's push into the Linux desktop market, an initiative from inside "Big Blue." Elsewhere, LinuxJournal has a review of some of the presentations in the conference.

Lycoris Offers Competitive Upgrade from Windows

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-15 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 61 Comments

To encourage users to switch from Microsoft Windows products to the new Desktop/LX Operating System, Lycoris is now offering the "Moving On" competitive upgrade for all users of Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2k/XP. Users simply send in their original CD or restore disk along with their Certificate of Authenticity, sticker, or original product key papers from Microsoft , and Lycoris will give them 50% OFF the retail price of Desktop/LX Update 3. This offer will only last two weeks, until November 30th.

Poll: Your Thoughts on a Mono-aware Gnome

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 Gnome 153 Comments

It is not a secret that Novell/Ximian will be pushing C# and Mono on Gnome in the coming years when it will be more full-featured and ready for adoption. Programming-wise, there are several advantages of using Mono over the plain GTK+ (oh, and by the way, GTK# 0.13 was released today). So, what's your opinion on a .NET/Mono-aware Gnome?

A First Look: Next-Generation Debian Installer

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 Debian 53 Comments

"The Debian installer has been considered its Achilles heel for a long time, but in the last couple of months things have really been heating up in installer-land."

Miguel de Icaza on PDC Lessons

Submitted by Freddy BL 2003-11-14 Mono 26 Comments

Miguel thinks of the future of OS-development under Windows and GNOME/Mono. Have a look here.

Trolltech Releases Qt 3.2.3

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 Qt 4 Comments

Trolltech today announced the release of Qt, bugfix version 3.2.3.

Mandrake 9.2 ISO’s now Available for Download

Submitted by Darin Hadley 2003-11-14 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 32 Comments

The held back Mandrake 9.2 ISO's because of the LG CD-ROM issues, are now available for download. Anyone knows if the 250 MB of additional updates MandrakeSoft issued a few days after the release of the ISOs in the MandrakeClub last month also included in these download-edition ISOs?

Microsoft rivals: Modified OS isn’t mediocre

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 Windows 89 Comments

Competitors say the software giant need not cripple its popular Windows operating system to comply with European regulators' demands.

Video of AmigaOS4 beta in Action

Mike Bouma 2003-11-14 Amiga & AROS 32 Comments

There is now a video available showing the AmigaOS4 beta as demonstrated last weekend in London: MPEG / WMV. Q&A session 23 with Amiga's CTO is also available.

Valgrind 2.0.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 General Development 5 Comments

Valgrind is a tool that helps you find memory management problems in programs. This release adds improved SSE/SSE2 support, fixes for some minor bugs, and improved support for SuSE 9 and the Red Hat "Severn" beta. There are front-ends for it, available for both KDE and Gnome.

First Look at TurboLinux 10D

Adam Scheinberg 2003-11-14 Linux 40 Comments

Remember Turbolinux? Less than 5 years ago, it was a fixture in the forefront of the Linux landscape along with Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian, and the now defunct Storm Linux. Later this week, Turbolinux will release their new desktop distribution, dubbed "10D." The following is a first look at Turbolinux's return to the fray.

Tracing, enhanced Linux, 64-bit AMD support part of Solaris Next

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 Solaris 9 Comments

Sun is giving an early liftoff to an advanced detection technology designed for the next version of Solaris that speedily diagnoses and repairs system problems.

Sun’s Linux Desktop Off to Flying Start

Submitted by tarpon 2003-11-14 Oracle and SUN 42 Comments

Some say Sun Microsystems should give up on its Linux desktop ambitions, but there are serious signs of life that indicate the company may be on to a good thing, The Register has learned.

Apple Seeds Xcode 1.1 Update; Java Update

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 macOS 4 Comments

Apple on Wednesday seeded developers with a pre-release version of Xcode 1.1, an update to the developer tools that shipped with Panther. The update includes several features enhancements and bug fixes. Apple has also posted a new Panther-specific Java 1.4.1 update after pulling the previous version due to compatibility issues with other software.

Mandrake Linux 9.2 Review at LinuxElectrons

Submitted by Rob 2003-11-14 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 42 Comments

LinuxElectrons has a mini review of Mandrake Linux 9.2 with many screenshots.

Sun Bets on Free Java Tool

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 Java 16 Comments

Sun Microsystems will release a free version of its Java application server next week, a move designed to encourage more developers to build programs on the software foundation.