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Sun Plans Orion Beta For Late July

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-08 Oracle and SUN 20 Comments

Eleven software products planned for initial OS bundle. After two delays, Sun Microsystems intends to debut a beta of its much-hyped Project Orion later this month, with a formal introduction of the product bundle at September's Sun Network show at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CRN has learned.

Linux & Open Source is Better for Business than Microsoft Windows

Guest post by Alex Chejlyk 2003-07-07 Linux 138 Comments

I can say this with 100% certainty. I've come to this conclusion by simply reviewing server administration times over the past three years. Admittedly not the most scientific approach, but it is all the info I need. Remember, experience is the best teacher.

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Will Not Be a 64-bit OS

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 macOS 223 Comments

Mac OS X 10.3, aka Panther, will not be a 64-bit operating system, despite running on a 64-bit processor, the PowerPC 970 aka the G5. Instead, the next major release of the Mac operating system will be a hybrid, much like version 10.2.7, codenamed 'Smeagol', which Apple has running on its pre-production Power Mac G5 machines and with which it will almost certainly ship production units, TheRegister reveals. TheRegister also has an article about a possible roadmap of the G5 CPU family. Also, this the second installment of ThinkSecret's "Inside Panther" series, covering Mac OS X 10.3.

LindowsOS 4.0 Reviewed; Lindows.com Partners with Netraverse

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 Linspire 28 Comments

"Lindows makes the claim that their Linux distribution is user friendly and ready for the desktop. We review their latest version, 4.0, and see if it lives up to their claims. We evaluate everything from the company, to the presentation and marketing to the actual software itself. As Lindows is geared towards the beginning Linux user, so is our review." Read the review at Linux-Universe. Also, Netraverse partners with Lindows.com and offers a wider application support and eases customer transisition to Lindows.

UNIX: Far From Legacy, but Far More Challenged

Submitted by Anonymous 2003-07-07 Unix 30 Comments

With Windows and Linux becoming increasingly attractive options in the data center, IT managers have good reason to reassess their Unix strategies. Read the analysis at ComputerWorld and here's ours.

.Net: 3 Years of the ‘Vision’ Thing

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 .NET 42 Comments

The end of last month marked the third anniversary of Microsoft's launch of its .Net strategy, which executives such as Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said at the time was a "bet-the-company thing." But three years later, reactions are mixed as to whether that strategy, along with the vision that accompanied it, has played out as the Redmond, Wash., software developer had hoped.

SCO’s Chief Takes Linux Beef To Japan

Adam Scheinberg 2003-07-07 SCO 42 Comments

SCO CEO Darl McBride has travelled to Japan to conduct a series of coversations with Japanese companies in an effort to share his views on Linux, presumably to convince them to hold off on any Linux implemenations. Yahoo has the article.

GNOME Development Series Desktop 2.3.3 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 Gnome 49 Comments

This Gnome 2.3.3 release is a feature-frozen, development series snapshot. It is used by developers and testers as their day-to-day working desktop, and is ready for wider testing by our user community. Full changelog here.

Adobe Pares Mac Support

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 Apple 81 Comments

Adobe Systems plans to announce new versions of its video-editing software Monday, including a Windows-only application that marks another high-profile defection from Apple Computer's Macintosh operating system, News.com says.

Robotics: Cognitive Machines

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-07 QNX 14 Comments

As seen at NewMobileComputing: Meet Cog, an aluminum robot born in the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a compelling experiment in robot cognition. It's tethered to dozens of rack-mounted PCs running QNX, the popular embedded systems OS.

Slackware Package Management, Part I: Anatomy of Slack Packages

Guest post by Daniel de Kok 2003-07-06 Slackware, Slax 66 Comments

If you ask a Slackware fan why she likes Slackware, she will probably mention Slackware package management as one of the features she likes. In what way does the Slackware package system differ from most other package managers? In one word: simplicity. In three articles I am going to cover some important aspects of Slackware package management. In this article I am going to show the anatomy of a Slackware packages. In part 2 and 3 I will cover the package tools and the process of creating a Slackware package.

AmigaOS 4.0 to Support Twenty Languages

Mike Bouma 2003-07-06 Amiga & AROS 23 Comments

AmigaWorld.net's 14th Q&A Session with Fleecy Moss has been posted. In response to one of the ten asked questions Amiga's CTO specified twenty languages which will be supported by AmigaOS4. In addition the Russian localisation is still uncertain, but will likely be ready in time for release as well.

Two Polls: You and Macintoshes

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-06 Apple 187 Comments

The "Rise of the Machines" might be taking the cinemas by storm these days, but the Rise of the Apple lately also is taking the IT industry by storm with the introduction of the Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X Panther 10.3 last month. Let's see what the OSNews readers are thinking of the Macs. Come in and vote in our two Mac polls.

Tao Announces Next Generation Multimedia Platform SDK – intent 2

Submitted by Anonymous 2003-07-06 In the News 8 Comments

Tao Group announced major enhancements and additions to its intent technology suite, and the launch of the intent 2 SDK. Technology components include: Qi (Brandable Control Center), iSS (intent Sound System), iVE (intent Visual Environment), Java solutions, and gaming.

Torvalds on SCO Suit, Microsoft and his Exit from Transmeta

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-05 Linux 63 Comments

Linus Torvalds spoke candidly with Mercury News staff writer Dean Takahashi about the lawsuit from SCO Group versus IBM, on Microsoft and open source development. He also shed light on his decision to leave chip maker Transmeta for a Linux corporate software consortium, the OSDL.

Java GNOME Bindings 0.8 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-05 Gnome 20 Comments

Java-GNOME is a set of java bindings for the GNOME and GTK libraries so GNOME applications can be written in Java. The bindings are implemented via a JNI layer that accesses the native libraries. After many months, version 0.8 is released, which adds support for GTK+ 2.x and GNOME 2.x.

Ark Linux 1.0 Alpha 8 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-05 Linux 39 Comments

From DistroWatch: The developers of Ark Linux have reached a new milestone with the release of Ark Linux 1.0-alpha8. The ISO images are available from various FTP mirrors, which are slowly being populated. No release notes or readme files have been published at the time of writing, but the ISO images (only the first image is required for installation) can be downloaded from the mirrors. Ark Linux is a free Linux distribution designed for non-technical users and ease-of-use is its primary objective.

A Handful of BeOS-related News

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-05 Haiku 41 Comments

In the new OpenBeOS newsletter you will find an editorial, one article about Designer Power Tools and the CVS Digest (up to June 29th). BeOSJournal recently spoke with ex-Be engineer Jean-Baptiste Quéru, who even years after leaving Be Inc., still watches the BeOS Community with keen interest. There is a new update to BlueEyedOS, with an updated font rendering system and a new screen shot for all to see. Also, Cosmoe 0.7rc12 is now out, and includes SDL as its graphics library.

Interview with Syllable Project Manager “Vanders”

Submitted by Dev Sibwarra 2003-07-04 Syllable, AtheOS 46 Comments

NeoNerds.net have snagged an interview with the project manager of the Syllable project, Kristian "Vanders" Van Der Vliet. In this interview, NeoNerds reveals the current status of the project, as well as the projected future of Syllable as a desktop and office OS.

Windows Server 2003 SP1 Beta Build 1023 Available to Beta Testers

Submitted by Henry Nazar 2003-07-04 Windows 30 Comments

A new beta SP1 build, 1023, was made available to Microsoft beta testers. Changes include: