So, how is Microsoft is testing Windows in its labs? Read it at WinSuperSite. Update: Huh, a duplicate. My second ever (getting 30 years old yesterday it already affected my memory, it seems). :)
From Kristian Van Der Vliet, project leader of Syllable: "We are currently checking everything into CVS in preperation for Syllable 0.4.4, which is now scheduled to be released next weekend."
Want a quick guide to installing and securing Red Hat Linux? This article details the steps required to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 on a production server. It covers the procedures necessary to get the operating system from the setup CDs to your system's hard disks, shutting down any unnecessary system services, and applying any required system updates from Red Hat.
The bewildering choice and ever increasing number of Linux distribution can be confusing for those of you who are new to Linux. This is why this page at DistroWatch was created. It lists 10 distributions, which are generally considered as most widely used by Linux fans around the world.
Serenity Systems announces the release of eComStation 1.1 products. The new product branding includes the separation of OS platform component from some of the applications which had been included in eComStation 1.0. Users may now select from eComStation Entry, the OS platform component, and the eComStation Application Pack. The multiprocessor support is available as an optional feature as well, and a server edition based on Warp Server for e-business is also available. Read the full announcement as a PDF here. Our review of eCS 1.1 can be found here.
MySQL and QNX announced that the MySQL database is available for the QNX Neutrino realtime operating system (RTOS) running on x86 processors. Users of the QNX Neutrino RTOS can now integrate MySQL as a high-performance data management system in their embedded applications. In other mySQL news, there are news about the FreeBSD port while for more QNX news head to OpenQNX and QNXZone web sites.
This is one of the original boot logs for Linux on a POWER5 IBM microprocessor. Linux was ported to POWER5 at an IBM Lab in Austin Texas. The port was done with pre-production hardware.
After the recent announcement that the FreeBSD boot scripts in /etc have been replaced with the next generation version imported from NetBSD, I've wanted to learn more about the new system, but wasn't able to find much info.
MorphZone posted a screenshot of the upcoming MorphOS 1.4, revealing an updated MUI look and feel. OSNews featured a review of the Pegasos platform just a few days ago. Update: In other Amiga-related news, Fleecy's 11th week of Q&As is online.
While Apple grabs publicity for its new 99 cent music download store, Microsoft is quietly preparing for a counterattack by improving its own technology for supporting subscription music services.
Project Mono, an effort to create an open source version of the Microsoft Corp. .Net Framework, expects to release version 1.0 of its software this year, probably in the fourth quarter.
"Win 2003 is the foundation for an entire wave of next-generation Microsoft products and feature upgrades that are coupled with the new platform. Without an upgrade, corporations can expect to be in a holding pattern. Win 2003 is the linchpin for forthcoming products and services, including an advanced file system, collaboration environments, identity management infrastructure, digital rights management and a platformwide self-healing management system."Read the article at ComputerWorld.au.
"There's a community within Unix-Linux that has grown to increase its stability, where finding the bugs is considered a positive thing. Whereas, with Windows, there's a rather aggressive community trying to find bugs to denigrate Microsoft and Windows."Read the article at NewsFactor.
Forrester senior analyst Laura Koetzle pointed out that the IIS Web server program is turned off by default in the new version of Windows, so that machines not offering Web connections need not be secured against Web-based attacks. Read the article at eCommerceTimes.
"Rumors of a new .NET language have been circulating around the cyber-grapevine for the last year or so, but have picked up speed as of late. The fire was fed by Mary Jo Foley's (columnist, Microsoft Watch) recent news story Add F# To the Alphabet Soup. Strangely enough, there hasn't been a peep from Microsoft. The only published information I can find is hosted on the Microsoft Research (MR) site. So, I donned my thinking cap, and proceeded with reckless abandon. Here begins the tale…"Read the article at ExtremeTech.
Microsoft Corp’s .NET vision, once a confusing morass of marketing hype and technological buzzwords, is now a mature platform for the development and deployment of web-based applications which require inter-device connectivity, the company said.
The software giant's latest operating system saves data to tape using a slightly different format than earlier versions of Windows, a Microsoft representative said Thursday. While older tapes can be read by Windows Server 2003, the opposite isn't true for the new OS. A patch will be finished soon.
The 10-year history of Object Desktop. It's about 50 pages long and has lots of screenshots and also neat insights and OS history and how skinning grew more important over the years.
