Inventing the Tablet PC

Geek stuff 33 Comments
"For over twenty years scientists have been dreaming about creating a real P.A.D.D., the slate device that the inhabitants of Star Trek used to record and access data as they moved around the starship Enterprise. There have been attempts to duplicate it over the years, but the Tablet PC may be the first successful incarnation. Some of this is timing - consumers are demanding more from their computers, and they want what the Tablet offers. The other reason is research - years of hard work and data gathering have made the Tablet PC possible." Read the article at Microsoft Research.
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Groupware Overload in Linux?

KDE 59 Comments
"KDE has announced a project that will produce a unified groupware product for the KDE desktop. In keeping with the usual KDE naming convention – it has been dubbed, inelegantly, "Kroupware." I'm hoping that this name gets changed at some point – if you've got a better alternative, post it in the forum and maybe we'll pass it onto the KDE folks as a suggestion. The other issue: "cloning" Microsoft software. Should Linux developers mimick the interface for products like Outlook? Is that really the right direction? Evolution is obviously a clone of Outlook." Read the editorial at ExtremeTech.
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The Power of GNU

  Submitted by Yama Linux 14 Comments
This article over at PCLinuxOnline.com tries to suggest how the ideals of free software can be better conveyed to the normal computer-using public. It takes an alternate view to the 'GNU/Linux vs Linux' naming debate, ignoring entirely the issue of whether 'Linux' is an OS or just a kernel, and instead focusing on the notion of freedom.
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Torvalds on 2.6 Release, 3.0 Name Debate, MacOSX, IA-64, BitKeeper

Linux 63 Comments
The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, project founder and leader Linus Torvalds predicted on Thursday. "We're pretty close to done with what will be 2.6...We're actually looking at the second quarter 2003 for the real 2.6 release," Torvalds told a group of Linux aficionados aboard a "Geek Cruise" in the Caribbean. News.com reviewed a recording of Torvalds' talk.
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WML Testing for OSNews

OS News 42 Comments
I did some changes in our WML code (trying to achieve compliance with the T65/T68 phones which are not co-operating with our validated WML 1.1 code), so I would be grateful if you could test for us the WAP headlines for OSNews (only the headlines), via your WAP-capable phones. Trying the wap-capable web browsers, only Opera 6.05+ can render our WAP correctly (previous versions fail to render the buttons). As for a RSS/RDF newsfeed, we have one available, we recently added a Mozilla sidebar feature (check at the end of the page) and we still support KlipFolio. Thank you everyone!
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Debian GNU/Linux: The Past, the Present and the Future

Debian 7 Comments
From DebianPlanet: "Here is a talk that I gave last Tuesday at the Free Software Symphosium in Tokyo. It gives a brief overview about Debian, goes a bit into packaging, discusses core elements. Very superficial stuff not for hardcore people. Also does some graphs on the statistics for maintainers, packages, arches over time and tries to extrapolate the future development from those. Brief intro to source based distributions. Then concludes with an advertisement how my new package manger, uPM could solve some issues."
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Java 1.4.1 Developer Preview for MacOSX Available

macOS 6 Comments
"The wait is over! Apple is excited to announce our first official Developer Preview of Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X version 10.2! The preview includes almost all of the 1.4.1 VM and UI implementation--much more complete than the version supplied at WWDC. It's now posted on ADC for download, and is accessible to all ADC members, Online->Premier. The seed is named "J2SE 1.4.1 Developer Preview 2" and has been posted to the "Download Software" section of the ADC web site. If you're not an ADC member, now is a good time to join." Read the announcement here.
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Review: Lycoris is Desktop Dream

Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 21 Comments
"Ralph Glanz told me about Redmond Linux around the time that he first became interested in it, just after he and I had written last year's comparison review about Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSE, and Libranet. Based on what Ralph told me, I became interested too, and got my own copy just shortly before Ralph's review was published. Right around that time, the name of the distribution was changed from Redmond Linux to what it is today, Lycoris Desktop/LX." Read the review at ExtremeTech.
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Free Download of SuSE Linux 8.1

SuSE, openSUSE 22 Comments
"SuSE is now available for free. In line with SuSE's download policy, the entire 8.1 directory tree, equivalent to the SuSE's Professional Edition has been uploaded to SuSE's mirrors. As usual, there are no ISO images -- instead SuSE provides a method to install it on your computer directly from an FTP server. You will need the boot CD: boot.iso (18MB). Download it, boot from it and type 'install=ftp://ftp_server/directory' of your chosen mirror at the boot prompt." Read the rest of the newsbit and more instructions on DistroWatch.
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Desktop Linux Leaders to Hold Summit

  Submitted by Jill Linux 25 Comments
Major technology companies and DesktopLinux.com today announced their sponsorship of the inaugural Desktop Linux Summit to be held in San Diego on Feb 20-21, 2003. The Summit will be the first event entirely devoted to desktop Linux and will be hosted by the top executives of leading technology companies worldwide including Codeweavers, Hewlett Packard, Lindows.com, Lycoris, MandrakeSoft, Sun Microsystems, SuSE, and Ximian.
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Is Microsoft Still Hiding Windows Details?

Windows 51 Comments
The Justice Department is trying to determine whether Microsoft is sharing details about its Windows operating system with competitors as required under a proposed antitrust settlement, the Los Angeles Times reported. Investigators want to know whether Microsoft has withheld formulas that could allow rivals to write programs that work well with Windows, the newspaper's Web site reported Wednesday night, quoting unidentified executives of software companies.
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Review: Libranet 2.7 – The Stealth Distro

  Submitted by Charles Crawford Debian 22 Comments
When the topic of Linux distros comes up, most people think of Red Hat, Mandrake, Suse or some other popular and well-known product. Each of these distros has a flashy GUI installer, a well known brand name in the Linux world and large distribution in stores like Best Buy, Circuit City and others. Earlier this week, we've looked at each of these, focusing on the new features and capabilities in the latest release. Read the rest of the review at ExtremeTech.
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