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Is Red Hat Going to Be the Next Microsoft?

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-23 Red Hat 26 Comments

"Could Red Hat become the next Microsoft -- that is, could it become the dominant (not necessarily domineering) operating systems provider? What a ridiculous proposition, you might say. How could a little company that provides Linux open source software hope to topple Microsoft?" The editorial is at ZDNews. In another Red Hat related article, LinuxDevices wondering "What's up with Red Hat's embedded strategy?"

Windows .NET Beta 3 Available As Evaluation Version in UK

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-23 Windows 18 Comments

From ActiveWin: "Microsoft UK is offering the loyal subjects of her majesty the opportunity to test drive the latest Beta 3 of Windows .NET Server family by ordering it, for free, over the web." The offer is available to .NET Passport holders.

UnitedLinux is Purely an Enterprise Play

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-22 Linux 13 Comments

"It's important to bear in mind that UnitedLinux is purely an enterprise play. While the new UnitedLinux distribution will be their in-common product targeted at you folks, the four companies will continue to maintain their own product lines for other markets. Since the Linux enterprise marketplace is dominated by Red Hat, you really have to wonder how big a ripple this will make in the pond." Editorial at ZDNews.

Pocket PC and Smartphone Resources

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-22 Windows 4 Comments

Windows Powered mobile devices, which include Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone, and Handheld PC, empower consumers and mobile professionals to communicate with people and access information. This section contains the core documentation, software development kits, and other resources for developing on Pocket PC, Smartphone, and Handheld PC platforms.

KDE 3.1 Release Schedule & Feature Plan Available

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-22 KDE 28 Comments

The following is the outline for the KDE 3.1 release schedule. KDE 3.1 is the first feature release in the KDE 3.x series. The list of planned features can be found in a separate document. All dates given there are subject to revision.

Programming the Thread Pool in the .NET Framework

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-22 General Development 13 Comments

The article provides an in-depth look at the thread pool support in the Microsoft .NET Framework, shows why you need a pool and the implementation provided in .NET, and includes a complete reference for its use in your applications.

GNOME2: GNot Today!

Submitted by Rajan R 2002-06-22 Gnome 69 Comments

Today is the scheduled release date for the long-awaited GNOME2 desktop. But instead of a final GNOME2, a second release candidate will be issued. This falls in line with a one-week delay in RC 1, though when its delay was announced it was said that final release would not be delayed. The report is at LinuxAndMain. Our Take: Gnome2 is more than one year old late, while KDE is on track on most of its releases, and it seems to have captivated the userbase, as according to latest stats and polls, KDE has more than 55% of the Linux desktop, as opposed to Gnome's 25% (which continues to decline). UPDATE: Yama from PCLinuxOnline writes: "I have written an article that aims to clear up many misconceptions that many people seem to hold about GNOME. Hopefully it will lead to a greater understanding of The GNOME Project and what it's about."

3Dlabs Counters Nvidia & Matrox Reveals More Parhelia

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-21 3D 17 Comments

"OpenGL 2.0 timing: Worth fighting over? 3DLabs thinks so. And is Nvidia's Cg an open standard or a proprietary grab for control of graphics development?" Read the story at ExtremeTech. "Justified pride or proud parent syndrome? Marketing VP Dan Wood tells Dave Salvator how and why Parhelia will move 3D gaming to a whole new level." Read the story at ExtremeTech.

Apple Purchases Prismo Graphics

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-21 Apple 19 Comments

Apple (silently again) purchased the third video-related company in less than two months. This time, is Prismo Graphics and it comes after the purchase of Nothing Real and Silicon Grail. Our Take: Now that SGI is no longer as "big" as it used to be regarding video software, and no important or many commercial packages have been ported to Linux, MacOSX has a real chance to further strengthen in this niche market about professional video editing. Only problem to solve will be Windows and the faster/cheaper Xeon/P4 PCs. With Steve Jobs being also an exec at Pixar, it should be obvious where he tries to head Apple and why Quartz Extreme is being developed for.

Scandinavia’s Largest Dedicated Mac Cluster Revealed

Submitted by Palle B. Nielsen 2002-06-21 Apple 21 Comments

The Danish Technical University (DTU) has developed Scandinavia's largest dedicated Mac cluster, consisting of 32 dedicated Power Mac G4 Dual 800 MHz workstations which is equal to 200 Gigaflop or 6 million instructions per second.

An Introduction to GNOME 2.0 RC1

Submitted by Rajan R 2002-06-21 Gnome 6 Comments

"The first release candidate of GNOME 2.0 (GNOME 2.0 RC1, also known as "Fever Pitch") was announced on June 14, 2002, and is spreading across the 'Net like wildfire. This article examines what's new in GNOME 2.0 and the release candidate, where to find it, how to install it, and concludes by discussing whether or not to install it as well as a crystal-ball look at some of the implications of GNOME's successes to date and GNOME 2.0's potential for the future." Read the article at LinuxPlanet.

MIT Project Shows Future Interface Technologies

Submitted by Yves R. Crevecoeur 2002-06-21 Graphics 26 Comments

"Imagine a future in which you could tell your computer to move a folder inside another, and just by pointing with your finger, it would happen. Or being able to command your computer to print your vacation pictures on the nearest color printer, and not have to supply any more configuration information." The article is at InfoWorld.

Cosmoe 0.5.2 Released

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-21 Linux 26 Comments

Bill Hayden released version 0.5.2 of his Cosmoe environment for Linux. The new version fixes a dozen of include file problems during compilation, API and source changes etc. The new version should compile now cleanly on all Linux systems, x86 and PPC. Check out the Cosmoe mailing list if you still are getting problems with compilation.

Interview With Jordan Hubbard at KernelTrap

Submitted by Jeremy Andrews 2002-06-20 FreeBSD 27 Comments

KernelTrap has interviewed kernel hacker and guru Jordan Hubbard, one of the creators of FreeBSD and currently a manager of Apple's Darwin project. With just a high school education, Jordan has offered some impressive contributions to the world of computing. In this interview, Jordan talks about his current involvement with Darwin, as well as his past efforts with FreeBSD and 386BSD. He also reflects on his recent decision to step down from the core FreeBSD team.

Face to Face with Red Hat’s Matthew Szulik

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-20 Red Hat 5 Comments

With more than 50 percent share of the Linux server OS market, Red Hat is on a roll. In an exclusive video interview, CEO Matthew Szulik talks about Microsoft, Sun and survival. View the video at ZDNews.

Learn About the NetBSD Project

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-20 NetBSD 8 Comments

At USENIX 2002, the NetBSD project held an introduction of the NetBSD operating system. You can read in the slides presented about its structure, its release schedule (version 1.6 comes out in 1-2 months), its goals, its future and a lot more.

E-Mac, i-Mac, No Mac

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-20 Apple 94 Comments

"Isn't it about time the Macintosh was simply discontinued—put down like an old dog? Why, exactly, does Apple maintain this line of machines instead of starting fresh or at least introducing something new with fresh legs. The Mac has become the AS/400 of desktop computing, except for the fact that it's prettier. Of course, if Apple never moves forward, what happens to the copycat Windows platform?" Another one of Dvorak's well-known editorials.

Mozilla 1.0 vs. IE6 vs. Opera 6.01

Submitted by Prognathous 2002-06-20 Internet 49 Comments

"IE has grown staid in recent years as the competition has vanished. But it's still the best browser, barely. If Mozilla can improve its reliability and site compatibility, I would have no problem recommending that product over IE to any user. Sadly, I can't honestly recommend Opera to anyone. It's not free, unless you settle for an ad-injected version, and it's most notable features--an MDI option and its configurable UI--are already available in Mozilla, which is completely free." Read the review at WinSuperSite.

PCLinuxOnline Interviews Lindows CEO Michael Robertson

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-20 Linspire 22 Comments

Our friends over at PCLinuxOnline are hosting an interview with the Lindows CEO, Michael Robertson. Nothing really new is revealed by Robertson, but an interesting read nonetheless.

XFce 4, to Support the FreeDesktop Standard

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-19 Xfce 21 Comments

XFce is an easy-to-use environment for X11 based on GTK+. There is an initial version of xfwm4, a brand-new implementation of the window manager for XFce. It is a very lightweight, fast, and fully-themeable window manager compliant with freedesktop.org standards (i.e., fully compatible with KDE 2/3 and GNOME 2). It is based on GTK+ 2.0 and uses pango for font rendering (eg. antialiased text & Unicode). Oliver Fourdan sent us two new screenshots of XFce4 (1, 2), running next to KDE3/Gnome2.