Adam Scheinberg – OSnews

Haiku’s Challenges

Submitted by jeanmarc 2006-04-05 Haiku 21 Comments

The latest newsletter Michael Phipps talk about the Haiku's Challenges: "Since I last wrote about the reasons that Haiku is relevant, I thought that it would be balanced to write about the challenges that Haiku faces."

Red Hat, Intel Plan 17 Development Centers

Submitted by Randy E. 2006-04-05 Red Hat No Comments

Intel and Red Hat announced plans to open more than a dozen centers where customers and business partners can make sure their software works well on Linux and the latest hardware. They plan to open three major centers at Red Hat offices and 14 smaller satellite facilities so that programmers can get their software working with new features such as virtualization.

What Developers Need to Know About IE7

Submitted by estherschindler 2006-04-05 Internet Explorer 21 Comments

DevSource's John Mueller has an excellent "first look" at what it will take for Web developers to make their apps work with IE7. He says, "Unless you're using pretty much pure HTML on static pages, your application is going to break in some way."

Five Things About OS X That Annoy Me

Adam Scheinberg 2006-04-03 macOS 107 Comments

In my house today, all of the computers are Macs. This is a long way away from three and a half year ago, when I said that Jaguar could not replace my PC. We're chugging along happily running Tiger, just as productive as before, and enjoying every bit of eye candy. But OS X isn't always cherry pie, it's got its own set of faults, and some can be downright annoying. UPDATED

Followup: Tuttle Times Covers the Jerry A. Taylor Debacle

Adam Scheinberg 2006-04-03 Linux 76 Comments

Abraham Lincoln once said "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Apparently, Tuttle, OK city manager Jerry Taylor never got the memo. Barely a week after his humiliating brush with celebrity after the CentOS fiasco, Taylor has definitively proven that arrogance and ignorance make a humorous combo. The Tuttle Times covers the embarassing incident, along with Taylor's gotta-see-it-to-believe-it response.

OSNews Hacked

Adam Scheinberg 2006-04-01 OS News 76 Comments

Folks, as the webmaster of OSNews, I'm sorry to report that the OSNews server was hacked early this morning by a l33t haxx0r known only as "osV_rul3z." Although our database server does not appear to have been comprimised, all of the advertising code was deleted and our code was slightly modified to make everyone a premium level subscriber. Rest assured, we are working on the problem and hope to have OSNews restored to its original state as quickly as possible. UPDATE: As everyone suspected, April Fools!

It’s Official! Windows XP Boots on Macbook!!!!1

Adam Scheinberg 2006-03-08 Humor 74 Comments

It took some time, but someone finally made it happen: Windows XP boots on a Macbook Pro! Screenshot included!

How to Get Your Intel Mac to Play WMV Files

Adam Scheinberg 2006-03-07 macOS 33 Comments

I recently set up my new Macbook, and I was upset to see that my Windows Media video files no longer worked. The Flip4Mac player that Microsoft endorsed after they officially killed Mac Windows Media Player doesn't install or run on Intel Macs, but it can be easily circumvented with a little tinkering. Read on for details.

Coming Soon: Goobuntu?

Submitted by jonsmirl 2006-01-31 Google 52 Comments

The Register is reporting that Google has been working on its own Linux distro, apparently known internally as "Goobuntu." It's not clear whether this distro will be released publically or remain an internal platform, but it certainly is no surprise given Ubuntu's near ubiquitous status as of late and the ever-present reports and predictions.

Is Windows Vista Vapourware?

Adam Scheinberg 2006-01-28 Windows 43 Comments

Digg users just "dugg" an item from Silicon Valley Sleuth to the top of their queue. The article asks boldly, "is Windows Vista really vapourware?" Although the article discounts some legitimate strides Microsoft is making with things like IE7, Least-Privileged User Account, and Windows Defender, there's little doubt that Windows Vista is a far cry from what we were promised a few short years ago.

Free Operating System Zoo

Submitted by ratatask 2006-01-28 OS News 10 Comments

The Free Operating System Zoo provides ready-to-run disk images of free operating systems for use in the qemu processor emulator. Numerous Linux distributions, *BSDs, Darwin, Plan 9, and others are available. Nice for new users who want to try out other operating systems without installing them.

iWeb Review

Submitted by Rory Griffin 2006-01-28 Apple 28 Comments

"I put up my review for iWeb, the newest part of iLife from Apple Computers. My enitre personal page was designed with iWeb and a few royalty free images I found scattered around the web to give it an atmosphere that I haven't been able to create before on my own. To be honest, I'm not big on web developing, so for anyone who wants to just build a small homepage, this is for you."

Sun Releases ZFS

Submitted by dbprice 2005-11-16 Solaris 44 Comments

Sun today released its next generation filesystem, ZFS a few minutes ago by pushing out the "community" (i.e. testing) build 27 of OpenSolaris in source and binary form. You can take a look at the homepage, documentation, source code tour, and a "getting started" screencast demo.

Announcing BeleniX LiveCD

Adam Scheinberg 2005-10-30 Solaris 25 Comments

From Distrowatch.com: "BeleniX is the first live CD based on the OpenSolaris source base that boots into a full graphical desktop (with XFce). Developed at the India Engineering Centre of Sun Microsystems in Bangalore, BeleniX is trying to popularise OpenSolaris in the growing open source user and developer community in India and abroad." OSDir provides the screenshots, as usual.

Introducing the OSNews Meta Blog

Adam Scheinberg 2005-10-20 OS News 23 Comments

Today, we roll out the OSNews Meta Blog. We are trying something new. Whereas OSNews proper is moderated and logged, the OSNews Meta Blog is here solely to discuss the site, without bombing an unrelated news thread. It's unmoderated, anonymous, and, perhaps best of all.... XHTML compliant. For details, please visit this post.

The Plusdeck2: Tape to MP3

Adam Scheinberg 2005-10-06 Hardware 33 Comments

With each successive generation of technology, we collectively make each leap faster and with slightly less pain. However, as a music fanatic, the jump from tape to CD/mp3 was a tough one for me. Enter the Plusdeck2 Tape-RW PC Cassette Deck. This fantastic device, supplied by geeks.com, has been one of the best devices I've had the pleasure of reviewing. Read on for the complete story.

Apple to Replace Broken Nano Screens

Adam Scheinberg 2005-09-28 Apple 50 Comments

Responding deftly to customer complaints, Apple has agreed to replaced broken iPod Nano units, explaining that a vendor issue caused the cracked screen problem widely documented by sites like flawedmusicplayer.com. The Nano has been lavishly praised internet-wide for its form, fashion, and functionality.

Interview: Iyer Venkatesan, StarOffice Product Manager

Adam Scheinberg 2005-09-26 Original OSNews Interviews 37 Comments

Today, I had the opportunity to speak with Iyer Venkatesan, Product line manager for StarOffice at Sun Microsystems. He spoke to me at length about StarOffice 8, which will be released tomorrow. Read on for a summary of the interview, and be sure to check out the review at Newsforge as well.

What if Microsoft Gave Away Vista?

Adam Scheinberg 2005-09-19 Windows 89 Comments

The news has been around, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the development process at Microsoft has to change after Windows Vista. The time between releases is just too long, and Microsoft has to show profit to keep shareholders happy. Some say the Redmond empire is due for a slow collapse, but I think there exists an amazing opportunity.

Sun’s Sense of Humor

Adam Scheinberg 2005-09-14 Humor 54 Comments

Never let it be said that Sun Microsystems, who are promoting their new Opteron-based "Galaxy" server line, are subtle. A recent post to the Sun website displays several "rejected" ads. Says the website, "At Sun, we're the radical engineers that build 'ass-whoopin' technology - we're not Miss Manners and we never want to be." Ads that did make the cut were revealed as well.

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