A project to create embedded versions of Gentoo Linux has achieved preliminary releases on x86, MIPS, PPC, and ARM. The releases include native core system binaries, cross-platform toolchains, and, for x86, an optional hardened toolchain. The year-old project needs developers to help add cross-compile awareness to source packages.
For tracking down memory leaks and other performance issues, the ease and flexibility of Valgrind may make up for slow runtimes. Memory and performance problems plague most of us, but tools are available that can help. One of the best, most powerful and easiest to use is Valgrind. One thing stands out when you use Valgrind--you do not need to recompile, relink or modify your source code. Also have a look at KCacheGrid and Alleyoop which work with valgrind.
In this article we'll examine the range of choices available for Linux network file systems. While the choices are many, we'll see that Linux still faces significant innovation challenges; yesterday's network paradigm isn't necessarily the best approach to the network of tomorrow.
Word is that IBM is seeking to sell off its PC business. The company is said to be in talks with Lenovo. IBM could get between $1 and $2 billion for its PC unit. The company wants to focus on the more lucrative enterprise and server solutions.
GTK+ 2.4.14 was released among stable and unstable versions of atk, glib, pango. This version includes some major speedups on the GtkUIManager code. You can rate the toolkit here. Update: GTK+ widget update in the documentation.
What are you looking for in a Linux distro? Ease of Installation? Great looking Desktop? Ability to download more apps as needed? Ability to run select Windows apps right on your Linux desktop? Read the review here.
Xen, an open-source project with growing ties to Red Hat, Novell and Hewlett-Packard, is emerging as the leading contender for providing open-source virtualization for the Linux environment.
Early Wednesday morning 1 December, our colleagues at The Inquirer ran a story entitled “HP expected to drop Trucluster from HP-UX” on their web site. According to the story, unnamed sources claimed that HP soon will announce that TruCluster technology is unlikely to be incorporated into HP-UX. More here.
The $11.6-billion Sun Microsystems Inc, will soon unveil a brand new subscription-based pricing model for its Solaris 10 operating system (OS) in India. The Solaris 10 price plans will be determined based on the total number of CPUs (central processing units) at client locations and will be computed annually. Also, Solaris 10 ably equipped with fixes and features. Update:More on Solaris.
Stefan Westerfeld, the author of arts, the media fromework for KDE 2.x and KDE 3.x, has written a nice piece on why many of the technical assumptions that he held while developing that software do not hold true. He then shares his insight into the future of media in KDE 4.0 and the free desktop world.
Surfing the Web has never been more risky. Simply connecting to the Internet — and doing nothing else — exposes your PC to non-stop, automated break-in attempts by intruders looking to take control of your machine surreptitiously.
Taking an intentionally cautious tone, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems executives said Wednesday that the first eight months of their 10-year partnership have yielded small, but significant progress.
The Mozilla foundation has released a new release candidate of Thunderbird 1.0 closely following the stable Firefox 1.0 release. A final version is expected within this month.
Microsoft is investigating a security flaw in Windows server software that could allow an attacker to gain complete control over systems running the software, the company says.
Castle have announced RISC OS support for NeoMagic's MiMagic 5 processor range. The MiMagic application processor is a 220MHz 32bit ARM9 core wrapped in a host of I/O and LCD monitor interfaces, and is aimed at wireless PDAs, handheld information appliances and other embedded kit.
With CD Shell, it's possible to boot multiple live distros from the same piece of media. Load up a CD or DVD with combinations of Damn Small Linux, DBAN, Slax, or other "live" distributions and always have the right tool for the job.
