Eugenia Loli Archive

Microsoft Nixes Intel’s Itanium Chip

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-12 Microsoft 35 Comments

An upcoming Microsoft software product for clustered servers won't run on Intel's high-end Itanium 2 chip, according to a report first published on News.com. Instead, it will be optimized for a more mainstream type of server chip from Intel and rival AMD.

Debian Sarge focuses on easy installation

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-12 Debian 37 Comments

The next major release of Debian aims at making installation easier for non-technical users. Debian developers have completely rewritten the Debian installer for the next version of the Linux distribution, code-named Sarge.

Live broadcasts to introduce Windows XP Embedded SP2

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-12 Windows No Comments

In anticipation of the upcoming release of Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2, Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices Group has announced a series of "Live Meeting" online broadcasts, which will be held each day from December 6 through 10 for North American developers. The broadcasts will help developers learn how they can take advantage of the capabilities of the new release in order to build more secure, manageable, and innovative embedded devices, Microsoft says.

FreeBSD for Linux Users

Submitted by TTF 2004-11-12 FreeBSD 41 Comments

This article covers some of the big-picture differences from the perspective of a Linux user being introduced to FreeBSD.

A Closer Look at Apple’s OS X 10.3.6 Update

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-11 macOS 32 Comments

"Apple released Mac OS X 10.3.6 last week on a post-election Friday afternoon, with little fanfare and the typical useful-but-sparse release notes. The company documents 22 changes in Mac OS X 10.3.6, which come from nearly 1,200 changed files in nearly 1,000 different directories or folders, many of them in large bundles or packages. Here’s a closer look at what Apple has told users about what’s inside the OS X update." Read the article here.

Windows Server ‘R2’ Details Begin to Leak

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-11 Windows 7 Comments

'R2' still has yet to go to beta, but Microsoft is well on its way to finalizing the product due to ship in the latter half of 2005, according to sources.

C|Net Summarizes Tiger’s Spotlight

Submitted by Thomas 2004-11-11 macOS 15 Comments

"With search technology in the spotlight, Apple Computer is making better ways to find desktop files the cornerstone of its next version of the Mac OS X operating system." Read the Article at C|Net.

Installing Gnome 2.8 on Suse 9.1

Submitted by TTF 2004-11-11 SuSE, openSUSE 20 Comments

Here is a tutorial on how to get Gnome 2.8 on your SuSE.

SWT Tips and Tricks: Part 1 – Window and Dialog Initialization

Submitted by Nathan Callender 2004-11-11 Java 21 Comments

SWT is an emerging Java GUI toolkit that gives Java developers access to the operating system's native widgets in a cross-platform manner. After using it for several major projects, I have found myself implementing certain tasks repeatedly, so this series of articles endevors to share a few of the insights I have gained to make working with this toolkit more rewarding.

Bash Shell and Beyond

Submitted by TTF 2004-11-11 Unix 32 Comments

Expose the power of Bash shell, tutorial here.

News on the Open Desktop Workstation

Submitted by Dave Wirl 2004-11-11 Morphos 36 Comments

As general interest over the PPC platform is growing, it could be of some interest this series of announcements made by Genesi. The Open Desktop Workstation, with all open specs, is a good way to have many operating systems, and so many options too, on good and cheap PowerPC hardware.

Progeny Debian 2.0 RC1

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-11 Debian 35 Comments

Progeny Debian 2.0 DE RC1 has been released. Progeny Debian 2.0 DE aims to provide an unmatched 'out of the box' environment for software developers building applications for the Java, Mono/.NET and LAMP platforms.

InfiniBand technology on PPC64

Submitted by Sally 2004-11-10 Linux 13 Comments

Terrasoft solution announced today the port on Linux PPC64 of the InfiniBand technology support. This is an important step that will make happy all those institutes working on Apple Xserve clusters and Linux.

Mandrakelinux 10.1 (x86-64) Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 36 Comments

Mandrakesoft has just released Mandrakelinux 10.1 for x86-64, a version of its Linux Operating System that runs on AMD x86-64 and Intel EMT architectures.

My workstation OS: FreeBSD

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 FreeBSD 70 Comments

"When you have to get work done (especially if you're self-employed) it's important to choose the right tools to enhance your productivity. If your work has something to do with a computer, the operating system is especially important. Of all of the OSes that I have used and reviewed over the years -- and I still have all of them available -- I prefer FreeBSD's "new technology release" as my main workstation operating system. Why? Because I can get more work done with it." Read the article at NewsForge.

Microsoft to back customers in infringement cases; Longhorn Status

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 Microsoft 14 Comments

Borrowing a line from Allstate Insurance, Microsoft says it wants customers to know they are in good hands when they choose its software. Elsewhere, since May this year we've heard dribs and drabs about Microsoft's much hyped next generation Operating System. According to the internal calendar Longhorn is due to hit Beta 1 on February 16th 2005 and hit RTM May 22nd 2006. Don't be surprised if the Beta 1 date slips let alone the RTM date.

Distributed Computing Project interview

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 Geek stuff 7 Comments

Here's an interview with Keith Davies of Find-A-Drug, a distributed computing project to find a cure for cancer. Anyone with a Windows, Mac, or Linux pc can run the client and pitch in for the cause.

Java on BeOS Progresses

Submitted by jeanmarc 2004-11-10 Haiku 22 Comments

Here is the first visual evidence that Java works on BeOS.

OpenBSD: Intel Refuses To Open Wireless Chipsets

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 Intel 25 Comments

OpenBSD creator Theo de Raadt announced that Intel has refused his request to permit that the firmware for their wireless chipsets be made freely distributable. He explains, "I had asked for free terms under which we (and Linux, anyone) can redistribute the firmwares for their wireless chipsets. Without these firmware files included in OpenBSD, users must go do some click-through license at some web site to get at the files. Without those files, these devices are just bits of metal, plastic, and sand."

SVISTA Virtual Machine Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-10 OS News 4 Comments

Serenity Systems International (SSI) has announced the release of their Serenity Virtual Station, SVISTA, family of virtual machine products . This is the latest entry into the hot field of virtual machine software which allows users to run multiple operating systems on their PC. A field dominated by VMWare and Microsoft's Virtual PC.