Eugenia Loli Archive

The first test version of the upcoming Gnome 2.10 is now available. In the meantime, discussion about proposed modules to join 2.10 is under way.

This article over at Javalobby on the problems with the current Java license, as well as some of the possible alternatives. It discusses the pros and cons of the Sun license, the GPL, and submitting Java to a standards body.

Apple Computer last evening seeded its developers with Mac OS X 10.4 Server "Tiger" build A8297. The 1.6GB DVD image distribution marks the first time that Apple has offered Tiger. Elsewhere, With Apple Computer threatening to push his product aside, longtime Mac developer Arlo Rose has moved his Konfabulator over to Windows.

The Mozilla Project released Firefox 1.0-RC2 for testing. Thunderbird 0.9 also available.

Novell released Mono 1.0.4 recently, along with testing version 1.1.2.

Come in and vote for your favorite front-end of package management solutions (Javascript req). Update: The "Other" option was removed and all its votes deleted, as the last hour it got hammered by script kiddies and went from 5% to 39% unaturally fast. The poll is now closed.

If you were expecting a sneak peak of an open source Solaris or to buy a commercial version next week when it launches, don't hold your breath. Although Sun Microsystems said it is on track to officially launch Solaris 10, the next generation server operating system, on Nov. 15 at its Network Computing 04Q4 event in San Jose, the products will actually take a bit longer.

In order to better understand why OpenBSD has decided this is important, KernelTrap approached Theo de Raadt with a few questions. In reply he fully explains the issue, talking about how successful this form of activism has been for OpenBSD in the past, and offering specifics on exactly what they are trying to accomplish. He summarizes, "the open source community has support for all the ethernet chipsets, all the scsi chipsets, all the raid chipsets, so why should we not have support for all the wireless chipsets?"

The NetBSD-PT Group did an interview via e-mail with Hubert Feyrer. He has been a NetBSD developer for years and we wanted to know his views on NetBSD, his projects and some personal questions.

NeoWin posted a roundup of the available Longhorn shots.

To paraphrase one of the best "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes, "Best of Both Worlds", both Arch Linux and Slackware represent the best of all the OS worlds: the power of traditional Unix, the elegance of BSD and the ease of mind of Mac OS X. This is an article outlining the differences between --what I believe-- are the two best Linux distros around today. Mind you though, "best" doesn't always mean "easy".

IBM has ported/developed their Javacard smart card operating system for Sharp's 1MB smart card.

Microsoft is rejecting claims from security researchers that a spoofing technique discovered on Internet Explorer is a security vulnerability.

Want to reduce administration time and user frustration? Streamline your network file sharing with DFS. Jesse Smith tells you how to set up a DFS root, and you'll learn some good practices for managing one or more DFS roots on your network.