Eugenia Loli Archive

IBM First To Recieve UNIX 2003 Certification

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-23 Unix 9 Comments

Last Wednesday, IBM's AIX was the first to recieve the UNIX 2003 certification from The Open Group, beating out Sun, HP, SCO and the rest.

Applying Wart-B-Gone to XML’s Imperfections

Submitted by Esther Schindler 2004-10-23 General Development 12 Comments

The experts at the Applied XML DevCon last week didn't just show off shiny new features (though they did get a preview of the XML capabilities built into Whidbey). They honestly discussed the flaws in XML technologies and what has to be done to address them.

Novell SLES9 vs Microsoft Win2k3 in a Windows Network

Submitted by Gsurface 2004-10-23 Rumors 26 Comments

Can SLES9 be a viable server solution as an answer to using a Windows 2003 Server? Read the full article at Flexbeta.

Window Maker 0.90.0 released

Submitted by Gürkan Sengün 2004-10-23 Desktop environments 25 Comments

Window Maker, a window manager for X11 which mimics NEXTSTEP as close as possible, was released today. The most important news are antialiased fonts, UTF-8 support, font configuration in WPrefs, xinerama support, NetWM support (allows running well with GNOME 2.x, KDE 3.x) etc.

Network Computing Asia articles

Submitted by TTF 2004-10-23 In the News 7 Comments

Some FreeBSD and Linux coverage in Aug and Oct issues of Network Computing Asia: FreeBSD still Packs a Wallop, Inside Linux, Where Does Linux Work?.

New Tiger builds reveal smart font collections, security additions, more

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-23 macOS 47 Comments

Sources uncover new eye candy, smart font collections, a security certificate assistant, and more in some of the latest development builds of Apple next-generation operating system.

Nokia releases Linux/Gtk+ port of WebCore

Submitted by Anonymous George 2004-10-23 Internet 27 Comments

Gtk+ WebCore -project releases pre-alpha version of Linux/Gtk port of WebCore/KHTML rendering engine and a reference browser implementation. Released components include KJS javascript interpreter, KHTML rendering engine, Qt porting layer, WebKit API for embedding and a reference browser for demonstrating the functionality of the other components. As the first GNOME Browser Atlantis was updated to use GTK-WebCore as standard rendering engine.

Rational releases seven new products for Development Platform

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-22 IBM 8 Comments

The new tools and enhancements make it easier for development organizations to build, extend, integrate, modernize, and deploy software and software-based systems. The new set of products include a UML-based visual modeling tool, a design and construction tool, and a comprehensive IDE that enables developers to quickly design, develop, analyze, test, profile, and deploy Web, Web services, Java, J2EE, and portal applications.

A Q&A With Joel on (Microsoft) Software

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-22 Microsoft 18 Comments

Former Microsoft employee and software-development pundit Joel Spolsky shares his two cents on what's going on with Microsoft.

Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 RC1 (PPC)

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-22 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 9 Comments

This is a new development release of Mandrakelinux 10.1 for PowerPCs: "Three 700MB images this time, so a few more packages included. New in RC1: mostly in sync with 10.1/x86; airport support enabled; ghostscript and libpng problems should be fixed; several other packages like apache and php modules updated; OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 final.

Microsoft’s Ballmer: Hackers getting smarter

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-22 Microsoft 61 Comments

Microsoft's chief executive believes it's naive to suggest the software giant can eliminate all security vulnerabilities in its various products even though engineers are trying hard to do so. Hackers get smarter, too, Steve Ballmer told several thousand information-technology workers at the Gartner Symposium ITXPO.

Optimize Perl

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-22 General Development 7 Comments

Perl is an incredibly flexible language, but its ease of use can lead to some sloppy and lazy programming habits. We're all guilty of them, but there are some quick steps you can take to improve the performance of your Perl applications. This article looks at the key areas of optimization, which solutions work and which don't, and how to continue to build and extend your applications with optimization and speed in mind.

News Tip: NetBeans 4.1 Early Access Release Now Available

Submitted by Robert Demmer 2004-10-22 Java 12 Comments

The NetBeans open source project is proud to announce the early access release of the NetBeans IDE 4.1 as the project delivers significant new development capabilities for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 1.4 (J2EE) including Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) components and Web Services.

Poll: Best OS Installer

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-21 OS News 180 Comments

Take on our poll below and vote for your favorite OS installer (Javascript required).

CherryOS Sparks Talk of Virtualization Wars

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-21 In the News 64 Comments

Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit launched Virtual PC for Mac Version 7. Then, a Hawaiian company specializing in streaming video introduced CherryOS, a virtual PC that mimics the hardware of a G4 Mac. CherryOS inventor Arben Kryeziu, a software developer who got tired of carrying both a Mac and a PC all over Hawai, is confident the computing world will find value in his innovation. However, questions remain if his CherryOS is simply a modified PearPC. Update: An interesting conspiracy theory has been posted here.

A month later with Ubuntu Linux – Warty release

Submitted by JL 2004-10-21 Ubuntu 68 Comments

I came across it around mid September and after reading up on it, decided to install their September 15 pre-release on my IBM Thinkpad T22. As a follow up to my first review covering the Warty pre-release of Ubuntu Linux, I want to cover some good and bad things I have come across in my day to day use of Ubuntu. Read more.

September issue of DaemonNews

Submitted by Andrea 2004-10-21 BSD & Darwin 6 Comments

The September issue is out and Matt Dillon of DragonFly is featured.

Jef Raskin talks to the Guardian’s Jason Walsh

Submitted by Anonymous 2004-10-21 Apple 74 Comments

Jef Raskin was one of the creators of the Mac and invented the click-and-drag interface. Click for his interview.

Xandros Desktop OS Version 3 Beta Rolling Out

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-20 Oracle and SUN 16 Comments

Xandros today announced its beta test program for the forthcoming version 3.0 of the award-winning Xandros Desktop Operating System (OS). Novice to expert users interested in beta testing the latest enhancements to Xandros desktop technology are invited to apply at the Xandros web site.

Announcing Ubuntu 4.10

Submitted by Alan Moser 2004-10-20 Ubuntu 72 Comments

The warm-hearted Warthogs of the Warty Team are proud to present the very first release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a new Linux distribution that brings together the extraordinary breadth of Debian with a fast and easy install, regular releases (every six months), a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of security and technical support. Update: A selection of screenshots from the final version.