Eugenia Loli Archive

An Introduction to RubyCocoa, Part 2

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 macOS No Comments

In Part 1 of this two-part series, Christopher Roach provided some background and helped you get started with RubyCocoa programming. In today's conclusion he gets into the actual code... and if you're following along, you'll end up with a functioning application.

Bridging the Gap: J2SE 5.0 Annotations

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 Java 2 Comments

Annotations, a means of providing your own metadata for your code, are among the major features of J2SE 5.0, but you don't have to move to 5.0 to use them. Kyle Downey introduces annotations and their implementation in several Java 1.4-compatible forms.

Microsoft math: dual core licensed as one chip

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 Windows 23 Comments

Microsoft will continue to charge its customers for a single processor license once a new crop of hardware servers with the equivalent of two microprocessors on each chip hit the market next year. Intel's first dual-core Xeon processor is scheduled to arrive in the first quarter of 2006, a company exec said Monday, meaning that a competing chip from rival AMD will likely arrive several months earlier.

Revision Control with Arch: Introduction to Arch

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 General Development 23 Comments

Whether you're moving up from CVS or getting serious about a revision control system, here's a powerful tool that will keep records of changes and keep your projects under control.

Brushed Metal and the HIG

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 macOS 39 Comments

"The HIG is only credible if it accurately reflects Apple’s actual policy. If the policy isn’t going to change, then the HIG should. To those of you who think this state of affairs is just fine, that there’s no problem with Mac OS X providing two disparate themes for developers to choose between based on whim, I ask this: If two themes are OK, why not three or four?" Read the editorial at DaringFireball.

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 Linux 53 Comments

Linus Torvalds has just released Linux kernel 2.6.9. Changelog here, announcement here.

An HP UX-11i Performance Management Methodology

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 Unix 2 Comments

Optimizing the performance of a system can save your company a considerable amount of money. In this chapter, you'll see how to streamline your system for maximum efficiency.

Delegates vs. Interfaces in .NET

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 .NET 13 Comments

When you write .NET code that takes callback parameters, your first instinct may be to use delegates, but it may not occur to you that you can use an interface instead. Learn why and when an interface may be a better answer.

Introduction to Mobile Application Architectures

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-19 Wireless 1 Comment

As mobile devices become more common, it becomes imperative to understand how this environment poses unique application architecture challenges. This chapter will help you understand the issues involved in developing applications for mobile devices.

DirectX and the .NET Programmer

Submitted by Esther Schindler 2004-10-19 3D 17 Comments

If you're not programming games or video, should you just forget about DirectX? Not necessarily.

McNealy: Microsoft integration work slow going

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-18 Oracle and SUN 14 Comments

The integration of Microsoft and Sun Microsystems technology is progressing, but it is more complex than envisioned, according to Scott McNealy, Sun's chief executive.

On Misconceptions, SkyOS, And The GPL

Submitted by Thom Holwerda 2004-10-18 SkyOS 72 Comments

"There are a lot of misconceptions and false sentiments surrounding SkyOS. And every time someone mentions SkyOS, these same old misconceptions bubble up. In this article, I will try to contradict them and explain why they are untrue." Read the rest here.

LiveBSD 5.3 with KDE 3.3 and BSD Installer Beta 1

Submitted by GeekGod 2004-10-18 FreeBSD 20 Comments

LiveBSD has just released a LiveCD based on FreeBSD 5.3 which is a heavily modified FreeSBIE that includes an installer that can be invoked via NCurses, CGI and even QT.

Going 3D with Project Looking Glass

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-18 Oracle and SUN 15 Comments

Early in 2003, Hideya Kawahara, a Senior Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, had an inspiration. Recognizing that desktops had not changed substantially in 20 years, he set out to make them more aesthetically appealing and more powerful.

Linux on new Apple G5

Submitted by miki 2004-10-18 Linux No Comments

Several weeks ago a roundup of Linux on G5 was done. Another small step has come yesterday: Linux supporting the new G5 thermal system (liquid cooling included).

OpenGL per OS Performance: Doom3 Linux & Windows Battlegrounds

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-18 Games 50 Comments

To answer the question of which OS runs Doom3 faster - unfortunately, there really was not the type of contest that AnandTech had anticipated. Yes, Doom3 for Linux stays competitive with Doom3 for Windows, but in several instances, it falls more than 25% behind on NVIDIA graphics cards. If and when ATI cards start working for Doom3, we are likely to see even larger differences.

MS Trims Next Windows Server Release; SP1 Build 1247 Available

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-18 Windows 8 Comments

Microsoft wants to deliver its Windows Server 2003 update, known as "R2," in 2005. To make sure it will be able do so, the company is prioritizing its feature list and moving some R2 features into later releases. Elsewhere, Windows Server 2003 SP1 Build 1247 is now available for testers.