Eugenia Loli Archive

IBM “Leaks” Pegasos2 Specs

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-08 Morphos 54 Comments

IBM posted information (alternative link here) on their Global Solutions Directory about the upcoming Pegasos 2. Read the "Functional Description" for the hardware specs.

Slackware 9.1: The Experience

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-08 Slackware, Slax 24 Comments

"Slackware has always been a developer's or advanced user's product. It has simplicity and speed. However, it lacks some of the tools the commercial applications have for administration. So you'll need an intermediate level of skill for this, particularly working with shell scripts to customize your boot configuration." Read the article at Linux-Universe. Here is our review with screenshots.

Mad Hatter Preview – Sun Java Desktop System Demo

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-08 Oracle and SUN 15 Comments

"I finally received the Mad Hatter Preview in the mail this weekend. I couldn’t wait to get this demo out and actually test the software, hoping that this would answer some questions that I had about the product. I was somewhat surprised to find a Live CD version of Mad Hatter instead of an actual beta, but that’s okay, I could still see what it was, even if I cannot truly install it. The truly nice thing about Live CD’s is that they don’t require that much space to get the flavor of the system. In other words, you really do not make any significant changes to an existing machine." Read the review at LinuxVoodoo.

Vector Linux 4.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-08 Linux 6 Comments

After two release candidates it is released the final version of Vector Linux-4.0. This release is based on Slackware 9.0 and the 2.4.22 kernel. It comes with auto hardware configuration and enough desktop software. The Deluxe version includes more software, KDE and Gnome.

Accelerated VMWare Graphic Driver for SkyOS 5

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-08 SkyOS 52 Comments

Robert Szeleney updated upcoming SkyOS 5 with an accelerated VMWare graphic driver, a port of the Links text/graphics web browser (fully supported by OSNews.com) and some development fixes.

Kaffe 1.1.2 Released

Submitted by Dalibor Topic 2003-10-07 Java 17 Comments

Kaffe 1.1.2 has been released. The announcement mentions many bugfixes, improved support for NIO, JSSE, RMI, JVMPI and further merges with GNU Classpath. Furthermore, kaffe 1.1.2 can run Java applications like tomcat4, eXist , and javax.sound applications like JavaLayer and JOrbis.

Loading Benchmarks between Mandrake and Gentoo Linux

Submitted by Prakash Shetty 2003-10-07 Benchmarks 53 Comments

Heres a snip from the Gentoo weekly newsletter: Jose Alberto Suarez Lopez gave a presentation at HispaLinux 2003 where he demonstrated the load-time performance of the official Gentoo Linux 1.4 release. Gentoo Linux 1.4 for Pentium III, with and without prelink, were compared with a default Mandrake 9.1 installation on a Pentium III. The results - Gentoo Linux 1.4 with prelink did better than Mandrake 9.1 across the board, and even without prelinking Mozilla loaded nearly twice as quickly in Gentoo, and NetBeans loaded more than twice as fast.

Seven Things To Keep In Mind About Longhorn

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-07 Windows 50 Comments

As the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) countdown clock ticks down —at this writing, we're 19 days, 14 hours and 36 minutes away from the Longhorn stampede, according to one enthusiast's Web site — it's a good time to start separating Longhorn fact from fiction.

Sun: Battered Company Maps Strategy for Comeback

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-07 Oracle and SUN 15 Comments

Despite Sun Microsystems' recent financial calamities, industry veterans say the battered company is hardly on the verge of collapse. Can it draw on its history of being a technical innovator? Elsewhere, "the new Java desktop has the Windows look-and-feel, but its StarOffice has so far had a lukewarm response. Can Sun convince users accustomed to MS-Office, to switch from Windows? Read at CIOL.

Apple, Linux and BSD: The ‘Other’ Platforms

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-07 Editorial 29 Comments

"When people say they don't have a choice, they often mean there is no other product that has all the benefits of Microsoft's products without having the drawbacks. Give it up. I would love to own a car that is as fast as a Corvette and gets the gas mileage of a Honda, but it isn't going to happen." Read the opinion piece at TechNewsWorld.

Frontiers, an Xlib Compatible Windowing System

Submitted by alucard 2003-10-07 Wayland 27 Comments

The JourneyOS people published an article on their upcoming window system called Frontiers.

SUSE Linux Announces Standard Server 8

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-06 SuSE, openSUSE 16 Comments

SUSE today announced the expansion of the SUSE LINUX Server family with the release of SUSE LINUX Standard Server 8 – aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. Available for Intel and AMD 32-bit processors (x86) and supporting up to two CPUs, SUSE LINUX Standard Server 8 includes features such as Internet access, e-mail, file and print services, plus graphical configuration wizards – enabling Linux novices in small and medium-sized organizations to easily set up the server as a Windows domain controller, file and print server in Windows environments, Internet gateway, E-Mail server, application server, DNS server and DHCP server.

SGI Compares Linux, Unix Source Code

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-06 SGI and IRIX 41 Comments

In light of the SCO allegations, SGI's code comparison was done during September using the Comparator software created by open source advocate Eric Raymond, as well as some other internally developed tools, according to SGI. It compared source code from the Unix System V release 4.1 software that SGI has licensed from SCO with a version of the Linux kernel released this June, SGI said.

Microsoft ‘Project Green’ Now Aligned With Longhorn

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-06 Microsoft 30 Comments

Microsoft's ambitious next-generation business applications are now due out in the "Longhorn" time frame, according to a top Microsoft executive. The upcoming product line, dubbed Project Green, will be built on what Microsoft Senior Vice President Doug Burgum calls a new "global" code base.

Libranet – GNU/Linux Bliss

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-06 Debian 28 Comments

"This is my review of Libranet 2.8.1, a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution. This was my first experience with Libranet, but I was impressed with what I saw. Read on for the details of my review, which will follow the same framework as my earlier reviews." Read the review at Linux-Universe.com.

Syllable 0.5.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-05 Syllable, AtheOS 12 Comments

The first release of the Syllable 0.5 development series has been released. The Changelog lists a huge number of changes, notably the inclusion of the new Media Framework, USB support and yet more new drivers. If you are upgrading from Syllable 0.4.5, then you must ensure that you read the upgrade notes.

Sun to Port Solaris 64bit to AMD Opteron?

Eugenia Loli 2003-10-05 Solaris 63 Comments

A new job opening posted on Sun Microsystems' Web site confirms the company's growing aspirations to roll out servers based on AMD's Opteron processor. "Solaris is the world's premier 64-bit operating system," the post on Sun's job board reads. "Now Sun is taking the next step: to make Solaris the operating system of choice for the AMD64 architecture."