Eugenia Loli Archive

Are You Ready for 64-Bit Computing?

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-29 Hardware 66 Comments

The next generation of desktop computers is coming, and here's why it matters. New processors coming soon from Advanced Micro Devices and Apple suggest 64-bit computing will make its way to a desktop near you this year. But what does that really mean for you?

Interviews with ELX Linux, Knoppix Developer

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-29 Linux 5 Comments

DesktopLinux recently contacted ELX Linux to learn about the company's desktop strategy, market conditions and business activities. PCTechTalk features an interview with Knoppix's main developer.

Xandros Releases Xandros Desktop 1.1

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-28 Oracle and SUN 50 Comments

Xandros, Inc. has released a 1.1 edition of Xandros Desktop Deluxe. Version 1.1 enhancements include: Support for Microsoft Office XP and Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Mozilla 1.3.1 with spell checking and spam filtering, OpenOffice.org office suite 1.0.3, Evolution groupware client 1.2.4, enhanced hardware detection, Intel i830/845/855 graphics drivers. Xandros Desktop Deluxe 1.1 includes a printed user guide, a Technology Preview CD, and 30 days of e-mail installation support.

Microsoft’s IE 6 Global Usage Share Continues to Rise

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-28 Internet Explorer 125 Comments

Today it was reported that IE6's global usage share continues to rise. Internet Explorer 6 has shown a fast adoptation rate with a global usage share of 66.3% and it has a total global usage share of 95.4%.

SGI and OpenGL ARB Announce OpenGL 1.5 Specification

Submitted by Ginny 2003-07-28 3D 18 Comments

SGI and OpenGL architecture review board announced the OpenGL 1.5 specification, introducing support for a "revolutionary" OpenGL Shading Language. Also, SGI and Sun Microsystems' Software Platforms to work seamlessly together with Java bindings to OpenGL. I wonder if this new OpenGL 1.5 spec clashes with 3DLabs' suggested 2.0 specification somehow.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.9.95 Beta

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2003-07-28 Red Hat 13 Comments

Red Hat has released a public beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.9.95 (Advanced Server and Workstation versions) for i386, ia64 and AMD64.

Apple’s “First 64bit Desktop Platform” Won’t Run a 64bit OS

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-28 Apple 69 Comments

Apple has confirmed to the Register Panther, aka Mac OS X 10.3, will not be a fully 64-bit operating system. Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of hardware product marketing, this week admitted that Panther will be a 32-bit operating system tweaked to support 64-bit addressing. Joswiak himself says: "The important thing for us we didn't want to create a separate OS that is 64 bits. What is essential is that this OS and this hardware will run 32-bit applications with no recompiling - it will just run them."

Review: Is Windows Mobile 2003 Worth the Upgrade?

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-28 Windows 6 Comments

From our sister site, NewMobileComputing: PPCW.net has a review of the new version of Windows Mobile 2003 operating system running on PocketPCs.

Inside Internet-based Windows Product Activation

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-28 Windows 20 Comments

Internet-based product activation of Windows XP involves transmitting an amount of data to the Microsoft activation servers. Is this a threat to the users' privacy?

Linux 2.6-test2 Released

Submitted by Matthew Baulch 2003-07-28 Linux 21 Comments

Another test release of Linux's next incarnation, 2.6 has been released today. The full release is available here as well as a patch for those who prefer it. Check out kernel.org for details.

GUI Toolkits for The X Window System

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-28 Wayland 39 Comments

This article is aimed at Unix developers who already have some experience with programming languages and want to start developing GUI applications. It may also come in handy if you have used a particular GUI toolkit for some time and want to know whether others might suit your needs better.

Gates on Linux, IPs, GPL, SCO and More

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-27 Microsoft 90 Comments

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said the intellectual property battle between SCO and IBM is hurting the business of Linux. Gates said the SCO controversy has exposed a fundamental weakness of Linux--that the General Public License (GPL) makes it difficult for companies to engage in the cross-licensing deals that have become standard in the software industry. That's a big Achilles heel, Gates said.

Comparing Server OSes: Why SCO UNIX Is A Bad Idea

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-27 Unix 33 Comments

"It's a rather difficult mission to shop for an operating system for a server. When most people think of server OSes they think of Unix, and when they think of Unix they think of SCO, the company that owns the Unix source code. But there are so many more choices out there, the least of which offers a dearth of advantages over SCO's Unix products. Having said that, let's explore the Unix world and take a look at what it has to offer the server and workstation market." Read the article at TheJemReport.

Poll: Do you Use a Web Browser with your Mobile Phone or PDA?

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-27 Internet 52 Comments

At OSNews we are interested to see how many people are using our special version of OSNews (no nested tables, no ads but still *full-featured* version, screenshots here and here) that is able to browse on "lesser" browsers. In the following polls, please vote and let us know if you are generally using an HTML-capable web browser with your PDA or your mobile phone.

Apple Seeds Panther build 7B21, new Xcode

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-27 Apple 22 Comments

Apple provided testers and developers with a new pre-release version of Mac OS X 10.3, code-named Panther. The update was marked build 7B21, the first "B" series Panther build to be seeded. A new version of Xcode Suite was also seeded, with "issues addressed in almost every component," according to the read me. Read more about it at ThinkSecret.

GNUstep 0.8.8 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-27 OpenStep, GNUstep 24 Comments

GNUstep is a set of general-purpose Objective-C libraries based on the OpenStep standard developed by NeXT. In the new version, the LanguageSetup docs were updated to better help users settings fonts for their language, especially with regard to non-Latin fonts. An improved RTF reader with better Unicode support was added. Slightly better EWMH support was also added. The Art backend now works with more versions of Freetype.

Reiser4 Benchmarks Available

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-26 General Development 30 Comments

From Slashdot: "Hans Reiser has benchmarked Reiser4 against ext3 and Reiserfs 3. Reiser4 turns out to be way faster than V3, and for ext3, why don't you check out the results yourself ? Han's Reiser states, "these benchmarks mean to me that our performance is now good enough to ship V4 to users", and he will be probably sending in a patch within the next couple of weeks to be included in the 2.6/2.5 kernel." Benchmarks against XFS would be most interesting too.

Tide Turns Against SCO

Submitted by Anonymous 2003-07-26 SCO 95 Comments

SCO shares fell nearly 10% Friday, after an IBM memo rejecting SCO's Linux claims turned up. Meanwhile, Andy Butler of Gartner said "Users should not start waving their cheque books" in apparent contradiction of earlier comments by his colleague George Weiss. GROKLAW lists several other analysts taking anti-SCO positions on Linux licensing. Form-4 filings with the SEC reveal SCO Executives have been cashing out stock. They made $398,833.90 in June, and $781,964.70 in July.

Hacker Code Could Unleash Windows Worm

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-26 Privacy, Security 41 Comments

A hacker group released code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack as soon as this weekend, security researchers warned.

Bill Gates : 5% Of Windows Machines Crash More Than Twice A Day

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-25 Windows 94 Comments

According to a NYTimes article, Bill Gates says that 5% of all Windows installations crash more than twice a day. Elsewhere, at Silicon.com Microsoft CEO talks on the Longhorn 'big bang', $49bn cash mountain and more.