Eugenia Loli Archive

Performance Tools for Optimizing Linux: Process-Specific CPU

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-01 Linux 6 Comments

The tools to analyze the performance of applications are varied and have existed in one form or another since the early days of UNIX. It is critical to understand how an application is interacting with the operating system, CPU, and memory system to understand its performance. This chapter will help you understand where the bottleneck in your system is occuring, and how to fix it.

FreeBSD 5.4 review

Submitted by Jem Matzan 2005-06-01 FreeBSD 33 Comments

NewsForge has a review of FreeBSD 5.4 up today. While it's better than the previous three releases, it still doesn't work as well as it should. Many bugs have been fixed, but some big ones still remain, especially on multi-processor and AMD64 machines.

Into The Pegasos 1 & MorphOS

Submitted by Thom Holwerda 2005-05-31 Morphos 27 Comments

Expert Zone reports: "A lot of reviews of the Pegasos have been published since its release, more than two years ago. Unfortunately, most were written from a fan point of view and were not really objective so I decided to write my own review. The goal of this article is to present the Pegasos/MorphOS couple so I won't mention anything about other OSs running on the machine, such as Linux, or even MacOSX." This review, translated from French to English at Expert Zone's request, covers the hardware and software of the Pegasos I machine. Photos and screenshots included.

SkyOS Indexing

Submitted by Robert Szeleney 2005-05-31 SkyOS 31 Comments

A new video from the SkyOS site shows off the IndexFeeder and the Viewer displaying live results. The video was captured in VMWare showing a few queries made over a 40GB attribute and file content indexed filesystem. There is also a document explaining a few internals of the indexing system used in SkyOS.

GIT HOWTO for the Linux Kernel

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-28 Linux 7 Comments

A HOWTO on GIT patch management software that replaces Bitkeeper has been published on the Linux Kernel mailing list.

Interview with PalmSource exec’s probes elucidates Linux strategy

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-28 Wireless 14 Comments

This installment in LinuxDevices.com's "Executive Interview" series explores PalmSource's plans with respect to morphing Palm OS into a middleware and application stack that runs on top of Linux, with an aim of targeting mobile phones and other wireless-enabled devices. While visiting the company's annual developers conference in San Jose this week, we sat down with PalmSource VP of Engineering Mike Kelley and Director of Product Marketing John Cook to discuss PalmSource's Linux strategy and plans. Read the interview here.

Windows rapidly approaching desktop usability

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-27 Windows 393 Comments

"Every year or so I like to see how Microsoft is doing in its attempt to make a desktop operating system as usable as Linux. Microsoft Windows XP, Home Edition, with Service Pack 2, is a tremendous improvement over previous Windows versions when it comes to stability and appearance, but it still has many glitches that..." Read more at NewsForge.

OS makers slow to fix flaw, researcher says

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-27 Privacy, Security 34 Comments

Operating system vendors were given two months notice before a security flaw was made public, but some have yet to resolve the issue, a security researcher has claimed.

Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ in depth

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-27 macOS 17 Comments

"Review I've been running Mac OS X 'Tiger' since the day after its release, on 29 April. At the time, hundreds of reviews of the operating system were published, but I didn't want to be a part of the herd, since many of them were little more than lists of the new features. I wanted to spend some more time with Tiger before getting off the fence." Read the article at TheRegister.

POWER5 Virtualisation: SUSE Linux Virtual I/O Server

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-27 SuSE, openSUSE 19 Comments

Reduce your operation costs for complex environments by creating efficient and flexible virtualisation capabilities. Nigel Griffiths describes the benefits of the IBM POWER5 servers and provides examples on how to set up the environment for pSeries, p5, and eServer OpenPower systems.

Mac OS X 10.4 – more bling than bang?

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-27 macOS 96 Comments

While the third update to Mac OS X, Panther, was an essential upgrade for Mac users, the fourth has presented Apple's marketeers with something of a challenge. The ritual that we call the annual OS upgrade is Apple's best publicity showcase after January MacWorld - a chance to remind the world that it doesn't just make iPods. Read the review here.

Developing GNOME Applications with Java

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-27 Gnome 48 Comments

Design your application's GUI look in XML, write the code in Java and plug the whole thing in to the GNOME desktop.

Indigo not so open as .NET Framework?

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-26 Microsoft 50 Comments

A Novell-backed project seeking to create an open source version of web services technology in future versions of Windows could hit an IP hurdle from Microsoft. Evaluation has begun on an open source version of Indigo, the web services communications layer due in Longhorn and updates to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

Review: SanDisk’s Sansa e130 mp3/WMA Player

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-26 Multimedia, AV 80 Comments

Are you looking at buying a truly affordable & expandable mp3 player with an LCD screen & FM radio that just works? SanDisk's newest mp3 player Sansa might just be what you were looking for!

OSS on OS X

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-26 macOS 42 Comments

Apple recently released Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, the latest update to the flagship operating system. Featuring developer-oriented features such as Core Data under the hood, the Unix-based Tiger and the introduction of powerful yet increasingly cost-effective Mac hardware is enticing many a curious Linux enthusiast to prowl over to the nearest Apple Store and get their paws on a Mac. Read more at NewsForge.