Eugenia Loli Archive

Mandrake Corporate Server 3.0: Server software made easy

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-22 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 21 Comments

Mandrakesoft released its Corporate Server 3.0 product in February. It's a significant upgrade to the older 2.1 edition. With a newer kernel and a competent GUI management utility for its services, Corporate Server 3.0 is a good, inexpensive choice for businesses that need a powerful and secure server operating system with as little overhead as possible.

MySQL for Linux on POWER and PowerPC servers

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-22 Databases 12 Comments

In MySQL for Linux on POWER, Part 1 you will learn about the availability of MySQL Database Server for Linux. In MySQL for Linux on POWER, Part 2 develop apps for MySQL in PHP, Java, C/C++, Python, and Perl.

The Facts & Fiction Around Windows Security

Submitted by Tim 2005-04-22 Privacy, Security 59 Comments

Microsoft has taken alot of heat for the security issues that surround its Windows operating systems, but they should not be the only ones taken the heat for Windows security. There are other parties out there that deserve to shoulder some of the blame with Microsoft. This editorial, originally written for a Communication Security course, tries to take an objective view of who is exactly to blame for what in the perceive mess that is Windows security.

GCC 4.0 Released

Submitted by J@F 2005-04-21 General Development 46 Comments

GCC 4.0 was released yesterday. Read all about it.

Microsoft Delivers Windows Server R2 Beta 2

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 Windows 3 Comments

Redmond moves ahead with its next version of Windows Server, which is still due to ship before the end of this year. Also, Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer has unveiled the beta version of Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) at this week’s Microsoft management summit in Las Vegas. In the meantime, Microsoft is to ship 32-bit & 64-bit versions of Longhorn server.

Compatibility Mixed Bag for Apple’s Tiger

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 macOS 26 Comments

According to Tim Deal, a senior analyst with Technology Business Research in Hampton, N.H., Apple makes efforts to minimize compatibility problems between operating system upgrades. "It provides developers with a comprehensive set of tools that enables them to better create applications for each specific release of its operating system," he said. Also, Apple goes 64-bit with Tiger release of OS X.

The Gnome 3 Schedule and Plans

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 Gnome 68 Comments

"So the forces of existing userbase, the easiest-to-reach future userbase, cross-platform applications, and funded development efforts are strongly pulling GNOME 2 toward conservatism. I think GNOME 3 should be a fork for that reason". Read Havoc Pennington's blog entry regarding Gnome 3.

Solaris 10 Reviewed

Submitted by Sebastian Flyte 2005-04-21 Solaris 59 Comments

Significant performance, availability and feature enhancements make Solaris 10 an automatic choice for existing Sun customers. But as an alternative to Linux, it doesn’t yet deliver, says ZDNet.

Review: Kubuntu 5.04 “Hoary Hedgehog” and Interview

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 Ubuntu 27 Comments

Review is here and the interview with its developers is here.

Porting Windows IPC apps to Linux

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 General Development No Comments

The wave of migration to open source in business has the potential to cause a tremendous porting traffic jam as developers move the ever-pervasive Windows application to the Linux platform. In this three-part series, get a mapping guide, complete with examples, to ease your transition from Windows to Linux. Part 1 introduces processes and threads.

Remixing how we use the Open source desktop

Submitted by Jono Bacon 2005-04-21 Gnome 6 Comments

I have written an article for my O'Reilly Weblog called Remixing how we use the Open Source desktop discussion a design to better integrate software together within the umbrella of a project. With a particular focus on GNOME, the article seeks to present a means of making the desktop more useful when applied within the common 'project' setting.

A Sneak Preview of Visual Basic 2005

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 .NET 36 Comments

This article provides on overview of the new features in Visual Basic 2005 including, My Visual Basic, IntelliSense, Edit and Continue, AutoCorrect, Just My Code, Windows Forms enhancements, and more.

Linux Made Easy: Linspire 5.0

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 Linspire 39 Comments

Another Linspire review, this time at ExtremeTech along with screenshots.

Xen Disk I/O benchmarking: NetBSD dom0 vs Linux dom0

Submitted by tech_user 2005-04-21 Benchmarks 18 Comments

Xen is a relatively new technology to enable several virtual machines (domU) to run on one computer. The purpose of this article is to determine what operating system (NetBSD or Linux) should be selected as domain 0 (dom0) operating system to get the best performance when running several CPU and disk intensive virtual machines at the same time.

Interview: Branden Robinson, new Debian Project Leader

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 Debian 12 Comments

On April 17, Branden Robinson, a senior employee at Progeny Linux Systems, took over the role of Debian Project Leader from Martin Michlmayr. For Robinson, the moment was a long time coming.

Move Win32 C/C++ apps to Linux Part 3: Semaphores

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 General Development 12 Comments

Linux provides Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) semaphores, as well as pthread conditional variables to map the Win32 semaphore APIs. Both have their share of pros and cons. Get detailed code examples illustrating how to map Win32 to Linux with respect to semaphore application program interfaces (APIs).

Windows versus Windows or 32-bit versus 64bit in a reality test

Submitted by Michael S 2005-04-20 Windows 49 Comments

Recently, Windows XP 64-bit Edition has turned Gold and by the end of the month it will be retailed. What are the advantages of the 64 bit technology, how does it work and what was the history of its introduction on the consumer market, all these topics wiere debated in this article.

Swinging Windows: The New X11

Submitted by Valentin Ziegler 2005-04-20 Wayland 49 Comments

Golem.de has an wrap-up article on X11 and its new technologies (translation).

Microsoft’s Ballmer grins and bears Linux–a little

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-20 Microsoft 37 Comments

Despite his fondness for Windows, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company will make it easier for businesses to manage a wide variety of machines--including those running Linux.

Put spyware on the security map

Submitted by Danny 2005-04-20 Bugs & Viruses 13 Comments

When is a virus not a virus? When it's a piece of spyware. Spyware - also known as advertising-supported software or adware - has been until recently a fairly benign snooper on your surfing habits. The data it gathers from your visit is used to target you with tailored advertising, either in pop-up windows or emails. read more