May – 2003 – OSnews

Clash Over Java Standard Heats Up

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-31 Java 37 Comments

Upstart JBoss Group will on Monday debut a new release of its popular open-source application server software amid a growing dispute with Sun Microsystems over Java standard compliance.
Update: Preview of Java 1.5, at Slashdot.

More Alternative OS Support Under Bochs

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-31 OS News 16 Comments

TriangleOS runs under the latest Bochs x86 emulator, ReactOS as well, and now you can run Syllable on it. Regarding Syllable, here is its updated tab-based terminal. On Bochs news, the CVS version now supports SSE/SSE2 emulation. Has anyone tried MenuetOS & SkyOS with the Bochs Vesa patch?

QNX Desktop 0.1 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-31 QNX 32 Comments

One of the few gripes many users had with QNX RtP was its inability to place icons on the desktop. QNXZone now reports that the first public version of the QNX Desktop has been released. This version supports dragging icons, changing/editing the item's launch command, switch between small/big icons.

Showdown: Solaris vs. Linux

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-30 Solaris 32 Comments

"Sun's primary focus continues to be on Unix -- the Unix product portfolio," says IDC research director Al Gillen. But that may be a risky strategy. "As Linux grows, if Sun's not riding that wave fully, they leave themselves open to losing part of the market.". The article is at NewsFactor. We recently wrote a related editorial about it too.

MAZ Lab Presents Innovative Visual Development Environment

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-30 General Development 27 Comments

The MIM Visual Development Environment simplifies software programming by turning it into an intuitive visual environment for novice and experienced programmers. Maz Lab claims this is a huge innovation. They sent us --exclusively-- three mockups of their upcoming product (shot 1, shot 2, shot 3). Read more for the full press release.

LindowsOS 4.0, a Quick Look

Submitted by Gsurface 2003-05-30 Linspire 30 Comments

FlexBeta got a chance to try out Lindows 4.0. Taking a couple of screenshots, they noticed that over the hood there isn’t much change over the previous version. Lindows continues to abandon the Windows compatibility as it tries to pave the way for Linux to the desktop.

SCO to Novell: See you in court

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-30 SCO 59 Comments

SCO Group executives said Friday that the company's copyright dispute with Novell doesn't affect its legal campaign against Linux, but they'll probably sue Novell anyway.

Mozilla 1.4 RC-1 Available

Submitted by Kim Pedersen 2003-05-30 Mozilla, Gecko 37 Comments

The Mozilla project released its Mozilla suite 1.4, RC-1 for testing.

A Keyless Keyboard; Androids More Likable

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-30 Geek stuff 7 Comments

Technology news of the day: get ready to experience a keyless keyboard. Also, robots that mimic their human operators' speech patterns seem more likeable and easier to work with, a new study has found.

Gnome 2.4 for Mac OS X Underway

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-30 Gnome 43 Comments

The Fink project already features KDE 3.1.1, but Tony Arnold is working on bringing Gnome 2.4 (2.3.x for now) under X11 for Mac OS X, via Fink. Screenshot. So far, older Gnome 1.4 is available via Fink.

Poll: Let’s Evaluate Open Source’s Jewels

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-30 Rumors 131 Comments

Thursday here, a slow evening. Time for a new poll. This poll might require you to think a bit extra: it asks you to vote not for your favorite application, but which OSS application, in your opinion, has achieved high standards, performance, features and ease of use when compared to the best of breed of the closed source world. Read more for more explanation and voting.

News Pot-Pouri Around the Web

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-30 In the News 28 Comments

"Is this the end of Netscape? So much for Netscape 8.0" C|net says. Where does that leave the Mozilla project? After Apple and Microsoft, Real and Amazon get into online music business. IBM launches Lotus admin Kit resources for Win/Linux/Mac. How-to animation in SDL. 3D UI for Windows Desktops. Revolution 2.0 development tool released. New Gnumeric screenshot. Review of Poseidon USB, a USB stack for Amiga/MorphOS, plus a benchmark of AmigaONE against Pegasos and AthlonXP.

TwoOStwo for Windows v2.1 RC1 Available

Submitted by Tony Zelenoff 2003-05-29 OS News 29 Comments

TwoOStwo virtual machine for Windows NT/2000/XP enables running multiple operating systems (OS/2, Red Hat 6 and WinNT) and its applications simultaneously with the primary Windows NT/2000/XP operating system on a single PC.

Tux Goes to College

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-29 Linux 7 Comments

In an era when mature Linux distributions abound, do you need a special one just for college? Robert Kennedy College in Delémont, Switzerland, thinks so. The school's CollegeLinux 2.3 , a single-CD Linux distribution, is a power tool for educational organizations. Read the review at NewsForge and our recent interview with professor David Costa here.

SCO’s Chris Sontag on Linux, Unix and Brewing Legal Fights

Submitted by Sharon Machlis 2003-05-29 SCO 59 Comments

In an interview with Computerworld reporter Patrick Thibodeau, SCO's Chris Sontag, a senior vice president and general manager of SCOsource Division, the group within SCO in charge of enforcing the company's intellectual property, discussed the company's position. It is discussed the Linux kernel issue, Novell's reasons and why Microsoft licensed the Unix IP. Update: More SCO news.

Microsoft Creates New Group to Clean its Coding Act

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-29 Privacy, Security 27 Comments

Microsoft is expanding its security business unit with a group that will establish new software development processes and create tools for its programmers so that future Microsoft products will have fewer security flaws, a Microsoft executive said.

OpenBFS 1.0 Beta 6 Released

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-29 Haiku 43 Comments

The OpenBFS team is proud to announce that a new version of OpenBFS (Beta 6) is available for download. This new version features a fix for the dreaded "Vnode already exists with a different cookie" problem, a fix for live queries, a fix for searching on non-indexed attributes and lots of other small corrections and additions. BeOSJournal features a mini-interview with BGA. Update: Here are part 2 and part 3 of David Reid's editorials.

SCO Threatens Torvalds

Submitted by Owen Anderson 2003-05-28 SCO 122 Comments

In a statement today, SCO seems to have threatened to sue Linus Torvalds, the inventor of Linux, if more companies don't start licensing UNIX. (Note: Look at the very last paragraph.)

When you Shouldn’t be Using Linux

Submitted by Carl Simard 2003-05-28 Linux 107 Comments

Many articles already explain why you should use Linux and describes its advantages. However, for a potential new user, it's also important to know the other side: what are the disadvantages of Linux? This short article by Carl Simard tries to present this other side so that new users can evaluate much better if Linux is for them to try or if they should forget about it.

New version of OpenDarwin, v6.6.1

Submitted by Ricardo Azevedo 2003-05-28 BSD & Darwin 15 Comments

OpenDarwin 6.6.1 is announced, available immediately for both ppc and x86 architectures. OpenDarwin 6.6.1 is based on the Darwin 6.6 (which corresponds to Mac OS X 10.2.6) source release and licensed under the APSL. It includes additions and modifications from the OpenDarwin CVS Repository.

Monthly Archive:: May 2003