Monthly Archive:: May 2004

Power Mac G5 Trails Opteron on Media Benchamrks

Submitted by OBOS4ALL 2004-05-23 Benchmarks 71 Comments

"The Power Mac G5 is a formidable machine, representing a giant leap in performance over the G4. But the 64-bit transition so far only represents a small step. Even though there's not much of a benefit from 64-bit computing yet, this marks the beginning of a new era for Apple, where the 64-bit world will enable new capabilities for the content creation community" the reviewer concludes in his benchmark article.

Cisco source code leak: No need to sweat yet

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-23 Internet 10 Comments

The Russian security site securitylab.ru reported that the source code of the CISCO IOS 12.3, 12.3t operating system has probably been stolen. The leak of Cisco's source code for its latest network devices will not result in a large number of discovered vulnerabilities, security experts said.

CrossOver Office 3 Review & Interview with CodeWeavers Founder

Submitted by W. da Rocha Lima 2004-05-23 Linux 20 Comments

Mad Penguin has published a review of CrossOver Office 3 as well as an interview with the founder of CodeWeavers Inc., Jeremy White. Review of CrossOver 3 and interview with Jeremy White.

Longhorn: Will Microsoft Keep the Door Open?

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-23 Windows 32 Comments

"I'm not sure what to think about Longhorn yet. On the one hand, it looks like it will potentially be a truly revolutionary new version of Windows that has all kinds of new potential built into it. On the other hand, it looks like it could be made into the most proprietary operating system ever. One in which only Microsoft can extend or do anything meaningful to it." Read the editorial by Stardock's Brad Wardell.

Sun Pushes Linux into Retail

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-23 Oracle and SUN 10 Comments

The Sun-Tomax solution was to get rid of the Windows servers and substitute a cluster of eight Sun servers running Linux sitting in a data-center that is professionally managed in a high-availability environment. Soon, the companies plan to add six more servers to that cluster, according to Klingler.

Tiling window manager for Microsoft Windows

Guest post by David Ross 2004-05-22 Windows 24 Comments

WindowSizer was just released, a tiling window manager for Microsoft Windows: It picks up where the Tile Windows command leaves off. Useful for viewing multiple application windows. Resizing one window resizes others to maintain a no gap, no overlap efficient workspace. Swap window positions in arrangement with drag and drop. Save common work arrangements to bring back when you like.

Eclipse 3.0 M9 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-22 Java 36 Comments

In this new version, there is more refinement on the UI (layout, new icons, Look'n'Feel), and the editor now supports code folding.

Review of Fedora Core 2

Guest post by Brian Bondari 2004-05-22 Fedora Core 65 Comments

First, allow me to say that I have only been using Linux for about 5 months, so I'm a comparative newbie to many in the Linux world. I don't make presumptions to know everything. With that in mind, this review is not geared toward the Linux veteran, but for people who have more curiosity than experience with Linux.

Windows 98SE emulated on Pocket PC

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-22 Windows 8 Comments

PocketGamer is carrying a story on the successful emulation of Windows 95 and Windows 98SE on the Pocket PC. This was made possible by a Pocket PC port of Bochs, an x86 emulator. Read more in the report over at Slashdot.

Subversion 1.0.4 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-22 General Development 7 Comments

Subversion 1.0.4 is a bugfix release that fixes a few problems. "svn up" can now delete unversioned data on Win32 filesystems. Memory leaks in "svnlook diff/changed/dirs-changed" were plugged. An insecure script example in the pre-commit-hook template and the inability to do a checkout to "/" were fixed.

Fedora Core 2 Review at Linux Compatible

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2004-05-22 Fedora Core 62 Comments

Linux Compatible has published a review on Fedora Core 2 with 30 screenshots: "Fedora Core 2 is the latest release of Red Hat's community supported Linux distribution. This release is available on 4 CDs (+ 4 CDs sources) or 1 DVD, and for x86-compatible (32-bit) and AMD64 (64-bit) platforms."

SkyOS 5.0 Beta 6 Released

Submitted by Kelly 2004-05-22 SkyOS 113 Comments

SkyOS 5.0 beta 6 has been released to all SkyOS beta team members. There are too many changes and improvements to mention them all, but many recent news items are newly available in this beta, including the new ISS, improvements to the GUI, fixed partition manager, sticky notes, new drivers and much more. A few screenshots of beta 6 can be found in this thread on the SkyOS forums.

Security Update 2004-05-24 for Mac OS X Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-22 macOS 30 Comments

This update (10.2.8 here) delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: HelpViewer.

Tiny Linux startup sees through HP-Dell “Recycle” scheme

Submitted by jill 2004-05-22 In the News 15 Comments

A NY startup selling Linux-based thin-client management software has called foul on HP and Dell for recent efforts to fund computer recycling programs. Symbio Technologies says they stand to sell more new PCs if future diskless clients are destroyed, instead of being donated to schools or resold.

Divide and Conquer: Why Apple Has an iPod Division

Submitted by Claudio 2004-05-21 Apple 38 Comments

Robert Cringely editorializes on the latest changes inside Apple with the shifts of the execs and the creation of the iPod division. He believes that Apple is exiting the Mac hardware business (maintaining it only until their margins are not met) and it is going to focus on the OS, apps and the music business.

NetBSD Non-executable Mappings Update

Submitted by Daniel de Kok 2004-05-21 NetBSD 19 Comments

During the last few months Chuck Silvers has refined the support for non-executable mappings on NetBSD. Non-executable mappings make parts of the stack and heap non-executable when they are marked writable. This makes exploiting potential buffer overflows harder.

First Look: Java Desktop System 2

Submitted by Jem Matzan 2004-05-21 Oracle and SUN 52 Comments

Linux.com has a review of Sun's second release of their GNU/Linux-based Java Desktop System.

GNU: The New World Order

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-21 Open Source 45 Comments

An article on GNU/OSS, and how it integrates with the current IT situation. GNU: The New World Order.

Macromedia Developer Tools for Linux

Submitted by Marten Klencke 2004-05-21 Linux 30 Comments

News.com is carrying an article that seems to have gone by unnoticed. Macromedia is looking into releasing Linux versions of their development tools. This will immediately make Flash development accessible. Future products will enable Linux users to program using next generation Macromedia technologies such as MXML.

Mozilla 1.8 Alpha 1 Released

Submitted by adel 2004-05-21 Mozilla, Gecko 58 Comments

Mozilla.org today released the latest milestone of the Mozilla Suite and platform, 1.8 Alpha 1. This release is the first step towards a new milestone plan, outlined below. New in this release is a basic FTP upload UI, better Linux mouse support, and a number of other features. A more complete change log is also available. Builds are starting to become available on the FTP servers currently.