Monthly Archive:: September 2004

GNUstep 0.9.4, Lesstif 0.93.96 and Fox Toolkit Releases

Gnustep features a rearranged printing kit, LessTif now supports wheel mice and it builds as Motif 2.1 clone, while Fox had a recent development release too (1.3.12). Some of Fox's flagship applications include Xfe, ReZound & Goggles which look great in AA (screenshot). Elsewhere, gtk2-perl released a bug fix package of the GladeXML module while the Gnome developers are now discussing the possibility of adding Python (pygtk, part of Gnome Bindings) to the core Gnome release.

.NET Samples for Visual FoxPro Developers

This download contains different projects and source files which are designed to show how how some common Visual FoxPro functionally is created in Visual Basic .NET. Many of these samples are directly or indirectly based on existing Visual FoxPro 8.0 Solution Samples for comparison reference. Each project is self-contained and can be run independently of any other.

What happened to Great Out of the Box Experience?

Windows XP SP2 is 99% great, but the 1% that isn't turns a gift into a bomb. If Microsoft wants to win hearts and pocketbooks, then the product teams need to relearn how to treat customers with respect. With minimal effort, Microsoft could show paying customers that they are valued partners, rather than adversaries. Karsten Schneider writes about his experience with SP2, and his ideas of what it would take to turn a rock into rocks!

Cross platform development: Building RISC OS Programs on Windows

Perhaps surprising, and certainly not obvious to many people, is that it's been possible to develop RISC OS programs under Windows for a long time. Historically, ARM's SDK environment was able to generate RISC OS binaries, although that support was removed some time ago. More recently (but has still been true for a number of years), it's been possible to build RISC OS programs using GCCSDK under Cygwin - although bugs in the version of the compiler packaged with it did make that problematic earlier this year.

Updated RDF/RSS News Feed; Please Test

To get better compliancy with RSS, we upgraded our feed to RSS 1.0. Please refresh your feeds, test and report any problems in the comment section. On other site news, the GTK+ browser Dillo is now working better with our comment.php pages. The GnomeFiles.org feed also saw an update recently, it is now formatted in lovely HTML (it will remain in RDF version 0.9 though, as it will the NMC feed, because their creation php code is hairy).

Linux public access distro delivers extreme ROI

Userful corporation is taking on the public access computing market with software that enables a Linux PC to connect up to 10 monitors, giving each user the experience of being connected to a standalone computer. The Canadian company’s “1-Box” approach lets up to ten users can browse the Internet, send email and run applications from one computer. The strategy eliminates the need for servers and networking equipment, save significant money on hardware and is deployed in several libraries in that country. The company also gives some environmental impact savings on ewaste and energy due to their solution. Read full story. Elsewhere, Linux takes a step toward desktop acceptance.

An Interview with Tom Lord of Arch

Version control systems are a tool close to any programmer's heart and a lot has been made of advancements in Subversion, but there is another version control system out there that completely redefines the boundaries of how such a system should work. Tom Lord is the author of the Arch Revision Control System. OSDir interviews Tom on the story behind Arch and just how different it is from what you're likely using today.

Is there a ClearCase to move to UCM?

Are you thinking of moving from base Rational ClearCase to Unified Change Management (UCM)? Many organizations find it difficult to use ClearCase out of the box. UCM was an effort to identify the most common elements of ClearCase use models, and to create objects and methods that make the application more effective. This article shares some points that you may want to consider when making the decision to move to UCM.