Monthly Archive:: January 2005

eXpert Zone reports: "A few days ago, on 11th january, Fabien quietly released an updated version of the BeOS Developer's Edition. The new version, v2.1.22, features a whole set of updated drivers, applications and fixes to common BeOS problems. Screenshot, and the original homepage (in French)."

KDE 3.4 Beta 1 has been released, more info here.

When it comes to Apple Computer's new Mac Mini, beauty is in the eye of the person holding the wallet, says C|Net. My Take: I updated my blog with an... unrealistic hope for an even cheaper Mac Mini.

Two years after its first attempt fell short, Red Hat is trying again to reach beyond its own employees for help developing its Linux line.

A recent AMI-Partners Inc. report which stated "user challenges and a dearth of applications continue to hinder the growth of Linux servers and on the desktop" prompted one Novell executive to counter that point-of-view. Read more here.

"As an entrepreneur many times over, he hopes he's really getting it right this time." So states half of Mitch Kapor's terse biography on the Open Source Applications Foundation staff page. Read the interview here.

The fourth development release of upcoming Gnome 2.10 is now available.

A Practical Guide to Basic Security in Linux Production Environments - This article is a practical step-by-step guide for securing Linux production systems. It shows how to meet basic security requirements for Linux systems that need to pass security audits. This guide also discusses some Linux security steps that cannot be found in any book at the time of this writing. If you have been assigned to come up with a corporate Linux Security Standard, then you should definitely read on.

I recently got a chance to interview George Staikos, the Official Representative for the KDE Project in North America.

Blue screen, registry error, blank screen... ack! Somebody tell me: how I can retrieve my data? How do I get my system running again? THG shows you which tools to use, and how to use them to get everything running again - without data loss or the dreaded reinstall.

Great news for Apple, big profit and more than 1 million Macs were sold this quarter, something that didn't happen for years! With the Mac Mini introduction yesterday, the next quarter seems even more favorable for a bigger number on CPU sales.

I have been keeping a log of my Linux experiences since August of 2002. At first, I set it up as a textbase of tips. Using the wonderful program Tuxcards, I maintained a diary.

The latest issue of The GNOME Journal has just been published. This second issue covers some technical articles, including CD/DVD creation, connecting to remote resources, and how to get help from the GNOME community. Also, will GNOME pass the Liberal Arts major test? Developer topic s are also covered, as Seth Nickell takes a look at the "Experimental Culture" surrounding GNOME development and Christian Hammond sheds light on the concept of desktop presence.

The NetBSD Foundation has published its fourth quarterly status report, covering the months October through December of 2004. Among many other things, this status report covers the publication of the new NetBSD Logo, the new pkgsrc branch, the new NetBSD/iyonix port and of course the release of NetBSD 2.0.