Epiphany Followup
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This recent article on Epiphany has garnered many comments, both on FootNotes and OSNews. This followup article addresses some concerns that have been raised about Epiphany.
Monthly Archive:: July 2005
BSD Divert Sockets for Linux 2.6 Kernels Released
The first release of BSD divert sockets for Linux 2.6 kernels has been completed and may be downloaded here.
Preview of KDE 3.5
A blog entry by Jure Repinc tells us about some of the new features in KDE 3.5 which according to this schedule isn't quite finished yet. Amongs other things, there will be a Storage Media Notification dialog and some more eye candy in Kicker.
How to Get the Longhorn Beta 1 Invitation
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A Microsoft customer was so eager to get a beta of Longhorn that he FedEx'ed two pounds of inscribed chocolate to one of Microsoft's test managers. Yes, he did get the invitation and the chocolate was sent to the Longhorn shiproom for everyone to enjoy.
Running Windows with No Services
Dave Solomon of Sysinternals was experimenting about how many services are necessary for at least basic funtionality of Windows. What he discovered, however is that Windows can be perfectly used for almost all basic use, such as web browsing or running aplications, without any services running. In his article he explains how to achieve this. Apparently even Microsoft's own vice president of the Core Operating Systems Division was surprised about this.
History of the iPod
The iPod, more than any other single product from Apple, has changed the company and the world. Before its introduction MP3 players were the realm of small companies with limited budgets and no content. After the iPod the entire industry has evolved and grown to the point where the largest computer companies in the world have major interests in the digital music industry. Read the history of the iPod at Braeburn.
Konfabulator is Now Free
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Konfabulator, the application whose concept was "borrowed" for the Mac OS X Tiger Dashboard system (and yes, we know that Konfabulator itself was inspired by many other apps, including Apple's Desktop Accessories), has been acquired by Yahoo and is now available for free. Download it from their website.
FreeBSD Developer Seeks Sponsorship
Network stack developer Andre Opperman appeals to the FreeBSD community to support three months of full time work. The primary focus will be to optimize the IP network stack and estimates a potential perfomance increase of 40-50%.
Virtual Private Asterisk
If you're interested in PBX systems or Virtual Private Servers, there's an interesting article on using
Virtual Private Servers to secure and even run multiple instances of Asterisk (open source PBX software) on one machine. It's like running a
small telco in a box!
Zend Core for IBM on Linux
Have you considered setting up a PHP 5 on your Linux server, but not had the time to learn how? This article will help guide you through the installation of a PHP 5 environment using the industry's first integrated PHP environment that includes the IBMCloudscape database server. Installation and configuration is greatly simplified using Zend Core for IBM compared to setting up a complete development and deployment environment from scratch.
ABLE Learning Environment 2.3 for Eclipse
IBMs Eclipse based Agent Building and Learning Environment (ABLE) enables developers to build intelligent Java agents on Linux using machine reasoning and implement their own AbleBeans and AbleAgents and plug them into ABLE’s Agent Editor. Version 2.3 includes a new Eclipse plug-in administration console for distributed agent platform, an updated Eclipse rule and agent editors, a new PetriNet agent, and an updated example project.
Simplifying Data Handling with Uniform Type Identifiers
Read this article to learn how to use UTIs effectively in your application, to manage file types and take advantage of key Mac OS X technologies. Also, read this article to learn how building Automator actions and workflows can create new sales opportunities.
Pixen 3 Beta 1 Released
Yesterday, the Open Sword Group released a beta of Pixen v3. "Pixen is the best program for the pixel artist using Mac OS X. Pixen is specifically for small-scale or pixel art; it shines better there than any other application. Not only that, but Pixen carries no price tag: it's open source under the MIT license and absolutely free." As far as I know, this is the only application of it's kind, with no equivelant on either Mac, Windows or Linux.
Utnubu: Merging Ubuntu Changes to Debian
"I invite everyone interested to join the Utnubu Team. Utnubu stands for
doing what Ubuntu does, just the other way around: We want to take the
things Ubuntu does and that are missing in Debian, and - where
appliciable - put them in Debian."
Apple’s HQ to Disappear?
Readers of The Reg have found disturbing evidence that Apple's HQ in Cupertino might soon disappear from the face of the earth. They also found strong evidence that London will vanish too, while the Twin Towers are supposed to reappear shortly.
Microsoft Faces Court Over Vista
Microsoft's decision to call the next version of its OS Vista might have a raised a few smiles last week but one Redmond resident is less than impressed. The boss of Vista, a software and services company for small businesses is considering taking legal action against the software giant.
Yahoo Acquires Konfabulator
Yahoo has acquired software "widget" engine Konfabulator in a move to spur third-party developers to devise new applications for the Internet giant's services. Yahoo plans to run the widgets via XML feeds.
Microsoft Avalon and Indigo Beta1 RC
The Indigo and Avalon Beta1 "RC" enables developers to continue experimenting with early builds of these technologies, get acquainted with the development experience, and provide Microsoft with feedback.
Mandriva Linux 2006-0.1.1 Beta Released
Distrowatch reports that a new beta version of Mandriva Linux 2006 appeared on the mirrors over the weekend. Like the first one a week ago, the new beta release, labelled as 2006 0.1.1, has not yet been officially announced, but the good news is that the mirroring problems we mentioned in last week's DistroWatch Weekly have been solved and the new release is now available from the usual Mandriva mirror sites. OSDir has a handful of screenshots.
Introducing Core Data Explorer
Core Data Explorer is an interactive tool for browsing, manipulating and querying Core Data, the new object-oriented persistence layer in Mac OS X Tiger. It provides full object introspection, graphical browsers for objects and collections and a graphical interface for querying the Mac OS X persistent stores.