March – 2007 – OSnews

Simon Phipps Announces ‘Get OpenSolaris’

Submitted by binarycrusader 2007-03-01 Solaris 53 Comments

Simon Phipps writes on his weblog: "I'm in Berlin today opening the very first OpenSolaris Developer Conference. I'll be announcing that the new Get.OpenSolaris.org site that allows anyone in the world to order a kit containing DVDs of OpenSolaris distributions, documentation and source. With a nod towards the good folks at Ubuntu, Sun is sponsoring the kits so that they are completely free of charge, including global delivery. Hopefully this will mean even folks without the bandwidth to download DVD ISOs will be able to join the OpenSolaris community."

ReactOS Newsletter, Issue 18

Submitted by mmebane 2007-03-01 ReactOS 10 Comments

The latest ReactOS Newsletter is out. "I've been assured by our release engineer that there are only 2 blocking issues left and that will be released soon. That said, a kind user compiled the 0.3.1 branch and provided the isos for public trials here. I spoke with our project leader about future releases and he went on to say that future releases (0.3.x) will be made every month or 2."

Adobe To Take Photoshop Online

Submitted by JCooper 2007-03-01 Graphics 22 Comments

Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said Tuesday. The online service is part of a larger move to introduce ad-supported online services to complement its existing products and broaden the company reach into the consumer market, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen told CNET News.com.

Windows Mobile 6 Pirated

Submitted by danwarne 2007-03-01 Wireless 5 Comments

A modified version of the code for Windows Mobile 6, which Microsoft launched less than two weeks ago at the 3GSM mobile phone conference, has hit the Net. It's the handiwork of 'Kyphur', a moderator at the discussion forums on XDA Developers site, who has released a hacked version of the code for Windows Mobile 6, aka 'Crossbow'.

Setting up a Fileserver with SME Server 7.1

Submitted by falko 2007-03-01 Internet 4 Comments

"This tutorial shows how to set up a fileserver for small and medium enterprises with SME Server 7.1. SME Server is an open-source Linux server distribution (released under the GPL) based on CentOS that can turn a computer into a gateway, firewall, fileserver, printserver, mailserver (including webmail), etc. In this article we will focus on the fileserver aspect of SME Server."

Monthly Archive:: March 2007