Linux Archive

Andrew Morton on Linux 2.5’s Performance Improvements

Eugenia Loli 2002-11-16 Linux 12 Comments

In a reply on Linux kernel maling list to Aaron Lehmann's praising of the contest results of the latest 2.5-mm kernel Andrew Morton explains some of the important performance and design differences between the 2.4 stable series and the 2.5 development series accompanied by illustrating benchmarks. Read the report at KernelTrap.

UnitedLinux Group Plans Tuesday Surprise

Eugenia Loli 2002-11-15 Linux 3 Comments

SuSE Linux, the SCO Group (formerly Caldera International), Conectiva and Turbolinux are all expected to launch on Tuesday the latest versions of their Linux enterprise distributions powered by the UnitedLinux core, according to industry sources late Thursday. Read the report at eWeek.

Perspective: Moving Beyond Creative Cloning

Eugenia Loli 2002-11-14 Linux 28 Comments

"Why isn't GNU/Linux taking the desktop market by storm? After all, when you make a feature comparison, Linux has a lot going for it. With Windows, the operating system is just a start; you must add applications to make it functional. Many Linux distributions provide a desktop look similar to Windows and include an extensive assortment of applications, programming tools and games. Installing Windows and sundry applications can take most of a day. Contrast that with Linux, where the process typically takes less than 60 minutes." Read the article at News.com.

Embedded Linux: What, Where and Wow!

Eugenia Loli 2002-11-13 Linux 7 Comments

"If you look back 10 years, you would see a world without Linux. Linux has developed in leaps and bounds into what it is today or what it will be tommorow. It's like Linux has grown in Real-Time. From geeks computers to budget tight companies, from non-technical desktops to big corporations, from hand held computers to embedded devices, Linux has transformed the way we look at computers. And guess what, it ain't stopping here." Read the article at LinuxLookup.

Virtual Memory in the IA-64 Linux Kernel

Eugenia Loli 2002-11-11 Linux 1 Comment

This sample chapter (free registration required) explores how the Linux kernel implements its virtual memory system and how it maps to the underlying hardware. On the same site you will find a Cocoa development article: Scott Anguish, Erik Buck, and Donald Yacktman describe the general features of all languages that can be used with Cocoa, and provide a brief overview of object-oriented terminology.

Linux Multithreading Advances

Eugenia Loli 2002-11-09 Linux 26 Comments

"Recent advances in Linux's threading implementation are expected to continue to ease migration from other Unix-like operating systems. These advancements have arrived with intense activity on two fronts. First, thread-handling improvements have greatly enhanced the kernel's scalability even to thousands of threads. Second, there are now two fresh, competing implementations of the POSIX pthreads standard (NGPT and NPTL) set to replace the aging LinuxThreads library." Read the article at OnLamp.

Linux for the Rest of Us

Eugenia Loli 2002-11-05 Linux 10 Comments

"The clerks at Zumiez, a national chain of snowboard and skateboard shops, tend to stick out from the crowd. And it's not just because they sport black hooded sweatshirts or smack their gum while ringing up your kid's new $100 "deck." It's what lies under the hood of the old Compaq computers they use as cash registers that makes them true deviants." Read more at Business 2.0.

European Governments Switch to Linux?

Submitted by Jack Perry 2002-11-03 Linux 31 Comments

One Spanish region has made the switch completely, even encouraging a local company's development of a Linux distribution. Other European governments are considering following a similar policy.

Linux Gazette November 2002, Issue 84, is Out

Eugenia Loli 2002-11-03 Linux 10 Comments

Interesting topics this month as well in the Linux Gazette newsletter: "Making Your Own Toy Boot Floppy", "Meeting C# and Mono", "Debian APT Part 1: Basic Commands" and "Using the Logical Volume Manager".

Linux Finally Ready for Prime Time

Submitted by Antarius 2002-11-01 Linux 30 Comments

"The only thing I regret -- and, unfortunately, I predicted this would happen -- is that the manufacturers of various competing forms of Linux have become as money-hungry as those they used to despise." Read the editorial at OSOpinion.

Free Download of Turbolinux 8 Server

Eugenia Loli 2002-10-31 Linux 7 Comments

From DistroWatch: "A "promo" edition of Turbolinux 8 Server can now be had for free, after registration. The registration page is in Japanese only, but it's a simple matter to fill in your name (middle row) and email address (bottom row) and agreeing to the license by clicking on the long button on the bottom left. The next page will give you a login name and password to access the ISO image. Read the Release Notes and visit the product features page for detailed information."

Test of the Preemptible Kernel Patch

Eugenia Loli 2002-10-28 Linux 10 Comments

Linux was originally written as a general-purpose operating system without any consideration for real-time applications. Recently Linux has become attractive to the real-time community due to its low cost and open standards. In order to make it more practical for the real-time community, patches have been written to affect such things as interrupt latency and context switch. These patches are public domain and are becoming part of the main Linux tree. LinuxJournal tests the preemptible patch.

Turbolinux 8 Release Imminent

Eugenia Loli 2002-10-28 Linux No Comments

TurboLinux 8.0 will be out in US on Oct 31, 2002. It will include recent software and kernel 2.4.18. It will come in two flavors: Server and Workstation.

Linux on Track for Dominance

David Adams 2002-10-28 Linux 19 Comments

ZDNet is reporting on a recent Butler Group report that estimates that by 2009 Linux will have greater market share than proprietary OSes from Sun, HP, and IBM.

The Power of GNU

Submitted by Yama 2002-10-26 Linux 14 Comments

This article over at PCLinuxOnline.com tries to suggest how the ideals of free software can be better conveyed to the normal computer-using public. It takes an alternate view to the 'GNU/Linux vs Linux' naming debate, ignoring entirely the issue of whether 'Linux' is an OS or just a kernel, and instead focusing on the notion of freedom.

Torvalds on 2.6 Release, 3.0 Name Debate, MacOSX, IA-64, BitKeeper

Eugenia Loli 2002-10-26 Linux 63 Comments

The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, project founder and leader Linus Torvalds predicted on Thursday. "We're pretty close to done with what will be 2.6...We're actually looking at the second quarter 2003 for the real 2.6 release," Torvalds told a group of Linux aficionados aboard a "Geek Cruise" in the Caribbean. News.com reviewed a recording of Torvalds' talk.

It’s Linux for IBM Supercomputer Project

Submitted by Linux_baby 2002-10-25 Linux 6 Comments

Linux will be the main operating system for IBM's upcoming family of "Blue Gene" supercomputers--a major endorsement for the operating system and the open-source computing model it represents.

Desktop Linux Leaders to Hold Summit

Submitted by Jill 2002-10-24 Linux 25 Comments

Major technology companies and DesktopLinux.com today announced their sponsorship of the inaugural Desktop Linux Summit to be held in San Diego on Feb 20-21, 2003. The Summit will be the first event entirely devoted to desktop Linux and will be hosted by the top executives of leading technology companies worldwide including Codeweavers, Hewlett Packard, Lindows.com, Lycoris, MandrakeSoft, Sun Microsystems, SuSE, and Ximian.

Sorcery 0.9.0-RC1 Released

Eugenia Loli 2002-10-23 Linux 6 Comments

Sourcemage, under the leadership of Ryan Abrams (of BeGroovy fame), is a source-based GNU/Linux distribution based on a Sorcery metaphor of "casting" and "dispelling" programs, which the team refers to as "spells". New features include new dependency sorting, 'invoke' (used to be 'skry') a menuing tool for installed spells, a number of bugfixes, and some new asthetics.

Vector Linux Releases Version 3.0

Submitted by Robert Lange 2002-10-22 Linux 6 Comments

"We are proud to release the 3.0 incarnation of Vector Linux. This is a big rewrite as we made the decision to go completely Slackware compatible and also LSB compliant. This gives us the ability to update as Slack does and keep up with security fixes and other vunerabilities on a more timely basis." Read more for the rest of the announcement.