Eugenia Loli Archive

Red Hat Enterprise 3 Update 3 Released to RHN

Submitted by cranch 2004-09-02 Red Hat 9 Comments

Redhat Network Account users appear to now have access to the Enterprise 3 Update 3 release. Updates appear to only be available through the up2date feature. ISO's are not listed on the RHN Download site at this time.

Java J2SE 5.0 Release Candidate

Submitted by Cetixx 2004-09-02 Java 32 Comments

Sun released Java J2SE 5.0 Release Candidate 1, while NetBeans was releasing v4.0b today.

The Mandrake Mystery

Submitted by NewsFactor 2004-09-02 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 47 Comments

Purchasing decisions today are "based upon business metrics -- not how good the technology is," says Dan Kusnetzky of IDC. "If the business decision maker is unaware of a company or its products, the products won't be considered. If the products aren't considered, they certainly won't be selected." So, if Mandrakelinux is so user-friendly and powerful, why is it not a household word -- even compared to other Linux flavors? In a word: marketing. There is a widespread, if not universally shared, perception that Mandrakesoft's marketing efforts are far less sophisticated then its technical attributes.

Kerberos Flaws Ripe for Serious Exploits

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-02 Privacy, Security 7 Comments

Managers, mind your patches and VPNs! While none has yet been reported, exploits of the Kerberos vulnerabilities uncovered by MIT researchers could wreak havoc on a network.

GNOME 2.8 Release Candidate 1 (2.7.92) Released

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2004-09-01 Gnome 67 Comments

Release Candidate 1 marks the start of the Hard Code Freeze, on the way towards the final GNOME 2.8 release in a couple of weeks.

New Syllable Newsletter; Screenshot Slideshow

Submitted by Michael Saunders 2004-09-01 Syllable, AtheOS 32 Comments

The August edition of the Syllable Development Newsletter is now available, nutshellising the OS' progress over the last month. Highlights include a website redesign, driver updates and VMware images. Additionally, LinuxBeta.com has assembled a superb slideshow running through Syllable's new desktop and apps.

Longhorn’s Delays according to de Icaza

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-01 Windows 38 Comments

"Last week's announcement of the changes in Longhorn were interesting: the backporting of Avalon and the removal of WinFS from the mix. It was clear that the only way to get Avalon adopted was by backporting it in some capacity to older OSes." Read Miguel's take on Longhorn's delays here.

Phil Schiller, analysts discuss the iMac G5

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-01 Apple 117 Comments

Apple Computer Inc.'s Senior Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing, Phil Schiller, officially kicked off Apple Expo Paris this week introducing the iMac G5 during his keynote address. Analysts are unanimous in their support for the new consumer machine and the strategic ties Apple has drawn between the iMac and the iPod in marketing the computer. Read the interview here.

Filling in the gaps among Linux clusters, part 2

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-01 Linux 3 Comments

While Linux clusters can handle the demands of high performance computing, they're still lacking in some key features, said Eric Pitcher, vice president of technical marketing for Linux Networx, a cluster systems provider in Bluffdale, Utah. In part one of this interview, he championed Linux clusters, citing their productivity and scalability. In part two, he discusses pricing and points out Linux clusters' current shortcomings.

From OS/2 to Linux: Part 3. Timer and DLL calls

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-01 OS/2 5 Comments

Linux is evolving as the predominant operating system of the new millennium, and legacy operating systems such as OS/2 are being gradually phased out. This series of articles helps the developers involved in the tedious process of migrating/porting the OS/2 system drivers and applications to Linux. In this last of three installments, the authors focus on how to do timer calls and DLL calls in OS/2 and Linux, with a view to mapping between the two systems.

Increase Denial of Service Resilience on FreeBSD

Submitted by Avleen Vig 2004-09-01 FreeBSD 8 Comments

This paper on how to tune FreeBSD to better withstand DoS attacks was at OnLamp a few months ago. It is now up on Silverwraith.com, along with several other FreeBSD tuning papers by the author.

New L4Env and DDE release

Submitted by Ronald Aigner 2004-09-01 OS News 2 Comments

The TU Dresden OS tream is happy to announce the release of a new version of L4Env, the L4 development environment, and DDE, the Device Driver Environment for L4. It contains improved support for building L4 applications and running them on almost all of the L4 microkernels.

MyXaml Vserion 1.00 Is Released

Submitted by Marc Clifton 2004-09-01 .NET 13 Comments

MyXaml is proud to announce the release of version 1.0 of its declarative parser. MyXaml allows the programmer to write declarative programming instructions in XML to construct complex object graphs and property initialization for the .NET/ASP.NET framework and third party classes.

Mandrakelinux 10.1 Alpha for PPC

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-31 Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 26 Comments

DistroWatch reports that a new development version of Mandrakelinux 10.1, PPC edition, is now available. Highlights: Linux kernel 2.6.8rc2; NPTL support; X11R6.7.0, GNOME 2.6, KDE 3.2.3, etc.

Microsoft Virtual PC 7 for OS X available now

Submitted by James Kahan 2004-08-31 Microsoft 34 Comments

Microsoft updated it's Virtual PC website today with a flash demo and FAQs about VPC 7 for Mac. On the "How to Buy" page it says that the full package with XP Pro is available for purchase now. All of the other packages are available through pre-order (estimated to be released on October).

Sun sales tactic targets Linux

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-31 Oracle and SUN 39 Comments

Sun Microsystems will begin compensating its sales staff for Solaris deals that involve hardware from other manufacturers, as part of the company's efforts to fend off competition from low-cost servers running Linux.

Longhorn Delay Stirs Dismay, Delight in Developers

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-31 Windows 31 Comments

While many applaud the timely release of Avalon & Indigo and MS' decision to "stop dreaming and wake up," others warn the company that it is eroding its credibility and letting Linux make usability gains.

Build code with lex and yacc, Part 2

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-31 General Development No Comments

The second article of this two-part series explores more advanced lex/yacc development and introduces basic troubleshooting techniques. See e-mail headers parsed before your very eyes! Marvel at cryptic error messages! See a computer actually compute something!

The New iMac G5 Unveiled

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-31 Apple 247 Comments

Apple unveiled the new G5-based iMac, an all-in-one computer with 17/20" LCD screens. My Take: The product looks good visually, but I would have preferred if the bottom border of the screen wasn't as long compared to the other three, slicker, border sides (mockup). To customers, I would recommend the middle model: 17" LCD, 1.8 GHz G5, Superdrive, for $1499 US (just add Bluetooth). Good value.

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 Available

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-31 .NET 11 Comments

The primary focus of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is improved security. In addition, the service pack includes roll-ups of all reported customer issues found after the release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1. Of particular note, SP1 provides better support for consuming WSDL documents, Data Execution prevention and protection from security issues such as buffer overruns. XP version, 2003 Server version.