Building Plugins with C# Part 1
Interested in building plug-ins, but not sure where to start? In this first article in a four-part series, you'll learn how to put together a simple authentication plug-in for a project in C#.
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Will XP update give tablets a boost?
After nearly two years on the market, makers of tablet PCs based on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition have yet to prove that the pen is mightier than the keyboard.
Das U-Boot Surfaces — Open Source BIOS
Check out the comprehensive introduction to Das U-Boot: The Universal Boot Loader. U-Boot eases the pain of embedded board bring-up for new platforms running GNU/Linux.
Switching to Linux picks up steam; Exploiting the Potential of Linux
About a third of businesses plan to migrate at least some Windows machines to Linux, according to a recent survey, but adoption will continue to slow and cautious, as companies evaluate a maze of economic factors.
FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2 Released
FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2 is now available directly or via ISO images. Release notes have changed little since BETA1 but several showstopping bugs have now been swatted. Much of the recent work has centered around the network and filesystem layers, ACPI and testing of the ULE scheduler which will become the default in 5.3. Elsewhere, Open For Business, Ed Hurst has another in a series of articles introductory articles describes describing FreeBSD; for email (part 5) purposes.
Jim Allchin – The Longhorn Update
Jim Allchin is the Group Vice President for Platforms at Microsoft. The Channel 9 team sat down with Jim yesterday and asked him to share his thoughts on the updated Windows "Longhorn" plan and schedule that was announced on Friday. Jim gives an overview of the updates to the plan and schedule, how Microsoft reached the decision, and how it affects developers.
Poll: FreeBSD’s Popularity
FreeBSD is the most popular BSD flavor, however, it is not as popular as Debian/RH/Fedora/SuSE are even individually. Vote below to give us your take as to where do you pinpoint the roots of this fact.
Microsoft overhauls Longhorn plans
In order to get the next update of its Longhorn operating system out on time, Microsoft will delay some planned feature improvements, sources close to the company said Friday. Also, now that XP's SP2 has been released, Microsoft is considering what other changes are needed to the XP operating system.
Improve collaborative build times with ccache
The ccache tool improves the build performance by caching the incorporation of header files into source files and therefore speeds the build time by reducing the time required to add in header files with each compilation stage. In this article, learn how to build and install ccache, how to use it with your existing environment, and how to improve the build times in group development projects.
Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 Device Emulator
The Device Emulator contains the emulator technologies featured in Windows CE 5.0. By using the Device Emulator, you can run emulated-based images created by Windows CE 5.0 without installing Platform Builder, its platform development tool.
Strict Open Source Kernel Policies Give an End to a Driver
Linux kernel maintainers removed hooks from a semi-binary driver (half open, half closed) for Philips webcams. This has angered the developer of the driver who have worked on the driver for 5 years, resulting on removing the driver completely from the kernel and his site. The developer has an NDA with Philips and he can't fully open source the driver, even if he wanted to. The losers from the whole story, are the users.
OpenBSD 3.6 Announcement Posted
The OpenBSD 3.6 announcement is available here. It will be released on November, you get an early look of what's new.
Microsoft preps XP push, mulls Longhorn ‘priorities’
With a long-awaited security update to Windows XP now complete, Microsoft is preparing a holiday season push for the 3-year-old operating system--and is set to revisit ambitious plans for the next major revision, News.com has learned. Also, Microsoft is expanding a plan to draw mainframe customers to Windows for high-end applications.
Interview with Daniel Stone, fd.o Release Manager
Ars Technica interviews freedesktop.org Release Manager Daniel Stone.
GTK+ 2.4.9 Released
Stable GTK+ 2.4.9 was released today, along with the unstable versions of GTK 2.5.2 and GLib 2.5.2.
Open-source developers focus on accessibility
Developers behind the next version of KDE are trying to make their software more accessible to people with disabilities. More coverage from aKademy here and here.
Opera 7.60 Preview 1 for Windows; OmniWeb Aims at minority
Such an embarrassment of riches. Apple Macintosh users have two new web browsers to choose from. It's a curious market. All Macs come with two free browsers: Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.2, and Apple's own slick and elegant Safari. But that hasn't stopped a steady queue of software companies looking to promote alternatives.
Is Linux too good to be true?
"Typing "Linux" into Google gives about 109 million results. Surprisingly, that's five million more than searching for "Microsoft". But are potential users of the alternative operating system to Windows being enticed into making a decision they may later regret? Some Windows users are increasingly disillusioned with their computers. The internet no longer feels safe, thanks to viruses, spyware, trojans, hackers and pop-ups targeting features (and failings) in Microsoft software. Going online these days using Internet Explorer is like walking into a minefield." Read the article at Independent.
Apple’s Illuminating Future: Chameleon
"There was a lot of noise made last week about Apple’s Chameleon patent, so I thought I’d actually read the document myself. I was a little surprised at how little of the patent the other sites actually reported on. If you’re like me, the blinking lights angle everyone else seemed to take didn’t help me connect with what Apple may be actually trying to accomplish with this patent. So with a little perspective and imagination, I thought it deserved a second look." Check the article at Apple-X.
Microsoft Announces Release of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system, the successor to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition introduced in November 2002. Included as part of Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Windows XP SP2) with Advanced Security Technologies, this free upgrade offers Tablet PC users deeper pen-and-ink support including a redesigned input panel to create and enter text anywhere within Windows XP and familiar Windows XP-compatible applications.