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AtheOS CD-ROM available

Author: JT Smith

“OSFAQ.com has put together a AtheOS distribution on CD-ROM. If you don’t know what AtheOS is, it is a high performance multithreaded graphical operating system for the PC desktop platform. It supports TCP/IP, SMP, and features a 64-bit journaling file-system. Please check it out. AtheOS CD-ROM
-Anonymous Reader

Rambus growls at Nvidia

Author: JT Smith

The Register reports: “Graphics behemoth Nvidia warns in its quarterly SEC form 10Q filing that it has been advised by Rambus it may be in breach of patents.”

Window Manager Spec v. 1.0 now available

Author: JT Smith

From a gnome-announce post at LWN.net: “On behalf of freedesktop.org, the GNOME Project, and the KDE Project, I’m happy to announce that version 1.0 of the freedesktop.org extended window manager hints specification (EWMHS) is now available. This document specifies extensions to the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM) which allow desktop environments to implement features such as pagers, task lists, or full-color icons via communication with the window manager.”

Category:

  • Open Source

NetFront 2.6 Linux Software Development Kit

Author: JT Smith

From a press release at NewsAlert: “ACCESS Co., Ltd. introduced a NetFront 2.6 Linux Software Development Kit (SDK) for the worldwide market that speeds the integration of ACCESS’ popular NetFront browser into Linux-based Internet appliances and other non-PC applications. This is the first development kit for a proven embedded browser available for the Linux operating system platform.”

First looks at Nautilus 0.5

Author: JT Smith

Signal Ground’s Ken Treis takes a look at Eazel’s Nautilus file manager included with the latest Debian distribution.

Category:

  • Linux

Most Linux cuts won’t install on Pentium 4

Author: JT Smith

From LinuxGram: “In another one of those awkward little moments that we have come to expect from Intel, the chip giant has confirmed that only Red Hat and TurboLinux can be installed on Pentium 4 boxes. The rest of the Linux herd won’t run on the hardware.” Slashdot readers discuss the story.

Category:

  • Linux

Theo de Raadt responds

Author: JT Smith

OpenBSD’s Theo de Raadt responds to Slashdot readers’ questions.

Category:

  • Unix

Protecting your private network using FreeBSD

Author: JT Smith

“Creating a firewall with ipfw and routing your internal private IP network through it on to the public internet while translating to public IP’s can be a harrowing task. This article is intended to give you step by step instructions for getting your ipfw/nat firewall up and working quickly and easily without having to go to other sources for information.” Full details at BSD Today.

Category:

  • Unix

Sun bitten by Shark and penguin

Author: JT Smith

VNU Net covers Scandanavian ISP Telia’s move to Linux for its Web hosting operations: “Bill Claybrook, research director for Linux and open source software at the Aberdeen Group, said there are “huge savings from a systems management point of view, security and the ability to respond quickly to new customers. Having Linux on S/390 means that there is only one large system to take care of, which almost never goes down,” he said. “Telia can create new web hosting sites in minutes rather than hours.”

Category:

  • Linux

IBM unveils database for Linux clusters

Author: JT Smith

VNU Net reports on IBM’s latest efforts at Linux clustering: “IBM claims DB2 Extended Enterprise Edition is the first commercial database for Intel-based Linux clusters. It will be aimed at bio-technology companies and internet businesses that want a cost effective way of expanding databases.”

Category:

  • Linux