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A developer’s guide to Linux emulators and how they operate

Computers have been emulating other computers for a long time, often to access a legacy application or to use applications written for a popular...

“Secure programmer: Call Components Safely”

David A. Wheeler writes "The latest article in my "Secure Programmer" series is now available! This series is a developerWorks series on how to...

Why Open Source Isn’t Succeeding…part II

Some of you may have read my previous entry that sparked quite a bit of debate. Looking back on the content, I realize...

First Look at Xandros Desktop 3 Deluxe

SilentBob4 writes "Unlike an operating system in the role of a server, a desktop OS needs to wear many hats. Of all the various...

A Kommander crash course: Part 2

Author: Preston St. Pierre Last time, we introduced Kommander -- a development environment for easily creating graphical KDE applications. For demonstration purposes, we built a...

Microsoft’s 2005 ‘to do’ list: What the analysts say

In its customary end-of-year research note issued late on Wednesday, the analyst house wrote: "Left unattended, each could ultimately interrupt Microsoft's 25+ year...

But a Macintosh Is Slower, Right?

Unfortunately, all three of these aspects of the performance debate lead to largely unresolveable arguments about productivity, conspiracy theories about compiler de-optimization, and the...

Microsoft threatens Europe with software patents

Norbert Bollow writes "As pointed out on Groklaw, Microsoft has told the EU's Court of First Instance that "certain of the communications protocols that the Commission requires...

My workstation OS: Lycoris Desktop/LX

Author: Nauman Afzal Installing a new operating system is, ideally, like falling in love. There's this great excitement that you just can't seem to get...

Does Linux really need a “killer app” to succeed?

Author: John Knight In the late 1990s, we thought Linux needed a "killer app" that would make general PC users view Linux as a necessity...