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News Linux News for Jul 06, 2004:
DesktopOS: MEPIS 2004.b05
(2004-07-06 01:00:37)
"Although I do not think MEPIS is built with the average user in mind. That being said once MEPIS is installed and the major configs have been done I do not envision any difficulties for the average user..."
INQ7: Supreme Court Mulls Open Source Software
(2004-07-06 02:30:29)
"The [Philippian] Supreme Court is looking at using open source software in its planned purchase of new computers, the high court's chief information officer Ivan Uy told INQ7.net last week..."
MWVLUG: St. Lawrence University Student Calls for Survey Submissions
(2004-07-06 04:00:09)
"A student at St. Lawrence University sent a request for developers and users of Open Source Software to participate in an online survey..."
DevX: SWT Creates Fast, Native-looking GUIs for Your Java Apps
(2004-07-06 05:30:00)
"Learn how the open source Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) enables client-side Java applications to assume the interfaces and performance of traditional native desktop applications..."
developerWorks: Migrating Win32 C/C++ Applications to Linux on POWER, Part 1
(2004-07-06 07:00:56)
"There are many ways to port and migrate from the Win32 C/C++ applications to the pSeries platform. You can use freeware or 3rd party tools to port the Win32 application code to move to Linux..."
Linux Journal: Setting Up Subversion for One or Multiple Projects
(2004-07-06 08:30:08)
"Deploying a secure and manageable Subversion installation that uses Apache 2.0 as a central authentication checkpoint..."
LinuxGazette.net: How To Make a StereoGram with GIMP, Blender and StereoGraph
(2004-07-06 10:00:30)
"Single Image Stereograms (SIS) are two-dimensional images that seem to be three-dimensional; these 3-d images appear to 'pop up' (or 'pop down') out of the printed paper..."
OfB.biz: The Stealth Desktop Part I: Finding a New Distro
(2004-07-06 11:30:59)
"However, there is one distribution you would seldom hear about and yet, it is uniquely qualified for heavy-duty desktop usage..."
Linux.com: Installing MPlayer
(2004-07-06 13:00:30)
"MPlayer has set itself apart as a versatile movie player under Linux and other platforms. Whether you love or hate it, once you try it, you'll have to agree that it is very different..."
DistroWatch: Distribution Release: Conectiva Linux 10
(2004-07-06 13:45:18)
"We are proud to present the new version of our operating system: Conectiva Linux 10..."
The Register: Dell Ships First Euro Linux Business PCs
(2004-07-06 14:30:32)
"Well, sort of. Go to Dell's website and you won't be able to configure an Optiplex PC with anything other than Windows XP Pro or Win2k..."
LWN.net: Fedora Core 3 Plan/Schedule Posted
(2004-07-06 15:15:19)
"Obviously, a schedule doesn't say much about what's in it.
Here at Red Hat we're working on various things for Fedora Core 3..."
internetnews.com: A Rational Approach to Quality Software
(2004-07-06 16:00:05)
"Parts of IBM's software will soon be standardized under Hyades, an open source project for automated software quality (ASQ) tools..."
Groklaw: SCO Spent $2,414,000 Buying Back Its Own Shares Last Quarter
(2004-07-06 16:45:59)
"SCO has been buying back their own stock, to the tune of 290,000 shares just between March 10 and April 30, at a cost to them of nearly $2 1/2 million..."
LinuxPlanet: Cedega Linux Revives Linux Gaming
(2004-07-06 17:30:04)
Has TransGaming lived up to the hype in the latest version of WineX, or is the new Cedega product just a fancy name change? LinuxPlanet pulled Kurt Wall away from some serious gameplaying to get his take on the new software that lets you play Windows games on a Linux box. (And, just as a hint: they had to really pull hard...)
Zurgy.org: The State of KOffice 1.3
(2004-07-06 18:15:49)
"At a recent tradeshow it was apparent many people had adopted OpenOffice as a de-facto standard without realising there is a powerful alternative that is better integrated with KDE..."
Fancella: Mandrake 10.0 [Review]
(2004-07-06 19:00:25)
"Probably the most important question that needs to be answered is 'Why should I upgrade?' Whenever I read a review of some piece of software that's always the first question I have..."
The University of Sherbrooke: Birth of a Mammoth Live
(2004-07-06 19:45:28)
Want to watch a Linux supercomputer being built? Take a peek at the constuction of the Mammoth Project at the University of Sherbrooke.
Sydney Morning Herald: Demystifying the Black Art of Linux
(2004-07-06 20:30:14)
"The vendors say their low-cost workshops will jump-start the exploitation of Linux in business beyond the pilot project, by demystifying the free operating system and exposing myths..."
VNUnet: IT Staff Sign Up for Linux Summer Camp
(2004-07-06 21:15:57)
"An increasing number of IT professionals are giving up sun, sea and sand to attend intensive summer-camp training courses in technical skills, especially Linux..."
ZDNet Australia: AU Government Commissions Open Source Procurement Guide
(2004-07-06 22:00:49)
"The federal government has commissioned a sourcing guide designed to give departments and agencies an improved understanding of the procurement processes involved for open source software and solutions..."
Linux.com: Fedora Core 2: Making It Work
(2004-07-06 23:30:24)
"Getting FC2 to a state of desktop readiness is a task that requires a medium amount of skill and will probably take close to a full day for the first workstation..."
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