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[osdn starter] March 29, 2003
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 04:00:55 EST
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March 29, 2003 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
Eclipse 2.1 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2254257
insomnia writes "[0]Eclipse 2.1 has been unleashed to the world today. Eclipse is an open-source Java IDE environnement and I highly recommend it; developing under your favorite text editor feels like comparing Eclipse to the dinosaur age - I can't live without refactoring now. You can see what's new in this release [1]here." Links
0. http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php
XP Service Pack Slows Programs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2220247
[0]AEton writes "[1]Vnunet and others are [2]reporting [3]that Windows
XP's Service Pack 1 has introduced a flaw into the operating system.
Changes to memory handling code result in programs which often allocate
memory (which is many of them) can take up to ten times longer than
normal to start. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem in [4]Q815411,
and while a patch is available by request from [5]Microsoft Product
Services, it will not be widely released until Service Pack 2."
Links
0. mailto:slashdot@mherdeg.endjunk.com
1.
http://www.vnunet.com/
2.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1139809
3.
http://www.idg.com.hk/cw/readstory.asp?aid=20030328004
4.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815411
5.
http://support.microsoft.com/
Review of the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2019240
Gothmolly writes "After reading the [0]story and comments on Slashdot,
I went out and bought one from [1]the Home Shopping Network. It's been
a very fun and interesting jump into both the modern PDA (I owned the
original Palm until this year) embedded Linux worlds. I've written a
[2]review about my experiences over the last few days with it. A lot of
this information I found online, a lot is personal experience. HSN is
now out of them, but they must still be available cheaply somewhere."
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1924257&tid=100
1.
http://www.hsn.com/
2.
http://www.schernau.com/ed/Zaurus5500.html
Software Tariffs and US IT Outsourcing?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2136233
[0]HeelToe asks: "A while back I worked with someone who thought the US
should simply impose tariffs on imported products to adjust their price
to equalize foreign labor rates to the US minimum wage. I was laid off
and my position moved to Canada last year. Since then, I've thought a
lot about his ideas, as well as one of our topics of conversation a
while back: Why doesn't the US tax the import of software? It seems to
me like they should. It's not a "tangible" product (same reason used to
deny my co-workers and me NAFTA and Trade Act benefits), but when
someone outsources to another country with cheap labor for any other
industry, there are usually import tariffs. Why is software different,
and how would this change the climate of US IT jobs leaving for other
parts of the world if we did tax software imports? I've done some
looking on the web, but can find nothing in the [1]Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States. I did find this [2]thread from a few
months back on [3]informationweek.com's Career Development Forum, but
not much else. What does Slashdot think?"
Links
0.
http://www.goof.com/~mmead/
1.
http://dataweb.usitc.gov/SCRIPTS/tariff/toc.html
2.
http://www.informationweek.com/forum/career?comment_id=59403&threaded=1#thread
3.
http://www.informationweek.com/forum/career
Sun Drops Linux Distro
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2059220
The Wireless Guy writes "eWeek is reporting that Sun has decided to
[0]stop offering a Linux distribution. From the story: "Yes, this is a
change in strategy. Our Sun Linux distribution is essentially Red Hat
Linux with a few minor tweaks," John Loiacono, vice president of Sun's
operating platforms group"... so, is this good news for Red Hat?" They
were [1]rethinking it, and I guess they've had a good long thunk.
Links
0. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,981353,00.asp
Introduction to PHP5
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/208225
Yet Another OO Fanatic writes "PHP core developer [0]Sterling Hughes
has a excellent [1]presentation ([2]mirror) about PHP5 online. So far
it seems to be the best coverage of the new features in PHP5;
highlights include the [3]new object model, [4]namespaces,
[5]interfaces, [6]access control and [7]exceptions. Java by any other
name..."
Links
0.
http://www.edwardbear.org/blog/
1.
http://ny1.php.net/talks/show.php/php5intro/
2.
http://talks.php.net/show/php5intro
3.
http://ny1.php.net/talks/show.php/php5intro/9
4.
http://ny1.php.net/talks/show.php/php5intro/3
5.
http://ny1.php.net/talks/show.php/php5intro/29
6.
http://ny1.php.net/talks/show.php/php5intro/12
7.
http://ny1.php.net/talks/show.php/php5intro/5Moneydance - Cross-Platform Personal Finance http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1811250
[0]sreilly self-promotes: "[1]Moneydance 2003 has just been released
for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. This program is a completely
cross-platform replacement for Quicken or MS Money. This is the first
time that online banking and online bill payment has been available in
a made-for-Linux application. It also has features that aren't
available in Quicken such as an extension mechanism that lets
developers easily add and distribute new features to the program."
Links
The Next XFree86 Wars: XFT2 vs STSF
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1738258
NoSun writes "Sun's latest project is to create a font library for XFree86, [0]named Stsf, that would replace [1]Fontconfig and Xft2. But the big question is: Does the world need yet another X font library that would create more incompatibility and fragmentation? Well known Gnome and GTK+ developers are against this (yet another) X font library which [2]just re-invents the wheel one more time with the result of slowing down KDE and Gnome in the desktop race. " Links
0.
http://stsf.sourceforge.net/about.html
1.
http://fontconfig.org/
2.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3139
Meteor Over Midwest
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1713238
[0]bigpat writes "According to this [1]story in the Chicago Tribune or
this [2]article, a meteor estimated to be the size of a 'Volkswagen
bug' exploded over the Midwest around midnight yesterday morning. The
resulting small meteorites hit homes causing some damage. The largest
meteorite collected was 7.5 pounds. So why do astronomers always
compare the size of meteors to Volkswagen bugs?"
Links
0. mailto:pat@NoSpam.varium.com
1.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-030337meteorite,0,610488.story?coll=chi-news-hed
2.
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/087/nation/Meteor_lights_up_Midwestern_sk%3A.shtmlBroad Bills to Protect 'Communications Services' http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1541230
[0]mttlg writes "According to [1]Freedom to Tinker, MA, TX, SC, FL, GA,
AK, TN, and CO have introduced [2]similar bills that would make it
illegal to possess, use, etc. "any communication device to receive ...
any communication service without the express consent or express
authorization of the communication service provider" or "to conceal ...
from any communication service provider ... the existence or place of
origin or destination of any communication." (Additional legalese
removed for the sake of brevity.) This would seem to outlaw NAT, VPNs,
and many other security measures. In other words, don't secure your
communications, just sue if you don't like who receives them." The
bills define 'communication service' as just about any sort of telecom
service that is provided for a charge or fee. In effect, they would
extend the already-extant laws relating to theft of cable TV services
to any telecom service. For example, if your ISP charges per computer
connected, using a router/NAT device would be illegal if these became
law.
Links
0. mailto:mttlg_slashNO@SPAMmttlg.net
1.
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/
2.
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html
Linux.com
Distro Release: First Look At SuSE Linux 8.2
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/29/0145247
Once again I find myself checking out the newest SuSE release, and to tell you the truth, I really enjoy it. My personal computer is running Slackware (yes, I upgraded to 9.0 immediately), and I wouldn't trade it for any other distribution in the world, but I've got to say is that SuSE is still at the top of their game. When you look at all the desktop distros out there such as Mandrake, Lycoris, and Red Hat, they all really have their endearing ...
Enterprise Linux at Tipping Point
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2012240
In 2004, Linux adoption will skyrocket, according to a recent study by Forrester Research titled "The Linux Tipping Point." Based on interviews with a wide array of firms, the study concludes that while "enterprise support remains a concern," most respondents are continuing with plans to adopt Linux.
Witnet Launches Linux Remote PC Mobile Access http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/204206
Eric Stevenson writes "Mun Su Han, President of Witnet International (OTCBB: WTNT), said they've completed development of the Linux version of their mobile remote access software "Mobilick." But can this upstart out of Korea bring the Linux version of its mobile remote access software into play?"
Revolution OS DVD gambles on CSS-Free
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1957226
J.T.S. Moore writes "Today on Wired.com there is an article about the release of the Linux documentary film REVOLUTION OS as a CSS-encryption free DVD: http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,58253,00.htm l REVOLUTION OS is being released CSS-Free and Region Free to call attention to the abusive nature of Digital Rights Management. J.T.S. Moore, Bruce Perens, and Eric Raymond are quoted extensively in the article by Michelle Delio. REVOLUTION OS ...
Review of Mandrake 9.1 by a Windows User http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1952257
Anonymous Reader writes "A Windows user after reading online how nice Mandrake 9.1 is, downloads it for 3 days over his ISDN line, installs it with great expectations, only to find out that not all his hardware is supported. The review is at OSNews."
Knoppix to the rescue!
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1950223
Anonymous Reader writes "There has been a lot of talk about the nifty Knoppix Linux-on-bootable-CD distribution. In a real-world case study, Matthew Carpenter describes how it can be a real lifesaver."
Is the GPL completely misunderstood?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1938201
Chris Davies writes "The GPL, GNU General Public License, is a license boilerplate that the FSF, Free Software Foundation, has put forward to be adopted by software developers that are creating software. The GPL has some fundamental flaws that may actually make one wonder if people using the GPL license really understand the license."
Sun Scraps Its Own Custom Linux, Embraces Standard Distributions http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1935238
Sun Microsystems is abandoning its plans to deliver Project Orion on its own version of Linux and will instead support distributions from other Linux vendors, said Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's executive vice president of software, on Friday.
Using the Linux proc filesystem in embedded systems http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2019258
The following is a brief introduction and overview to Nicholas McGuire's technical paper on using the Linux proc filesystem in embedded systems.
Linux applications `very difficult to install` - Lindows Founder http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1630229
Michael Robinson, the CEO and founder of Linux distributor Lindows, has admitted that Linux software is `typically very difficult to install` in his latest newsletter.
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