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Top 5 New Features of Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid Ibex
As the Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) development gets going, many citizens will probably be wondering what new end-user features they can expect. that commentary lists the top 5 new features. My Take: Nothing really exciting. I still shiver by the inability of the default Totem installation not de-int…
KDE 4.1 Beta 2: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
KDE 4.1 is supposed to form everything right with the recently troubled desktop. Everyone agrees now that KDE 4.0 was a mistake. However, what the mistake was — and whose — is a matter of opinion. KDE developers blame distributions for rushing to include a release that was never intended for every…
eComStation 2.0 RC5 Released
eComStation 2.0 RC5 is available for download for users with Software Subscriptions Services subscription. For those who don’t know, eComStation is the next evolution of the OS/2 operating system.Original post by donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru)
Installing Android OS on the Nokia N810
For the folks out there that want to start playing with the Android OS now the geniuses by at Unwired View have figured out how to install the Android OS on the Nokia 810N in 2-steps for a total of about 5mins and no sinister hacking.Original post by donotreply@osnews.com (Smith Johnson)
Application development with Vala
“Vala is, in some sense, a new programming language. Itâs syntax and structure leans heavily towards C#. As Jurg Billeter, the mastermind behind Vala, likes to put it; Vala is an amalgam of different C inspired languages, mostly C++ and C#. An though there is no mercury in that mixture, you’ll …
Is The Web Still The Web?
Neil McAllister raises questions regarding the Web now that it no longer resembles Tim Berners-Lee’s early vision: Is the Web still the Web whether you can’t navigate directly to specific composition? whether the substance can’t be indexed and searched? whether you can’t view source? In other words,…
Nokia Buys Symbian: So What?
“The mobile phone operating system world was rocked recently by the announcement that Nokia had acquired all of the shares of Symbian that it didn’t already own, and that it planned to transition the OS to an open-source licensing model,” says DeviceGuru.Original post by donotreply@osnews.com (Eugen…
HowTo: Install KDE Programs in Windows
The windows port for KDE allows users to install and run KDE applications in Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista . that tutorial will guide you step by step through installing KDE in Windows.Original post by donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams)
Red Hat Linux Beats Microsoft Windows in potential Test
No, not the kind of ability you’re probably thinking of. A recent independent tryout ranked Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5’s ability efficiency by Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on three different hardware platforms. RHEL averaged about 10% more power-efficient than…
Firefox 3 Earns Guinness World Record
The Firefox project was rewarded on Wednesday when Guinness World Records accepted that the 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox on ‘Download Day’ in June constituted a world record. Firefox is now officially in the record books for receiving the most downloads from a Web site with a 24-hour period.Origin…
