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Meer: Bethesda Threatens Minecraft Creator over 'Scrolls' Trademark |
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| 2011-08-06 10:57:58
There are two reasons for this news item. First, I want this issue resolved. Second, it allows me to post the most awesome picture ever and ever. The story is simple. Mojang, the company behind the immensely successful Minecraft, is working on a second game called 'Scrolls', which has been in development for a while now. As it turns out, Bethesda has sent a cease and desist notice to Mojang - they claim 'Scrolls' infringes on 'The Elder Scrolls' trademark. As a fan of both Minecraft and Bethesda, this is just silly.http://www.osnews.com/story/25040/Bethesda_Threatens_Minecraft_Creator_over_Scrolls_Trademark
Meer: Ode to the Command Line |
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| 2011-08-06 01:00:55
A couple of days ago I read a blog post by Stephen Ramsay, a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Fellow at the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. In it, he mentions that he has all but abandoned the GUI and finds the command line to be "faster, easier to understand, easier to integrate, more scalable, more portable, more sustainable, more consistent, and many, many times more flexible than even the most well-thought-out graphical apps." I found this very thought-provoking, because, like Ramsay, I spend a lot of time thinking about "The Future of Computing," and I think that the CLI, an interface from the past, might have a place in the interface of the future.http://www.osnews.com/story/25035/Ode_to_the_Command_Line
Meer: How open is Google's Android? |
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| 2011-08-06 01:00:55
Market research analyst firm VisionMobile says Google's Android smartphone operating system isn't very open at all. Google’s open-source chief Chris DiBona strongly disagrees.http://www.osnews.com/story/25036/How_open_is_Google_s_Android_
Meer: Adobe's 64 Bit Flash 11 for Linux Too |
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| 2011-08-06 01:00:55
Linux on the desktop seems to be the perennial second class citizen, but with Adobe's upcoming 64 Bit Flash 11 beta, Linux is getting a seat at the adults' table. It's being released for Windows, Mac, and Linux simultaneously.http://www.osnews.com/story/25037/Adobe_s_64_Bit_Flash_11_for_Linux_Too
Meer: Mona OS gets Gmail, Facebook and Twitter |
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| 2011-08-06 01:00:55
Mona OS 0.3.4 has been released. Screenshots (1 | (2 | (3 | (4). Added Facebook application written in Scheme, Ported w3m text browser. Now you can tweet and check Gmail from Mona OS., Ported mg (Emacs clone), Kernel and core components become more stable and faster, New simple shell written in Scheme. They're considering porting webkit on the next release.http://www.osnews.com/story/25038/Mona_OS_gets_Gmail_Facebook_and_Twitter
Meer: MinWin the Core of Windows 8 ? |
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| 2011-08-06 01:00:55
"According to a new report, there are as many as 6,000 references to MinWin in an internal Windows 8 client build. This may provide more clues and validation of Microsoft's virtualization plans for the coming operating system release."http://www.osnews.com/story/25033/MinWin_the_Core_of_Windows_8_
Meer: Designing Command-Line Interfaces |
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| 2011-08-06 01:00:55
Since we're on a CLI kick today, here's an "attempt at presenting some of the most important guidelines for CLI design."http://www.osnews.com/story/25039/Designing_Command-Line_Interfaces
Meer: Apple iCloud and iWork Beta for iOS Hands-On |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
This week Apple finally lit up its cloud-based service for developers, letting some of us take a sneak peek at the new service.http://www.osnews.com/story/25018/Apple_iCloud_and_iWork_Beta_for_iOS_Hands-On
Meer: 5 Ways To Fight Mobile Malware |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
A new Trojan horse app has emerged to target Android devices, and this one's particularly creepy. The app records a user's phone calls and then uploads them to a remote server. The app was revealed Tuesday by security researcher Dinesh Venkatesan on the Security Advisor Research Blog, published by CA Technologies, now known as Total Defense. While this particular Trojan doesn't appear to be a threat in the wild--at least not for North American users--it's a good reminder of the growing threat of mobile malware.http://www.osnews.com/story/25019/5_Ways_To_Fight_Mobile_Malware
Meer: The Xbox Story |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
Xbox celebrates its tenth birthday this year, having launched in the US on November 15, 2001. In this four-part special, Patrick Garratt talks to members of the console’s original team and tells its release story.http://www.osnews.com/story/25020/The_Xbox_Story
Meer: Top Windows Games That Run Flawlessly in Ubuntu Using Wine |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
Even though most games wont run natively on Ubuntu there is still a sizeable number that run flawlessly on it thanks to the almighty Wine. The Wine app database lists a few games that run flawlessly on Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution for that matter and assigns a rating for them based on precious metals.http://www.osnews.com/story/25021/Top_Windows_Games_That_Run_Flawlessly_in_Ubuntu_Using_Wine
Meer: Linus Torvalds Not a Fan of Gnome 3 |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
Linus Torvalds piped up in the comments of a Google+ posting by Linux kernel hacker Dave Jones to air his true feelings about Gnome 3: "it's not that I have rendering problems with gnome3 (although I do have those too), it's that the user experience of Gnome3 even without rendering problems is unacceptable." People care what Linus thinks, and when he ditched KDE for Gnome a couple of years ago, people took note. Now he's using Xfce.http://www.osnews.com/story/25022/Linus_Torvalds_Not_a_Fan_of_Gnome_3
Meer: FreeBSD 9.0 Enters Beta |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
The first BETA build of the 9.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. One of the many new features in 9.0 that needs thorough testing is the new installer, so fresh installs on test systems are being encouraged. Ivan Voras has taken the time to thoroughly document all the 9.0 changes at his web site.http://www.osnews.com/story/25023/FreeBSD_9_0_Enters_Beta
Meer: PC-BSD 9.0 Follows FreeBSD Release Cycle, Releases Beta |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
Some highlights: PC-BSD 9 supports multiple DEs (GNOME2/XFCE4/LXDE) instead of being KDE4 only desktop, new revised PBI system that allows sharing of files and libraries between applications for reduced disk space, new AppCafe to allow easy browsing, installing and managing applications in PC-BSD system. Also the PC-BSD Control Panel has and one-stop access to a variety of system-configuration options.http://www.osnews.com/story/25024/PC-BSD_9_0_Follows_FreeBSD_Release_Cycle_Releases_Beta
Meer: Memshrink Helps Firefox Beat Chrome at Its Own Game: Performance |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
Mozilla Firefox has been listening to recent memory complains, and as a side effect tested the browser's scalability to the extreme with memshrink's improvements.
The results are shocking: For 150 tabs open using the test script, Firefox nightly takes 6 min 14 on the test system, uses 2GB and stays responsive. For the same test, Chrome takes 28 min 55 and is unusable during loading. An optimized version of the script has been made for Chrome as an attempt to work-around Chrome's limitations and got an improved loading time of 27 min 58, while using 5GB of memory.http://www.osnews.com/story/25025/Memshrink_Helps_Firefox_Beat_Chrome_at_Its_Own_Game_Performance
Meer: Windows 8 Hyper-v and MinWin: A Game Changing Strategy? |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
Microsoft seems to be "all in" with its virtualization strategy these days: back in June we heard word of a client-hypervisor (Hyper-V 3.0) built into Windows 8 and in mid-July, Hyper-V for the upcoming Windows Server 8 was publicly unveiled. And I've dug up evidence of a much bigger presence of MinWin in Microsoft's upcoming OS. So how is this fitting together? Is this the ultimate virtualization trio?http://www.osnews.com/story/25026/Windows_8_Hyper-v_and_MinWin_A_Game_Changing_Strategy_
Meer: Google: Campaign Against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
This I didn't expect. While we've had individual people high up Google's chain of command speak out, there wasn't yet any form of official response to the patent shenanigans surrounding Android. For the first time, the company has posted on the official Google Blog about the issue, and the company is clear. Several companies, including Apple, Microsoft, and Oracle, are working together to attack Android through patents. Google is not going to sit back and take it, though. Update: Stuff just got real. Popcorn! Or better yet, coffee!http://www.osnews.com/story/25027/Google_Campaign_Against_Android_by_Microsoft_Oracle_Apple
Meer: A New Way of Measuring Openness: The Open Governance Index |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
"Much has been said about open source projects - and open source platforms are now powering an ever-increasing share of the mobile market. But what is 'open' and how can you measure openness? As part of our new research report, VisionMobile Research Partner Liz Laffan introduces the Open Governance Index - a new approach to measuring the 'openness' of software projects, from Android to WebKit."http://www.osnews.com/story/25028/A_New_Way_of_Measuring_Openness_The_Open_Governance_Index
Meer: Recent improvements with Debian GNU/kFreeBSD |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
Debian developer Robert Millan talks about recent improvements with Debian GNU/kFreeBSD in the past few weeks.http://www.osnews.com/story/25030/Recent_improvements_with_Debian_GNU_kFreeBSD
Meer: Skype Now Supports The Open Source VP8 Video Codec |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
In a blog post, John Luther, the Project Manager of Google's WebM Project, has announced that Skype now supports the VP8 codec. The VP8 support is already available for Windows users who are using Skype 5.5. VP8 will be used to encode and decode the Skype video call if both the caller and receiver have clients that support the codec.http://www.osnews.com/story/25031/Skype_Now_Supports_The_Open_Source_VP8_Video_Codec
Meer: File-/Protocol-Associations for the Web |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
Google and Mozilla are now working on adding file-/protocol-associations to webapps. So that when you want to select an image. You can browse your filesystem or use webapps that registered with your browser: One more item which is needed to make the web into an operating system.http://www.osnews.com/story/25032/File-_Protocol-Associations_for_the_Web
Meer: Google, Microsoft Public Shouting Match Continues |
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| 2011-08-05 17:33:32
The Google-Microsoft patent war of words is continuing. Yesterday, Google (rightfully so, in my book) accused Apple, Microsoft, and Oracle partaking in an organised patent attack against Android, instead of competing on merit, claiming that they bought up Novell's and Nortel's patents solely to attack Android and its device makers. Microsoft struck back, claiming Google was offered to join in on the bids for the Novell patents, but rejected the offer. Google has now responded to this accusation - and to make matters even more confusing, Microsoft responded back. A public shouting match between two powerful parties? Count me in!http://www.osnews.com/story/25034/Google_Microsoft_Public_Shouting_Match_Continues
Meer: The USD 100 Laptop Now the USD 188 Laptop |
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| 2007-09-15 23:40:37
The vaunted 'USD 100 laptop' that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept. The USD 100 laptop has many innovative features including a pull cord for recharging by hand. Leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child that was spun out of MIT acknowledged Friday that the devices are now slated to cost USD 188 when mass production begins this fall. The last price the nonprofit announced was USD 176; it described USD 100 as a long-term goal.http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=18620
Meer: BSD-Licensed C Compiler Added to NetBSD, OpenBSD |
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| 2007-09-15 23:40:37
Anders Magnusson's BSD-licensed pcc compiler has been imported into NetBSD's pkgsrc and OpenBSD's src tree. Anders wrote to NetBSD's tech-toolchain list: "It is not yet bug-free, but it can compile the i386 userspace. The big benefit of it is that it is fast, 5-10 times faster than gcc, while still producing reasonable code. The only optimization added so far is a multiple-register-class graph-coloring register allocator, which may be one of the best register allocators today. Conversion to SSA format is also implemented, but not yet the phi function. Not too difficult though, after that strength reduction is high on the list."http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=18621
Meer: Open-Source Developers Speak Out About AMD |
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| 2007-09-15 23:40:37
AMD started delivering on their word of providing GPU specifications to the open-source community without a Non-Disclosure Agreement, and now with the 2007 X Developer Summit having come to a close, we asked several key members of the X.Org community on how they judge AMD's recent move. They were also asked if they believe NVIDIA will follow suit in helping the open-source community. Those that responded were David Airlie, Daniel Stone, Jerome Glisse, Stephane Marchesin, and Oliver McFadden. Mark Shuttleworth had also previously commented on AMD's efforts.http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=18622
Meer: SCO Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy |
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| 2007-09-15 11:34:02
Yahoo reports that SCO has filed [.pdf] for bankruptcy in order to protect assets. "The SCO Group today announced that it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. SCO's subsidiary, SCO Operations, Inc., has also filed a petition for reorganization. The Board of Directors of The SCO Group have unanimously determined that Chapter 11 reorganization is in the best long-term interest of SCO and its subsidiaries, as well as its customers, shareholders, and employees." Groklaw has a story on it, too.http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=18618
Meer: Why You Should Adopt Python to Manage UNIX Systems |
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| 2007-09-15 11:34:01
As a system administrator, you run across numerous challenges and problems. Managing users, disk space, processes, devices, and backups can cause many system administrators to lose their hair, good humor, or sanity. Shell scripts can help, but they often have frustrating limitations. This is where a full-featured scripting language, such as Python, can turn a tedious task into an easy one. Python is a scripting language that looks like it was made for system administrators.http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=18619
Meer: Legal Summits To Tackle Linux |
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| 2007-09-14 23:01:26
The Linux Foundation, custodians of the Linux trademark, have announced two summits to deal with legal issues surrounding Linux and open-source software. Attendees will focus on building a legal defense structure for Linux and policies designed to support intellectual property rights within open development.http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=18613
Meer: Jeos: Canonical's Virtualisation-Specific Ubuntu Linux |
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| 2007-09-14 23:01:26
"Ubuntu sponsor Canonical announced a version of its Linux software stripped down for use just on virtualized environments. The version, called Jeos for 'Just Enough Operating System' and pronounced 'juice', is now available." That's what ZDnet and News.com report, but Jeos is nowhere to be found on the Ubuntu website. El Reg claims: "Canonical is still in the midst of deciding whether not to make JeOS wildly available, since it's mostly meant as an ISV thing."http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=18614
Meer: The 0.11 Linux Kernel |
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| 2007-09-14 23:01:25
According to this KernelTrap article, the 0.11 Linux kernel was released on December 8th, 1991. Among the 'features' advertised in that release, Linus noted that the console was now capable of producing beeps, Linux gained native mkfs, fsck and fdisk utilities, and the com ports finally had adjustable line speeds. However, if you managed to get Linux booted you were immediately dropped into a root bash shell as Linux lacked a login system. It also lacked support for SCSI devices, and support for swapping to disk meaning it required at least 4MB of RAM to be useful.http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=18615eerder | later
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