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Dina's Dream points out two interesting articles currently running on LinuxPower, and linked from Gnotices (GNOME news site) as well. "The first article is a really good summary of the current state of affairs of video under Linux and the direction we should take. Questions are bounced back between a few very knowledgeable people, including GStreamer developers, SGI people and Alan Cox. The second article is a set of lessons learned by Chris Pirazzi while working at SGI. Chris was involved in a lot of Video API programming at Silicon Graphics, and raises a few very good points based on his experience. All people even remotely working on video drivers or software should read these points and take them to heart."

Dina's Dream points out two interesting articles currently running on LinuxPower, and linked from Gnotices (GNOME news site) as well. "The first article is a really good summary of the current state of affairs of video under Linux and the direction we should take. Questions are bounced back between a few very knowledgeable people, including GStreamer developers, SGI people and Alan Cox. The second article is a set of lessons learned by Chris Pirazzi while working at SGI. Chris was involved in a lot of Video API programming at Silicon Graphics, and raises a few very good points based on his experience. All people even remotely working on video drivers or software should read these points and take them to heart."

Ur@eus writes: "Ever since Sun joined the GNOME Foundation people have been wondering exactly what they have been working on. To solve this we have done an interview with some of the people Sun have working on GNOME. The topics discussed include the background for Sun choosing GNOME, Accessibility, Useability and more. You find the interview at Linuxpower.org."

Ur@eus writes: "Ever since Sun joined the GNOME Foundation people have been wondering exactly what they have been working on. To solve this we have done an interview with some of the people Sun have working on GNOME. The topics discussed include the background for Sun choosing GNOME, Accessibility, Useability and more. You find the interview at Linuxpower.org."

Steve Houston writes: "LinuxPower has put up an interview with Nicklas Elmqvist, the project coordinator of 3Dwm, an open source project aiming to provide a 3D working environment. This coincides with a major release of 3Dwm: 0.3.0, that introduces vnc interaction, so X apps are usable in the 3D realm, as well as improved support for wearable computers."

Steve Houston writes: "LinuxPower has put up an interview with Nicklas Elmqvist, the project coordinator of 3Dwm, an open source project aiming to provide a 3D working environment. This coincides with a major release of 3Dwm: 0.3.0, that introduces vnc interaction, so X apps are usable in the 3D realm, as well as improved support for wearable computers."

infodragon writes "Linux Power has a really good interview with Jim Gettys, one of the origional X developers and now actively involved with GNOME." He's also done much work with the handheld iPaq.

infodragon writes "Linux Power has a really good interview with Jim Gettys, one of the origional X developers and now actively involved with GNOME." He's also done much work with the handheld iPaq.

Ur@eus writes: "We have just put up an interview at Linuxpower with some of the people at Eazel. This is the first interview they've done after the release of Nautilus 1.0 and their recent restructuring. So if you want to know more about Eazel and how they plan to move forward I think you will find this interview interesting."

Ur@eus writes: "We have just put up an interview at Linuxpower with some of the people at Eazel. This is the first interview they've done after the release of Nautilus 1.0 and their recent restructuring. So if you want to know more about Eazel and how they plan to move forward I think you will find this interview interesting."

Ur@eus writes: "We have just put up an interview at Linuxpower.org with Dominic Lachowicz of Abiword. I think it is an interesting read where Dom talks about what features are currently implemented, and what are underway. Abiword belongs to a very small elite of Free Software GUI applications which runs on almost all major desktop platforms without any emulation."

Ur@eus writes: "We have just put up an interview at Linuxpower.org with Dominic Lachowicz of Abiword. I think it is an interesting read where Dom talks about what features are currently implemented, and what are underway. Abiword belongs to a very small elite of Free Software GUI applications which runs on almost all major desktop platforms without any emulation."

infodragon writes: "Here is a good interview with the project lead of Berlin. It is very informative and interesting, they talk about technologies such as gtk+, bonobo, corba ... If Berlin takes off it looks like X-Windows may have a competitor." That project head is Stefan Seefeld, and Seefeld gives good answers to questions like whether GNOME can or will be ported to Berlin, and how Berlin can hope to win converts from the millions of Xf86 users.

Ur@eus sent us this: "We at Linuxpower have just put up an interview with Erik Walthinsen, lead developer on GStreamer. GStreamer is a full featured MultiMedia framework which recently got commercial backing from RidgeRun Inc.. GStreamer has also been chosen to be featured at GUADEC 2. For those interested in Multimedia on Linux there is a new version available from the GStreamer homepage today."

Ur@eus sent us this: "We at Linuxpower have just put up an interview with Erik Walthinsen, lead developer on GStreamer. GStreamer is a full featured MultiMedia framework which recently got commercial backing from RidgeRun Inc.. GStreamer has also been chosen to be featured at GUADEC 2. For those interested in Multimedia on Linux there is a new version available from the GStreamer homepage today."

Ur@eus writes: "We [at Linuxpower] have just put up an interview with David Mason of Red Hat Labs. David answers questions on plans for GTK+ 2.0, Pango, GtkFB, GNOME and Orbit 2.0. Lots of interesting info if you want the scoop on whats moving on the infrastructure front of GTK+ and GNOME." There's a lot here on the immediate future of those projects here, including some information on what features will distinguish GTK 2.0, and unfortunately only a teasing reference to adapting the ultra-cool aRTS project for GNOME. (That in particular makes me drool.)

Ur@eus writes: "We [at Linuxpower] have just put up an interview with David Mason of Red Hat Labs. David answers questions on plans for GTK+ 2.0, Pango, GtkFB, GNOME and Orbit 2.0. Lots of interesting info if you want the scoop on whats moving on the infrastructure front of GTK+ and GNOME." There's a lot here on the immediate future of those projects here, including some information on what features will distinguish GTK 2.0, and unfortunately only a teasing reference to adapting the ultra-cool aRTS project for GNOME. (That in particular makes me drool.)

Ur@eus writes "Hi, We have just interviewed Sven Neuman, lead developer on the Gimp. The interview covers the upcoming 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0 releases of the Gimp and how [they]will evolve further. You will find the interview here" Improved path support, GIMP/GNOME interaction and an improved rendering system are a few of the points that Sven addresses -- The GIMP has impressed for years and keeps getting better.

Ur@eus writes "Hi, We have just interviewed Sven Neuman, lead developer on the Gimp. The interview covers the upcoming 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0 releases of the Gimp and how [they]will evolve further. You will find the interview here" Improved path support, GIMP/GNOME interaction and an improved rendering system are a few of the points that Sven addresses -- The GIMP has impressed for years and keeps getting better.

Ur@eus writes: "The Gnucash team has released the 1.4.0 version of their wonderful Quicken-like personal finance manager. This is the first stable release since the move from Motif to GNOME. You find Gnucash 1.4.0 at Gnucash.org" This plugs a major gaping hole in Linux software: I've been using gnucash for a year now, and it's made great leaps in terms of features and stability. It isn't quicken, but its close enough for most of us. If you're having problems with the main link, try this mirror.

Ur@eus writes: "We have just posted an article at Linuxpower.org desribing what's new in the GNOME 1.2 release. Since the GNOME press release was kinda thin I think this will be of interest to many people. You'll find the article here. " A nice overview, for non-Gnomers especially. You'll find even more beautiful screenshots, as well as more general information, on the Helixcode site.

Ur@eus writes: "We have just posted an article at Linuxpower.org desribing what's new in the GNOME 1.2 release. Since the GNOME press release was kinda thin I think this will be of interest to many people. You'll find the article here. " A nice overview, for non-Gnomers especially. You'll find even more beautiful screenshots, as well as more general information, on the Helixcode site.

Kalin Harvey writes: A while ago I posted an announcement on Slashdot asking for feedback to take to Netpliance regarding the i-opener and their relationship with the hacker community. Since then I have met with Netpliance and basically concluded that a lot of the dialogue we were having about the company was missing the mark. Netpliance is a different company than many of us thought and basically don't have the ability to sell vast quantities of i-openers to the hacker community; their whole focus is the service, on many devices, not just the i-opener hardware. However, they also are big fans of open standards, and would love help to contribute to an open development model and see the embedded linux appliance market grow. They are also already making commitments to working with the open source community. You can read my full account on linuxpower.org

Kalin Harvey writes: A while ago I posted an announcement on Slashdot asking for feedback to take to Netpliance regarding the i-opener and their relationship with the hacker community. Since then I have met with Netpliance and basically concluded that a lot of the dialogue we were having about the company was missing the mark. Netpliance is a different company than many of us thought and basically don't have the ability to sell vast quantities of i-openers to the hacker community; their whole focus is the service, on many devices, not just the i-opener hardware. However, they also are big fans of open standards, and would love help to contribute to an open development model and see the embedded linux appliance market grow. They are also already making commitments to working with the open source community. You can read my full account on linuxpower.org

Kalin R. Harvey writes: "Last week I wrote an article which dealt with the i-opener net appliance from Netpliance that everyone was so excited about hacking last month. The response from the community has been great, a lot of people really liked it. So did Netpliance it seems. I was recently contacted by their CTO, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, and asked to meet with the company at their headquarters "to brainstorm about the various issues" raised in the article. He described my article as "intriguing", and I found the message to be very positive overall; it means they have been listening. It means there is a good chance that they want to do the right thing. We haven't set a firm date yet, but are hammering out the details now. What I want is to get from the /. community and the i-opener-hacker community is feedback. Put aside the bad blood that has been brewing between the open source community and the company since they decided to thwart the hack. Look honestly at the situation and consider the issues involved. What would you say to the decision-makers at Netpliance if you had the chance?"

infodragon wrote to us with the news that BioWare is going to be porting games to Linux. Linuxpower has an interview with them talking about porting Neverwinter Nights, and /possibly/ Baldur's Gate 2. I promise I'll be good if they port BG2. I promise.

Ur@eus writes "We have just put up an interview with Christopher Blizzard of Red Hat Labs and Mozilla. The interview gives insights into many things regarding Mozilla, Linux and Blizzard's participation. The interview can be found at Linuxpower." Yes, yes... He's a Slashdot Author, too, but it's a pretty good interview. Check it out.

Ur@eus writes "We have just put up an interview with Christopher Blizzard of Red Hat Labs and Mozilla. The interview gives insights into many things regarding Mozilla, Linux and Blizzard's participation. The interview can be found at Linuxpower." Yes, yes... He's a Slashdot Author, too, but it's a pretty good interview. Check it out.

Christian Schaller wrote to us with an interview running on Linuxpower.org that talks with the folks at TribSoft. Tribsoft is the company responsible for the port of Jagged Alliance 2 to Linux - something that we've referred to before.

Anonymous Coward writes "In an interview with linuxpower.org, the developers of PHP present hot facts on the future of PHP, the next major release PHP 4.0, the license change, and what window managers they use."
jimjag note: See the Apache section for info about the latest beta release of PHP 4.0.

k_wayne writes "The Gnome team have finished an amazing bug hunt and we are left with a pretty cool stable release of the Gnome system. See the announcement made by Elliot Lee. The gnome developers are now moving their attention toward the next generation gnome release. This new Gnome stuff is not only very stable, it's got some very cool stuff in it. " One really nice new feature is dingus-clicking: you can click on a URL in the terminal and have Netscape come up. XChat, glade, more translations, and easier bug reporting some of the most significant features.

Lynnaea writes "An interview from Linuxpower gets Mandrake and Rasterman together to talk about the future development of E, what it's like to work at VA, and whether/how E will play with KDE and GNOME. " Also nice to see what the boys are up to. Not eating vegemite is a possible answer.

Unknwn writes "Microsoft announced today their new optical mouse, the Intellimouse Explorer. For some reason, they think that optical mice or something new. I have some Sun 3s and Sun 4s lying around which make that a joke... =) " I happen to have an optical mouse at my feet right now. Looks nice, but is it worth $75? I have had the worst luck with MS peripherals (they were gifts!), but I have friends who swear by them...Update: 04/20 03:16 by J : A "concerned" reader wrote us to say that the mouse will not require a special pad like the older opitcal mice. He also said he had a chance to play with it, and that it was quite nice. Anyone else care to share?

Gryphon sent us a link to a Linux Power article on Open Source causing more harm than good. Talks about OSI, ESR, the recent proliferation of "Open Source" and more things that are also being discussed fairly passionately in the article on ESR wanting to retire that we posted earlier. Update: 03/29 11:45 by S : In other reactions to the ESR story, AbiSource's Eric Sink argues replacing ESR is the wrong goal, and Bruce Perens says we need speakers not leaders. Thanks to LT and rokhed.

Dr. Blackwood writes sent us a link to a LinuxPower interview with Dave "Zoid" Kirsch where he talks about (big surprise) the Quake 3 for Linux Port. Lots of interesting bits to read.

An anonymous reader sent us a link to a Linux Power interview with Wichert Akkerman, the Debian GNU/Linux project leader. Talks about the future of Debian, his role, and more.

Emissary from LinuxPower wrote in to tell us about an interview with JWZ that you might be interested. Talks about lots of stuff relating to Mozilla, Open Source, Netscape, AOL and more. Good bit.

Emissary from LinuxPower wrote in to tell us about an interview with JWZ that you might be interested. Talks about lots of stuff relating to Mozilla, Open Source, Netscape, AOL and more. Good bit.

JenH writes "Linuxpower.org has a review of the Enlightenment Window Manager in CVS. There are some comparisons between E. 14 and the upcoming E .15 version. You can find it at here. Has a lot of screenshots too. "

JenH writes "Linuxpower.org has a review of the Enlightenment Window Manager in CVS. There are some comparisons between E. 14 and the upcoming E .15 version. You can find it at here. Has a lot of screenshots too. "

Anonymous By Choice writes "Linuxpower.org has an interview with Andrew Walbert of Golgotha Forever. The article is here. "

Anonymous By Choice writes "Linuxpower.org has an interview with Andrew Walbert of Golgotha Forever. The article is here. "

Linux Power sent the same questions they asked Kalle of KDE to Miguel de Icaza, Federico Mena, and Michael Fulbright of GNOME. The resulting interview stresses compatibility with existing standards (CORBA, C, any X-windows manager) and points out that GDK is being ported to Windows and could be ported to simplistic window-systems to run on handheld devices.

Linux Power sent the same questions they asked Kalle of KDE to Miguel de Icaza, Federico Mena, and Michael Fulbright of GNOME. The resulting interview stresses compatibility with existing standards (CORBA, C, any X-windows manager) and points out that GDK is being ported to Windows and could be ported to simplistic window-systems to run on handheld devices.

Unknwn writes "RedHat has announced that they are now splitting Powertools into three separate products. One is RedHat Variety Pack which has RedHat 5.2 for Alpha, Intel, and Sparc along with the source code. Linux Off-Line is mirrors of sunsite, mozilla, GNU, and X. The third product is the Powertools 5.2 which contains many software packages in RPM format. "

Linux Power has a nice interview with Kalle of KDE. In it we learn that Kalle was on the original StarOffice Linux Porting team. KDE already exists in 25 languages, including Chinese. Kalle still believes that Qt is the right library for rapid development (he repeats this often throughout the interview). And while many argue that the price of diversity is less rapid development, Kalle sees it as an incentive to work harder. The key is that both GNOME and KDE are targeted at giving base Windows users an option to move to Linux.

Agrajag writes "The people over at linuxpower have posted an interview with Raster, Mandrake, and Technoir about what E's current status is and what they see in its future. "

Agrajag writes "The people over at linuxpower have posted an interview with Raster, Mandrake, and Technoir about what E's current status is and what they see in its future. "

arielb wrote in to plug a website that will focus on Mozilla Skins. Wayne Schlitt wrote in to send us a link to a page of spoofs on O'Reilly books. Features "How to pronounce Linux", "Practical cp", and "Managing ls". BOredAtWork wrote in to tell us about a new site called Linux Game Breeding. The site aims to focus on creating new games. Finally someone from linuxpower.org wrote in to announce the opening of their site. The site will feature documention, tutorials etc. to help everyone coax more out of their Linux boxes.

Sam Rowe writes "I found this interview with one of the guys from Ritual about their game SIN running on Linux. My source was Blues News."