IMHO a simpler version of Xfree86 with better font support should be developed for Desktop Linux. Remove all the complicated networking code which is not used in Desktops and comeup with a faster, more agile X. BTW I am not a programmer, so I may be talking total bs
Linux has also been around for 10 years. And just like NetBSD there are various other open source alternatives to linux. Why then has Linux grown so much popular in the corporate world? Is it because of GPL or because Linux is superior to these other alternatives?
"Note - apparently the DivX version was encoded using a weird codec that doesn't work on all players, so you might be better off getting the Quicktime version."
To me this seems to be the biggest problem in adopting these new compression techiques for audio/video(ogg vorbis/ DivX etc.)
The PCMCIA technology association has today announced the 'NEWCARD' format.
This new format makes use of PC Card, PCI Express and USB 2.0 technologies.
The NEWCARD format is also aimed at both Mobile and Desktop PCs. By
drawing upon USB 2.0 and PCI Express, the NEWCARD specification will bring
serial bus technology to a smaller form factor that offers more performance
and improved ease of use. This new specification will revolutionize how
PC developers and OEMs utilize the expansion slot for next-generation
features such as wireless networking, storage and card readers.
Press Release:
PCMCIA Announces Development of New Expansion Card Technology for Mobile
and Desktop PCs
Leading Industry Groups Collaborate to Drive Introduction of 'NEWCARD'
Specification
INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM CONFERENCE, San Jose, Calif., Feb. 19, 2003 - PCMCIA,
a leading technology trade association, today announced the development
of a new specification codenamed NEWCARD that takes the next step in PC
Card evolution. The new specification builds on the successful characteristics
of the PC Card: reliability, ease of use and wide industry support while
delivering external expansion with reduced size, increased speed, lower
costs and support of advanced serial I/O technologies, USB 2.0 and PCI
Express.
NEWCARD marks the first time expansion card specifications will be shared
among mobile and desktop PCs. Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Dell, HP, Lexar Media
, SCM Microsystems and Texas Instruments are among those supporting development
of the new standard. Two key industry groups, the USB Implementers Forum
(USB-IF) and the PCI-SIG (Peripheral Component Interconnect-Special Interest
Group), are collaborating with the PCMCIA to support the underlying bus
technology used in defining the NEWCARD form factor. PCMCIA will lead
the NEWCARD specification development effort.
Innovative applications and technologies continue to be developed
at an amazing rate, requiring PC clients to have the latest expansion
capabilities, said Brad Saunders of Intel Corporation and chairman
of the PCMCIA. By drawing upon USB 2.0 and PCI Express, the NEWCARD
specification will bring serial bus technology to a smaller form factor
that offers more performance and improved ease of use. This new specification
will revolutionize how PC developers and OEMs utilize the expansion slot
for next-generation features such as wireless networking, storage and
card readers.
This initiative also marks the first time that three major industry
work groups--PCMCIA, USB-IF and PCI-SIG--have partnered to promote and
validate a specification. We expect NEWCARD to have a widespread impact
on the industry because it leverages existing technology to make PC expansion
easier and less expensive, added Saunders. In addition, the PC Quality/Ease
of Use Roundtable, an industry group that focuses on reducing end-user
issues, is providing guidance around human interaction with NEWCARD.
NEWCARD is targeted for both mobile and desktop system developers and
OEMs seeking small form factors and sealed systems for smaller and thinner
mobile system designs. Consumers will benefit from the compatibility of
add-in cards between their mobile and desktop systems, similar to how
USB devices can be shared between laptops and desktop clients.
The specification is slated for release later this year. Companies wishing
to participate in the specification development are invited to contact
PCMCIA. Currently, products supporting NEWCARD are scheduled to debut
in the second half of 2004.
PC Card technology adds expansion capabilities such as memory, mass storage,
networking and wireless communications to computers and other communications
and consumer electronics devices. Future expansion capabilities range
from wireless communications, TV tuners, security card readers to optical
storage media.
Quotes from Supporting Organizations
Randy Groves, CTO, Dell Product Group: The NEWCARD standard
will benefit corporate customers and consumers alike by increasing bandwidth
and simplifying installation. We're pleased to support NEWCARD and are
excited about its implications for future architectures.
Dan Forlenza, VP of Notebook Engineering, Hewlett Packard : HP believes
PCMCIA NEWCARD will enable high performance, innovative form factors and
improve the user experience. NewCard is the new expansion card of the
next generation notebooks, which is why HP is actively involved in defining
the specification.
Jan Janick, VP of Development, IBM: IBM is pleased to have
been involved in the design of PCMCIA's NEWCARD standard. Customers will
benefit from the new format, which will provide higher performance in
a smaller package, and enable IBM to create the next generation of smaller,
sleeker devices for mobile computing.
Anand Chandrasekher, VP and General Manager, Intel's Mobile Platform
Group: NEWCARD is an exciting innovation for the existing PC Card
form factor. By supporting two NEWCARDS in the space of one current device,
mobile PCs will have increased flexibility in adding new functionality.
Doug Kellam, VP of Worldwide Marketing, Lexar Media: Lexar
Media is pleased to support the development of NEWCARD by leveraging our
expertise in flash based memory solutions. This new specification provides
greater opportunity for future product breakthroughs using high speeds,
smaller form factors and ease of connectivity.
Tom Philips, Director of Windows Hardware, Microsoft Corporation:
The way people interact with their PC is a key component of development
at Microsoft. PCMCIA's NEWCARD specification will offer new functionality
to upgraded PC's. NEWCARD supports advanced serial interfaces that are
great for plug-n-play, but also eliminates the cable clutter usually found
with external expansion devices.
Tony Pierce, Microsoft Corporation and Chairman of the PCI SIG:
The PCI-SIG is excited to be working with the PCMCIA on NEWCARD
as the market momentum and applications for the PCI Express Architecture
continue to expand across various market segments and innovative form
factors. The PCI-SIG looks forward to collaborating with the PCMCIA and
the USB-IF on joint enabling and compliance programs to ensure a range
of interoperable products deploying exciting new applications in this
form factor.
Robert Schneider, CEO, SCM Microsystems Inc.: NEWCARD addresses
the need for a next generation, high-speed system bus standard and goes
far beyond. The availability of both a high-speed single- and double-wide
card enables development of critical new security applications based on
smart cards, which are expected to become a key component of digital security.
Long term, NEWCARD form factors can be leveraged beyond notebooks and
handhelds onto open desktop systems. Once again, PCMCIA is paving the
way for new technologies that bring immediate value to industry and help
shape solutions that benefit the consumer.
Jason Ziller, Intel Corporation and Chairman of the USB Implementers
Forum: Since USB is already the ubiquitous connection for peripheral
devices in the industry, there will be lots of applications immediately
available to put into the NEWCARD form factor. With the abundance of already
certified USB-based silicon and the well-established USB-IF compliance
program, USB will help to deliver high quality NEWCARD products to consumers.
From: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022103pcmcia newcard.asp
(c)1999-2002 Digital Photography Review. http://www.dpreview.com/
Welcome to the new plex86 web site. I have rehashed/revitalized the previous plex86 architecture to offer a very lightweight Virtual Machine (VM) for x86. Rather than implement a full and heavyweight VM which can run all guest Operating Systems (OSes) as-is, the new approach only runs guest OSes and application code at user privilege in the VM. This new strategy yields two interesting uses of plex86:
Plex86 can be used on its own for running Linux as a guest. It has recently been demonstrated(1) that the Linux kernel can be executed inside the plex86 VM at user-privilege, with only minimal changes to the kernel source Makefiles. The aim is to allow multiple guest Linux VMs to run concurrently on the host machine, even of different kernel and distribution versions. Check out the boot verbage from my maiden voyage or the other successes like an X Windows application running on a Linux 2.4 guest displaying its window on my Linux host machine if you're so inclined.
Or plex86 can be used to accelerate bochs, by executing user code inside the plex86 VM, while letting bochs execute kernel code and IO functionality inside the emulator. This is useful for executing binary-only OSes, and ones without the simple mods noted above. This was also demonstrated recently(2).
This new incarnation of plex86 is just getting kicked off. But for now, here's some points of interest and related goals: Plex86 is Open Source (LGPL). Because of the new lightweight VM strategy, plex86 is quite small in size, and thus there is big potential for auditability of the VM technology. This is important as the VM monitor runs as a device driver in the host kernel. Plex86 uses the existing x86 port of the Linux kernel. It does not use a separate port. Thus, Linux as a guest enjoys all the global testing/development that Linux on x86 hosts receives. The guest Linux will communicate to hardware such as the disk and network via a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). Vanilla guest drivers for Linux will be created to effect these guest to host communications. Thus, plex86 will offer a very clean Linux VM implementation, without all the heavy overhead and baggage necessary to virtualize/emulate IO hardware. The end-goal is a true completely virtualized Linux resource, with completely OSS componentry. With the exception of a few necessary kernel Makefile mods noted below, the goal is to run Linux distributions as-is. Plex86 needs a kernel compiled to run in the VM. This is just as well, as it's beneficial to configure out all the unnecessary IO devices which are irrelevant inside a guest Linux VM. A goal of mine, is to have the main Linux distributions offer a configured Linux kernel for plex86, on the distribution CDs. Performance potential is quite good. Because of the new strategy of "pushing" Linux kernel code down to user privilege, it along with user code can run at native speeds inside the VM (at least in between "virtualization events" such as IO). There are some logical phases for the development path to follow, with the current phase favoring rapid prototyping and bug finding, and later moving components of the virtualization into the VM monitor after they are flushed out. I will fight very hard against requests for unnecessary complexities and features. There should be a series of usable and stable releases, rather than a never-ending flow of "almost usable" code. As well, plex86 should remain auditable. -Kevin
First of all, floppy drives are very cheap. If I have to share some data (small size) ofline with another person, floppy makes perfect sense. CD-R, usb pens are cool and better storage devices, but dont dump floppies just because they are 15 years old. If they are useful, there is no point discontinuing them
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Bhopal incidence was horrible. I was a little kid but remember that night like yesterday
So in addition to BSD and Trinity, now internet is also dying !!
The matrix has you ...
try to realize the thruth ...
....
What truth?
There are no leap seconds
This is the damn good post. Mod this post up
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IMHO a simpler version of Xfree86 with better font support should be developed for Desktop Linux. Remove all the complicated networking code which is not used in Desktops and comeup with a faster, more agile X. BTW I am not a programmer, so I may be talking total bs
Linux has also been around for 10 years. And just like NetBSD there are various other open source alternatives to linux. Why then has Linux grown so much popular in the corporate world? Is it because of GPL or because Linux is superior to these other alternatives?
"HP, in Palo Alto, Calif. , generated about $2 billion in Linux-based revenue in 2002, the company said in Wednesday's statement. "
:) Who said u cannot make money by using linux?
Thats freaking huge
even if you dont care about cooling your processor. He gives a very nice and lucid explaination of the laws of thermodynamics. I found it interesting.
"Note - apparently the DivX version was encoded using a weird codec that doesn't work on all players, so you might be better off getting the Quicktime version."
To me this seems to be the biggest problem in adopting these new compression techiques for audio/video(ogg vorbis/ DivX etc.)
It only implies that google has become so popular that people have started using it as a verb. That should make google happy. Why are they pissed off?
The PCMCIA technology association has today announced the 'NEWCARD' format. This new format makes use of PC Card, PCI Express and USB 2.0 technologies. The NEWCARD format is also aimed at both Mobile and Desktop PCs. By drawing upon USB 2.0 and PCI Express, the NEWCARD specification will bring serial bus technology to a smaller form factor that offers more performance and improved ease of use. This new specification will revolutionize how PC developers and OEMs utilize the expansion slot for next-generation features such as wireless networking, storage and card readers.
Press Release:
PCMCIA Announces Development of New Expansion Card Technology for Mobile and Desktop PCsLeading Industry Groups Collaborate to Drive Introduction of 'NEWCARD' Specification
INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM CONFERENCE, San Jose, Calif., Feb. 19, 2003 - PCMCIA, a leading technology trade association, today announced the development of a new specification codenamed NEWCARD that takes the next step in PC Card evolution. The new specification builds on the successful characteristics of the PC Card: reliability, ease of use and wide industry support while delivering external expansion with reduced size, increased speed, lower costs and support of advanced serial I/O technologies, USB 2.0 and PCI Express.
NEWCARD marks the first time expansion card specifications will be shared among mobile and desktop PCs. Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Dell, HP, Lexar Media , SCM Microsystems and Texas Instruments are among those supporting development of the new standard. Two key industry groups, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) and the PCI-SIG (Peripheral Component Interconnect-Special Interest Group), are collaborating with the PCMCIA to support the underlying bus technology used in defining the NEWCARD form factor. PCMCIA will lead the NEWCARD specification development effort.
Innovative applications and technologies continue to be developed at an amazing rate, requiring PC clients to have the latest expansion capabilities, said Brad Saunders of Intel Corporation and chairman of the PCMCIA. By drawing upon USB 2.0 and PCI Express, the NEWCARD specification will bring serial bus technology to a smaller form factor that offers more performance and improved ease of use. This new specification will revolutionize how PC developers and OEMs utilize the expansion slot for next-generation features such as wireless networking, storage and card readers.
This initiative also marks the first time that three major industry work groups--PCMCIA, USB-IF and PCI-SIG--have partnered to promote and validate a specification. We expect NEWCARD to have a widespread impact on the industry because it leverages existing technology to make PC expansion easier and less expensive, added Saunders. In addition, the PC Quality/Ease of Use Roundtable, an industry group that focuses on reducing end-user issues, is providing guidance around human interaction with NEWCARD.
NEWCARD is targeted for both mobile and desktop system developers and OEMs seeking small form factors and sealed systems for smaller and thinner mobile system designs. Consumers will benefit from the compatibility of add-in cards between their mobile and desktop systems, similar to how USB devices can be shared between laptops and desktop clients.
The specification is slated for release later this year. Companies wishing to participate in the specification development are invited to contact PCMCIA. Currently, products supporting NEWCARD are scheduled to debut in the second half of 2004.
PC Card technology adds expansion capabilities such as memory, mass storage, networking and wireless communications to computers and other communications and consumer electronics devices. Future expansion capabilities range from wireless communications, TV tuners, security card readers to optical storage media.
Quotes from Supporting Organizations
Randy Groves, CTO, Dell Product Group: The NEWCARD standard will benefit corporate customers and consumers alike by increasing bandwidth and simplifying installation. We're pleased to support NEWCARD and are excited about its implications for future architectures.
Dan Forlenza, VP of Notebook Engineering, Hewlett Packard : HP believes PCMCIA NEWCARD will enable high performance, innovative form factors and improve the user experience. NewCard is the new expansion card of the next generation notebooks, which is why HP is actively involved in defining the specification.
Jan Janick, VP of Development, IBM: IBM is pleased to have been involved in the design of PCMCIA's NEWCARD standard. Customers will benefit from the new format, which will provide higher performance in a smaller package, and enable IBM to create the next generation of smaller, sleeker devices for mobile computing.
Anand Chandrasekher, VP and General Manager, Intel's Mobile Platform Group: NEWCARD is an exciting innovation for the existing PC Card form factor. By supporting two NEWCARDS in the space of one current device, mobile PCs will have increased flexibility in adding new functionality.
Doug Kellam, VP of Worldwide Marketing, Lexar Media: Lexar Media is pleased to support the development of NEWCARD by leveraging our expertise in flash based memory solutions. This new specification provides greater opportunity for future product breakthroughs using high speeds, smaller form factors and ease of connectivity.
Tom Philips, Director of Windows Hardware, Microsoft Corporation: The way people interact with their PC is a key component of development at Microsoft. PCMCIA's NEWCARD specification will offer new functionality to upgraded PC's. NEWCARD supports advanced serial interfaces that are great for plug-n-play, but also eliminates the cable clutter usually found with external expansion devices.
Tony Pierce, Microsoft Corporation and Chairman of the PCI SIG: The PCI-SIG is excited to be working with the PCMCIA on NEWCARD as the market momentum and applications for the PCI Express Architecture continue to expand across various market segments and innovative form factors. The PCI-SIG looks forward to collaborating with the PCMCIA and the USB-IF on joint enabling and compliance programs to ensure a range of interoperable products deploying exciting new applications in this form factor.
Robert Schneider, CEO, SCM Microsystems Inc.: NEWCARD addresses the need for a next generation, high-speed system bus standard and goes far beyond. The availability of both a high-speed single- and double-wide card enables development of critical new security applications based on smart cards, which are expected to become a key component of digital security. Long term, NEWCARD form factors can be leveraged beyond notebooks and handhelds onto open desktop systems. Once again, PCMCIA is paving the way for new technologies that bring immediate value to industry and help shape solutions that benefit the consumer.
Jason Ziller, Intel Corporation and Chairman of the USB Implementers Forum: Since USB is already the ubiquitous connection for peripheral devices in the industry, there will be lots of applications immediately available to put into the NEWCARD form factor. With the abundance of already certified USB-based silicon and the well-established USB-IF compliance program, USB will help to deliver high quality NEWCARD products to consumers.
From:a newcard.asp
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022103pcmci
(c)1999-2002 Digital Photography Review. http://www.dpreview.com/
Before google gets slashdotted!! www.google.com
Welcome to the new plex86 web site. I have rehashed/revitalized the previous plex86 architecture to offer a very lightweight Virtual Machine (VM) for x86. Rather than implement a full and heavyweight VM which can run all guest Operating Systems (OSes) as-is, the new approach only runs guest OSes and application code at user privilege in the VM.
This new strategy yields two interesting uses of plex86:
Plex86 can be used on its own for running Linux as a guest. It has recently been demonstrated(1) that the Linux kernel can be executed inside the plex86 VM at user-privilege, with only minimal changes to the kernel source Makefiles. The aim is to allow multiple guest Linux VMs to run concurrently on the host machine, even of different kernel and distribution versions. Check out the boot verbage from my maiden voyage or the other successes like an X Windows application running on a Linux 2.4 guest displaying its window on my Linux host machine if you're so inclined.
Or plex86 can be used to accelerate bochs, by executing user code inside the plex86 VM, while letting bochs execute kernel code and IO functionality inside the emulator. This is useful for executing binary-only OSes, and ones without the simple mods noted above. This was also demonstrated recently(2).
This new incarnation of plex86 is just getting kicked off. But for now, here's some points of interest and related goals:
Plex86 is Open Source (LGPL).
Because of the new lightweight VM strategy, plex86 is quite small in size, and thus there is big potential for auditability of the VM technology. This is important as the VM monitor runs as a device driver in the host kernel.
Plex86 uses the existing x86 port of the Linux kernel. It does not use a separate port. Thus, Linux as a guest enjoys all the global testing/development that Linux on x86 hosts receives.
The guest Linux will communicate to hardware such as the disk and network via a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). Vanilla guest drivers for Linux will be created to effect these guest to host communications. Thus, plex86 will offer a very clean Linux VM implementation, without all the heavy overhead and baggage necessary to virtualize/emulate IO hardware. The end-goal is a true completely virtualized Linux resource, with completely OSS componentry.
With the exception of a few necessary kernel Makefile mods noted below, the goal is to run Linux distributions as-is. Plex86 needs a kernel compiled to run in the VM. This is just as well, as it's beneficial to configure out all the unnecessary IO devices which are irrelevant inside a guest Linux VM. A goal of mine, is to have the main Linux distributions offer a configured Linux kernel for plex86, on the distribution CDs.
Performance potential is quite good. Because of the new strategy of "pushing" Linux kernel code down to user privilege, it along with user code can run at native speeds inside the VM (at least in between "virtualization events" such as IO). There are some logical phases for the development path to follow, with the current phase favoring rapid prototyping and bug finding, and later moving components of the virtualization into the VM monitor after they are flushed out.
I will fight very hard against requests for unnecessary complexities and features. There should be a series of usable and stable releases, rather than a never-ending flow of "almost usable" code. As well, plex86 should remain auditable.
-Kevin
are bunch of dickheads
if u wants to pay apple files, why the fuck are u using linux?
U tell me??
First of all, floppy drives are very cheap. If I have to share some data (small size) ofline with another person, floppy makes perfect sense. CD-R, usb pens are cool and better storage devices, but dont dump floppies just because they are 15 years old. If they are useful, there is no point discontinuing them
are binaries for solaris 7.0 available?
I dont know about u guys, but I find "Microsoft certified engineer" FUNNY :)
I would not like fuck around with anti-aliasing/recompiling/enabling_byte_code_rende ring with sound files !!
Why was UNIX named "UNIX"? Why do all the subsequent clones have *IX in their names? Is LINUX = Linus + uNIX ?
"But I made a crucial mistake that has fucked up my mental equilibrium"
If an article starts with this sentence in the very first paragraph, I am not sure how many people are going to take it seriously
MS word suggests the alternative "vulturine" which means : vulgarity !!