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GCC 4.0 apparently does compile things quite a bit quicker, C++ in particular. This should be a nice boost for anybody who compiles KDE and such for themselves.
If you're interested, here's a (long) discussion which makes reference to many of the things coming in the new GCC.
Besides Red Hat Linux starting to lose market share to Fedora (more of a change of name than a loss), it looks like Fedora is the distro of choice for new web servers, closely followed by Debian. This doesn't seem like a big surprise to me, but it's always good to see numbers. Would be more interesting to see this in context of all OSes however.
As the summary and the articles say, this isn't a browser issue, it is a Java issue, the applet exploits a hole in the JRE and attacks IE, any browser with Java support will be vulnerable. More interesting though... has anybody tried this on Linux? I would, but I'm not currently at home.
The website is pretty sparse, and I don't read German very well, but I'd guess that the purpose of this site is provide the very latest stable version of Samba to enterprises that want to be on the bleeding edge, especially in critical software like Samba, which allows Linux and Windows to work together, but they can't afford to deal with the rough edges. I'm not sure how good Red Hat/Suse are about providing updates for Samba for their respective distributions, but I was under the impression that they only provide security updates within a particular version of that distribution, not entirely new versions. In this respect, this is good in that enterprise users can upgrade their respective versions of Samba (to a newer, also stable version) without moving to a newer distribution, though I would imagine it could also cause some problems in certifying software (like Oracle) for that particular distribution, as it means another permutation to test against.
Overall, choice is good, but I'm not sure how helpful this effort will be.
I like this idea, I don't have any use for NeroLINUX, but I can think of a lot of people that would. The people that I can see using something like this, are those that have actually bought Nero for Windows but are considering switching over to Linux, and instead of throwing away money that they've spend on Nero, would like to continue using it, at least initially.
I imagine that this would also help those with a phobia of new software, as this would be one more application that would be the same for them under both Linux and Windows (similar to Firefox, or OpenOffice, etc).
Now, I'll admit I haven't used Nero (or Windows) in several years on any of my computers, but from using K3b these days, I can't see anything that it is lacking that Nero might provide. Has anybody used both apps recently (NeroLINUX would be an even better comparison) and can comment on how they compare?
Overall, I'd say this is good for those on Windows now who are considering switching to Linux, and of lesser consequence to those already using Linux.
Or you could copy the data to one of your several other computers on your home network. If you only have one computer at home, you may as well hand back your Slashdot member's card.
iTunes already works in Wine. There has been some significant development to get it working more smoothly lately, especially in Crossover Office, but also in the vanilla Wine tree. No idea about the other app you mentioned, I've never heard of it, but it's probably worth giving it a whirl in Wine.
SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 also adds the Linphone software for voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP); the Firefox Web browser; and the F-Spot photo organizer software. And it comes with the latest versions of graphical interface software, Gnome 2.10 and KDE 3.4.
They're planning on shipping KDE 3.4 when it's released, or they're including the current RC?
I can attest to that. When I first moved over to Linux and started playing Quake 3 one of the first things I noticed was that it ran much smoother, no more cursed "PB lag".
Now I'll admit that I've never actually used XP, but wasn't the original also build 2600? (after the Atari 2600 I'd imagine, since Win98 SE was build 2222 and the original was 1998, they like their build numbers to be "special") If that's so, and I'm reasonably sure it is, then wouldn't that mean that they didn't do any increment in the "core" version for the 2 SPs on XP?
You could always offer to buy the computer outright if it doesn't go back to the way it was before you got there after you have a look at it with Knoppix (which it of course it will). The sales clerk may think they have an easy sale on their hands.
As the summary hints at writing to NTFS, will this version of Knoppix use Captive NTFS in some manner, or is it just going to write to a loopback file to get around the problems with using the native Linux driver for writing to NTFS?
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If you're interested, here's a (long) discussion which makes reference to many of the things coming in the new GCC.
Besides Red Hat Linux starting to lose market share to Fedora (more of a change of name than a loss), it looks like Fedora is the distro of choice for new web servers, closely followed by Debian. This doesn't seem like a big surprise to me, but it's always good to see numbers. Would be more interesting to see this in context of all OSes however.
As has been mentioned before on Slashdot, the new versions of Flash come with the Yahoo! toolbar also.
As the summary and the articles say, this isn't a browser issue, it is a Java issue, the applet exploits a hole in the JRE and attacks IE, any browser with Java support will be vulnerable. More interesting though... has anybody tried this on Linux? I would, but I'm not currently at home.
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Overall, choice is good, but I'm not sure how helpful this effort will be.
Closer to 8/170th of a second, seeing as you're measuring in megabytes, not megabits.
I imagine that this would also help those with a phobia of new software, as this would be one more application that would be the same for them under both Linux and Windows (similar to Firefox, or OpenOffice, etc).
Now, I'll admit I haven't used Nero (or Windows) in several years on any of my computers, but from using K3b these days, I can't see anything that it is lacking that Nero might provide. Has anybody used both apps recently (NeroLINUX would be an even better comparison) and can comment on how they compare?
Overall, I'd say this is good for those on Windows now who are considering switching to Linux, and of lesser consequence to those already using Linux.
Perhaps we're about to see AOL/Time Warner roll out a new tv show... When 12 year old girls chat to each other over AIM - Uncut and Raw!
Well we all know the KDE vs Gnome flamewar is coming, lets get it over with as quickly as possible.
Or you could copy the data to one of your several other computers on your home network. If you only have one computer at home, you may as well hand back your Slashdot member's card.
If so, I hope they bomb much faster than the .coms.
iTunes already works in Wine. There has been some significant development to get it working more smoothly lately, especially in Crossover Office, but also in the vanilla Wine tree. No idea about the other app you mentioned, I've never heard of it, but it's probably worth giving it a whirl in Wine.
They're planning on shipping KDE 3.4 when it's released, or they're including the current RC?
Also, combined with other code like emulators it can even go further than just virtualizing x86 software.
How exactly does Linux in a VM run Wine better than Linux not in a VM?
How does Xen compare to User Mode Linux? They appear to scratch a similar itch, but has anyone tried out both to compare?
Contrary to many people's beliefs, the GPL does not forbid someone charge money for a product, it only specifys that the source remain free (libre).
I can attest to that. When I first moved over to Linux and started playing Quake 3 one of the first things I noticed was that it ran much smoother, no more cursed "PB lag".
Now I'll admit that I've never actually used XP, but wasn't the original also build 2600? (after the Atari 2600 I'd imagine, since Win98 SE was build 2222 and the original was 1998, they like their build numbers to be "special") If that's so, and I'm reasonably sure it is, then wouldn't that mean that they didn't do any increment in the "core" version for the 2 SPs on XP?
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I was under the impression that Captive NTFS was "finished", though I've never had a need to try it myself. Do you speak from experience?
Of course, go right ahead. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.
Oh I wouldn't disagree, but it's still quite something to hear it from "them".
You could always offer to buy the computer outright if it doesn't go back to the way it was before you got there after you have a look at it with Knoppix (which it of course it will). The sales clerk may think they have an easy sale on their hands.
As the summary hints at writing to NTFS, will this version of Knoppix use Captive NTFS in some manner, or is it just going to write to a loopback file to get around the problems with using the native Linux driver for writing to NTFS?