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Show Off Those Mad, Cross-Platform Game Development Skillz
Use the open source Java
game APIs - designed to meet the requirements of Linux and OS X, among other OS's - and you could be a winner in the Java Technology Game Development contest announced by Sun this week at the GDC.
Investors Love Linux: Red Hat Stock Is Red Hot After Upbeat Earnings, Sales Report
Encouraged by an earnings report that showed soaring subscription sales and by positive remarks from Chief Executive Officer Matthew Szulik, investors sent shares of Red Hat soaring in after-hours trading on Tuesday.
Enterprise Assessment Kit Available Now to Speed Desktop Linux Evaluations
All-in-One Package of Software and Diagnostic Tools Helps Enterprises Evaluate and Implement Migration Strategy
Europe plays hardball with Microsoft
In a decision that could affect consumers, competitors and PC makers, the European Commission requires Microsoft to unbundle Media Player from Windows and pay a $613 million fine.
IBM looks to close Windows
As IBM has gotten deeper into the Linux fray, it has delicately balanced its promotion of both open source and Microsoft-based product offerings. Now Big Blue seems to be taking a more pro-Linux stance. As the company continues its campaign to push the replacement of Windows NT servers with Linux, it has launched an internal effort to install 40,000 Linux-based desktop PCs by year-end.
Hewlett-Packard to Launch Linux-Based PCs Globally
HP said it will work with Novell to ensure that its business customers can use the fast-growing software on its desktop and notebook computers by providing support and testing.
Novell Finalizes IBM Investment
IBM to Purchase $50 Million in Novell Convertible Preferred Shares
Novell Announces Expanded Commercial Agreement With IBM
Agreement enables IBM to ship SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server across its servers -- Novell will develop and support SUSE LINUX on IBM platforms
Simulate devices using DSF; Getting started with the Linux kernel Device Simulator Framework
The Device Simulator Framework (DSF) provides an easy-to-use ioctl interface to all your devices, real or imagined. Intended for experienced kernel and device driver software developers, DSF makes it easier to debug and test device code that would otherwise be difficult to simulate or recreate.
Tech Journalists and Analysts Discuss Mozilla
Several readers have informed us of Mozilla-related musings from tech journalists and analysts over the last few days.
Trio of Short Mozilla Articles from Nigel McFarlane
Jan Stafford, site editor of SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, wrote in to tell us that her site has a trio of short new Mozilla articles from Nigel McFarlane. The first piece takes a brief look at the difference between Mozilla on Linux and Mozilla on Windows, the second explains how Mozilla's theme engine fits in with GTK's own and the final article outlines why enterprises should deploy Mozilla.
F-secure Readies Security Software For Linux
F-Secure Corp. on Tuesday unveiled security software for open-source Samba file servers and Linux, addressing a need that's growing within the enterprise market. The Finnish company announced the availability of antivirus software for Samba that automatically detects and removes viruses from files stored on the server. The new product is meant to protect all Samba-attached computers from malicious code that could enter the network from a Windows or Linux machine.
Debian Linux Distribution Earns Quiet Popularity
Debian GNU/Linux is a stable, complete Linux distribution that has the best software update system of any Linux distribution eWEEK Labs has seen—which helps explain why Debian is one of the world's most widely used Linux distributions. According to a Netcraft Ltd. report covering July 2003 to January 2004, Debian was the fastest-growing distribution among Linux Web servers, and Debian trailed only Red Hat Inc.'s Red Hat Linux in the number of Web sites it serves.
Enterprise Linux Sales Boost Red Hat's Results
Better than expected sales of Red Hat Enterprise Linux dramatically boosted Red Hat's stock in after-hour trading.
IBM Ramps Up SMBs' Linux Incentives
In its drive to migrate Windows users to Linux, company doubles to $10,000 the incentives for its partners that help small and midsize businesses implement Linux solutions.
Novell to Combine Best of KDE and Gnome
Novell CEO reveals that the company plans on creating a best-of-breed Linux desktop by combing Gnome's and KDE's top features.
IDE expected to simplify hard real-time Linux coding
FSMLabs says it is integrating the multi-language Visual SlickEdit development workbench into its RTLinux Pro Developer Kit 2.0, with SlickEdit becoming the Kit's default IDE (integrated development environment). FSMLabs expects Visual SlickEdit's project support, code navigation, code completion, and remote debugging support to simplify hard real-time Linux programming.
Debian alert: New ecartis packages fix several vulnerabilities
Timo Sirainen discovered two vulnerabilities in ecartis, a mailing list manager.
Could server breach delay Gnome?
The Gnome Project said Tuesday that its servers have apparently been breached, potentially delaying the latest release of its desktop system for Linux.
SVG and its Path into the Linux Desktop
Computer graphics have long been dominated by bitmapped images. However, the free software community has taken an innovative lead by adopting scalable graphic formats on its desktops. In this article I cover the history and rise of scalable graphics on the desktop from my viewpoint - a proponent of its use in the GNOME platform. This article mostly focuses on SVG's progress from a GNOME viewpoint, both because GNOME has progressed the furthest and because I am most knowledgable with GNOME's efforts. I will however mention major landmarks in other projects where appropriate.
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