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Tools: GCC 3.4.6, Final GCC 3 Release
Dave Korn announced GCC 3.4.6:
"This release is a minor release, containing fixes for regressions relative to earlier releases, but no new features. It is the final release from the 3.4.x series and the branch is now closed. It is thus also the final release from GCC series 3 overall."
GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection which includes C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada compilers. Download GCC 3.4.6 from a gcc.gnu.orgmirror.
Why should we care about open-source Java?
Java expert Richard Hoffman put together this list of answers to frequently asked questions covering some of the basic history behind this decision, what it means and why you should care.
Linux: Tainting the Kernel From Userland
Theodore Ts'o proposed a new patch allowing a userland program to taint the kernel by writing to/proc/sys/kernel/tainted, "to be used when userspace is potentially doing something naughty that might compromise the kernel." When asked when this would be needed, Theodore went on to explain, "the problem is that the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ) **requires** that the JVM provide class functions which provide direct access to physical memory; all physical memory.
Germany 2006: Nuremberg area becoming hotbed of open-source ...
Formerly a typical blue-collar region, the Franconia area around Nuremberg is trying hard to transform itself into a hi-tech centre. Some 90,000 people now work in the approximately 2,000 IT companies located there.
Arch Linux 0.7.2 Screenshot Tour
DistroWatch reports - Arch Linux 0.7.2 (Gimmick) is now available for download.Gimmick is the first official release to have the new modular X.Org 7.0 and GNOME 2.14, as well as KDE 3.5 available in a "stable" repository. Among other upgrades, it also includes the Linux kernel 2.6.16.16. OSDir has great screenshots of Arch in the Arch Linux 0.7.2 Screenshot Tour.
Red Hat India appoints Ingram Micro as national distributor
Javed Tapia, president, Red Hat Indian Subcontinent, said, "Linux and open source software have firmly established themselves in the enterprise segment. Our customers are spread across the length and breadth of the country and are in need of being serviced locally. Our partnership with Ingram will allow us to leverage their network and fulfill the growing demand for Red Hat's solutions in India.
Lagos to host African VoIP Forum
The third African VoIP Forum will be held in Lagos, Nigeria, at the end of July. The three-day event will include strategy and policy sessions as well as a series of workshops.
Ubuntu Linux to support Sun Niagara servers
Sun Microsystems is getting support for its Sparc-based servers from Canonical, the Linux distributor of Ubuntu, say the companies.
Red Hat co-founder spending gains on Lulu, football team
Bob Young, the visionary entrepreneur who was among those who saw value and a way to monetize open source software, is sitting on a growing mountain of wealth.
Us Marshals Switching to Red Hat Linux
The U.S. Marshals Service is switching the databases at all 94 of its district offices in the United States and its territories to Red Hat Linux.
CLI Magic: Executing jobs once
You know you can schedule recurring jobs with the cron command. What if you want to run a certain command just once, or a limited number of times, but still at times when it is inconvenient to type in the command interactively?
The Power of 'yield' in Ruby
...and
super. These two keywords allow you to pass control back and forth between parent and child methods, to weave power between a more general method (in the parent class) and a more specific method (in the child class) with ease and logic. Using yield and super effectively can help you maintain the DRY (Don't repeat yourself) principle, keeping your code easier to maintain.
Mutual of Enumclaw Decreases Costs w/ Oracle 10g, SUSE Linux
Oracle announced that Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company, a mutual company that provides a broad array of insurance products and services, is using the combination of Oracle Database 10g on Linux to achieve a tenfold increase in performance while reducing infrastructure costs.
DTrace reaches prime time on FreeBSD
A project to bring one of the most advanced features of Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system to the FreeBSD platform has started bearing fruit.
Penguin Computing Offers Dual-Core Intel Xeon Servers
Penguin Computing announced its new Relion 1600 and 2600 servers offering the option of up to two of Intel's new Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5000 per server and featuring the latest Intel server technologies for significantly improved performance. The new Relion servers will give Linux high-performance computing (HPC) customers with CPU-intensive code performance up to twice the speed as previous designs within the same power and space parameters.
DistroWatch Weekly: Freespire roadmap, Andreas Jaeger interview, Picasa
Welcome to this year's 22nd issue of DistroWatch Weekly. The new Ubuntu "Dapper Drake" with long-term support will be finally unveiled later this week; before that happens, however, enjoy the latest DistroWatch Weekly! The highlight of this issue is an interview with Andreas Jaeger, SUSE Linux project manager and release coordinator, who reveals the secrets of developing a complex operating system and gives us some hints about what we can look forward to in version 10.2. Also in this issue: Freespire presents its first release roadmap, Debian continues work on a graphical installer, FreeBSD seeks volunteers to maintain the Ports Collection, and Gentoo and PCLinuxOS release new documentation. Finally, a note on Picasa and a reminder about the DistroWatch IRC channel. Happy reading!
FEMA talks up its IT changes
The office of the CIO for the Federal Emergency Management Agency has made several changes in the past year to better communicate with state and local officials, support citizens who need assistance, and keep better track of assets such as food and water.
Epublish and Interwiki Updates
We developed the Interwiki module to make it easy to link from PRWatch.org to articles on our other website, SourceWatch, and we developed the Epublish module to organize content from our quarterly newsletter.
Government urges collaboration on skill shortages
A government committee identified government security, business analysis, management and open source support as the most affected areas.
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