Pick a Free OS

News

  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.tid, t.* FROM term_data t INNER JOIN term_hierarchy h ON h.parent = t.tid WHERE h.tid = 38 ORDER BY weight, name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 770.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2981 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2980 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2979 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2978 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2977 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2976 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2975 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2974 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2973 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_node r INNER JOIN term_data t ON r.tid = t.tid INNER JOIN vocabulary v ON t.vid = v.vid WHERE r.vid = 2972 ORDER BY v.weight, t.weight, t.name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 632.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT DISTINCT b.* FROM blocks b LEFT JOIN blocks_roles r ON b.module = r.module AND b.delta = r.delta WHERE b.theme = 'FreeOS_Ver02' AND b.status = 1 AND (r.rid IN (1) OR r.rid IS NULL) ORDER BY b.region, b.weight, b.module in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/block/block.module on line 433.
  • user warning: Got error 28 from storage engine query: SELECT t.* FROM term_data t INNER JOIN term_hierarchy h ON h.tid = t.tid WHERE parent = 38 ORDER BY weight, name in /disk2/freeos/www/test/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module on line 806.

Rasterman's New Toy

EVAS is the latest exciting development in the Linux window manager world. EVAS provides the possibility to build a whole slew of features into the up and coming Enlightenment 0.17, as well as demonstrating just how powerful XFree86 can be when integrated well with the OpenGL libraries. EVAS will bring anti-aliased text, hardware accelerated image scaling and Alpha blending to the Linux desktop.

Caldera on proprietary trail

Caldera Systems, last week, launched its first major Linux application built on proprietary code, at the same time announcing plans to charge licence fees more commonly seen with traditional software. The move reflects a growing trend among Linux distributors to develop proprietary code to differentiate themselves.

Corel looks to future

Corel will, on Tuesday, detail its plan to restore profitability.But pundits are divided over whether it has decided to dispose of its Linux interests.

IBM is taking Linux -- and running

Weiss, a Gartner Group analyst, says the company [IBM] is making its own gamble, betting that GNU/Linux will continue to infiltrate the mainstream enterprise market. Like all gambles, it could fail, especially if IBM's success scares away the volunteer development community that has made the Linux kernel a model for other open source projects.

Investment in Ximian will help bring Gnome to the masses

With a new $15 million investment to play with, the Gnome services company formerly known as Helix Code has more resources to convert non-believers to the Open Source/Free Software desktop and to give those potential converts even more reason to make the switch.

Compaq, DOE, biotech firm to build $150 million Linux supercomputer

The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories are teaming up with Compaq Computer Corp. and a biotechnology company to develop a $150 million Linux-based supercomputer that's supposed to be capable of processing at least 100 trillion operations per second.

Has IBM hijacked Linux?

George Weiss, research director for server and operating systems at Gartner, said: "The biggest problem IBM has is that it appears to the Linux community that it is trying to take over the Linux momentum and grab what this OS has to offer."

The future of GNOME revealed at Linux.conf.au

According to GNOME developers Lebl and Stachowiak, version 1.4 will be released sometime in February and will include many enhancements as well as new features. Some of the additions include: Nautilus to replace GMC, better theme support, Medusa search and indexing system and the addition of gnome-vfs virtual file system.

Alan Cox talks kernel 2.4 at Linux.conf.au

In his well-attended keynote address at Linux.conf.au, Alan Cox has outlined the changes made for the Linux 2.4 kernel. The talk entitled "World Domination: Classified Progress Report and Briefing" began with a step back to work that is being done on previous releases of the Linux kernel.

Painting Linux blue

As an open-source operating system with wide applications, Linux shouldn't be tied so closely to the fortunes of e-commerce. Yet Linux-related companies seem caught in the same squeeze as Internet-related infrastructure and services companies, which initially grew on the back of online commerce.