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Open source database developers see bright future

Five years ago, open source databases were not on most IT professionals' radar but today they are making enough blips to keep a full staff of flight controllers busy.

Xfree86 4.0.2 released

The new release is out there for you to download. New in this release is Darwin/Mac OS X support, updated MESA, more drivers and the usual round of bug fixes.

Xfree86 4.0.2 released

The new release is out there for you to download. New in this release is Darwin/Mac OS X support, updated MESA, more drivers and the usual round of bug fixes.

Qt version 2.2.3 released

Trolltech is proud to present version 2.2.3 of Qt, the cross-platform C++ Graphical User Interface application framework.

Qt version 2.2.3 released

Trolltech is proud to present version 2.2.3 of Qt, the cross-platform C++ Graphical User Interface application framework.

Ask Slashdot: Custom Kernels Used In Comp. Sci Programs?

pdowner asks: "I've just finished and handed in my latest Operating Systems Inmternals assignment for my degree in Computer Studies. It

involved writing/modifying a timer module for a Microkernel implemented in modula 2, which is written by one of my lectures and is

available from here. I am interested in finding out what microkernels other universities use to teach their students the insides of Operating

Systems."

.comment: 86ing XFree?

Might it be that one could cobble together a system such that the kernel takes care of all the hardware-based graphical duties, such that one could boot Linux with frame-buffer support enabled and switch directly into a window manager and desktop, bypassing XFree86 entirely?

Eric Raymond

"I think Linux will become dominant before it is really ready technically for the end users. And the reason I believe that is because I now think that Microsoft monopoly is going to collapse ... in the near future."

The history of Motif

This article looks at some of the old windows managers -- mwm and olwm. Olwm has been around longer than mwm has but it has been replaced now by the latter and is not under development.

New portal site for systems programming and OS kernel hacking

Kerneltrap (http://www.kerneltrap.com/) is a news and discussion

portal devoted to low-level systems programming, embedded

systems, and OS kernel hacking. Whether you are a professionally

trained software engineer, a kernel hacking guru, or a weekend

hobbiest with a knack for device drivers, this site should be of

interest to you.