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Future operating systems to remain as Windows and Linux
Academic says the operating systems of the future will be called Windows and Linux, no matter what they look like. Read more »
rproxy set for revival
Andrew Tridgell, the author of the Samba file server, has announced his plans to revive rproxy as part of the OLPC project. Read more »
Samba: EU made Microsoft talk again
Australia's very own "smartest man in ICT", Samba author Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, talks about the days when Microsoft was run by programmers, not lawyers, and how the software giant has finally started to give open-source developers due credit. Read more »
Acknowledgement tickles Samba's fancy
With the normal TCP/IP setup it can take up to two hours for a dropped connection to terminate -- the Samba project faced this problem when creating clustered Samba. Read more »
Tridgell pleased with rsync progress
Andrew Tridgell, the co-inventor of rsync, announced that the third version of the product is about to be released. Read more »
Samba author: GPLv3 has further to go
The creator of the Samba project says GPLv3 could have gone further in its anti-DRM provisions. Read more »
Schneier: Bad news is good news, not so for security
While the media bombards consumers with frightening stories, discussions about security are thwarted by the failure of language to separate the "feeling" and "reality" of security, says security guru Bruce Schneier. Read more »
Torvalds pleased that DRM music is dying
Linus Torvalds, coordinator of the Linux kernel, is pleased that music publishers have started selling more DRM-free music -- last year he said the technology was a lot of "hot air". Read more »
Torvalds: Stick to C for kernel coding
Linus Torvalds at linux.conf.au 2008 discussed how C remains the most appropriate coding language for the Linux kernel. Read more »
Torvalds: Contributors' boss is not my concern
Linus Torvalds has revealed he sometimes doesn't even know those involved in Linux work for. Read more »
Features (1)
Talking IP with Kimberlee Weatherall and Rusty Russell
Law professor and intellectual property expert Kimberlee Weatherall and Linux Australia's IP Policy Adviser, Rusty Russell, talk about the new intellectual property laws Read more »
Video (41)
Improved GUIs with Windows Presentation Framework
Visual Studio 2008 allows developers to take further advantage of WPF, David McAmis shows you how. Read more »
Convergence of kernel philosophies
Gernot Heiser, professor of operating systems at UNSW, explains how monolithic kernels are taking some ideas from microkernels, but never shall the two meet. Read more »
Super Techies: Dan Bricklin
In this Super Techies interview, software inventor Dan Bricklin shares with CNET News.com's Dan Farber his thoughts on software innovation past and present. Bricklin discusses how he dreamed up the first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc; developing handwriting applications for the tablet PC; and his current role as the inventor of Wikicalc,... Read more »
Super Techies: Marc Benioff
In this Super Techies interview, tech star Marc Benioff talks with CNET's Dan Farber about his career as a business entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Benioff discusses his early work as a programmer for Apple; honing his sales and marketing skills with industry mogul Larry Ellison at Oracle; and his current... Read more »
Gosling, the ATO and useless stats -- Club Builder
This week on Club Builder: James Gosling tells us why Emacs sucks, the ATO feels uncomfortable with using open source and who's to blame for IFRAME attacks? Read more »
Schneier: The problem of evaluating risk
Businesses don't share information on cyberattacks, making it almost impossible to assess risk. Read more »
Blog (7)
The typical Linux conference geezer
-- Asking delegates to pick their distribution, shell and editor of choice gives us a chance to gain some insight into the average Linux conference attendee. Read more »
Linux lovefest wraps up in Melbourne and flies south
-- As the Linux.conf.au 2008 wrapped up in Melbourne last week it was time to reflect on the highlights of the last few days. What was hot and what was not? Read more »
Melbourne clichés: Things of stone and code
-- It's fair to say that the weather in Melbourne has changed as often as speaker's laptops have failed -- and I'd expect nothing less. Read more »
Linux.conf.au hits top gear
-- The public holidays and mini-conferences are over -- it was time for linux.conf.au to move into the schedule proper. Read more »
Will OLPC change Linux?
-- If OLPC is successful then the next generation of programmers will come from an environment that is a vast change from the fringe desktop that we live in today. Read more »
Day Two Done and Dusted
-- All in all it was a very good day and we are not even half way yet! Read more »
LCA Opening Day
-- Distro chairs, gentoo, solar cars plus Jonathon Oxer. And that's before things really get going! Read more »
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LCA Open Day
Yesterday was show and tell day for linux.conf.au with a pavilion full of gadgets, toys and cool stuff Read more »
Mini-Confs Day 2
Mini-conferences continued to be the order of the day at Linux Conference Australia 2007. Read more »
Mini-Confs Day 1
Linux.conf.au kicked off today with a series of mini conferences covering a range of topics Read more »
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The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »
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Since its release in May last year, Gears has supported only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. With the addition of Safari into the Gears fold, it closes the loop of major browsers to support Gears Read more »
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MyPerfect.com.au has potentialVictorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »
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Club Builder: Seinfeld, Wiimotes and Woz
On this episode of Club Builder: Jerry Seinfeld is the new face of Vista, we learn how to make a cheap whiteboard, and Woz talks about Steve Jobs.
