Windowssiness architect Chris Walden is your guide through a nine-part developer-Works series on moving your operational skills from a Windows
® to a Linux® environment. (Note, how Chris puts down windows on multiple occasions in part one.)
Archive for March 16, 2007
Tutorial showing how to move from Windows to Linux… (sponsored by IBM?!)
Software Review: Yellow Dog Linux 5 for PlayStation 3
Setup and install went as smooth as I’ve ever seen a Linux install go. I have Yellow Dog Linux 4 on my PowerBook, and even that was a chore in comparison to v. 5 on the PS3. But what do you get with Yellow Dog Linux 5? There are 2248 packages included and a simply stunning desktop environment, called Enlightenment. You can run KDE or GNOME but why?
Apple Shift to Intel Won’t Alter IBM’s PowerPC Focus
Apple Computer Inc.’s plan to switch to Intel Corp. processors from PowerPC CPUs will not change IBM’s marketing focus for the chips.
The Future of PowerPC
Since Apple ditched PowerPC for Intel, does that mean PowerPC is dead? Hardly says Michel Mayer, CEO of Freescale. Mayer points towards PowerPC being used in 50% of car models next year and hints at IBM landing the 3 console deals. Losing Apple was only a small loss since Innovation is moving away from the desktop and towards embedded systems.
PowerPC: Part I — Where does it fit in?
PowerPC — it’s not the beginning of the end. It’s more like the middle. By now it’s old news that Apple abandoned the IBM-made PowerPC line of CPUs in favor of Intel inside. What would really turn the computing world on its ear? An official Mac OS X port for the PC platform. It could be done. Apple could make billions.
New IBM chip could serve a PowerBook G5, but is it too little too late?
IBM’s announcement of a low-power 970FX PowerPC G5 processor yesterday came as a bit of a surprise to some analysts and industry insiders who believe the chip could be the first worthy contender to power a G5-based laptop from Apple, but question if Mac maker will choose to use it. Two variants of the chip — a 1.2 ghz version…
Power PC: Part II — Who do you love (and who’s throwing you under the bus)?
Many G4s can comfortably run OS X 10.3.9, and I bet most will run 10.4.8 and the soon-debuting 10.5. But that will likely be the last Apple OS upgrade that will even be compiled for any chip in the PowerPC family. But did you know that you can bring a G3 Mac into the era of current browsers (OS 9 cannot do this) and more free apps with Linux?
Power Computing: Fighting Back for the Mac or Stealing Apple’s Customers?
Before PPC Linux, it was initially thought that the Macintosh would not lead the PowerPC revolution. Instead, most believed that OS/2 would take hold on the platform and flourish. But Power Computing got Apple to allow them to sell Macintosh clones instead of making OS/2 installed IBM-compatible PowerPC computers. The rest is fascinating history ..
Lives of Eastern Orthodox and Monophysite Patriarchs are Threatened!
We believe the continued threats against the Ecumenical and Armenian Patriarchs are entirely unacceptable. The climate of hatred and fear now rampant in Turkey, violates the European spirit, and contravenes all moral and democratic principles. We fear the worst for the fates of the Patriarchs and the last remaining Christians in Turkey.
Tutorial showing how to move from Windows to Linux… (sponsored by IBM?!)
Windowssiness architect Chris Walden is your guide through a nine-part developer-Works series on moving your operational skills from a Windows
® to a Linux® environment. (Note, how Chris puts down windows on multiple occasions in part one.)
IBM Linux Ad
Another Linux ad. This is from IBM and its wonderful and inspiring!! Take a look at it!
Mac Only Linux Distro
Terra Soft’s most complete offering to date with support for the iMac G5s and Mac minis too! Yellow Dog Linux v4.0.1 is a Fedora / RPM-based operating system for PowerPC computers.
Trained as Developer’s Best Friend: Yellow Dog Linux and 64-bit Y-HPC
IBM says Yellow Dog Linux has boosted recognition of PowerPC microprocessors with support for desktop, embedded, and HPC systems. What’s more, Terra Soft’s advancements with Y-HPC, developed as a PowerPC Linux release supporting 64-bit systems, has attracted Linux developers interested in porting to, or developing for, Linux on Power Architecture.
Yellow Dog Linux on Power Mac G5: Benchmarks
For many Linux users, the best reason to buy an Apple Power Macintosh G5 machine will be, quite simply, the well engineered, high-performance, and reasonably priced machines available from Apple. Many enterprises, hosting companies, schools, and research facilities have a mixture of x86 and PowerPC systems that they provide to users.
HOWTO: EncFS Encrypted Filesystem in Ubuntu and Fedora GNU/Linux via YUM
YUM is the Yellowdog Updater, Modified and apparently the counterpart of the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt-get) on Debian systems. I
’ve been very impressed with how both tools work. They’ve been like magic in my latest foray in to GNU/Linux. (I noticed that Fedora’s yum got me a more recent version of EncFS: 1.3.1. In Ubuntu, I have 1.2.5.)
Running Linux On The PlayStation 3 Console
One of the many features of the PlayStation 3 is that it’s capable of using Linux, which means that owners of the PS3 can customize their system and get lots more out of it. Game consoles tend to be designed in order to prevent foreign systems from running on them, but Sony have gone in total the opposite direction with the PS3, allowing an experie
All About Running Linux On The Sony PlayStation 3 Console
One of the the many features of the PlayStation3 is that it’s capable of using Linux, which means that owners of the PS3 can customize their system and get lots more out of it. Game consoles tend to be designed in order to prevent foreign systems from running on them, but Sony have gone in total the opposite direction, by encouraging actually it!
Using YUM in RHEL5 for RPM systems
There is more to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) than Xen. I, for one, think people will develop a real taste for YUM (Yellow dog Updater Modified), an automatic update and package installer/remover for RPM systems. YUM has already been used in the last few Fedora Core releases, but RHEL4 uses the up2date package manager. RHEL5 will use YUM 3.
Ask The Open Source Expert: YUM vs. RPM
The main problem with straightforward use of the RPM tool is this: The package you have at hand may depend on other packages that you don’t have at hand. Plain RPM doesn’t help you with this problem beyond reporting that specific dependancies exist. You have to go and fetch those other packages yourself. YUM should be able to drag down everything.
PS3 with pre-installed Linux now available!
Linux distributor TerraSoft is accepting pre-orders for Sony Playstation3 gaming devices pre-installed with Linux, alongside the PS3’s native gaming OS. Additionally, TerraSoft, IBM, RapidMind, and Vivendi game publisher High Moon Studios are offering seminars to help game developers exploit the PS3’s Cell architecture.
PS3 available pre-installed with Linux
Linux distributor TerraSoft is accepting pre-orders for Sony Playstation3 gaming devices pre-installed with Linux, alongside the PS3’s native gaming OS. The device comes with a 60GB hard drive, 256MB of non-expandable Rambus RAM, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, 4 USB ports, a Blueray DVD player, and HDMI and Sony Multi AV graphics ports.
Sister Judith: “We don’t know what OS God uses, but we use Linux”
Sister Judith, the director of the Vatican website, discusses the challenges of building a site for one of the world’s oldest organizations.
PS3 available pre-installed with Linux
Linux distributor TerraSoft is accepting pre-orders for Sony Playstation3 gaming devices pre-installed with Linux, alongside the PS3’s native gaming OS. The device comes with a 60GB hard drive, 256MB of non-expandable Rambus RAM, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, 4 USB ports, a Blueray DVD player, and HDMI and Sony Multi AV graphics ports.
Classic Value Mac #1: The Apple 3400 PowerBook running Mac OS and/or Linux
Anyone looking for a portable Macintosh for under $100 is going to be hard pressed to beat a PowerBook 3400 in good condition. In lots of ways, this series represents a threshold value as far as usability goes: it has just enough speed, memory, and expandability to be usable with the Internet, wireless networking, and productivity applications …
Hack the PS3: Turn it into a PVR
Well, how about turning your PS3 into a full-blown PVR? All you need is Linux, MythTV, and a Plextor ConvertX PX-TV402U, a pretty nifty little box that has a TV tuner, a variety of video inputs for handling cable and satellite broadcasts, and support for MPEG-1/2/4 and DivX compression.
The Sony PlayStation now can also easily run Windows in addition to Linux?
A dedicated PS3 fan has tricked Sony
’s uber console into a feat previously unthinkable — running a bonafide version of Microsoft Windows. Granted, it’s Windows 2000, and technically it’s running as an emulation under Linux, but it’s there all the same. It’s quite a feat, and what’s more the gamer says it’s perfectly stable too! Next? N64 Emulation!
IBM Helps Devs Squeeze PS3 Power
High Moon Studios (Darkwatch) tells Next-Gen that engineers from Cell processor collaborator IBM are helping the game developer harness the power of the PS3’s advanced brains.
When did Linux become your primary OS?
How long have you considered Linux to be your primary OS? If it is not your preferred OS, do you have any plans to switch in the future.
Genesi PowerPC 970 (G5) based system available soon.
In a comment on the Power.org blog, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote that Genesi will be releasing the Open Server Workstation, which will be based on the PowerPC 970 (G5) chip. The system is scheduled for release this month give or take a few weeks, and will cost $1,599. Developers can also register for a free workstation.
AMAZING HDR? Photo of Eastern Orthodox Cathedral
This church looks like something straight out of the Gears of War! Spooky and Holy at the same time.
iPhone = NSA Leash?
iPhoners, beware:
1. iPhone is being serviced by AT&T (Cingular, but Cingular & ATT are merged, Cingular to disappear)
2. AT&T is suspected of giving unfettered access to the NSA
3. That AT&T is pushing 24/7 access to its service — which then has 24/7 access to end-users?
Apple users should tell Steve Jobs to get a different carrier.
HOW TO: Playing Apple Lossless iTunes Files on a PS3 w/VIDEO
With Mplayer you can play the Apple lossless iTunes files on your Sony PlayStation3 with Yellow Dog Linux. This Video HowTo shows you how you can do it .
Trolling Open Source: The Communist Smear
Often proprietary companies trot out their FUD that open source is somehow socialist, communist, as pink as its programmers’ underwear. Here’s the truth.
