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Jun
30th

Red Hat Comes Around With RHEL 6.0 Beta 2

Author: Phoronix | Files under syndicated

Back in April was the first beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, but now arriving two and a half months later is the second beta of the forthcoming RHEL6 that’s a major update to Red Hat’s enterprise Linux operating system…


Jun
30th

Kindle for Android app ships, but Froyo roll-out hits snag

Author: Linux for Devices - RSS Feeds | Files under syndicated

Amazon released its Kindle app for Android, while announcing a multimedia version for the iPhone and dropping the price of the Kindle, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, Android 2.2 rolled out to Nexus One users, but Sprint suspended its own rollout to the Evo 4G…


Jun
30th

An Early Release Of MeeGo 1.1 Handset Project

Author: Phoronix | Files under syndicated

While Oracle may not be capable of releasing an OpenSolaris update (or even communicating their intentions), the Intel-Nokia team working on the MeeGo operating system that marries Moblin and Maemo is capable of getting work done. Today they have relea…


Jun
30th

Well, It Looks Like Oracle Fails At OpenSolaris In 1H

Author: Phoronix | Files under syndicated

Once upon a time the successor to OpenSolaris 2009.06 was supposed to be OpenSolaris 2010.02 and then it became OpenSolaris 2010.03 with a release date in March and then who knows what happened. There hasn’t been an update to the OpenSolaris operating …


Jun
30th

Mobile development framework rev’d with native mapping

Author: Linux for Devices - RSS Feeds | Files under syndicated

Rhomobile announced a new version of its cross-platform smartphone app development framework, supporting BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, WebOS, the iPhone, and the iPad. Now available for free under the open source MIT license, Rhodes 2….


Jun
30th

Phoronix Test Suite 2.8 "Torsken" Goes To Alpha

Author: Phoronix | Files under syndicated

After you’re done reading about how Btrfs support within the Phoronix Test Suite and Phoromatic is going to make bisecting bugs / regressions go very fast, you may want to stop by Phoronix-Test-Suite.com as the first alpha release of Phoronix Test Suit…


Jun
30th

Mandriva’s Future Rosy or Rose Colored?

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

It was over six weeks ago that rumors, later confirmed as true, circulated stating that Mandriva’s financial situation was so dire that it was considering buy-out offers to try to avoid having t…


Jun
30th

The New, Need-Driven Browser Choice Model

Author: OStatic | Files under syndicated

It used to be relatively easy for people to pick which browser to use, and one of the reasons that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still has dominant browser share is simpy that it came bundled with millions of copies of Windows on new computers. Fire…


Jun
30th

Thin client supports dual displays

Author: Linux for Devices - RSS Feeds | Files under syndicated

The U.K. firm Netvoyager announced a thin client that runs Linux and provides dual-display support, with both VGA and DVI outputs. The Neterm LX1032, as well as the similar Windows-based XP1032, offer Via C7 or Eden processors respectively, as well as…


Jun
30th

Cross Compiling Qt

Author: Johan Thelin | Files under syndicated

On of the great aspects of Qt is that it is cross platform. Not only across desktops, but also across devices. The Qt make tool, qmake, can be configured to cross compile for different architect…