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Sun takes aim at Red Hat with Solaris 10

Sun takes aim at Red Hat with Solaris 10Very nice, I'm sureHowever, Sun has a fundamental problem in the hardware dimension. They don't have much in the way of driver support for inexpensive platforms, their hardware though good is pricy, and outside of the basic AMP stack they don't...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Processors, Programming languages, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, hardware, CDE, Sun Sparc, Red Hat Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sun Solaris 10

Discussion threads 2007-01-16

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Linux, user interfaces and copying Apple

Linux, user interfaces and copying AppleIt makes sense[i]He also stated that they have to clone less the look and feel of desktop Windows, even going so far as to state they would do better to clone the look and feel of Mac applications if they are writing applications for the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Linux Interface, Linux, Apple Inc., Linux User, KDE, Microsoft Windows, desktop, PC

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Sony CDX GT620IP - radio / CD / MP3 player

Standing on the shoulders of the entry-level Sony CDX-GT420IP, the CDX-GT620IP delivers as-standard iPod connectivity with some stylish and useful faceplate controls, including a dedicated browser interface for digital media libraries. With the ability to play a range of digital-audio discs, an aux-input jack, and some advanced audio tweaking capabilities,...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, MP3 player, MP3, CD, radio, CDX-GT620IP, Apple iPod, Sony Corp., Sony CDX-GT420IP, digital audio

Product reviews 2008-05-02

Alpine CDE-9874

The Alpine CDE-9874 is a simple single-DIN in-dash car stereo that goes head-to-head with the entry-level Sony CDX-GT420U we reviewed last week. With a clean, easy-to-use interface and built-in capability to play MP3, WMA, and AAC-encoded discs, a front-mounted auxiliary input jack, and expandability options including iPod and Bluetooth...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Alpine CDE-9874, Alpine, disc, dial

Product reviews 2008-04-17

A quick Presidents' Day post

A quick Presidents' Day postOK, Chris...If you're posting a blog entry to say you're taking the day off from blogging, you're not taking the day off from blogging. ;-)You paid handsomely for that alleged Mac ease of useThe Mac is a FreeBSD box. But nobody likes FreeBSD and...

Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, education world, Apple Macintosh, Linux, FreeBSD, software, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-18

ZOC Terminal (exe)

ZOC is a telnet/SSH/SSH2 client and terminal emulator. It's functions (like typed command history, scrollback, multiple window support) and solidly implemented emulations make it the preferred tool for people who have to access Unix shell accounts from a Windows platform. Linux admins will feel like sitting on their native console...

Tags: Emulation, ZOC, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2007-12-17

More on Linux vs Windows

Last week's discussions on using Linux to catch Peter Principled bosses between rocks and hard places included a comment from ARyKaXaN in which he points out that Wintel's majority market position makes it the standard against which most people judge other products and then concludes that as long "as...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, GUI, Unix, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-08-10

How "Wintel thinking" reduces productivity

For many jobs there's a PC way and a Unix way. For example, I write these blogs using vi under either CDE (Solaris 10) or Gnome (Solaris 9) and just embed references and format information as I go along. The result is extremely portable because the text is independent of...

Tags: Enterprise Policy, What users care about

Blog posts 2007-07-11

Ian Murdock: Making Solaris more like Linux

Ian Murdock: Making Solaris more like LinuxMessage has been deleted.Its about timeI use Solaris at work and the CDE desktop has always been horrible. Then they added GNOME in Solaris 9 but it was a separate install. Then came Solaris 10 and everything had to have "Java" in...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Sun Solaris, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-03-28

What users want (3)

Aero, Aqua, Looking Glass, Glassfish; compelling stuff, right? Not for the typical business users - Want to know the truth? they dont care - as long as it works, doesnt feel slow, doesnt get in their faces, and doesnt force them to unlearn what they already know only to make...

Tags: What users care about, Enterprise Policy, Development, General

Blog posts 2007-02-28

What users care about (1)

What users care about (1)You can still do it on the AS/400 iSeries etcSwiped from the CL Reference manual[pre]DCLF FILE(DF1) RCDFMT(FMT1) OPNID(DSPF1) :RCVF DEV(DEV1) OPNID(DSPF1) WAIT(*NO) :WAIT DEV(*NONE) OPNID(DSPF1)In this example, the RCVF command specifies to use the displayfile...

Tags: Workstations, Processors, UNIX, DSPF1, Sun Microsystems Inc., DF1, CL Reference manual, OPNID, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2007-02-26

Scary bloggie

Scary bloggieAlas!Minesweeper, FreeCell, etc are not installed on my work laptop (Win 2k), and I have to visible options for installing them.How will I ever live?What is the meaning of FreeCell?My first reaction on hearing that one was, my gosh, is he using Gnome? Of course from the games...

Tags: Network Access, network, FreeCell, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2006-10-13

XSecurePro (exe)

XSecurePro is a X Server software package allowing you to securely connect to many different UNIX/Linux environments including RedHat, Solaris, OpenVMS, HPUX, AIX, IRIX, SuSE, and Mandrake using the SSH protocol right from your Windows desktop. XSecurePro allows Window displays in single, full, and multiple modes and provides full control...

Tags: Mouse, Network File System, Window, SSH, XSecurePro, Telnet, Construction, Mice, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Open Source, Networking, Hardware, Peripherals, Software

Software downloads 2006-08-21

CDE STARTER ("CDE)

CDE STARTER is a revolutionary file launcher application. With the easyest software ever you can open any file with just one click. Start your favorite programs quikly and simply.

Tags: Click, Marginean Emil, CDE STARTER, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2006-07-14

Why haven't GUIs progressed?

My wife asked a variant on this question the other day, particularly with respect to shortcuts that let you bypass the user friendly stuff once you outgrow it. Sadly I haven't much of a clue here. It seems clear that the Apple GUI has consistently been the most effective...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, GUI, Apple Computer Inc., SunView, Lifestream, desktop

Blog posts 2006-05-31

Smart displays and user productivity

As regular readers know, I maintain that using a Unix/Smart display architecture allows organizations to centralise processing, devolve control to users, and gain significant productivity benefits over client-server users. Today's rant, and tomorrow's too, actually; is going to be in defence of this position. First, lets clarify terms. A smart...

Tags: Smart Display

Blog posts 2006-05-24

How to displace Microsoft Office

A couple of weeks ago I asked people to help me find a fair basis for a comparison between Microsoft Office and OpenOffice - and got 230 or so responses. There are some interesting themes in there. There's a large group, for example, who think some older...

Tags: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice

Blog posts 2006-04-20

The problem at Sun: is in the middle

The problem at Sun: is in the middleRespectfully disagreeThe "responsibility" system is tough, and can be criticised, but other approaches are worse. Thus the captain of a ship IS responsible for mistakes made by subordinates while the captain is not on duty. Because it is the captain's job to be...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., captain

Discussion threads 2006-04-18

Bring back my WABI, to me, to me

Bring back my WABI, to me, to meOops! and, hey talkbacks work again!Subject: Thanks for the mention of Win4LinDate: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:33:16 -0600But, I wanted to point out that Win4Lin is absolutely not based on WINE.Win4Lin runs a copy of Windows as a Linux process and applications are...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows 2000, desktop, NeTraverse Win4Lin, wine, Wabi, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-02-23

How to deploy Windows software on Sun Ray

Here's the core bit from the question I got: I'm doing some research for my Unix/Linux Administration class, and I'm wondering about Smart Displays. I'm looking for more information on how to run Windows and Unix programs on them simultaneously and I'm assuming that there...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows, Sun Ray, Unix

Blog posts 2006-02-10