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Evolution (software) – Distribution

Evolution is released as part of GNOME. GNOME is the default desktop environment for several Linux distributions, most notably Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. Foresight Linux showcases the latest releases of GNOME. Novell distributes Evolution with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and the openSUSE community project. Evolution is also available as source code. Some pre-built install packages [...]

Linux distribution – Introduction

Linux distribution (also called GNU/Linux distribution by some vendors and users) is a member of the family of Unix-like software distributions built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions (often called ”distros” for short) consist of a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players and database applications. The operating [...]

Comparison of the Java and .NET platforms – Runtime inclusion in operating systems

.NET/Mono On Windows, Microsoft is promoting .NET as its flagship development platform, by including the .NET runtime in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and 3, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. Microsoft also distributes the Visual C# Express development environment at no cost. .NET Framework 3.5 runtime is not pre-installed [...]

Libranet – History

The name comes from “Libra Computer Systems” (a company owned by the founder) and the fact that “libra.com” was taken. The first release of Libranet was in 1999.[http://lists.debian.org/debian-commercial-99/msg00006.html] Most Linux distributions of this time were very difficult to install, and were either considered for programmers, or those who wanted a low cost server. Libranet attempted [...]

Huawei E220 – Software

The Huawei E220 includes its own Windows software in its internal memory, which self-installs through the Windows’s auto-start feature and can be flashed (overwritten) by the end user. The standard software by Huawei is called ”Mobile Partner” and is indicated by the code UTPS (see the manufacturer’s [http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/doc/list.do?type=-1&id=736 download site]). Some network operators selling the [...]

Acer Aspire One – Operating system

Windows Windows XP Home Edition SP3 is installed on the models with a name ending in ”X”, or ending in ”B” followed by another letter denoting color. It is also possible to install and run Windows Vista or Windows 7 on the earlier model laptop although Windows Vista performance may suffer in the Solid State [...]

Compiz – Deployments

Compiz is currently available in the following Linux distributions (either officially or through a third party): *Arch Linux – available in the [community] repository. *CentOS 5 *Debian GNU/Linux – available in old-stable (etch) and later versions. *Dreamlinux – installed but not activated *Fedora installed by default since version 6. *Foresight Linux – installed but not [...]

Rolling release – Examples

Gentoo Linux, Arch Linux, Sabayon Linux, PCLinuxOS, sidux, and Foresight Linux are examples of true rolling releases. Install media is simply a snapshot of the distribution at the time of the release. Software contained in the repositories is more current than what is contained on the install media and often very recent releases. Other Linux [...]

EFIKA – EFIKA 5200B

It is based on a 400& MHz Freescale MPC5200B SoC-processor and includes 44-pin 2.5″ IDE, USB, serial port, stereo audio in/out, 100 Mbit/s Ethernet, 33/66& MHz PCI port and 128 MB DDR RAM. EFIKA uses an Open Firmware based CHRP compliant firmware with a special x86/BIOS emulator providing support for standard graphics cards on an [...]

KDE Partition Manager – Introduction

Desktop Operating Systems

KDE Partition Manager is a disk partitioning application for the KDE desktop environment. It was first released for KDE 4.1. Although it makes use of core components from the KDE Desktop Environment, it is released independently of the central KDE release cycle. It is used for creating, deleting, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and [...]

Executable space protection – OS implementations

Many operating systems implement or have an available executable space protection policy. Here is a list of such systems in alphabetical order, each with technologies ordered from newest to oldest. For some technologies, there is a summary which gives the major features each technology supports. The summary is structured as below. * Hardware Supported Processors: [...]

Pegasos – Operating system support

OpenSolaris

Several operating systems run on the Pegasos Platform. Genesi is very eager to support any efforts to port and optimize operating systems or applications for their computers. * MorphOS is broadly compatible with legacy Commodore Amiga applications which profess to be “OS friendly” (meaning they do not access native Amiga hardware directly), as well as [...]

NX bit – OS implementations

Solaris Operating System

Many operating systems implement or have an available executable space protection policy. Here is a list of such systems in alphabetical order, each with technologies ordered from newest to oldest. For some technologies, there is a summary which gives the major features each technology supports. The summary is structured as below. * Hardware Supported Processors: [...]

Intel Threading Building Blocks – Systems supported

OpenSolaris

The TBB commercial release 3.0 supports Microsoft Windows (XP or newer), Mac OS X (version 10.4.4 or higher) and various types of Linux using various compilers (Visual C++ (version 8.0 or higher, on Windows OS only), Intel C++ Compiler (version 10.1 or higher) or GNU Compiler Collection (gcc)). Additionally, the TBB open source community has [...]









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