The Blackdown Java-Linux Team and Sun Microsystems have announced the availability of the Java Media Framework (JMF) 2.1.1-FCS Performance Pack for Linux/i386. JMF is an API for incorporating audio, video and other time-based media into Java applications and applets. It is an optional package that extends the multimedia capabilities on the Java2 platform.

Version 2.5 of wxDesigner, a commercial RAD tool for the Open Source cross-platform C++ library wxWindows (and its Python and Perl bindings), has been released. New version includes support for menus and menu events as well as many dozens of smaller enhancements and bug fixes. It is also made available for IRIX, in addition to Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD. Efforts to get wxDesigner working on the Mac as well, are on.

BLIP consists of a computer system with a built-in two-way radio, which transfers information to and fro. This facilitates the BLIP to create a wireless LAN that the user can easily access via Bluetooth mobile enabled device. BLIP comprises of a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) CPU chip. It runs on an embedded form of Linux operating system developed by Linux specialists. The entire pattern of this device in terms of hardware and software is:

Hardware

CPU: ARM7 TDMI based 32-bit RISC; 22.5 MHz clock rate

Linux on the desktop is dead. What a crock! How analysts can make such conclusions

based on the fact that two companies had trouble selling it is beyond me. Linux

didn't achieve its server success by relying on the success of its co-players. Why should

anyone believe that the desktop should be any different? It was only a couple of years ago

that these same analysts said Linux couldn't achieve a foothold in the server market,

and look where we are now. Rome was not built in a day, nor was Microsoft. While Linux

Apple has seemingly jumped on the Linux/OSS bandwagon twice. Each time they were

applauded for their efforts by those communities who were glad to have such a big name

tech company seemingly embrace them. But were these moves of real substance or merely

PR fodder? What is the real truth behind Apple's open source initiatives?

The data blackout is the result of a copyright battle between the two companies

that may have far-reaching consequences. While the legal dispute centers on whether

Roxio can use online databases created by people on the Internet, many people are

concerned that CDDB--maintained for the last three years by Gracenote but built

from individuals' submissions--can be owned. The issue could affect a variety of

communities throughout the Internet, from so-called open-source programming

projects to comments archived on online bulletin boards.

A major revision from the final beta was the removal of /media. Apart for some major and

minor changes, the format has also been changed. The document has been reformatted

and reworked, according to the principle that it should be readable in a "flip open to section

I want" manner. Options clearly labelled, language clarified.

In an effort to make the wait for the mythical LyX 1.2.0 a bit easier, we are proud to

announce the release of LyX 1.1.6fix2. Features include bug fixes, lots of translations

updates, and also bug fixes (although a few new features crept in). Read about it here.

Note that it is also available in patch and RPM flavours.

"We need to be doing things differently. Linux needs to be a different experience, not a familiar one with a better kernel. People understand that Linux is free in many ways compared to Windows, but they need more than the financial incentive to switch. They need a new place to work, and a new outlook on things. When this starts happening, Linux will begin to take its place on the desktop," says Doug Dingus.

How did you get started on KDE?

It was quite simple actually. I was completing my thesis and was wondering what I could next. That's when I met Matthais Etterich, who showed me QT. It was at 0.97, I think. We instantly liked what we saw. At that time we also felt that Linux required a good desktop environment. There was CDE, but that was commercial and it was also based on Motif. I think Red Hat released a commercial version that included CDE, but I wasn't able to see it. We thought we could do better and so we decided to start on KDE.