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XFree86 XonX
Downloads XFree86, a free implementation of the X Window System, has been ported to Darwin and Mac OS X. Pre-compiled binaries for XFree86 are available with a graphical installer from the XonX Project. Before applying this update, install XFree86 4.2.0 and...
[December 27, 2004, 6:00]
Jaguar XTerm
Downloads A "Jaguar XTerm Update" has been posted to the XFree86 4.2.0 package at http://sourceforge.net/projects/xonx/. This update is required for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), but it should not be applied if you are running Mac OS X 10.1.
[July 31, 2002, 7:00]
Key Linux group faces split
News A schism has struck the XFree86 movement, an open-source graphics project key to Linux and several other operating systems, with the core group in charge of the project expelling one of its members. The six-member Core Team of the XFree86 project...
[March 21, 2003, 7:58]
Penguin playtime: Linux gets game
News As a platform for the nontechnical gamer, Linux has previously seemed about as fun as being locked in an iron maiden. While there has been a slew of open-source games that are, more often than not, hacked versions of popular commercial games, you...
[June 9, 2000, 8:33]
Can client hardware run Linux?
News Due to Linux's growing popularity on servers and newer desktops, and the recent release of Linux-native office suites, you'll need to consider you desktop's current hardware configuration before making the switch.
[May 15, 2002, 9:58]
Ximian changes open-source licence
News Ximian, a company working to improve the Linux operating system for ordinary computer users, has made a philosophical shift in a key new open-source software project that now will be governed by a less restrictive licence.
[January 28, 2002, 9:30]
Eye2Eye: Dirk Hohndel of SuSE Linux, Part II
News Dirk Hohndel, chief technology officer with SuSE Linux, talks about Intel's Trillium project, the advent of 64-bit computing and the paradigm shift that open source represents. This exclusive Eye2Eye interview with ZDNet's Will Knight, concludes...
[March 16, 2000, 12:07]
OroborOSX
Downloads OroborOSX is an X11 environment, including an Aqua-like window manager, designed to provide better integration of X11 with Mac OS X. It is meant to be used in rootless mode with XDarwin and XFree86 on Mac OS X.
[January 5, 2003, 6:00]
Linux picking up its game
News A lack of good games can hurt any PC platform, and Linux is feeling the pain. On Thursday, game developer Loki Entertainment Software and members of the open-source community outlined plans to make Linux a better gaming platform.
[February 4, 2000, 7:26]
Key Linux group faces split
Talkback The author should do some homework. XFree86 is not the primary windowing system for Linux systems, it's X.org (http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/), which was not even mentioned.
[February 4, 2006, 1:46]
Exclusive: Linux on the desktop after all?
News Linux is ready to fulfil the requirements of most desktop users, according to the chief technical officer of SuSE Linux and founder member of the XFree86 organisation, Dirk Hohndel. The comments follow widespread reports that Hohndel's boss, SuSE...
[March 7, 2000, 14:21]
xMahjongg Select
Downloads xMahjongg Select is GUI for the xMahjongg tile matching game.xMahjongg runs under the X11 windowing system and its setup is controlled by command line options.xMahjongg Select will handle all the setup for you and start a new game using your...
[July 20, 2003, 8:00]
Open source service takes off
News Open source development site SourceForge.net, which coordinates some of the largest and most influential programming projects around, announced Friday that it has reached more than 100,000 registered users.
[January 22, 2001, 13:31]
Linux kernel: Moving closer to Windows?
Talkback Bad technical article. As the article quotes a guy, I don't know if it's the article, or the person quoted that's at fault here. Kernel windowing? Do they mean framebuffer support in the kernel? Who knows.
[July 1, 2004, 23:49]
Government-funded Linux software arrives
News KDE, one of the major interfaces designed to make Linux slick looking and easier to use, has been upgraded, an effort that includes the first results of work funded by the German government. The software comes from the Kroupware project, bankrolled...
[January 31, 2003, 10:04]
Vista versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Strangely, no one has pointed out that there is one important UI area where Vista is far and away more advanced and capable than either XP, Linux, or even Mac OS: the tablet PC platform. Vista is the only OS for PC's (including Macs) that has...
[October 24, 2007, 4:58]
Free OpenOffice for Mac users
News The free, open-source competitor to Microsoft Office now caters to Mac users. Sun Microsystems released the first beta of OpenOffice, the open-source sibling of its StarOffice package, for Mac OS X computers on Monday.
[October 15, 2002, 7:57]
Making Linux usable tops Torvalds' list
News The biggest development in Linux in the past year has been a more refined user interface, Linux founder Linus Torvalds said on Wednesday, deprecating the deeper work that remains his own domain. Within the last year, it's progressed past the eye...
[August 30, 2001, 9:23]
Transmeta unveils mobile Linux
News Transmeta, the employer of Linux founder Linus Torvalds, has released Midori, its version of Linux for mobile devices. Transmeta, which sells low-power, Intel-compatible processors called Crusoe, previously referred to Midori as Mobile Linux.
[March 14, 2001, 7:22]
Chip makers release driver source code
News Taiwanese chip makers VIA Technologies and XGI Technology released the source code of various drivers this week in an attempt to improve Linux support for their products. Both companies said that they hope to increase the number of Linux platforms...
[April 14, 2005, 15:00]
