Booting 100 Systems of DOS, Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris

OSNews.com: "Someone who goes by the alias Saikee claims to have a multiboot system booting... 100 Operating systems, which include various flavours of DOS, Windows, Linux, BSD, and Solaris. In this thread he explains how to set up your machine, incuding GRUB, to boot 100 different flavours of various operating systems."

SkyOS Gets System.Windows.Forms

OSNews.com: "Just a few days after Mono got ported to SkyOS, SkyOS now has support for System.Windows.Forms. A screenshot of the first C# application using System.Windows.Forms developed in and for SkyOS is available at the SkyOS website. Support is not complete yet, obviously."

Ubuntu Dapper Drake Flight CD4 Released

OSNews.com: "The Ubuntu team has released Dapper Drake Flight CD4, the 4th alpha release on the way to the final release of Dapper Drake (which is now in upstream version freeze). Besides many cosmetic changes to the boot sequence, GDM, and GNOME in general, this release features Espresso (a live-CD installer), GNOME 2.14 Beta 2, and much more. The team has also included a 'very special and early gift' - Novell's Xgl and Compiz. Downloads for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu are in the release announcement."

Fedora Core 5 Test 3 Released

OSNews.com: "'The Fedora Project announces the third release of the Fedora Core 5 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and PPC/PPC64 architectures. Beware that Test releases are recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts or for technology evaluation, as many parts are likely to be broken and the rate of change is rapid.' The final release is planned for March 15th. Release notes will be uploaded soon, and download locations are listed in the release announcement."

Knoppix on the Intel-Based Macintosh

OSNews.com: "'We reported a few days ago that we had Linux booting on the Intel-based Macintosh. We have been looking at Linux on this hardware some more, and we are glad to report that we now have a full-fledged Knoppix distribution working, complete with the X Window system. We are releasing the first pictures of Knoppix 4.0 running on a 17-inch iMac Core Duo. The X Window system is shown running at full resolution (rather, fuller resolution - 1472x900 - notice that the bottom right edge of the KDE dock is cut off). Most (but not all) aspects of the hardware seem to work, but we have yet to analyse exactly what doesn't work and assess how much work it might take to get such things working.'"

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OSNews.com: "ReactOS released news today regarding the project's status, recent confusion and future development. The news item is slightly confusing in itself though, but the the gist is this: there is no code inside the ReactOS SVN repository that has been directly pasted from Windows source code. However, it might be that some people had access to Windows source code and used it as inspiration-- these developers should mark their code as 'dangerous', and these sections will then be audited by a 'clean' person. Currently, 15% has been audited and can be declared 'clean'."

FileForum | Hamachi 1.0.0.45 Pre-Alpha Release 45 FC12

FileForum | Hamachi: "Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual networking application enabling secure direct communications between any two computers on the Internet regardless of the presence of firewalls or address translation devices on the route between them. In particular, it can create true peer-to-peer network between two computers each residing behind its own broadband router. Sleek and simple interface, fast and transparent operation."

Open Source Toolbox: Review: automated network install of suse, debian and fedora with LinuxCOE

Open Source Toolbox: Review: automated network install of suse, debian and fedora with LinuxCOE: "Network install over LAN is an essential option for system administrators. Utilizing tools such as Kickstart or AutoYaST, they can create a single file containing the answers to all the questions that would normally be asked during a typical Linux installation, and use it to install the operating system and software on multiple machines. Based on this technology, LinuxCOE makes it possible to create an ISO image which can start an automated installation over the network."

Windows Server 2003 R2

"Microsoft udostępnił kolejną wersję swojego serwerowego systemu - Windows Server 2003 R2.
Nowy Windows będzie można kupic jako preinstalowany system na komputerach marki Dell,
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Free VMware

OSNews.com: "VMware, an EMC subsidiary whose software lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer, is expected to announce next week that it will begin giving away one of its key products for free, CNET News.com has learned.
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