SabayonLinux 3.3 64-bit miniEdition
The single-CD "miniEdition" of SabayonLinux 3.3 has been released
64-Studio
Audio focused 64-bit Linux distribution.
Beta Ubuntu 7.04 "Fiesty Fawn" released
26 March 2007
HP tool update
New Release! HP Code Advisor C.01.15 is now available for free download.
The following are the notable features of this release:
* Generate code complexity metrics to gauge the complexity of the code being developed or migrated
* Detect multi-thread programming issues
* Create easily manageable snapshots of the PDB
* New options for finer control of the diagnostics at individual module and macro levels
* Improved cross-file analysis time
* Enhancements to the -crossfile option for selective enablement
* -target option to help reduce build to only modified elements
* Enhancements to reporting, including generation of HTML report
HP C Advise
Like "lint", this tool seems great at running some more thorough code analysis. I recommend running this if you have HP Itanium systems.
The following are the notable features of this release:
* Generate code complexity metrics to gauge the complexity of the code being developed or migrated
* Detect multi-thread programming issues
* Create easily manageable snapshots of the PDB
* New options for finer control of the diagnostics at individual module and macro levels
* Improved cross-file analysis time
* Enhancements to the -crossfile option for selective enablement
* -target option to help reduce build to only modified elements
* Enhancements to reporting, including generation of HTML report
HP C Advise
Like "lint", this tool seems great at running some more thorough code analysis. I recommend running this if you have HP Itanium systems.
20 March 2007
Solaris Express Developer Edition 2/07
Sun has a great new edition of Solaris aimed at developers.
"Solaris Express Developer Edition is an OpenSolaris-based distribution for x86 that includes the latest tools, technologies, and platforms to create applications for Solaris OS"
It includes Sun Studio 11 pre-installed, as well as NetBeans & Web 2.0 tools, StarOffice 8.0, Solaris + AMP and much more. The OS is Solaris Express Community Edition build 55. This edition is x86 only.
There is also a VMware packaged edition on the link below. I tested that 64-bit download in VMware Server and it worked really well.
Sun Developer Site : Solaris Express Developer Edition
Sun Developer Site : Download Page
"Solaris Express Developer Edition is an OpenSolaris-based distribution for x86 that includes the latest tools, technologies, and platforms to create applications for Solaris OS"
It includes Sun Studio 11 pre-installed, as well as NetBeans & Web 2.0 tools, StarOffice 8.0, Solaris + AMP and much more. The OS is Solaris Express Community Edition build 55. This edition is x86 only.
There is also a VMware packaged edition on the link below. I tested that 64-bit download in VMware Server and it worked really well.
Sun Developer Site : Solaris Express Developer Edition
Sun Developer Site : Download Page
13 March 2007
AMD/ATI losing the geeks ?
When AMD introduced the Athlon, everyone seemed to notice, but especially the geek crowd. It was a great new processor. When they introduced the Athlon64 and Intel stated that 64-bit was not in their desktop future, the geeks and techies went crazy for AMD. It's been hugely successful and AMD64 is a great architecture. It almost feels like amazing good Alpha CPU didn't die, in some ways it's lived on in the AMD64.
The pendulum swung in favour of AMD and stayed there.
Intel backtracked and then copied the AMD64 and called in EM64T. But Intel were in a mess, developers, geeks and techies wanted fast 32/64-bit capable Athlon64 chips and didn't want the high power usage Pentium4. Company trouble at Intel also made things worse for them, layoffs occurred to try to sort things out.
But....
Geeks have respect for Intel again after it ditched the Pentium4 and released the Core CPU. The Core is a great CPU, lower power usage & very fast performance. Core Duo in a latop out performs the fastest AMD laptop CPU (Turion64). But it didn't stop there, they released desktop and laptop Core Duo CPUs and then enabled 64-bit CPUs for all via the Core 2 Duo. Core 2 Duo is even faster and even more energy efficient. I can understand why Apple switched to it (although it has taken me a long time to accept it & then try to understand why, I liked PowerPC).
Intel have raised the stakes yet again by releasing a Xeon 64-bit Quad CPU that uses 50W
Intel Xeon
The Register : New Xeon
I think that AMD made improvements, some of the dual core Athlon X2 CPUs use less or the same power as the old single core CPUs. But at the same time, Intel introduced a new CPU architecture and then improved upon it with the Core 2 Duo. AMD should have had the K8L out and ready, it does look interesting.
Drivers
Linux people that want to try out the great looking features of Beryl/Compiz etc. they are finding that ATI does not support this in their binary driver. Linux devs and users are being forced to switch to Intel (open source driver) or NVidia (binary driver supports AIGLX) instead.
The pendulum swung in favour of AMD and stayed there.
Intel backtracked and then copied the AMD64 and called in EM64T. But Intel were in a mess, developers, geeks and techies wanted fast 32/64-bit capable Athlon64 chips and didn't want the high power usage Pentium4. Company trouble at Intel also made things worse for them, layoffs occurred to try to sort things out.
But....
Geeks have respect for Intel again after it ditched the Pentium4 and released the Core CPU. The Core is a great CPU, lower power usage & very fast performance. Core Duo in a latop out performs the fastest AMD laptop CPU (Turion64). But it didn't stop there, they released desktop and laptop Core Duo CPUs and then enabled 64-bit CPUs for all via the Core 2 Duo. Core 2 Duo is even faster and even more energy efficient. I can understand why Apple switched to it (although it has taken me a long time to accept it & then try to understand why, I liked PowerPC).
Intel have raised the stakes yet again by releasing a Xeon 64-bit Quad CPU that uses 50W
Intel Xeon
The Register : New Xeon
I think that AMD made improvements, some of the dual core Athlon X2 CPUs use less or the same power as the old single core CPUs. But at the same time, Intel introduced a new CPU architecture and then improved upon it with the Core 2 Duo. AMD should have had the K8L out and ready, it does look interesting.
Drivers
Linux people that want to try out the great looking features of Beryl/Compiz etc. they are finding that ATI does not support this in their binary driver. Linux devs and users are being forced to switch to Intel (open source driver) or NVidia (binary driver supports AIGLX) instead.
02 March 2007
VMWare Fusion Beta 2
arstechnia reports VMWare Fusion Beta 2 comes with "Experimental 3D Acceleration"
I'm not personally interested in 3D support, but it looks like it's going to be a great product. It does support 32-bit and 64-bit guests, which Parallels does not. The 64-bit support in VMware Server is excellent, I would expect that support in Fusion to be good also.
I'm not personally interested in 3D support, but it looks like it's going to be a great product. It does support 32-bit and 64-bit guests, which Parallels does not. The 64-bit support in VMware Server is excellent, I would expect that support in Fusion to be good also.
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