Igor Delovski Board

[delovski]

JoS: The pain of porting to linux

"A few months ago I thought of porting my software to linux, I guess just
to see if it could be done.  The experience of even trying was painful.  Not
only is the majority of windows functions unavailable in linux, but the gnu
religious bigots have plastered the LGPL on all libraries that may have been
useful in porting my software to linux."

[Jean Jacques]

Slashdot: What is the Ultimate Linux Development Environment?

"I've been programming on Linux for a while now, always content to use
vi for my editing and any debugger tools out there (gdb for C/C++, and so
forth). As part of my SoC project I was working on Thunderbird (my first
huge project on Linux) and I found that , although shell-based tools can do
the job, they lack in easy project management, ease of debugging and
other development features. I've only ever programmed with a GUI on
Windows — and I have to admit that I find Dev Studio to be one of the few
programs that Microsoft seems to have gotten (nearly) right. I've played
around with Eclipse but find it's C/C++ support still lacking."

[Helga]

Open source developer: Closed Source--It Pays

"After a lot of thought, I've make a big decision: my end-user programs
are now closed-source. I've been a bit of an open-source crusader up until
now. This is a sharp reversal in my approach to developing software. Why
do this?

Money."

[Ike]

GNU/Linux on Laptops

"Although most modern laptops nowadays tend to scare people off with
an ugly “Designed for Windows XP” mark, it does not mean that
alternative operating systems, like GNU/Linux cannot be installed and
function equally well. In this article I would like to describe a few common
issues with Linux on laptops and maybe bust a few myths about using
GNU/Linux on mobile computers."

[Guest]

The Open Source: Analyst Firm Gets It Half-Right,
By Bernard Golden

"IDC surveyed 5000 developers in 116 countries and discovered that
open source is used by 71% of them and -- perhaps more surprisingly --
is used in 54% of their production environments."

[James Dean]

How To Set Up A DHCP Server For Your LAN

"In this short guide I will show how to set up a simple DHCP server
(ISC-DHCP) on a Debian Sarge (3.1) system whose sole purpose is to
assign IP adresses, a gateway, DNS servers, etc. to client computers
from the local network that don't have a static IP address. You can use
such a DHCP server in your home network, your office, etc., for example
if your router doesn't come with a built-in DHCP server.

If you set up such a DHCP server, please make sure you don't already
have another one in your LAN as this might result in conflicts."

[delovski]

Slashdot: Why is OSS Commercial Software So Expensive?

"Our startup honestly wanted to use OSS products. We do not want to
spend time for any OSS bug fixing so our main requirement was -official
support for all OSS products-. We thought were prepared to pay the price
for OSS products, but then we got a price sticker shock. Now behold: QT
is $3300 per seat. We have dropped the development and rewrote
everything to C# (MSVS 2005 is ~$700). Embedded Linux from a
reputable RT vendor is $25,000 per 5 seats per year. We needed only 3
seats. We had to buy 5 nevertheless. The support was bad. We will go for
VxWorks or WinCE in our next product. Red Hat Linux WS is $299. An
OEM version of Windows XP Pro is ~$140. A Cygwin commercial license
will cost tens of thousands of dollars and is only available for large shops.
We need 5 seats. Windows Unix services are free. After all, we have
decided that the survival of our business is more important for us
then 'do-good' ideas. Except for that embedded Linux (slated for WinCE
or VxWorks substitution), we are not OSS shop anymore."

[XNote]

Digg: The Linux 101 Required Reading List

"So you want to learn Linux? The best way, the only really good way, is to
get a distribution, load it on a computer and give it a try. However, you
may need or want to read some materials about Linux to get up to speed."

[XNote]

50 Open Source success stories in Business, Education, and Government

"Today, we present a rundown of success stories from all spheres that open
source touches. Whether through profit margins, spreading the technology
to areas thought well outside its reach, or just simply generating greater public
awareness, the success of this truly world-changing technology is everywhere."

[Ike]

Digg: Surprising increase number of Internet access via Linux clients.

"This operating system market share trend study by Net Applications report
an astonishing increase number of Internet access from Linux clients, about
100% in just 2 months!!!"

[Ike]

Slashdot: Closed Source On Linux and BSD?

"I want to start (very small) software/hardware business. The code in question
will be closed source. I won't modify or use any GPL code or any 3rd-party
sources. It will be my own handwritten C/C++ code from start to finish. I am
planning to sell embedded-like boxes with an OS (Linux or BSD) and this code.

I am more familiar with Linux but I am scared a little bit of Linux licensing,
and also of Linux fanboy-ism: I personally got a 'go to hell with your @#$
closed code' slur on Slashdot. I am not a GPL guru and not a software freedom
fighter. I just want to do my job and make a living."

[Bjanko Novac]

MacBook and Linux: Beauty and the Beast

"Linux support for MacBooks is rather good, and it constantly improves. It can
be guessed that withing a year or two Macbooks will be the best supported
laptops to run Linux on them."

[Ike]

The Linux Alternative Project

"The Linux Alternative Project: The goal is to provide an informational and
available website for all linux users, ... the database with Windows software
and the Linux equivalents and alternatives."

[delovski]

Slashdot: Windows Loses Ground With Developers

"An anonymous reader notes that InfoWorld is covering a survey of North
American developers that claims that Linux is gaining share as the number
of developers targeting Windows fell 11 percent over the last year. Evans
Data has been conducting these surveys of client, server, and Web developers
since 1998. Evans Data says that the arrival of Windows Vista likely only
kept the numbers from being even worse.

The big gainer wasn't developing for a Web platform, but rather for Linux
and "nontraditional client devices." Windows is still dominant, with 65% of
developers writing code for this platform. Linux stands at almost 12%, up
from 8% a year earlier. The article says that Evans Data collected information
on Mac and Unix development but did not include them in this year's report."

[delovski]

2008: Year of the Linux Desktop

"Ultimately, I'm not predicting that Linux will take over the market next
year. Or anytime soon, for that matter. But if there's ever been a time to
try out the world's leading free OS, 2008 will be that time."

[delovski]

Confessions of a Linux Fan: 10 Things You Might Want To Know
Before Switching Over To Linux

"However (and there's always a however) we tend to be very selective on
what we tell you when it comes to the minor details. Take this as a confession,
as an admission of those details you might not necessarily like about Linux."

[delovski]

Issue: Microsoft’s big win in China

"Who remembers Red Flag Linux? Born during the dot-com boom and
officially financed and adopted by the Chinese government, Red Flag
Linux was supposed to be China’s answer for avoiding the double-team
of Windows and Microsoft Office that dominates the rest of the world’s
PCs"

[Ike]

The Register - Could Linux become the dominant OS?

"Linux has made least headway on the desktop for one obvious reason. It has
no significant commercial backer on the desktop. The open source approach
to software development usually produces products built by software developers
for software developers...

This situation changed a little with the advent of the Ubuntu distribution of Linux,
which was much easier on the user, but not anything like as easy as OS X. Ubuntu
is, nonetheless, the shape of Linux to come."

[Ike]

Xmod-Free Linux Forum: Ubuntu World Domination in progress

"Well, Ubuntu is clearly the Borg of Linux, users are being converted quicker
than a Scientology rally."

[delovski]

Digg: The 7 Most Influential GNU/Linux Distributions

"An insider's look at the top distros, revealing both their strengths and their weaknesses."