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This application was bord with the run Classic Application in any operating system. It seems to be an “Emulation-Layer” (so, not a “Virtuallization-Layer”) and… it’s for available (and supported) on various systems: * [Linux](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux) (i386, ppc, x86_64) * [MacOS X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macosx) (<strong>i386</strong>, ppc) * [Darwin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28operating_system%29) * [NetBSD 2.0](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbsd) * [FreeBSD 5.3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebsd) * [Windows for x86](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows) As you probably know, Apple, with new MacIntel, has cutted-off the support for Classic: it was a virtuallization, not an emulation and then… a simple recompilation it’s not enough. ...

A state-of-art Server made up with beauty (and small) MacMini as “mind”. Take a look at this interesting howto (start from Melablog). He makes up Software Firewall, Mail Server, DNS Server, IP-over-Firewall connection for DB Server… all based on Air Port extreme!!! How? Modding the Air Port Antenna, obviously! ;)

A movie about the technologie which Apple has reacently pattented. It is not a movie made by Apple but by some researchers: On Google Video. Some toughts here.

XGL: tutti ne stanno parlando ultimamente. Ci sono articoli in ogni dove su XGL ma… che é? Prendiamo da Wikipedia: Xgl is an X server architecture, started by David Reveman, layered on top of OpenGL via glitz. Some say that it is seen as the future of the X.Org Server, but some disagree because it requires a 3D graphics card. Although most PCs are nowadays shipped with such a card, most vendors (most notably NVIDIA and ATI Technologies) don’t provide open source drivers for their cards, which do not work on all computer architectures supported by the X.Org Server. ...

INCREDIBLE!!! AMAZING!!! SUPER!!! POWERFULL!!! GREAT!!! Videos are on linuxedge. Source, OSSBlog.

Mac Rumors talks about Apple Tablet Patents: A search at the US Patent and Trademark Office reveals a number of new Apple patent applications that relate to the long-rumored Apple Tablet based computer. One of the most relevant: Gestures for touch sensitive input devices - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. ...

On Geekpatrol.ca there is a comparison between… Mac Mini 1.42 GHz 512 KB L2 cache 167 MHz system bus 1 GB DDR 333 SDRAM iMac G5 2.1 GHz 512 KB L2 cache 700 MHz system bus 1.5 GB DDR2 533 SDRAM. iMac Core Duo 1.83 GHz 2 MB L2 cache shared between cores 667 MHz system bus 1 GB DDR2 667 SDRAM. iMac Core Duo 2.0 GHz 2 MB L2 cache shared between cores 667 MHz system bus 512 MB RAM DDR2 667 SDRAM Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25 GHz 256 KB L2 cache per cpu 2 MB backside L3 cache per cpu 167 MHz system bus 1.75 GB DDR 333 SDRAM Power Mac G5 1.6 GHz 512 KB L2 cache 800 MHz system bus 768 MB DDR 333 SDRAM Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8 GHz 512 KB L2 cache per processor 900 MHz system bus 1 GB DDR 400 SDRAM. Power Mac G5 Dual Core 2.0 GHz 1 MB L2 cache per core 1000 MHz system bus 2.5 GB DDR2 533 SDRAM Power Mac G5 ‘Quad’ 2.5 GHz 1 MB L2 cache per core 1.25 GHz system bus 1.5 GB DDR2 533 SDRAM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.2 GHz) 512 KB L2 cache 800 MHz system bus 1 GB of DDR 400 SDRAM. Intel Pentium 4c 2.4 GHz HT 512 KB L2 cache 800 MHz system bus 1 GB DDR 400 SDRAM Intel Xeon Dual 3.2 GHz HT 1MB L2 cache per CPU 800 MHz system bus 1 GB DDR2 400 SDRAM … using Geeckbench Preview: a opensource benchmark running on MacOSX and Windows by now. ...

Soon you may be able to execute Gnome/Gtk+ based programs NATIVELLY NATIVELY on Quartz without the X11 Emulation. Someone (thanks to exist) is working on the porting. It may be the incipit of a new era for Open Source software on MacOSX. Take a look at this. One of the most interesting characteristics of Gnome-oriented applications is the coherence between the HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) of Gnome and MacOSX. Source: Melablog.it and StyleMac.com.

Dojo is the Open Source JavaScript toolkit that helps you build serious applications in less time. It fills in the gaps where JavaScript and browsers don’t go quite far enough, and gives you powerful, portable, lightweight, and tested tools for constructing dynamic interfaces. This project has Sun behind itself: on Downloadblog there is a post dedicated to a Videocast of Sun Developers about Dojo and Java Studio Creator. The “packages” organization of Dojo is very similar to Java Library: much coherent and clean. ...