SheepShaver: MacOS Classic on MacIntel

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. ...

February 11, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 131 words

XGL: OpenGL sempre piĂč prepotentemente sui nostri Desktop

XGL: tutti ne stanno parlando ultimamente. Ci sono articoli in ogni dove su XGL ma
 che Ă©? 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. ...

February 11, 2006 Â· 5 min Â· 898 words

XGL: wordless videos O_o

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

February 4, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 11 words

Geekbench Comparison: G4 vs G5 vs AMD64 vs P4 vs Xeon

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. ...

February 1, 2006 Â· 2 min Â· 284 words

Soon, Native GTK+ on MacOSX

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.

January 31, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 73 words

Dojo: AJAX in Sun style

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. ...

January 29, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 94 words

PHP 5.1.2 and PostgreSQL 8.1.2 MacOSX Packages

Marc Liyanage releases the last version of his packaged version of PHP 5.1.2 and PostgreSQL 8.1.2. I don’t know how is the packaged PostgreSQL but
 I use the PHP of Marc from 2 years without any problems (excluding personalization to the php.ini file). Thanks Marc for your nice work! ;-) Ah, these packages are made for MacOSX.

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 57 words

Finder Software Engineer: Apple offers work

The Finder team is seeking an energetic, motivated software engineer to help develop next generation versions of the Finder, the notorious file browser for Mac OS X. You will be responsible for developing new features of an application that is often perceived by our users as the “face of the system”. You will be working on user interfaces spanning various browser views, new advanced search features, navigation and data presentation as well as many other parts of the application. ...

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 81 words

Firefox plugins highlight 001

Performancing - Powerfull Firefox extension to help enhanced blogger to manage our sites FireBug - Console/DomInspector/Other_Usefull_Things instrument for enhanced developers Source, Downloadblog.it.

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 22 words

Opera Mini is available worldwide

After various months of testing, Opera Mini is available worldwide. I try it whit the simulator on the official website. Enjoy it. Here the wizard that helps you to select the right version for your mobile phone. Source, Downloadblog.

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 39 words