Submission + - Latest GNOME 2.18 released
An anonymous reader writes: The GNOME Project has released the brand new 2.18 version of the popular open source desktop environment.
Submission + - File descriptors and why we can't use them
insane_coder writes: "I wrote a short article explaining the virtues of file descriptors, and how file management security is now going to get much better and easier to program with soon to be standardized functions, yet why we can't make good use of it. I also propose what we may be able to do to fix it."
Submission + - Watch out Google, Cisco could be on search prowl
BobB writes: "Cisco forked over $3.2B for web conferencing company WebEx, putting Cisco into more direct competition with Microsoft. Some say Cisco might next have its sights set on buying a search company, putting it into competition with Google.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/031507-analy sis-webex-and-cisco-transition-to-applications.htm l"
Submission + - Operating systems vs the real world
boutcher writes: The sucks/rocks rates any phrase based on positive and negative references on the web.
I think the results are questionable though, since while Linux rates higher than Windows (an obvious soft-ball question) freebsd rates higher than sex, drugs, and alcohol.
I think the results are questionable though, since while Linux rates higher than Windows (an obvious soft-ball question) freebsd rates higher than sex, drugs, and alcohol.
Journal Journal: Eclipse IDE - do people actually use it for c/c++ coding???? 6
I decided to give Eclipse another try today. Downloaded the latest version (3.2.2 after all the updates) and the packages necessary for c/c++ coding.
I cannot believe how painfully s - l - l - o - o - o - w - w - w - w - w it is, for what little additional functionality it appears to bring to the party if you're doing c
