Linux at AppleExpo
Jean Paul Smets
wrote in to send us a link to Pictures of
Linux at AppleExpo. He also wrote up a few highlights
which I've attached to the other half of this story...
Gimp Ports
Jaime Cruz writes
"OS/2 Netlabs has completed porting everyone's favorite
graphics manipulation program to OS/2! As far as I know,
this is the first port of Gimp to a non-Unix based operating
system. For the full details, check
here! "
Also, Craig Setera wrote
in to tell us that he has released binaries of his
win32 port of
the Gimp. This one still needs an X-Server and stuff,
but its a good start.
GIMP, Red Hat and Documentation
A.X.G. writes
"Red Hat Software and Frozenriver are going to try to
create the definitive GIMP manual, plus try to explore as
much as possible use of free graphics applications on
Linux."
S.u.S.E. 5.3 Available
Joe Hamelin writes
"S.u.S.E. 5.3 is now out. Get it at suse.org, the Seattle Mirror. Lots of new X config stuff and gimp 1.0 in the release. S.u.S.E. has been so easy to install and maintain that I hesitate to switch. It's reliable too.. all slashdot gifs are served from a S.u.S.E. box. " Last time I tried
S.u.S.E, the install seemed a little wierd, but I think I might try it again soon.
Anyway, S.u.S.E's official web site is here, and if any of
the S.u.S.E folks are reading this, what the heck is zuse.suse.de?
X-TrueType Server Version 1.0 Released
ISHIKAWA Mutsumi writes
wrote in to say that v1.0 of
X-TrueType Server Version 1.0 is now out. You can
read the homepage in
japanese
or english.
Snag the code from there and use the billion TrueType fonts
available on the net with the Gimp.
MSNBC on Linux?
Patrick Aland sent this
story from MSNBC about Linux. The story itself is a well-written one, talking about some of things we already know: about how wonderful Linux is and how all it needs is one great application and nothing will stop it. I dunno, I think that the Gimp does a good job, but what do I know?
Adobe, Photoshop and Linux
Gimp for WIN32
Feature:Should Be Open Up?
Usman Latif has written
a feature for us on Be, and why he believes that it
makes sense for them to take their OS and release it
as open source.
LinuxPPC 4 released
12 300Mhz G3s in one Box
Benjamin Karas writes
"Total Impact
announced that they will sell computers, for $15,000, that
have 3 4-G3 PCI cards in them. Wouldn't that be nice for
Gimp! " If multiple CPU boxes can be had this cheaply,
perhaps we'll see support for more than 4 CPUs.
LinuxPPC R4 Released
Jeffrey Davis writes
"LinuxPPC has a big fresh new release, R4. link ". Indeed they do. The
new release features Netscape Communicator, The GIMP, and a very "Kontroversial" Desktop Enviornment.
Interestingly enough, the LinuxPPC folk are incorporated, and some of their stuff seems to
imply they're for-profit. Can anyone clarify? It's good to see
some commercial development work being done (and some good work, at that)!
Feature:Solaris and the Desktop
Shawn T. Amundson
has sent us a feature on Solaris and the Desktop. Most of
his arguments are cut and paste translatable to Unix as a
whole, but in Sun's case, he's quite right. If they want to
grow, they need a new desktop. Anyway, hit the link
below to see what he has to say about making that happen.
New Sun workstations
EugeneL sent us
a link to a techweb article where you can read about
Sun's New Workstations.
Obviously I can't afford one, but I bet that Ultra 450
would make one amazing Gimp Workstation.
Gyve
Piotr Mitros writes
"Remember Gyve, the drawing program from Japan meant to complement Gimp? Well, it's finally reaching a state of early usability. It still core-dumps a lot, and parts of it are awfully slow, but it's already possible to draw, add text, manipulate objects, etc. with it. "
Looks quite impressive. When the 36 hour day ammendment passes,
I'm going to download it and give it a try.
Feature:Fear of X.0
David Ishee has
written a piece on the Fear of X.0 where he talks
about (surprise!) release versions of software.
It's worth a gander...
Editorial:Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons
Chris Marston
has written a piece entitled "The Tragedy of the Commons"
where he talks about open source development, and issues
it will face in the future. Particularly the human issues
for the people who create the code we all enjoy, and how
ego, and fame fit in. It rings very true.
Saturday Quickies
Matthew Crosby wrote
in to tell us that
"there will be an informal little celebration thing on irc.gimp.org port 6666, channel #party.
Paul Hart gave me a link to
The Worm Farm. It's
just weird.
Robert Jones wrote
in to send us a link to
an excellent Linux Help site.
Richard Brown sent
us a link to a A weather site running Linux.
Brian Moore wrote in
to send us a link to a story about Communicator 5.0
And finally, Rasmus Lerdorf
wrote in to announce that the PHP3
has hit the wire. For those in the dark, PHP is another excellent
web page scripting language.
Gimp One Point Oh
Everybody's favorite GPLd Image Processor has finally
hit the most wonderful One Point Oh. 'tis a joyous
occasion, for now the developers can pat themselves on
the back, shake each other's virtual hands, and move on
to getting Paths into 2.0 *grin*. Seriously, I'm pleased
as punch. The Free Software Movement needs one final thing
to triumph, at that is Killer Apps, and I strongly believe
that The Gimp is possibly the first. And there will be
more. (This story
set some sort of record- over 120 people wrote in to tell
me that 1.0 is out. *grin*)