Monday, July 14, 2003

Top Ten Linux Tips. The Top 50 Tips we published in March were so popular we thought we'd udpate them for your mid-summer pleasure. This time we even included an "Other Stuff" section to bring you The Top 60 Tips of 2003. [Extremetech] 2:30:09 PM

r-sharp 0.5.0 released (Syllable). Total project downloads to date: 24903 Project description: Syllable is a complete Operating System, with its own kernel, filesystem, GUI and applications. Syllable is based on the AtheOS codebase, is largely POSIX.1 compliant, and uses a large number of the GNU utilities and applications. [Download] [Release Notes] [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] 1:28:44 PM

PARC's Popout Prism Aids Web Navigation PARC's Popout Prism Aids Web Navigation Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 14, @09:49AM from the interesting-ideas dept. sulo writes "Popout Prism is a Web Browser that reduces the amount of time users end looking for information in Web pages. By creating visual "popouts" that emphasize critical elements in Web pages, Popout Prism draws users' attention to the right information." Not a very complicated idea, but one that could be useful. [Slashdot] 11:12:13 AM

HTML Utopia: Chapter 5: Building the Skeleton. This chapter focuses specifically on creating the basic structural layout of a Web page or site using CSS, covering multi-column layouts, boxes, borders, the famous Box Model of CSS design, two and three-column page layouts, etc. By Sitepoint. Pt. 4 0714 [WebReference News] 10:47:56 AM

Linux v2.6 Begins Testing   Linux v2.6 Begins Testing Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 14, @09:01AM from the brace-for-destruction dept. xose quotes Linus from the kernel list: "the naming should be familiar - it's the same deal as with 2.4.0. One difference is that while 2.4.0 took about 7 months from the pre1 to the final release, I hope (and believe) that we have fewer issues facing us in the current 2.6.0. But very obviously there are going to be a few test-releases before the real thing. The point of the test versions is to make more people realize that they need testing and get some straggling developers realizing that it's too late to worry about the next big feature. I'm hoping that Linux vendors will start offering the test kernels as installation alternatives, and do things like make upgrade internal machines, so that when the real 2.6.0 does happen, we're all set." You all know what to do ;) [Slashdot] 10:43:22 AM

Radio UserLand : Radio gets some kind of Echo support:"Only a true geek would appreciate the drama of Radio supporting the new Echo format, I won't even try to explain. There are a few of these feeds around the blogosphere. Some blogging vendors, notably Blogger, are going to syndicate their users' content with this format, even though RSS would probably be a more conservative choice. " 10:26:04 AM

Pioneer DVR-810H - PVRs (hard disk video recorders) - CNET Reviews - Pioneer's upcoming DVR-810H is the ultimate TV-recording device. Due in September, it combines a DVD-R recorder and an 80GB hard drive loaded with the TiVo Basic service. On my wish list, but the price needs to come down, firewire needs to be added, and I need to be able to edit in and out on the deck.  It's coming closer... 10:19:40 AM