Ingo Molnar Tests New BF Scheduler
Sep 08, 2009Kernel developer Ingo Molnar has done a benchmark test to compare his Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) with the recently released BFS from Australian Con Kolivas.
more »RRZR Publishes Icons under CC-BY-SA
Sep 07, 2009The regional data processing center in Germany's Erlangen (RRZR) has released a collection of symbols correlating to diverse IT themes under the Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA.
more »Kroah-Hartman: Remove Hyper-V Driver from Kernel?
Sep 07, 2009Microsoft caused a sensation with its release of its Hyper-V virtualization driver -- now its inclusion in the Linux kernel could be in doubt.
more »Trojitá: New Qt-Based IMAP Client
Sep 03, 2009KDE developer Jan Kundrat presents a new IMAP mail client named Trojitá. The Qt4 program developed for his bachelor thesis should be ready for prime time in the next months.
more »Con Kolivas Introduces New BFS Scheduler
Sep 02, 2009After two years deep into Linux, the Australian Con Kolivas has emerged with a new scheduler that above all should provide significantly better performance on dual and quad processors.
more »Windows Kernel: Unified Kernel Version 0.2.4.1
Sep 01, 2009The Unified Kernel, alias Longene, set itself the goal to natively support Windows programs. The newest version upgrades the Kernel version to 2.6.30.
more »SVG Web: Google Brings SVG Support to Internet Explorer
Aug 25, 2009Microsoft is a true master when it comes to ignoring Web standards. Thanks to Google, that could now change in terms of the SVG vector graphics format.
more »Appweb 3: Embedded Webserver with JavaScript Framework
Aug 25, 2009The embedded webserver Appweb is available in version 3.0. The new release improves performance, introduces a server-side JavaScript framework and runs on more operating systems than ever before.
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