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Posted by codethought on May 24, 2009
T-Mobile was supposed to release Android OS 1.5 (originally code-named ‘Cupcake’) was supposed to be released the week of May 18th. However T-Mobile decided to delay the release.
Enter the Android community… Someone has found the downloadable version of Cupcake, signed and ready to install on the T-Mobile G1! And with a few [...]
Categories: Android, Java, Linux, Operating Systems, Programming, Telephony |
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Posted by codethought on November 9, 2008
With the shipment of the T-Mobile G1 there’s now an ever-expanding base of users on the new Google Android Platform. If you are an application developer this is an excellent platform to develop on with a bright future ahead of it.
Here’s some development resources to help get you started:
The Android HomePage
This is where it [...]
Categories: Android, Eclipse, Java, Linux, Programming, Telephony |
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Posted by codethought on September 2, 2007
Chris Pirillo’s website has a great breakdown of Leopard vs Vista where he shows overall why Leopard is a better OS than vista.
Mac OS X Leopard vs Microsoft Windows Vista
While the article IS interesting what really caught me off guard was this comment from one of his readers:
Don Mitchell – September 1, 2007 @ 11:01 [...]
Categories: Linux, Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Windows XP |
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Posted by codethought on August 25, 2007
Got a Mac? Need to run Windows? You can always use Bootcamp… But how about Linux? That’s a bigger challenge. However with virtualization you can install either and run them along side OS/X. Currently there are 3 virtualization tools:
VirtualBox (in Beta on OS/X-Intel)
Parallels
VMWare Fusion
Low End Mac has a [...]
Categories: Linux, Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Windows XP |
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Posted by codethought on November 25, 2006
[Originally Posted 20-July-2004]
Microsoft has been trying to put a stop to the Lindows Linux distribution because the name, according to them, represents Trademark infringement:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,2101619,00.htm
Well, Microsoft is losing that battle. So what did they do? They bought the Lindows name from Lindows (who now goes by the far better name Linspire) for US$20 Million:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39161016,00.htm
Categories: Linux, Windows XP |
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Posted by codethought on November 25, 2006
[Originally Posted 26-May-2004]
The Sun Java Desktop System should scare Microsoft… At least that’s what the San Jose Mercury News wants you to think.
However, it probably won’t. Linux.com just tried JDS Release 2 on four machines. And on all four of them it simply wouldn’t run…
From the article:
Four out of four computers agree: [...]
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Posted by codethought on November 25, 2006
[Originally Posted 12-May-2004]
If you use Linux you’ll find this interesting. If you use Linux and don’t understand what a file system is, please re-format your computer and install Windows XP – you might be better off..
Link: Linux FileSystem Benchmarks
The summary is that ReiserFS is the overall best File system over all of what I [...]
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