Performance Improvements in OpenSolaris 2008.11I recently pushed source changes to OpenSolaris build NV99 to improve byte swapping performance.These changes...
Performance Improvements in OpenSolaris 2008.11I recently pushed source changes to OpenSolaris build NV99 to improve byte swapping performance.These changes will be a part of OpenSolaris 2008.11.To review, byte swapping reverses the order of bytes in a integer (whether 2-, 4-, or 8-byte lengths).This is necessary as x86 processors store the low order byte of an integer first ("little endian"), and SPARC processors store the high-order byte first ("big endian").Furthermore,...
Performance Improvements in OpenSolaris 2008.11I recently pushed source changes to OpenSolaris build NV99 to improve byte swapping performance.These changes will be a part of OpenSolaris...
While in São Paulo one developer asked me "What kind of games run on OpenSolaris?" He was specifically interested in World of Warcraft, which, as far as I know,...
While in São Paulo one developer asked me "What kind of games run on OpenSolaris?" He was specifically interested in World of Warcraft, which, as far as I know, doesn't have a client for OpenSolaris. However, I was able to tell him about the Games on OpenSolaris Community. As stated on the site's main page, the games community: Lists games that can be played on OpenSolaris. Provides extra install instructions when needed. Hosts games that have been packaged for OpenSolaris....
While in São Paulo one developer asked me "What kind of games run on OpenSolaris?" He was specifically interested in World of Warcraft, which, as far as I know, doesn't have a client for OpenSolaris....
In einer Diskussion ueber den Zusammenhang zwischen der Anzahl der Patches fuer ein Produkt und die Qualitaet dieses Produktes stiess ich auf ein bemerkenswerts...
In einer Diskussion ueber den Zusammenhang zwischen der Anzahl der Patches fuer ein Produkt und die Qualitaet dieses Produktes stiess ich auf ein bemerkenswerts Argument:Die Anzahl der geloggten Bugs und RFEs und die Anzahl veroeffentlicher Patches ist kein Indikator fuer Qualitaet. Sie sind vielmehr Indikatoren fuer Aktivitaet.Einige Studien zur Softwarequalitaet zeigen, dass alte Software die zuverlaessigste Software ist. Oder, andersherum, neue Software hat tendenziell...
In einer Diskussion ueber den Zusammenhang zwischen der Anzahl der Patches fuer ein Produkt und die Qualitaet dieses Produktes stiess ich auf ein bemerkenswerts Argument:Die Anzahl der geloggten...
If you're looking for a build of some open source software that's not in the default IPS repository, there's a good chance you'll find it on Blastwave. All of...
If you're looking for a build of some open source software that's not in the default IPS repository, there's a good chance you'll find it on Blastwave. All of their packages have been made available via an IPS repository (although, I couldn't find this advertised on their site): http://blastwave.network.com:10000/ Loading the page above shows you there's over 1700 packages in all: Before you can install packages from the Blastwave repository, however, you need to add...
If you're looking for a build of some open source software that's not in the default IPS repository, there's a good chance you'll find it on Blastwave. All of their packages have been made available...
I needed to burn an .iso to a CD and initially looked for a utility under one of the menus. Eventually I stumbled across the Write to Disk utility. As far as I...
I needed to burn an .iso to a CD and initially looked for a utility under one of the menus. Eventually I stumbled across the Write to Disk utility. As far as I can tell, it's only available when you right-click the image file: Once you figure that out, it's easy as pie:
I needed to burn an .iso to a CD and initially looked for a utility under one of the menus. Eventually I stumbled across the Write to Disk utility. As far as I can tell, it's only available when...
As the Adobe page says: "This is a prerelease version of the Adobe® Flash® Player 10 softwarefor Solaris platforms. It is being made available for developers...
As the Adobe page says: "This is a prerelease version of the Adobe® Flash® Player 10 softwarefor Solaris platforms. It is being made available for developers andconsumers to test their content to ensure new features function asexpected, existing content plays back correctly, and there are nocompatibility issues." You can get it (both x86 and Sparc versions) from labs.adobe.com.
As the Adobe page says: "This is a prerelease version of the Adobe® Flash® Player 10 softwarefor Solaris platforms. It is being made available for developers andconsumers to test their content...
Our team contributes with content for the new OpenSolaris Ignite newsletter, which focuses on news and technical tips for OpenSolaris (the distribution). You...
Our team contributes with content for the new OpenSolaris Ignite newsletter, which focuses on news and technical tips for OpenSolaris (the distribution). You can get issue #1 from this URL. Right now you need to subscribe with your e-mail address (good old traditional e-mail newsletter delivery :), but in my opinion it would be also nice to add a RSS feed possibility for people who don't like e-mails.We are always looking for interesting content for the newsletter so if you...
Our team contributes with content for the new OpenSolaris Ignite newsletter, which focuses on news and technical tips for OpenSolaris (the distribution). You can get issue #1 from this URL. Right now...
OpenOffice 3.0 has been released. However, you will not find it in the IPS repository, it's only available as an SVR4 package. If you want to upgrade but you've...
OpenOffice 3.0 has been released. However, you will not find it in the IPS repository, it's only available as an SVR4 package. If you want to upgrade but you've installed version 2.4 from IPS, you'll first need to remove it (because the 2 packaging systems are not exactly compatible): bleonard@opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg uninstall openofficePHASE ACTIONSRemoval Phase 5320/5320 Then download the compressed SVR4 package from openoffice.org and save it to your desktop. When the...
OpenOffice 3.0 has been released. However, you will not find it in the IPS repository, it's only available as an SVR4 package. If you want to upgrade but you've installed version 2.4 from IPS,...
As a software developer, I use VirtualBox to test how my applications look, feel and behave across different operating systems and/or browser combinations. I...
As a software developer, I use VirtualBox to test how my applications look, feel and behave across different operating systems and/or browser combinations. I can also easily test things like Java Web Start or remote application deployment without needing access to a network of machines. Another common problem that can plague developers is that their machines can become "friendly" to their application. How often have you tried to set up a development environment using someone...
As a software developer, I use VirtualBox to test how my applications look, feel and behave across different operating systems and/or browser combinations. I can also easily test things like Java Web...
