http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Adobe_Releases_Preview_of_64-bit_Flash_For_Linux.html Rinisari writes "Finally, the day has come. Adobe has released a pre-release version of the 64-bit Flash player. It is available at the Adobe Labs Flash Player 10 download site immediately. Where are the Windows and Mac versions? "Release of this alpha version of 64-bit Flash Player on Linux is the first step in delivering upon Adobes commitment to make Flash Player native 64-bit across platforms. We chose Linux as our initial platform in response to numerous requests in our public Flash Player bug and issue management system and the fact that Linux distributions do not ship with a 32-bit browser or a comprehensive 32-bit emulation layer by default. Until this pre-release, use of 32-bit Flash Player on Linux has required the use of a plugin wrapper, which prevents full compatibility with 64-bit browsers. With this pre-release, Flash Player 10 is now a full native participant on 64-bit Linux distributions." Windows and Mac OS X 64-bit versions will follow, and the final versions all will be released simultaneously. Tamarin, the JIT compiler in Flash, is now capable of producing 64-bit code and nspluginwrapper is no longer required. There are, however, no plans to release a debugger version of the 64-bit plugin."Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Adobe_Releases_C%2FC%2B%2B_To_Flash_Compiler.html SnT2k writes "Adobe recently release the beta version of Alchemy which compiles C/C++ code into AS3 bytcode (which runs on AVM2) that can run on the Flash or Flex platform and boasts increased performance for computationally-intensive tasks (but still slower than native C/C++). It was demonstrated last year during the Chicago MAX 2007 to run Quake. A few months later it has been demonstrated to run a Python interpreter and Nintendo Emulator. One interesting tidbit is that the thing is built upon the open source LLVM Compiler Infrastructure."Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Fedora_Releases_Alpha_Preview_of_Next-Gen_Linux.html While it won't be ready for a wide release until September, the first alpha of Fedora 10 Linux has been released. The open source desktop environment offers previews of many tweaks that make it more usable for non-geeks, including better audio support, improved WiFi capability and a graphical interface for a new security management utility, SecTool. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Why_Is_Adobe_Flash_On_Linux_Still_Broken%3F.html mwilliamson writes "As I sit reading my morning paper online I still cannot view the embedded videos due to auto-detection of my Flash player not working. One in every three or four YouTube videos crashes the browser. I remember sometime back reading that Adobe has a very small development team (possibly only one) working on the Linux port of Flash. It has occurred to me that Flash on Linux is the one major entry barrier controlling acceptance of Linux as a viable desktop operating system. No matter how stably, smoothly, efficiently, and correctly Linux runs on a machine, the public will continue to view it as second-rate if Flash keeps crashing. This is the worst example of being tied down and bound by a crappy 3rd-party product over which no Linux distribution has any control. GNASH is nice, but it just isn't there 100%. I really do have to suspect Adobe's motivation for keeping Flash on Linux in such a deplorable state."Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/iPlayer_Released_for_Mac%2C_Linux%3B_Adobe_Announces_AIR_for_Linux.html Zoxed writes "The BBC reports that their iPlayer has just been released for Mac and Linux (download page). It is based on Adobe Air, but unfortunately the service is only available to UK IP address, so I can not test it out from my adopted homeland of Germany. Perhaps a UK-based Slashdotter could review it?" In related news, an anonymous reader writes "Adobe has announced a Linux version of its AIR 1.5 runtime environment that is supposed to allow rich web apps developed on it to run on Fedora Core 8, Ubuntu 7.10 and openSuse 10.3 with no modification. The company released versions for Windows and Mac OS X back in November."Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Adobe_releases_Photoshop_Lightroom_2.2.html Adobe has released Photoshop Lightroom 2.2, adding RAW conversion support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Powershot G10 and several other newer cameras, addressing various bugs and implementing changes similar to those that emerged in Camera Raw 5.2 for Photoshop CS4. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/NVIDIA_Releases_New_Video_API_For_Linux.html Ashmash writes "Phoronix is reporting on a new Linux driver nVidia is about to release that brings PureVideo features to Linux. This video API will reportedly be in nVidia's 180 series driver for Linux, Solaris, and *BSD. PureVideo has been around for several nVidia product generations, but it's the first time they're bringing this feature to these non-Windows operating systems to provide an improved multimedia experience. This new API is named VDPAU, and is described as: 'The Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU) provides a complete solution for decoding, post-processing, compositing, and displaying compressed or uncompressed video streams. These video streams may be combined (composited) with bitmap content, to implement OSDs and other application user interfaces.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Foxconn_Releases_Test_BIOS_Fixing_Linux_Crashers.html Ryan1984 writes "Only a week after the bad press coverage regarding the Linux-related bugs in a number of motherboards released by Foxconn (which turned out to be the AMI BIOS that several board makers use), Foxconn is the first vendor out with a publicly released test patch that fixes the bulk of the problems, allowing kernel 2.6.26 to run well on the afflicted boards. The remaining issues appear to either be kernel bugs in builds earlier than 2.6.26, issues with the Intel chipset itself, or minor annoyances that Foxconn is still working to resolve. Foxconn representative Heart Zhang has posted on the Ubuntu forums (where the situation began), apologizing for the issues, thanking Foxconn customers and the community at-large for their feedback, and promising that Foxconn will take Linux support and testing seriously, going forward."Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Adobe_verbetert_AIR_voor_Linux.html Een verbeterde versie van Adobe's AIR is vanaf vandaag beschikbaar voor Linux desktops na de eerste 1.0 editie die eind maart uit kwam. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Sierra_Wireless_releases_software_development_toolkit_for_Linux_developers.html The Sierra Wireless Linux SDK supports CDMA and UMTS technologies and allows developers to integrate Sierra Wireless products into Linux-based systems - including portable devices, machine-to-machine systems, fixed wireless terminals, vending, and fleet management systems. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:26:27 +0100