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[31 Jul 2008 | No Comment | 5 views]

RISC OS is an operating system originally created by British manufacturer Acorn Computers for their ARM based computers ranging from Archimedes to Risc PC, replacing Arthur which was shipped on the first models.
The operating system takes its name from the RISC architecture used on supported systems.
Features
* Stored in ROM - This allows for faster bootup (sub-30 seconds, the record is 2 seconds), safety from corruption and security against viruses. Versions 4 and 5 are stored in 4 MiB of Flash ROM, enabling operating system updates without having to physically replace …

Linux, games »

[1 Feb 2008 | No Comment | 3 views]

One of the great features of the Play Station 3 is that it can use Linux, which means that PS3 owners can customize their system and get lots more out of it. Gaming consoles are usually designed so that foreign systems can’t run on them, but the PS3 goes in the total opposite direction, allowing an experienced Linux user to personalize their system. Most gaming systems are “locked” so that other systems can’t be run, so PS3 is unconventional in allowing this. The only thing you can’t do on the …

Linux, Software »

[23 Jan 2008 | 2 Comments | 9 views]

Wine is a software application which aims to allow Unix-like computer operating systems on the x86 architecture to execute programs that were originally written for Microsoft Windows. Wine also provides a software library known as Winelib which developers can compile Windows applications against in order to port them to Unix-like systems.
The name ‘Wine’ derives from the recursive acronym Wine Is Not an Emulator. While the name sometimes appears in the forms “WINE” and “wine”, the project developers have agreed to standardize on the form “Wine”.
The Wine developers released the first …

Jurnallinux »

[1 Jan 2008 | No Comment | 1 views]

Linux merupakan OS yang mempunyai perisian aplikasi yang agak banyak. Aplikasi produktiviti seperti Applixware dan StarOffice serta yang terbaru OpenOffice telah digunakan dengan meluas dibawah platform Linux.Aplikasi windows juga dapat dilarikan pada sistem Linux dengan mengggunakan emulator seperti Dosemu ataupun yang terbaru menggunakan WINE. Pakej perisian seperti ini bukan sahaja berkuasa malah tidak mahal dan ada pula boleh didapati secara percuma.
a-Applixware
Perisian ini adalah sama sahaja seperti MS. Office. Antara perisian yang termasuk …