It seems like the development of Ubuntu is a lot faster than OS X, Windows or any other operating system. With a lot of new versions being launched it is sometimes a little difficult knowing how to install the latest version of Ubuntu.
Here is a great video on how to install Ubuntu 11.04. Ubuntu 11.04 is the next version of Ubuntu that will be released to the public very soon.
Apple has just seeded Mac OS X Lion to developers and this is something that every developer is going to want to get their hands on. The Max OS X Lion has been quite buggy so far, but this is the first main update for the software.
It seems like Apple went from 11A390 for the initial build to 11A419. That seems to indicate that a number of builds were tested out internally before this one was released.
It is expected that Mac OS X Lion will be released at WWDC which is coming up in a couple of months time.
This build of OS X Lion is for developers only, so make sure you grab it now.
It has been officially announced by Apple that their Worldwide Developers Conference will be held from June 6-10 in San Francisco’s Moscone West.
At this event Apple will be announcing the future of iOS and Mac OS. In other words expect a iOS 4.4 or even iOS 5. While there will most probably be the launch of Mac OS X Lion.
For tickets and more info go to developer.apple.com/wwdc.
Apple has just released Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7 which helps to fix a lot of bugs from previous versions. However, it seems like Mac OS X 10.6.7 has increased bug numbers. According a discussion that was started on Apple Discussion Forums, it seems like many new 13-inch MacBook Air users are experiencing crashes when try to fire up iTunes 10.2.1. Unresponsiveness of iTunes 10.2.1 calls the user to force-quite the application.
Apple is still yet to repond to the issues, but you can try using the following steps to fix this issue.
Mac OS X Lion is here and Apple have started to release it to developers. Here are some screen shots of the upcoming version of Apple’s desktop operating system.
Remember that these images from the February release and there is a good chance things will change before its official release.
Greenpoison has just released their RC5 for Mac, which helps users to untether jailbreak their iOS devices. Greenpois0n RC5 works flawlessly on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, 3G, 2G & Apple TV 2G.
Here is a quick guide on how to use Greenpoison RC5 on your Mac OS X.
1. Download Greenpois0n RC5 for Mac OS X
2. Connect your iPhone/ iPod Touch with iOS 4.2.1 firmware to USB
3. Now start Greenpois0n RC5 App
4. Click on Jailbreak Button and follow the on screen instructions to put your iPhone, iPod Touch in DFU mode.
5. Once your iPhone/iPod Touch with iOS 4.2.1 is in DFU mode, click on “Jailbreak” on Greenpois0n to start the jailbreak process.
6. Once Greenpois0n finishes jailbreak process you will notice a new icon “Loader” on your springboard, click on Loader to install Cydia and reboot your iPhone/iPod Touch if Cydia doesn’t show up.
That’s it, you have successfully jailbreaked iOS 4.2.1 untethered on iPhone 4, 3GS & iPod Touch 2G, 3G & 4G.
GetJoyPad is an iPhone application available in the AppStore (U$S1.99) that lets you use your iPhone like a JoyPad for your desktop games.
Only works with Mac computers, you just need to download a free client available and with the app installed on your iPhone/iPod Touch you can start playing some cool retro games. Take a look to the video:
GetJoyPad simply transforms your touches into key presses, using a Wi-Fi connection; and as you can see in the demonstration works smoothly. Some of the emulators supported are: Nestopia for Mac, RockNES, Genesis Plus, MacMAME and many more.
Update: GetJoyPad is now also available on Windows platforms.
Go Daddy represents one of the most important hosters around the globe, and they didn’t get that recognition just by giving a fine performance service, but also offering some nice and variety of plans. This one is no exception: Cloud servers powered by Mac OS X.
Basically the cloud servers represent a way where you can deploy machines (virtual machines in this case) within these servers and offering with those virtual machines your desired services. The hardware involved will be of course Xserve using Parallels hypervisor.
Also whoever acquires this plan will also get access to:
The plan is now being offered, starting at U$S99,99 per month.
Yes, the operating system that you’ve never wanted to use is celebrating 40 years of life. As you may know, Unix represents the basis for all Linux distributions; but did you know that also Mac OS X based their operating system versions in Unix? Well, what this operating system represents it’s a lot more that you may think.
Born in 1969 as “Unics” from two guys named Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, has a long way and a lot of history. Written originally in Assembler programming language, quickly changed the code since one of the founders also developed the “C” language. Bill Joy, in 1978 created 1BSD, operating system also based in Unix, that will later represent in other important developments like BSD, FreeBSD, SunOS and Mac OS X.
Other ramifications of this development, produced Minix OS for academic proposals, that later Linus Trovalds will use to build the first Linux distribution in 1991. Here’s a very nice picture that will help you understand a lot more of these ramifications:
Closing the article, here’s a quote from Joel Spolsky that talks about Windows and Linux:
“What are the cultural differences between Unix and Windows programmers? There are many details and subtleties, but for the most part it comes down to one thing: Unix culture values code which is useful to other programmers, while Windows culture values code which is useful to non-programmers. This is, of course, a major simplification, but really, that’s the big difference: are we programming for programmers or end users? Everything else is commentary.”
Apple has always been known for innovation. They’ve had a lot of failures, but they are one company not afraid to push the boundaries of usability and design. A lot of people are still not on the Mac band-wagon, and there are those that making the conversion as we speak, but as a whole are we really ready for a 3D experience with our OS?
Back on July 11th of this year I reviewed AT&T’s Pogo browser, an attempt for a 3D environment based OS that failed miserably simply because the application was so taxing on the computer’s resources. Having moved on, Pogo has faded into obscurity with little or now usage as far as I know.
Fast forward five months, we now have Apple looking at a 3D environment for Mac OSX. According to the AppleInsider, designers are looking for ways to maximize screen real estate while creating a new experience. While appreciated, earlier attempts have failed, but perhaps it was the execution.
Below is an image that shows the environment, attribution goes to AppleInsider:
Here is another thanks to AppleInsider:
These are just a few of the patent images that Apple has filed, and you can see more on AppleInsider.
What are your thoughts on the 3D environment? Necessary or just eye candy. In my experience, Pogo was not a good option because of how taxing it was on resources, but can Apple overcome that downfall and streamline it to integrate flawlessly into their systems?
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