Blogs about: Operating Systems
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Windows, Linux, and I
A friend of mine was recently typing up his resume and listing his experience with different operating systems. When the Word spelling/grammar checker came across “Windows ME and Linux,” i… more →
Around Teh Table
Year 2 - Operating Systems - Synchronisation
Shaun wrote 2 hours ago: Process / Thread Synchronisation Note: This works the same way for processes and threads, so when I … more →
Year 2 - Operating Systems - Process & Thread Scheduling
Shaun wrote 3 hours ago: Process & Thread Scheduling Basic concepts If there are 2 processes in the ready state and only … more →
Year 2 - Operating Systems - Process Management
Shaun wrote 7 hours ago: Process management This is handled by the process manager of the OS (see here) First a little histor … more →
Year 2 - Operating Systems - OS Concepts
Shaun wrote 11 hours ago: Operating System Concepts What does an OS do? It manages resources: The different processes running … more →
Chrome OS: Move Along, Nothing to See Here (Yet)
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Harry McCracken wrote 1 day ago: So I took the plunge and installed Chrome OS on a virtual machine on my Windows 7 laptop. I used Sun … more →
Short Takes on Friday's News
davidkaye wrote 1 day ago: Google OS: Microsoft was never the anti-Christ. Their EULA (end-user license agreement) has always … more →
I'm proud of myself.
aimeewilbury wrote 1 day ago: I just created a dual-boot system (Vista Home Premium and Ubuntu 9.04) which actually works. I messe … more →
Windows Mobile 7 could arrive in March 2010
swiff88 wrote 1 day ago: Word has it that Microsoft will roll out Windows Mobile 7 in March sometime next year, and we sure a … more →
Microsoft Denies Programming NSA-Accessible Backdoors Into Windows 7
swiff88 wrote 1 day ago: Hey now! Just because the NSA helped Microsoft hone the security of Windows 7 doesn’t mean Mic … more →
4 Big Gambles Google Is Taking With Chrome OS
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Sebastian Rupley wrote 1 day ago: You’ve gotta hand it to Google (s goog): The company is never shy about throwing the proverbia … more →
5Words: Wanna Try Out Chrome OS?
Harry McCracken wrote 1 day ago: How to try Chrome OS. Randall Kennedy derides Chrome OS. Better Google News for smartphones. Better … more →
Windows 7 Will Throw Down, But Not Just Yet
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Sebastian Rupley wrote 1 day ago: The Windows 7 trumpets are blasting with gusto, with Steve Felice, president of the small and medium … more →
Maemo and Symbian: Nokia's Dual OS strategy
Manas Ganguly wrote 1 day ago: The Nokia N900 finally sees the light of the day. The N 900 is a device on which Nokia’s high end fo … more →
Google makes Chrome OS open source today
liverpoollrc wrote 1 day ago: Posted by Paula Rooney Contrary to rumors, Google did not release a beta version of its much anticip … more →
Google Gives a First Look at the Chrome OS
liverpoollrc wrote 1 day ago: The company unveils the technical details of its operating system. By Erica Naone Google gave the fi … more →
Google announce the open-sourcing of Chromium OS
markbrewster wrote 2 days ago: Another linux-based OS. Hopefully this’ll be a little more user-friendly than the supposedly … more →
Windows, Linux, and I
Joshua wrote 2 days ago: A friend of mine was recently typing up his resume and listing his experience with different operati … more →
Chrome OS: What We Know and Don't Know
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Harry McCracken wrote 2 days ago: Four months ago, Google announced it was working on an operating system for netbooks called Chrome O … more →
Chrome OS Unveiled, Focused on Netbooks, the Cloud
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Sebastian Rupley wrote 2 days ago: Chrome OS is a natural evolution of the work that’s been done on the Chrome browser, Sundar Pi … more →
