2008-11-01 von ekkehard.

Recently, I’ve begun creating a new C++ database library, codenamed ADB (for A Database … I know, I know …). I’m not sure yet whether I’ll add features from my super-fast Natter/Adder/Natrix database concepts. The API will be ridiculously simple to use, yet powerful enough to provide database functionality for any application. It will be 64-bits, as Natter was, and hence scale well. I’ll GPLv3 it, most certainly. The C++ code will be mostly portable, supporting advanced compilers like Comeau C/C++ which support the “export” keyword for templates. Workarounds for some missing C++ features will be included (requires some POSIX APIs and 64-bit arithmetic).

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2008-11-01 von ekkehard.

Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (codenamed Intrepid Ibex) is out!

Upgrade from 8.04 worked like a charm (almost, I had to edit the xorg.conf afterwards).

Features include: New versions of GNOME, GCC, X and version 2.6.27 of the Linux kernel.

More links: Desktop features, What is Ubuntu Desktop Edition, 8.10 release notes.

It appears to be a lot faster than the previous release, probably thanks to the new kernel. Someone on Slashdot reports it even outperforms Vista (which is somewhat surprising, because Linux was always faster than Windows, but it’s nice to see its speed being noticed; as a developer I know that the Linux kernel is about 1000 times faster than the Windows kernel; for instance, when it comes to task switching).

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