The OpenSPARC T2 RTL (register transfer level) processor design has been released under the GPL 2.0 license and is now available for download from the OpenSPARC.net project site. The OpenSPARC T2 processor is based on the UltraSPARC T2 processor - an eight core, 64-thread processor.
The recent release of NetBeans 6.0 gives users a newly written editor infrastructure, support for Ruby/JRuby/Ruby on Rails, a new Visual Game Designer, updated Data Binding support, integrated Profiling, new productivity features, a simplified installation process, and more. A number of screencasts tours viewers through some of the latest features in the IDE.
The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition has joined the ranks of Sun's open source solutions, reports Nick Solter, HA Clusters community facilitator and Sun Cluster developer, in the Sun Cluster Oasis blog.
APOC, or A Point of Control, is the open source version of the Sun Desktop Manager. It gives users the ability to manage desktops and desktop applications in large scale deployments from a central location, and enables system administrators to deliver securely configured open source desktop environments tuned to the needs and privileges of specific users, roles, groups, or hosts within the organization.
eWeek's Tiffany Maleshefski gave OpenOffice.org 2.3 a try and came away favorably impressed. Her review reports several significant improvements, notably an easier upgrade path for current Microsoft Office users, improved security measures and a variety of features in the word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database applications.
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