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SysIntegrators, LLC -- SCO OpenServer 5™ What's New [go back]

 

 

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This section of our website will list the major features found in SCO OpenServer 5.0.7.

SCO OpenServer 5™ What's New in 5.0.7

This Signature release of SCO OpenServer 5 demonstrates the commitment of SCO to their most popular operating system. SCO OpenServer™ Release 5.0.7 is the successor to SCO OpenServer™ Release 5.0.6.

SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 is released in three versions: the Enterprise System, the Host System, and the Desktop System. User bands, network capabilities, and CPU licenses remain as they were for the SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 release. Highlights of this release include:

  • SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Media Kits: In addition to the standard media kit, a new compact media kit is now available. This kit contains 1.44Mb boot floppies and CD-ROM media only, which provides all of the software necessary to install any component of SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7, including evaluation and demonstration versions of the product.
  • SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 License Packs: Available for the Enterprise, Host, and Desktop versions, giving customers the most cost-effective solutions for their computing needs. Version license keys and upgrade and trade-in licenses for SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 are new. User bands and CPU licensing remain consistent with SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.6.
  • SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 includes the following new, fully-supported products: Samba, Mozilla, OpenSSL, OpenSLP, OpenSSH, OpenLDAP, and many other commonly used Open Source libraries and tools. Pearl and Apache are now fully integrated into the system, and Apache has been enhanced with support for PHP, XML, ASP, and other Apache technologies such as mod_perl. For text-based web browsing, Lynx is now provided with this release. The Squid caching proxy server, BIND, FTP Daemon, and IP Filter have been updated.
  • SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 features the SCO Update Service, a new concept that allows SCO customers early access to incremental SCO OpenServer releases through easy-to-install, regularly scheduled Upgrade Packs. Upgrade Packs are delivered electronically or, optionally, distributed on CD-ROM. This service can be purchased bundled with any version of SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7, or as a stand-alone enhancement. For more information on SCO Update Service, refer to the SCO Update Service White Paper at: http://www.sco.com/products.

New Features for SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 - Hardware Support Added

  • The Universal Serial Bus (USB) features of SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 have been replaced with a UDI-based implementation that includes:
    • USB 2.0 support for EHCI Host Controllers
    • USB 1.1 support for OHCI and UHCI Host Controllers
    • Bootable USB CD-ROM support
    • Class Drivers, including Keyboards, Pointing Devices, CD-ROMs, Floppy, and Mass Storage Devices
    • LS-120 and LS-240 disk drives
  • Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) 100/133 support
  • Writeable EIDE CD-RW support from Microlite, Corp.
  • Updated PC-Card and new Card-Bus support
  • PCI Serial and Parallel card support for legacy-free platforms
  • LS-120 and LS-240 drive support
  • New and enhanced Graphic, Network, and HBA device drivers
  • Updated and integrated Uniform Driver Interface (UDI)
  • New processor and chip set support:
    • Intel® Pentium™ 4
    • Intel Xeon™
    • AMD Athlon™ XP
    • AMD Athlon™ MP

New Features for SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 - New Features Added

  • New Java JDK 1.3.1
  • Java runtime now installed in the base product
  • Graphics, Web, and X-11 libraries (gwxlibs), a collection of libraries that allow for easy porting of Open Source software to SCO OpenServer
  • New Network Services
    • Samba, Squid, OpenSSL (Secure Sockets Layer), and OpenSSH (Secure Shell)
  • Updated Network features
    • BIND, FTP, IP Filter
    • Apache has been updated and integrated with PHP, XML, ASP, and mod_perl support
  • DocView, the new online documentation system for all SCO operating systems
  • Updated portions of libc from UnixWare® 7.1.3
  • New GNU tools for developers, such as the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), the GNU debugger, and other related tools such as GNU diff, wget, and CVS.
  • Mozilla web browser, in addition to the traditional Netscape Communicator™ browser
  • Lynx for character-based browsing
  • New UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit (UDK) 7.1.3
  • Enabled for Electronic Maintenance and SCO Update Service

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