GNU Radio had a pretty good year in 2010, and we are already on track for an even more productive year in 2011. While we only produced one release in 2010, a large amount of work went into our source repository to improve the quality and stability of the project, and we are on track for a new release soon that incorporates many of these fixes into a new stable release.
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Exciting developments in GNU Radio
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Converting MySQL database to Firebird
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I decided to automate conversion of MySQL database to Firebird. I got
tired of manual find&replace process, and created a small parser that
changes from MySQL to Firebird syntax. Currently it only supports
database structure dump (no data, only structure) from PHPMyAdmin. Not
all datatypes are supported, but feel free to "fix" it. It's written
Getting Started with MeeGo Linux
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The MeeGo project is about to celebrate its first birthday, but there may still be Linux and open source developers who aren't quite sure how it relates to other Linux-based distributions for tablets, netbooks, or phones — like Android, Chrome OS, or the netbook remixes of popular desktop distros.
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Once Upon A Time, There Was A USB Vulnerability In Linux
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GNU/Linux systems are immune to viruses is anything but myth. Viruses, malware are programs with destructive intentions and can be installed on any machine throgh various means. It becomes extremely easy if an attacker/cracker (not hacker for god's sake, you idiot) gets physical access to the machine. You can install a malicious code on your own computer if you want.
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LibreOffice VS Openoffice
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When a group of German coders at OpenOffice (belonging to database major, Oracle) finally forked away on Sept28th 2010 there was much for everybody to talk about while Oracle OpenOffice maintained dignified silence.
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AMD Releases Cayman (Radeon HD 9600) Documentation
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AMD has put out their first public documentation concerning their Radeon HD 6900 "Cayman" series graphics processors. This 492 page document describes the Cayman instruction set architecture. We have also received an update at Phoronix from AMD concerning the Radeon HD 6900 series open-source support under Linux.
Read more »GNU/Hurd in 2010
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The Hurd doesn't fully deliver on the everyday usability goal yet, but it is seeing continuous improvement---and 2010 has been no exception. Let's take a look at the progress throughout the year.
Read more »Job Opening at the FSF: Campaigns Manager
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Must be a US citizen. The FSF is hiring a second Campaigns Manager to be part of a team that directs and coordinates our campaigns for software freedom. This is an opportunity to take a senior role in the organization that sponsors the GNU project, publishes the GNU GPL and works to promote the message that software freedom is a civil liberty.
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How to unclutter your Debian source package from autogenerated files
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It’s quite common that the upstream build system generates/updates some files but does not clean them up properly when you call make clean.
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KDevelop 4.2 Released
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New features and other notable changes: improved C++ support, find and replace in files, more embedded documentation, improved problems toolview, rename assistant, better handling of locked sessions
Read more »CMU Sphinx- An Open Source Toolkit For Speech Recognition | Linux
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CMU Sphinx is one of the most popular speech recognition applications for Linux and it can correctly capture words. it also gives the developers the ability to build speech systems, interact with voice and build something unique and useful.
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Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?
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The purpose of this book is to help you understand how to program shared-memory parallel machines without risking your sanity. By describing the algorithms and designs that have worked well in the past, we hope to help you avoid at least some of the pitfalls that have beset parallel projects.
Read more »Updated Debian GNU/Linux: 5.0.8 released
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The Debian project is pleased to announce the eighth update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename "lenny"). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
Read more »Google submits documentation for VP8 video codec to the IETF
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Shortly before announcing its decision to remove H.264 support for HTML5 video from Chrome, Google's codec developers submitted an I-D of its VP8 Data Format and Decoding Guide to the IETF with a request for comments. The document provides a detailed description of the bitstream format and the decoding mechanism used for the VP8 video codec.
Read more »Postfix 2.8.0 available
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Postfix (free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail) stable release 2.8.0 is available. This release continues the move towards improving code and documentation, and making the system better prepared for changes in the threat environment.
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