The FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems have kernels that provide comparable facilities. Interestingly, their code bases share almost no common parts, while their development processes vary dramatically.
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A Simple Lisp WebServer
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"I have been impressed with the ease of Ruby's Webrick system for getting a simple webserver working. I wanted to see how complex the same would be in Lisp. The aim is to get hunchentoot installed and working, and get it serving some simple web pages. After downloading hunchentoot, I must install the package. I'm still learning to use asdf for package installation and management..."
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Removing the Big Kernel Lock
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"As some of the latency junkies on lkml already know, commit 8e3e076 in v2.6.26-rc2 removed the preemptible BKL feature and made the Big Kernel Lock a spinlock and thus turned it into non-preemptible code again. This commit returned the BKL code to the 2.6.7 state of affairs in essence," began Ingo Molnar.
Read more »Querying a database using open source voice control software
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Though the tools for voice control and dictation in the open source world lag far behind those in the commercial arena, I decided to see how far I could get in querying a database by voice and having the computer respond verbally. Using a number of open source tools, I'm happy to report success.
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The PC Repair Toolkit in your Pocket: Boot CD on a USB Stick
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Several times I’ve been called upon at a moment’s notice to troubleshoot a misbehaving PC system either at work or at a friend’s or relative’s home. Being the “go to” guy for these sorts of problems is both a curse and a blessing, but I guess that is besides the point. One tool that I have found to be valuable beyond compare is the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD).
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Tools circulate that crack Debian, Ubuntu keys
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A recently disclosed vulnerability in widely used Linux distributions can be exploited by attackers to guess cryptographic keys, possibly leading to the forgery of digital signatures and theft of confidential information, a noted security researcher said today.
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Eee PC School: Add a Keyboard Backlight For Under $15
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What good is that portable PC if you can’t type anywhere and anytime? With its ultra-compact keyboard, even touch typing pros will be hard-pressed to avoid frequent mistakes on when the lights go out. Clearly, a keyboard backlight like those found in higher-end laptops is the answer to your nocturnal Eee PC typing woes.
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Snapshot 2007 - W3C Working Draft 16 May 2008
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"This document collects together into one definition all the specs that together form the current state of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The primary audience is CSS implementors, not CSS authors, as this definition includes modules by specification stability, not Web browser adoption rate..."
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Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review - W3C Working Draft 14 May 2008
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"...This document provides a review and analysis of guidelines and articles relating to the needs of older people with Web accessibility needs due to ageing, and compares these with the needs of people with disabilities as already addressed in WAI guidelines. The focus is particularly on Europe but applies internationally as well.
Read more »XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 Use Cases - W3C Working Draft 16 May 2008
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"...This document specifies usage scenarios for full-text queries as part of XML Query [XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language] and XPath [XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0]..."
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XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 Requirements - W3C Working Draft 16 May 2008
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"...The document specifies requirements for Full-Text Search for use in XQuery [XQuery] and XPath [XPath]..."
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Open-Source Security Idiots
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Sometimes, people do such stupid things that words almost fail me. That’s the case with a Debian ‘improvement’ to OpenSSL that rendered this network security program next to useless in Debian, Ubuntu and other related Linux distributions.
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XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 - W3C Candidate Recommendation 16 May 2008
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"This document defines the syntax and formal semantics of XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 which is a language that extends XQuery 1.0 [XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language] and XPath 2.0 [XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0] with full-text search capabilities."
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Exploring Mixins with Django Model Inheritance
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"Django now supports Model Inheritance, and one of the coolest new opportunities that model inheritance brings is the possibility of the creation of mixins, so in this post I'll walk through the steps I went through to create some simple examples.
Read more »Why open source developers can be more productive, and other tales from a Google open house
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Yesterday Google celebrated the opening of a larger Cambridge, Massachusetts office, which takes up a substantial part of a building right next to the Kendall/MIT subway stop in the higher-than-high tech area of East Cambridge. I got a look at their new Friend Connect service (covered in a related Radar blog) and heard some fascinating comments that the staff kindly let me reproduce here.
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