This third installment of Simtec's tutorial series on embedded Linux system development covers the construction of a web browser for a web kiosk system. The tutorial was written by ARM Linux kernel hackers Vincent Sanders and Daniel Silverstone (pictured), both from UK-based embedded firm Simtec Electronics.
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Vyatta - a fortnight in review
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Someone on this blog pointed me at vyatta, and to that person - THANK YOU! I have now tried Vyatta, not only have I tried it I have fallen in love with it. In a nutshell Vyatta is a fantastic mangment layer on top of Debian, OpenVPN, iptables, Quagga, Snort and OpenSWAN amongst others.
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Brilliant Brainstorms #58 - Living Help
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This week: prompting users to install proprietary gpu drivers on Ubuntu install; reviewing notification messages in case you miss them; making it easier to get involved Ubuntu art process.
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Open-source let-down
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Linux on the desktop has failed.:BBE: That's the view of Richard Firth, CEO of IT company MIP, one of SA's early adopters and, initially, most ardent supporters of the open-source operating system.
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Getting The Year From Wtmpx/Wtmp - Part 2 - The Easy Way
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Getting the year from wtmpx/wtmp has never been easier. That is, if you don't count the past few years that I've been doing it the hard way ;)
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Long-haul radio offers open Linux platform
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Satel announced a "smart radio modem" for long-distance industrial radio communications networks, combining TCP/IP functionality with a Linux development platform. The Satellar Digital System is based on an ARM9 processor, offers a modular design, and has a range of over 10 to 20 kilometers, says Satel.
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Creating a Fancy 3D-Effect GIMP Plugin in Python
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Last time I wrote about the basics of a GIMP plug-in written in Python. But how do you figure out how to do anything that's actually useful? This article will show you.
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My Notebook Hates KDE
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I am not a Desktop Environment (DE) fanboy, I use Gnome because it's the default DE on Ubuntu. After a while I knew about other major DE : XFCE and KDE. I use XFCE on my older PC. From what I learned DEs have their own strength and weakness. The best thing about Linux is you don't have to choose, you can have best of both worlds. Last night I gave KDE a shot on my notebook, an hp 540.
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Worry-free Linux power-downs with Anacron
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Linux® ordinarily uses Cron to automatically perform routine system maintenance, such as rotating log files and updating spam filtering rules. This works well for servers and other systems that are powered on 24/7. If, however, you want to save power by shutting off the computer when it's not in use, as is common for desktop and laptop systems, Cron can't run.
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #140
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #140 for the week April 26th - May 2nd, 2009.
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Using The Nouveau Driver In Ubuntu 9.04
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As we reported in December, the Nouveau driver is available in Ubuntu 9.04. Unlike Fedora 11 where the Nouveau driver is being enabled by default on NVIDIA hardware, the Nouveau driver will be an after-installation option to Ubuntu users.
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Windows 7 free and legal until 2010
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It isn't often you can post about getting Windows for free, but Microsoft is actually giving away Windows 7 for a whole year to anyone who wants it.
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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) To 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) (Desktop & Server)
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Yesterday the new Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 8.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 9.04.
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Kickfire: Released for all the right reasons, but with the worst timing?
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Kickfire’s hardware-accelerated MySQL appliance blows the doors off monster Oracle database servers in equivalent TPC-H benchmarks in a tiny fraction of the cost, space, storage and power usage. Last week, during their press briefings the future of the company looked bright indeed. There’s only one problem — Oracle is about to own MySQL.
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A Weekend Look At OpenSolaris 2009.06
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It has been a while since last talking about OpenSolaris 2009.06 at Phoronix, but this weekend we decided to fire up Sun's latest build based upon the SXCE 111a build available from Genunix.
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