Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. Java applications are compiled to bytecode, which at runtime is either interpreted or compiled to native machine code for execution.
Read more »How to Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)
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One Of The Many Reasons Inetd Isn't Around Any More On Linux Or Unix
I found this old code while I was going through my war chest. It still works on some older boxes.
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Time is ripe for Microsoft to buy Novell
This week was a historic one for Microsoft with the firm reporting its biggest drop in both quarterly profits and revenue in its 23-year history as a public entity.
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Ubuntu 9.04 Released
Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" is now available! Major new features in this release include...
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Configuring the PHP Development Environment in Linux Ubuntu
This tutorial shows how to configure the PHP development environment in the Ubuntu operating system (7.10 and later). This involves installing and configuring the PHP engine, a MySQL database, an Apache web server, and the XDebug debugger.
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Dell is ashamed of its Ubuntu-powered laptops
My laptop was slow while running my chain and ball KDE 4, and also got some things broken recently (e.g., battery, screen hinges), so I decided to buy a new one last week before it leaves me stranded. And soon enough I realized that I had two options
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Recording from PulseAudio
Every PulseAudio "Sink" has a "Source" named "monitor". This lets you attach to a given Sink and chain more stuff to it, for example, recording the audio that is playing through PulseAudio at any given moment. This is very handy for creating, for example, PubQuiz-style clips of songs, movies, etc.
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Further Confirmation That Microsoft’s Big Pain Comes from GNU/Linux on Sub-notebooks
Analysis of the GNU/Linux factor in Microsoft's negative results
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Cover Art & Lyrics Widget for your desktop
Display album art (and lyrics!) for your playing tracks right on your desktop! Installation is simple, and I'll guide you through making a launcher for it too!
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GParted partitioning software - Full tutorial
No matter which operating system you want to have installed on your machine, there's one thing they all have in common: partitions. Being able to control the partitions is one of the most basic, most important aspects of mastering your operating system.
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Richard Dice: "The State of Perl Foundation"
"Back a few months ago I was interviewed by Renée Bäcker, the publisher of $foo, the German language Perl magazine. The issue with that interview is just about to be released..."
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File Systems, Disk Defragmentation and more
Recently I have been reading articles about the new Btrfs and its benchmarks for the Linux kernel. I have also been reading other articles relating to file system maintenance.
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #139
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #139 for the week April 19th - April 25th, 2009.
Read more »GNU ghostscript 8.63.0 and 8.64.0 released
"I'm pleased to announce the availability of two new GNU Ghostscript releases: gnu-ghostscript-8.63.0 and 8.64.0. These releases are an adaptation of GPL Ghostscript version 8.63 and 8.64 respectively, with changes to make it compliant with GNU standards and policies. It is available from the GNU Ghostscript project page..."
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Distributions: From Ubuntu to Mandriva and Fedora
This spring sees a burst of activity for Linux distributions. In addition to Ubuntu and Mandriva, FreeBSD and OpenBSD also put final touches on their new releases
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