ZK is an AJAX toolkit designed to make creating user interfaces that run in a Web browser as simple as creating event-driven interfaces for desktop applications. The interfaces created with ZK use an XML markup language to define the user interface and Java code to implement the Web application's functionality.
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A socialist’s view of Ubuntu: love it or leave it?
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A few months back I posted an article reviewing Ubuntu 8.04, “Hardy Heron.” In the comments section, one person brought up a good point: how can I, as a socialist, support Ubuntu? I’ve been meaning to write an article about this since then.
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The Techcrunch Open Source Web Tablet Project
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Today at Techcrunch we announced that we are building our own web tablet hardware device. This all stems back from a conversation a few weeks ago when we were discussing the ultimate web browsing/cloud computing client hardware. The iPhone is nice but too small, and most laptops are over-powered for the task.
Read more »Compiz Fusion : Unmatched 3D Environment in Linux
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Think Aqua interface in Mac OSX and 3D Flip in Windows Vista was the best looking Operating system? Ever thought that the 3D effects on hacker’s desktop shown in movies are not for real? No need to think again, just read on because the freedom and flexibility Compiz Fusion provides is beyond imagination.
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2008-07-20: GNUnet 0.8.0a released
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"GNUnet is a free software framework for decentralized, peer-to-peer networking..." (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) --
- See also: How does GNUnet compare to other file-sharing applications? http://gnunet.org/faq.php3?xlang=English#compare
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Bringing Open Source Best Practices into Corporations Using a Software Forge
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A software forge is a tools platform for collaborative software development, similar to integrated CASE environments. Unlike CASE tools, however, software forges have been designed for the software development practices of the open source community. In this paper, we discuss our experiences with using a software forge to bring open source best practices into corporations.
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Internet: Host-to-Host Software - RFC 1, 7 April 1969
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"...Peer-to-peer architecture embodies one of the key technical concepts of the internet, described in the first internet Request for Comments, RFC 1, Host Software dated 7 April 1969..." -- via http://blogs.solixta.com/rochellesblog6989/2008/07/21/peer-to-peer/ --
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I'm running Gnome
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As it turns out, I start to dislike the way the KDE project is proceeding, and I don’t refer to the Gentoo KDE project, but to the whole of KDE project.
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How to get Apple MobileMe for free
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Apple has screwed up the launch of its in the cloud MobileMe so much that it is now possible to get the $99 per year service free, and it's all legit and legal for good measure.
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Firefox update fixes Mac security issue
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Mozilla has released an update to Firefox, its popular Web browser. The update is available for download either from the Firefox Web site or through Firefox itself, if you select "Check for Updates" from the Help menu.
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ASUS' Big Development
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The ASUS sneak attack. The most interesting story the media is downplaying is the ASUS announcement that it will have a ROM boot chip on all its motherboards, which will boot Linux instantly on start-up. When you flick the switch the machine is instantly on. (It's about time.) Of course, you will have to press another button for the machine to load Windows.
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GNU Source Installer 2.5 released
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"...It provides configuration, compilation, installation, upgrade, tracking and removal of packages built from source code following the GNU coding standards. The functionality is reachable using a command line, scriptable front end or a GTK graphical interface..." --
* http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall/
* http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/sourceinstall/
The "one line of code" rule - Any UnixWare in SCOsource?
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In Judge Dale Kimball's recent order in SCO v. Novell, he accepted SCO's story about licensing practices. I think that was a mistake, and I'd like to show you why I think so. Here's what he wrote:UNIX licensees often distributed and used binary products that included code from multiple releases of System V.
Read more »Operating System’s As Web Browsers
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Recently there has been some discussion of operating systems becoming irrelevant as applications and data move to the web. This begs the questions of (a) are operating systems becoming irrelevant and (b) how can Linux stay relevant?
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Seneca College teams with FOSS projects for hands-on learning
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Where most computer science departments emphasize theory and mention free and open source software (FOSS) only indirectly, Seneca College in Toronto, Canada, offers a different approach: a hands-on introduction to the community in partnership with the Mozilla and Fedora projects.
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