Using Script, Screen, Mkfifo and shell redirection to enhance user session logging and tracking.
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Compiz Support For Multi-Pointer X
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In May we shared that Multi-Pointer X (or MPX for short) was entering the mainline X server. While it was merged to master that month, X Server 1.5 was already branched out and therefore it won't appear in X.Org 7.4, but it will appear in X Server 1.6 (X.Org 7.5) until next year. While it's now in the mainline branch, Peter Hutterer, the chief developer of MPX, hasn't stopped there.
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Top Ten worst uses for Windows
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While I have joined the chorus of security folks who rail against the Microsoft Monoculture I still cannot believe some of the uses for Windows. Some of them are just downright silly, some you may claim are criminally negligent.
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The 'Other' Open Source Web Server
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nginx: Open Source Web server with a small footprint and high load handling capability.
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Breaking the Camel’s Back
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Most people have heard the phrase “the last straw“. When it comes to Microsoft, people will moan and groan that they wish their Vista computers didn’t suck so bad. Yet they still bought them, many even knowing Vista’s reputation. Most knowing, first hand, Microsoft’s reputation. Why? Because that’s what they came with.
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Connecting the users and developers of opensource projects
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An interesting concept about how users and developers of open source projects can collaborate on openversion.com.
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How to pick the right operating system for your business
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When shopping for an OS, technology experts say it's all about the apps. First consider the tools that prop your business processes and then pick an OS that supports the applications you need.
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Introducing the Linux user interface
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A few days ago, Walter Mossberg, writing in the Wall Street Journal, offered a verbal peek at the Mac user interface ... I'm not a Mac user, but from reading the article, it seems that the initial learning curve for switching from Windows XP to Linux, is less than that for switching to Macs.
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Mandriva Linux 2009 Alpha 2 released
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Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring Alpha 2 is released today. This alpha introduces KDE 4 - 4.1 beta 2, specifically - as the default version of KDE, and the latest development version of GNOME, 2.23.4. The kernel has also been updated to 2.6.26rc7. Mandriva warns that this is a true alpha, likely to contain many bugs related to the new version of KDE.
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Community to Gillard: 'Consider Open Source'
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The Australian Open Source community has called for the consideration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the implementation of the Rudd Government’s Digital Education Revolution Policy.
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Which Is Faster - an Android or a LiMo?
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Google has made a habit of throwing its considerable weight behind a project and making it succeed. The company's Android project, its effort at creating a Linux-based smartphone, is running into delays, while a similar effort by the LiMo Foundation already has produced handsets.
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Thoughts on innovation on the desktop.
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While surfing around on Teh Intarwebs, I've read complaints from people that we're doing something radically new to the user. Some of those users seem to have problems with all that "radically new" stuff. Honestly, I don't think they have seen anything we *can* do yet.
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Is Red Hat VP Attempting to Rally Investors?
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Tom McCallum, VP of investor relations at Red Hat, is diving into some rather interesting waters. Red Hat’s stock has dipped a bit following the company’s June 25 earnings announcement. Now for the twist: McCallum on July 7 wrote a blog that attempts to clarify Red Hat’s financial momentum.
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Reasons to choose Linux # 113
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Some interesting comments stem from Glacier Computer, a designer of rugged industrial PC-compatible devices, which has just announced shipment of the Everest industrial computer with two options for the Linux operating system.
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Open Source Initiative: Franchise
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In a free market, over time, competition in the production of a commodity product will eliminate all profits. Bread-makers can sell their bread for enough money to cover the cost of the capital invested in the bakery, the cost of the flour, yeast, sugar, and water, the fuel needed for firing, and the salary of the baker. They can earn no more money than that.
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