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Linux filesystem defragmentation flame war

http://www.ducea.com

Earlier this week I’ve read this article: “Defragmentation of Linux Filesystems“. The title and the headline made me interested enough, to go ahead and read it and see if there was something there to show me that linux filesystems do need defragmentation.

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Created by serdar 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Refactoring Erlang

http://www.planeterlang.org

"I’ve been playing around a bit with Wrangler—an Erlang refactoring package for Emacs. [...] So I whipped up a function to toggle Wrangler on and off: ..." -- Wrangler -- http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/projects/forse/wrangler/doc/overview-summary.html

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Created by can.axis 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Buntu Family Theater

http://www.youtube.com

Linux Journal's own Shawn Powers tells the story of Ubuntu and his family of distributions as they search for their identities.

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Created by electronichouse 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Emacs Gnus: Searching Mail

http://sachachua.com

"There are several ways to find messages in Emacs. From the summary buffer, you can use / o (gnus-summary-insert-old-articles) to display all or some old messages. You can then scan through the headers in the summary buffer by using C-s (isearch-forward), or you can limit the displayed messages with these commands: ..."

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Created by can.axis 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Give Me 3 Synths, Part 3

http://www.linuxjournal.com

In this final installment to the series I'll double your reading pleasure by presenting two new Linux softsynths. Such a deal, two reviews for the price of one!

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Created by electronichouse 17 years 33 weeks ago
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PlayOnLinux v3.0 a.k.a Arietis Released

http://wine-review.blogspot.com

Here is PlayOnLinux version 3.0 as announced, the release of your favorite front-end to Wine, PlayOnLinux.

This is a major version. Here is what's new:

A whole range of new functions

I want to point out that v2 scripts are still compatible with this version. But we decided to re-design the installation programs nevertheless. Here is the new interface:

Updated scripts

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Created by twickline 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Listadmin - Command line tool to manipulate the queues of messages

http://www.ubuntugeek.com

listadmin is a command line tool to manipulate the queues of messages held for moderator approval by mailman. It is designed to keep user interaction to a minimum, in theory you could run it from cron to prune the queue. It can use the score from a header added by SpamAssassin to filter, or it can match specific senders, subjects, or reasons.

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Created by vlovindia 17 years 33 weeks ago
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The Meaning of Open Source

http://www.linuxjournal.com

I began searching online for solutions to my various minor difficulties. And I was amazed at what I found. In every case, others had had similar problems, and in every case people had offered helpful suggestions as to how to fix them. It was a wonderful vindication of the entire open source way, of people helping each other by passing on their personal discoveries.

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Created by extra 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Make that Three: India Appeals Adoption of OOXML

http://www.consortiuminfo.org

Last night was the deadline for filing appeals to the adoption of OOXML by ISO/IEC JTC 1. This morning, a spokesman for the IEC acknowledged the receipt of a total of three appeals by the deadline, with the third and final appeal being filed by India, as reported by Peter Sayers, of the IDG News Service.

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Created by peacemaker 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Bling your browser with PimpMyCamino

http://www.linux.com

As the Mozilla-based OS X Web browser project Camino continues to grow, so do the number of add-ons and plugins at PimpMy Camino. Although PimpMyCamino is not officially endorsed by the Camino developers, the project's Web site calls it "your one-stop shop for Camino add-ons."

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Created by MBP2000 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Susan Hauser, FUDMeister Extraordinaire

http://boycottnovell.com

Watch how a Microsoft marketing rep is throwing FUD at GNU/Linux, even in an open source Web site

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Created by komrad 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Financial Games: Novell’s Main Strength?

http://boycottnovell.com

An analysis of Novell's real financial state, which the news seems to voluntarily cover in a shallow way

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Created by komrad 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Ballnux Laptops Falter Again (Better Off with GNU/Linux)

http://boycottnovell.com

Novell's GNU/Linux distribution on H-P laptops falls short (compared to other GNU/Linux laptops)

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Created by komrad 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Top 5 ways not to be a Linux evangelist

http://www.reallylinux.com

As I ate dinner at a recent LUG meeting, I found myself pleasantly surrounded by a group of people with the same intense passion. We all shared a thorough love for the beneficial and effective Linux operating system.

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Created by leo 17 years 33 weeks ago
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Will We Ever Have a GPL Test Case?

http://ostatic.com

The GNU General Public License is nearly 20 years old (version 1 came out in 1989). In that time there have been at least 100 million lawsuits filed in the US (and that's a conservative estimate). Amazingly enough, not one of those millions of court cases has actually tested the GPL's validity. How can that be - and is it a problem for the open source software movement?

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Created by peacemaker 17 years 33 weeks ago
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