School will soon be out for the summer. There are a slew of Linux programs for kids -- including Tux Paint, Celestia and Edubuntu -- that parents can use to entertain the little ones.
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CosmosCode: To the cosmos with free software
"CosmosCode will build a core offering of [free software] through an independent project hosting website, and the development and management of a free software community specific to the challenges and opportunities afforded by space.
Read more »Update IP addresses at dynamic DNS services Using ddclient
If you are using zoneedit.com or dyndns.org for your DNS service so that you can access your server using a URL, then you might have to update your DNS record at the service periodically whenever the IP address of your computer changes.Now here is simple solution for this ddclient.
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Viacom's 1st Amended Complaint and YouTube/Google's Answer
I thought you might like to see the actual filings in the Viacom v. YouTube/Google litigation. In April, Viacom filed a First Amended Complaint [PDF] and YouTube/Google has now filed its Answer [PDF]. If you'd like to see the original complaint and answer from 2007, for comparison purposes, we have it as text here on Groklaw.
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Screened Emacs Launcher
"I'm used to run emacs from my shell and my mind is not able to switch from the command emacs to emacs-client when I have an opened windows. This is why I wrote this simple shell script that:
* run emacs (and force server-start) in detached screen with a particular id (emax) if this screen doesn't already exist
RIP, Levanta
It seemed like such a great idea. Linux is moving from edge and departmental servers to the data center, so why not offer Linux data center automation, complete with virtualization Linux lifecycle management? Well, maybe it's still a great business idea, but Levanta wasn't able to make a go of it.
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Blogging with Movable Type 4.1
As the popularity of blogs continues to rise, blogging software platforms continue to evolve. With the recent release of version 4.1, the popular Movable Type application offers improvements that allow bloggers to expand their control over the publishing process.
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How to Lock Down GNOME
Without viruses and other malware, Linux is typically much harder for the average user to mess up. But if you are setting up a GNOME desktop for someone who seems to do things like delete the window list, or for public use, then you should lock down the desktop. Pessulus is a graphical lockdown editor for GNOME.
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WordPress may be winning the war, but Movable Type is getting back into the game
I've blogged a bit recently on how hard it is to install Movable Type and have it actually work on your own server. After getting and configuring Apache and MySQL (or PostgreSQL or SQlite), making sure you get the static files in the right place and the CGI/Perl files in the other right place, then making sure everything has the proper permissions ... I found it to be way beyond my capabilities.
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Open source licensing suits settle in short order
Many open source licences are only two or three paragraphs long and read more like a manifesto than a traditional software licence.
Read more »Wikindx facilitates academic writing in a browser
Anyone interested in writing academic and research papers knows that the process includes researching existing works, planning a research study, collecting and analyzing the results, and writing up the findings. In such papers, reference and citation information is essential.
Read more »Free Software versus Today’s Intellectual Monopolies — Overview
A set of new articles that demonstrate progression of laws designed to restrict programming
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OOXML and Mono: Not So Different After All
One can learn from Mono about the intentions of OOXML, and vice versa.
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The Anatomy of a Crappy Linux Distro
All Linux distributions are not created equal. Some are superior in quality while others are so full of crap. I hate to sound grumpy like Béranger, but I have tried plenty of distros my entire life and have experienced using those that made my blood boil.
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Edit and compare giant binary files with lfhex
Many hex editors try to copy an entire file into memory before they let you edit it, which explicitly limits the size of the files you can view or edit. lfhex is designed to allow you to edit binary files larger than can fit into your computer's memory.
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