"I am pleased to announce the release of Remember 2.0. Remember is an Emacs mode for quickly remembering data. It uses whatever back-end is appropriate to record and correlate the data, but its main intention is to allow you to express as little structure as possible up front. [...] Remember is now a part of Emacs 23, and will be included with that release of Emacs when it comes out..."
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Wizard Boot Camp, Part Five: Control Processes Using Signals
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A true wizard doesn’t just run processes, a true wizard knows how to communicate with those processes through signals to stop, restart, and even kill processes. This may sound like arcane and obscure knowledge, but if you follow along, you’ll be managing your processes like an adept in no time.
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Putting Windows On A Diet ... To Compete With Linux
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How scared is Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) of Linux? There's a hint or two of its fear in the fact that MS is preparing a special slim-and-trim version of Windows XP, within the next month or two, to run specifically on Asus's Eee PC. You'd think maybe it could have done this slimming-down sooner -- something that Linux already does without breaking a sweat.
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mod_perl now supports Perl 5.10
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OpenPanel Beta Release: Server Control Panel Software for the Rest of Us
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OpenPanel is a new, open source, server control panel for your Linux system. It offers an AJAX GUI and a powerful command line interface to common server software like Apache, Postfix and MySQL. The first beta release (0.9) is now available for download.
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The making of Wine (how to make Windows apps merrier with Linux)
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Jeremy White, co-founder and CEO of CodeWeavers, talked to Microsoft Subnet today about how Wine might make IT professionals a lot merrier. For those wanting to save money on desktops by using Linux, but feel trapped into Windows because of the need to run Windows apps, Wine can help.
Read more »Qt to be supported in addition to GTK+
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Nokia will introduce Qt to the maemo platform in addition to GTK+. The plan is in the earliest stage and recruitment offers for Qt/C++ developers will pop up soon. Don't expect any Qt application developed by Nokia for the tablets anytime soon, though. The first actual step will be the distribution of the Qt libraries for application development in maemo.org during 4Q2008.
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Red Hat: No plans for consumer desktop Linux; dominance of Windows cited
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Red Hat says it has no plans to develop a consumer version of Linux, owing in part to the challenges presented by Microsoft's dominance of the desktop market. Red Hat's Global Desktop Linux, aimed at emerging markets, has also been delayed, owing to a number of reseller and services issues.
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Does your OS systems management got GPL?
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That has emerged as the question, or at least a major factor in determining whether open source software works in the enterprise systems management market.
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Mercian Labels stuck on open source software
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A Cannock company has labelled open source software 'the future' after turning its back on the big brands.
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ISO Ill at Ease Over OOXML
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The nominal approval of OOXML last month unleashed an unprecedented outpouring of anger, with much of that ire directed at the ISO for failing to uphold basic standards during the process. This has prompted it to respond with a rather interesting FAQ in which it desperately tries to defend itself.
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US Commerce Secretary Wants to Restore Some Patent Sanity, Microsoft-Novell as Role Model of Abuse
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Groklaw has just up scooped the following small portion of slightly reassuring news. It’s about the Commerce Secretary Gutierrez addressing the US senate regarding patents.
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Shame on You ISO, Shame On You. Total Disgrace
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A gentler way to put this would be hard to find because ISO continues to show what a disgrace it has become. It was given a chance to change. It was given a chance to listen to polite critics and respond sensibly. It was given a chance to tell the world that it had been captured. But no.
Read more »Novell Part of the Software Patents Problem, Not Its Solution
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About a year ago, Novell joined forced with the EFF. It needed to give the impression that it was just as concerned as many of us about patents. But meanwhile, Novell advocates the very same thing it purports to be fighting.
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Ubuntu Linux upgrade: Why you should try it
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The final release of Ubuntu 8.04 next week should silence those who say Linux is too complex for the non-techie.
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