Most of you reading this are likely doing so with the now popular Web browser lovingly known as Firefox. Born out of the frustration to need something with less bloat, Firefox fit the bill with flying colors. These days, however, this is looking less and less like what we can expect from them in the future.
Read more »OpenNMS on Mandriva
On the other hand, we’ve been in close contact with the folks at Mandriva for years, especially Walt Pennington out on the west coast. They’ve been wanting to get OpenNMS on Mandriva for some time, but due to issues with Java, Tomcat, etc., and our packaging it was hard.
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The goal is for OpenNMS to be a truly distributed, scalable platform for all aspects of the FCAPS network management model, and to make this platform available to both open source and commercial applications.
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Canonical Announces Launch of Launchpad 'Personal Package Archive' Service For Developers | Ubuntu
Canonical Announces Launch of Launchpad 'Personal Package Archive' Service For Developers
Adds Mobile Development Capabilities
JavaScript shortcut notations that shouldn’t be black magic to the “average developer”
"When publishing articles about JavaScript development you run into many rules set by publishers and editors. This is a great thing as it keeps us authors on our toes and makes us understand more about how much work successful publishing really is. However, it can also be terribly annoying, especially when older idioms just stick.
Read more »BASHing Through Scripts
Of all of the "how-to" articles that we've been bringing to the front page as of late, it seems that the most popular have been the Linux series from our resident guru, Ken Gypen. Many of you have asked for these artilces to be a regular feature here on bit-tech, and we've been listening.
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A Newbie's Guide To RandR 1.2
Recently there has been much talk about RandR 1.2 support with RadeonHD and Nouveau (among other drivers), and as a result we have been asked many times now "what is RandR, and why do I care?"
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Bootcamp 502: Put a Puppy in your PC, part 4
This week we begin your Puppy training in earnest and we'll start by connecting to the Internet. If the PC you are running Puppy Linux has a connection through a router or Wi-Fi adaptor then it should be a breeze. If you are using a dial-up modem see this week's Top Tip.
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What if we never have the year of the Linux desktop?
Every year since 2004 has been touted as the year of the Linux desktop. That year where Linux of some flavor makes huge inroads into the home and work desktop scene. Every year these predictions have fallen short. Now 2008 being the year of the Linux desktop stories are already making the rounds.
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Open Source Licensing: Should SugarCRM adopt the AGPL?
The GNU Affero GPL v3 has recently been published, eventually closing the ‘Software as a Service Loophole‘, preventing code covered by AGPL to be offered as a service without modifications being published. Simon Phipps is surpised SugarCRM didn’t wait for Affero, while Michael Tiemann would like to see the AGPL tested in the marketplace.
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Emacs & Ruby on Rails
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Cheap Laptops Bad for Vista, Good for Linux
Opinion: As laptops get cheaper, Linux and Windows XP are both making better business sense than Vista.
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The Penguin comes in from the cold
LINUX hardware and software makers have been trumpeting the virtues of the open-source operating system for quite a while, but businesses have been slow to take the bait.
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Tomcat 6 installation on Ubuntu Feisty
Apache Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process.
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Announcing Tux Paint 0.9.18
Tux Paint 0.9.18's color palette now includes a rainbow-colored button which brings up a color picker. The colors available for painting have expanded from less than twenty to over 50,000!
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