I’m glad I took a look though: This is a very impressive desktop. From the live environment, this has to be the most impressive setup I’ve seen thus far, even if it does step outside the XFCE boundaries I had drawn earlier this week.
Read more »Source rules among embedded developers
Access to source code is the "primary motivating factor" in Linux adoption among embedded systems developers, suggests Evans Data Corp. The research firm found that two-thirds of developers surveyed deem source access "very" or "extremely" important, while only five percent thought it "not" important.
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Linux Done Right: A user’s pleasant surprise
Consider this the first in an occasional, meandering series of articles on Linux done right. These aren’t meant to boost the sales of any particular vendor, but instead are meant to show other end users, IT managers and decision makers what to look for when vetting applications and operating system migrations.
Read more »Mozilla Shows Mock-up of Firefox 3.0's Places
"Places Organizer is one of the most-awaited new features in the upcoming Firefox 3.0."
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Monitor Web site requests with Mozilla’s LiveHTTPHeaders extension
"A client recently rang me up to find out why their Web site suddenly disappeared and another company’s Web site appeared in its place. Mozilla’s LiveHTTPHeaders extension was invaluable as I traced the Web site requests, ultimately providing the information I needed to solve the problem. Learn more about the LiveHTTPHeaders extension, and get a quick HTTP primer..."
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Ian Lynch Talks About INGOTS Certifications in Open Technologies
Blue GNU interviews Ian Lynch, well-known in and beyond the OpenOffice.org and OpenDocument community, to learn about the INternational Grades with Open Technologies (INGOTS), how the certification system works, and how it is progressing.
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Fast programming with Rexx
Ever need to code quickly? You can code Rexx like water—yet it’s powerful. Here’s everything you need to start, by studying real-world programming examples.
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Configure and use the Untangle Gateway
Connecting a network to the modern day internet can be challenging. Basic infrastructure, like routers, DHCP Servers, and DNS servers, are required to get the network online. The network must also be protected with a firewall and intrusion prevention, and the desktops need protection from viruses and spyware. Next will come a spam and phish filter to stop the continual flood of junk email.
Read more »Sun accommodating Linux in Solaris
With an incremental update to its Solaris 10 OS, Sun is extending the platform's virtualization capabilities to accommodate Linux and Solaris on the same computer.
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Microsoft Spreads the Linux Love Around
"Interoperability remains one of the top challenges for our customers, and through our current alliance with Microsoft we are providing solutions to meet this challenge," said Susan Heystee, vice president and general manager of global strategic alliances for Novell.
Read more »Installing Ubuntu From A Windows System With Wubi
Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and uninstall Ubuntu from a Windows desktop. Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux.
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Linux tablet delivers IP-TV, other services over WiFi
A European vendor of multi-service broadband gateways has used Linux and a handful of Texas Instruments (TI) silicon to build a neat-looking WiFi tablet capable of delivering IP-TV wirelessly throughout the home. Thomson's "WiFi Tablet" can deliver a range of other advanced services, too.
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W3C completes bridge between HTML/microformats and semantic web
"Today, the World Wide Web Consortium completed an important link between Semantic Web and microformats communities. With "Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages", or GRDDL (pronounced "griddle"), software can automatically extract information from structured Web pages to make it part of the Semantic Web.
Read more »Compiz Fusion 0.5.2 - Review
For the next round of Linux Releases (Ubuntu Gutsy, Fedora 8, OpenSuse 10.3, Mandriva 2008 etc) Compiz Fusion should be installed by default in those releases and with the release date looming not far ahead the time is ripe to give you a preview of what to expect from the latest Compiz Fusion.
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All systems go for validation of updated OpenSSL module
When the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) sought Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation for its OpenSSL toolkit last year, it was anything but smooth sailing...but, according to Executive Director John Weathersby, things are bound to go much more smoothly this time around.
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