Recently I just started to use the Citrix Netscalers again ( Load Balancers ). Being the person that I am, I wanted a way to grab the information using the SOAP API. Now Citrix has a ton of documentation for Perl/C/C# and Java ( None for Python ). SOAP client support has not been the best for Python, in my opinion.
Read more »How to get information from the Netscaler using Python and Suds
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Download Awesome Ubuntu Wallpapers Through Ubuntu Launchpad Repo
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You got some really awesome themes for ubuntu via bisigi repo, and now its time to get some cool wallpapers for ubuntu via kwwii repo. This is how you do it in Ubuntu Karmic.
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OpenID for Java Web applications
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OpenID is a decentralized authentication protocol that makes it easier for users to access resources in your Java Web applications. In this first half of a two-part article, you'll learn about the OpenID Authentication Specification and walk through the steps of incorporating it into a sample Java application. Rather than implement the OpenID Authentication specification by hand, author J.
Read more »FSF files new objection to amended Google Book Search settlement
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) filed another objection in court to the proposed amended Google Book Search settlement (The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc.). The objection notes that proposed amendments which discuss works under free licenses unfairly burden their authors with ensuring license compliance, and urges the court to reject the proposed settlement.
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5 factors that are set to challenge the dominance of Windows in the future
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Taking a look at the recent Microsoft financial result for Q2 ending 31 Dec 2009, one thing that stands out is the fact that Windows is still the major cash cow for MS. It is in this light that I believe the following five things are likely to give MS execs sleepless nights in 2010 and beyond.
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EFF's 20th Birthday with Adam Savage and Friends
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"Join TV geek Adam Savage, and a cast of EFF legends and luminaries at EFF's 20th birthday party! Our birthday fundraiser on February 10th will celebrate two decades of digital freedom-fighting in San Francisco's world-famous DNA Lounge..."
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Lucid Lynx Mascot Wallpaper
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Saleel Velankar recently posted this beautiful wallpaper suggestion on the Ubuntu-art mailinglist. Although I really like the use of the mascot (the codename), I would prefer a more abstract, or less obvious, animal like the Hardy Heron or Intrepid Ibex wallpapers.
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Puppy Linux: Your new best friend
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On occasion I have a need for a tiny, lightning fast Linux distribution to boot into in order to check various issues on a machine. Either that or I just don’t want to monkey around with someone else’ data. Either way, I will often grab for either a CD or flash drive containing my favorite “micro” distribution, Puppy Linux.
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Is Android really open? Really?
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I’m not Android-bashing here by any means. I regularly use Google Wave and have a Gmail account. But I’m hesitant to turn over all of my personal data — specifically my address book and appointments — to Google.
Why? I'll tell you why...
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Open-Source ATI Evergreen Support Arrives
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Months after the ATI Radeon HD 5000 series (known by the "Evergreen" family codename) was introduced, AMD has finally pushed out the first bits of open-source code. This morning if you are to checkout the xf86-video-ati DDX driver branch there is initial user-space mode-setting support for the Radeon HD 5000 series GPUs.
Read more »Could Apple's iPad be the New Firefox?
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Everyone is noting that Apple's iPad is a closed system; but there's a dangerous knock-on consequence of giving people the ultimate system for *consuming* content: they don't really understand computers. That's bad, because it means that politicians will find it even easier to bring in legislation like ACTA that will harm free software.
Read more »5 Linux Speed Tips
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There are many ways to do the same tasks in Linux, which is a lovely thing because it means we can tailor our workflows to suit our own personal needs. Here are five of Carla Schroder's favorite speed and efficiency tips.
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The KDE 4.3 System Settings - Part 1
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In our original article two years ago, we did a complete overview of the entire KDE 3.5 Control Center, a task that was not small by any stretch of the imagination. This time detailing the new System Settings control panel for KDE4.
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Can open source guide a moon mission?
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I'm a sucker for audacious ideas. Big, huge things with a hint of insanity. And if you put those ideas in space I get really interested. That's why the Open Luna Foundation is right up my alley.
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Google Chrome dev-only build hopes to be famous 5
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Google released Chrome version 5 developer builds for Windows and Mac on Friday. "The devchannel has been updated to 5.0.307.1 for Windows and Mac," said the firm. On the Windows side of the fence, the default downloads directory on Vista and Windows 7 can now be used. Google has added a content settings window to the latest rough-round-the-edges iteration of its browser.
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