I've gotten some flack from a few of my readers over on Desktop Linux Reviews for using virtualization software to run Linux distros. Some people feel that virtualization is "cheating" or that it somehow it warps the review.
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Three For O
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The O is for October, harvest time here in NW Ohio USA. A beat-slicer, a book review, and a milestone release compose this trio of reviews for the Fall season in Linux audio fashion.
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Hudzilla Coding Academy: Assignment Two
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If everything other project is a game, it's only fair that every other assignment is a game too: your task is to produce a game that shows the player increasing numbers of items and asks them to spot which item appears only once.
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Tasktop Pro/Eclipse Mylyn Updates Released
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Tasktop Technologies has announced updated versions of its Tasktop Pro task management for application lifecycle management (ALM) toolsuite, and of Eclipse Mylyn. New features include time-tracking, document sharing, and ALM system interoperability that fills a gap between software development delivery and Agile project tracking and management.
Read more »Foxit Reader – A free PDF document viewer
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Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer for the Linux platform, with a new streamlined interface, user-customized toolbar, incredibly small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich features. This empowers PDF document users with Zoom function, Navigation function, Bookmarks, Thumbnails, Text Selection Tool, Snapshot, and Full Screen capabilities.
Read more »Open Source Meets the Cloud
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The biggest concern and risk involved in moving to the cloud is security, privacy and reliability. Most of the customers would want to know what lies beneath the Cloud platform before betting their business on it.
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Stumbling and Sniffing Wireless Networks in Linux, Part 2
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In Part 1 we learned some basic network sniffing and stumbling with SWScanner on Linux. Today Eric Geiers shows us some more excellent network discovery and probing utilities: KwifiManager, tcpdump, and Wireshark.
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Linux and Security: Mission Impossible?
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The use of Linux in systems requiring high levels of security has been a frequent topic of controversy. Supporters have claimed that Linux's open source approach improves security due to exposure to an enormous, worldwide community of developers and users.
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Linux in your hand; from geeks only to consumer friendly mass market
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My first experience with mobile Linux was with a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 I bought back in 2003. It was very customizable with apps and functionality and you could change the ROM on it rather easily to fit your needs.
Read more »Linux Incorporated
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I've known for ages that Linux had migrated from enthusiasts to big business. It wasn't until this weekend's Florida Linux Show, where I spoke on desktop Linux, that I realized how totally Linux has become part of the IT mainstream.
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Ubuntu 9.10: New Feature Roundup
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With Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) set to debut this week, here's a run down of all the new features and changes covered by WorksWithU in the last several months.
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First look: inside Mozilla's Raindrop messaging platform
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Mozilla Labs has released a new open source messaging platform prototype called Raindrop. The project offers a powerful Web-based interface for interacting with messaging systems like Skype and e-mail—but installation is not for the faint of heart.
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Just another way of browsing your files
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The Zeitgeist guys created a fuse file system called zeitgeistfs. It is basically a calendar containing the files accessed at that specific date. So at the Akonadi meeting last weekend, having two hours to kill, I thought that should be doable with KIO. So two hours later (most of that time was spent twiddling with UDS entries) the timeline:/ KIO slave was up and running...
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Joomla! 1.5: A User's Guide plus Fundamentals of Joomla! Video
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I think this bundle (the book and DVD) was a limited offer and unfortunately, it's taken me just a bit too long get to my review to take advantage of the package. Nevertheless, the products are still available individually, and are both written and presented by Barrie North. But let's back up a bit.
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49 Hot New Open Source Applications
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What's new in the open source world? We've put together a list of software that was first released (or first made open source) in the last couple of years. While many of these apps are still early in the development process, they're all usable, and in fact, have all acquired fairly substantial user bases in a short time.
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