Three new APIs in Mozilla's Jetpack SDK include access to the system clipboard, better in page modal dialogs and toast style notifications
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Native ZFS Is Coming To Linux Next Month
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Prior to the emergence of Btrfs as a viable next-generation Linux file-system, Sun's ZFS file-system was sought after for Linux due to its advanced feature-set and capabilities compared to EXT3 and other open-source file-systems at the time.
Read more »Next Generation of Btrfs Nears Prime Time
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Mason said he would like to see Btrfs ultimately replacing existing Linux filesystems like the popular Ext3 and Ext4 systems that are often the default on enterprise Linux distributions.
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Turn your Linux computer in a wireless access point using hostapd
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A few weeks ago I was living in accommodation that provided internet access via a wired router. This obviously meant no wireless access for some of my devices. This was especially bad for my Nexus One phone which because of the lack of wireless received all data via mobile network causing me to go over my fair usage policy!
Read more »Ubuntu Linux solution stack implementation Demos
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Learn how build Java Object-oriented programs on Ubuntu and IBM Middleware. Link goes to part 1 of this 4 part demo series showing you how to implement a solution stack (Rational Application Developer, WebSphere Application Server, and DB2 Express-C) on Ubuntu Linux, as well as how to integrate them in a Java application.
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Mongrel2 ONE POINT OH(web server)
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http://mongrel2.org/home says "Mongrel2 is an application, language, and network architecture agnostic web server that focuses on web applications using modern browser technologies."
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Canonical's X Gesture Extension Being Re-Evaulated
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Earlier this month Canonical introduced its own multi-touch framework for Ubuntu that is set to premiere with Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" and it's called UTouch and is joined by their own gesture/touch language. The X.Org Gesture Extension is already being re-evaluated and may in fact not be needed.
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NVIDIA 256.52 Linux Driver Brings Fixes
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Just shy of a month ago was when NVIDIA last released a proprietary Linux driver, at which point they also released a second driver that was their OpenGL 4.1 preview driver. This Saturday though NVIDIA has provided a new driver release, which is tagged as the 256.52 pre-release.
Read more »Step By Step Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) LAMP Server Setup
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In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go.
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Benchmarks Of ZFS-FUSE On Linux Against EXT4, Btrfs
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Last week we reported that a native ZFS implementation for Linux is soon being released that is based upon the work by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to bring Sun's ZFS file-system to Linux as a CDDL-licensed kernel module.
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Five Reasons Linux Beats Windows for Servers
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Rapid growth in the market for x86 servers over the past year brought good news for both Linux and Windows, as research firm IDC reported last week. That's no accident. Linux is eminently better suited to server use than Windows. Why? Let's count the ways.
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How to install GUI in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Server
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We have already discussed how to install ubuntu 10.04 LAMP server .If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using one of the 2 options
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Webcam server with Linux
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...you can use our Linux box to create a monitoring device, it can be used to monitor your child while you are at another PC, or your pet while you are at work, or have a home-made video surveillance system for your properties. To accomplish this we will use the software Motion, the software is present in many distributions, I will give commands using my Ubuntu 10.04.
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The five inaccurate reasons Linux beats Windows for servers
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I am always interested in a good debate of Linux vs Windows. That said, I read an article this morning talking about the five reasons that Linux beat Windows for servers. By the time I finished reading the article though I had a list of many reasons why the article was actually wrong.
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Set up your LDAP server on Ubuntu 10.04
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...the slapd.conf configuration file has been deprecated and now, trying to figure out how to configure slapd is like finding the proverbial needle in the proverbial haystack. Fortunately, in my desperate scouring to work out an easy method of doing this, I have found some tools to make the job easier.
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