The Gaelyk framework, one such framework written in Groovy, eases development of lightweight applications that leverage a datastore. And the scalability you can achieve is impressive.
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Linux Gaming Are We There Yet?
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Over the past few years, there has been a common question on the Linux vs. Windows desktop front: does the Linux desktop have the ability to play various major release games, and if so what is the performance difference between the two? Linux is commonly overlooked as a viable gaming platform in most communities.
Read more »Wine 1.1.36 Released
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The Wine development release 1.1.36 is now available.
What's new in this release:
* Completion of the 16-bit separation.
* Improved Shader Model 4 support.
* A ton of memory leak fixes.
* Improved debugging support for MinGW.
* A number of MSHTML fixes.
* Various bug fixes.
Linux Mint 8 review
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Linux Mint 8 (aka Helena) is the latest version of the popular, desktop-oriented distribution. Helena was actually released late last year, but I’ve just gotten around to reviewing it.
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System z: Dinosaur or Phoenix?
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Scan through IT news on any given day, and there's a good chance you'll find a story about some large organization or another replacing its IBM mainframe with servers running UNIX, Linux - and sometimes even Windows.
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Has Cloud Computing Jumped the Shark?
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Soon, will every last PC box be stamped "cloud capable"? Finally, will even pizza delivery be touted as cloud-based, because the pie is made by a third party and sent from a remote location?
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Virtual Darpa Grand Challenge
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I have had this idea for a Virtual Darpa Grand Challenge for a couple of years now and I’m starting to shop it around to angel/venture capital people. But I thought I’d also put this out there to the Linux community and see what they think of it.
Read more »KDM and Plasma: A future.
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I always need to be coding something, regardless of whether or not I have any free-time, I have (begun to plan out and create(began today), a Plasma frontend for our login manager, kdm.
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Emesene 1.6 Released, What’s New?
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Instant Messaging client ‘Emesene’ slipped a new release out on Monday but what’s new in it?
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Order to Shut Down Websites Critical of Apex Technology Group is Dangerous and Wrong
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This sort of ruling could see a site, like FSD, shut down because of a complaint about a single opinion expressed by a contributor.
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Ubuntu Linux Clone Looks and Feels Like WIndows XP
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A Chinese group has created an Ubuntu Linux clone that looks, um, just like Windows XP. Two big questions: First, do customers want a Linux release (called Ylmf OS) that looks like Windows? Second, is Microsoft willing to allow a group of Ubuntu renegades to mimic Windows XP’s look and feel? Some thoughts here.
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Does VMware buying Zimbra from Yahoo make sense?
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We don't for certain that VMware, the giant proprietary virtualization company, is buying Zimbra, the open-source e-mail server company from Yahoo, but that's the news from the rumor-mill.
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What Programming Language Should You Learn?
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I'm going to attempt to answer the number-one most common technology question on the web, and hopefully do it so I can just link people here. Wish me luck, I'll need it!
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CES: Lenovo unveils hybrid tablet laptop with 'two brains'
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Lenovo today announced its IdeaPad U1, a consumer Windows laptop with a touchscreen that can be detached and used as a separate Linux tablet computer.
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A Small Business Guide to Linux Desktop Software
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While you can still download many free versions of Linux online, for convenience sake, several vendors offer user-friendly versions and charge a fee for support. Red Hat and Novell are the primary desktop Linux vendors, but another Linux distribution for the desktop is on the rise — and it is completely free.
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