To many, geek = math && nerd = math. To others school = math && math = calculator. During my stint as a computer science major, the very idea of differential had me running scared back to my calculator. It was a must, and for many a symbol of intellect and power.
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Three calculators for the Linux desktop
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What to Do When Your Laptop is Stolen
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Even the most cautious among us can fall victim to laptop theft. Learn the importance of password protection, encryption, and other strategies for protecting your data--and some tools that may even help you recover your system.
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Lucid Lynx Alpha 2 Released; Software Center Changes, Less Games, and New Applets
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Get your bug report hat on because Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha 2 is ready for testing. What's new in this release?
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OpenOffice.org Thumbnail plugin 1.0 released
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The new version 1.0 from OpenOffice.org Thumbnail plugin has been released. OpenOffice.org Thumbnail plugin is a plugin for KDE file managers (Dolphin and Konqueror) to preview OpenOffice.org files (Open Document Format) as Thumbnails. You do not need to install OpenOffice.org for it to work (it only uses KDE API).
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Fedora 12 -- A 'Must Consider' Distro
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New and improved features for Fedora 12 fall into one of three categories: applications, installation and administration, and core OS improvements.
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When will GIMP 2.8 be released?
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While the developers still work continuous on the next version of GIMP there comes, of course, the question of a release date. Will GIMP 2.8 yet reach us in 2010?
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Distributed Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Ubuntu 9.10
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This tutorial shows how to combine four single storage servers (running Ubuntu 9.10) to one large storage server (distributed storage) with GlusterFS. The client system (Ubuntu 9.10 as well) will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes.
Read more »Arch makes Linux fun to use again.
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It’s been a month since I have installed Arch Linux on my workstation and I thought I would talk about this Linux distribution a bit. I will briefly outline what have been, and what is, my experience with Arch, and I believe I am going to stick with this particular flavor for a very long time.
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Are source compiled packages really faster?
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It is often a question of debate. Are packages compiled from source really faster than pre-digested ones? In other words will your Linux distribution run faster with apt or rpm packages compared to having everything compiled from source on your machine?
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Review: openSolaris 2008.11
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At work they were asking us to get familiar with openSolaris for a potential future project. I’d played with it a few years ago, so I decided to check out the latest version I had. On of my LXF discs had openSolaris 2008.11 and I figured that while I was checking it out I’d review it as well.
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New Video Teaches You About The Ubuntu Release Schedule
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The Ubuntu release schedule isn't always clear to everyone. There's the regular releases, the LTS releases, server releases, and Alpha, Beta, Omega, and Zeta releases. OK, the last two were fake, but it can all get pretty confusing to new users.
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How To Set Up Database Replication In MySQL On Ubuntu 9.10
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This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL. MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates to the database on the master server are immediately replicated to the database on the slave server so that both databases are in sync.
Read more »Amarok 2.2.2 "Maya Gold" Released
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Even though the holidays are a busy time for everyone, including software developers, the Amarok team was still able sneak in a couple of bug fixes, interface improvements, and a couple of new features.
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Make your Linux netbook battery last longer
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All laptop users have something in common: we want our device's batteries to last longer.
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Application Server vs Web Server
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Recently I have faced a question in an interview about difference between application server and web server. While in interview I have some what explained the difference by intuition but was not very clear about the answer on theoretical grounds.
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