GNU Midnight Commander is a free software visual file manager, licensed under GPL. It's a feature rich full-screen text mode application that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees, search for files and run commands in the subshell. Internal viewer and editor are included.
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CSQL - Command Line SQL Interpreter
I decided to update this CSQL Interpreter Tutorial to make it clearer why it is a must-know tool for database administrators. Once a user has installed CUBRID database server on their machine, the first thing they need to do is to connect to the database server, and then create the necessary databases, table, and so forth.
Read more »Python 2.7 released
Python 2.7 (powerful dynamic programming language that is used in a wide variety of application domains) is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before it moves into an extended maintenance period.
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Operating system Family share for 06/2010
Linux runs a massive 91% of supercomputers in June 2010. Windows on the contrary runs a sad 1%.
The TOP500 project was started in 1993 to provide a reliable basis for tracking and detecting trends in high-performance computing. Twice a year, a list of the sites operating the 500 most powerful computer systems is assembled and released.
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June 2010 Web Server Survey | Netcraft
Global web server usage: The Apache server leads by some 55 percent share serving 112,663,533 web sites. Also the newer free software web servers nginx and lighttpd are in the top 5.
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How We Are Using Btrfs To Find Regressions Incredibly Fast
One of the features of Btrfs not found in other Linux file-systems (like EXT4) is support for copy-on-write snapshots / sub-volumes.
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The 11 Most Useful Linux Commands in the World Ever
Almost every Linux website seems to have a list of the "best command line commands". Sometimes they get them wrong. Here is a list of useful commands that I came up with by looking at my 'history' file.
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On the Brokenness of File Locking
It's amazing how far Linux has come without providing for proper file locking that works and is usable from userspace. A little overview why file locking is still in a very sad state:
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Disk Encryption on Sabayon 5.3
So how easy is it to configure full disk encryption on Sabayon 5.3? Very, very easy. Just follow the directions outlined below.
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First MeeGo Handset/Smartphone Source Code Available
Today, the handset baseline source code is available to the development community. This code is being actively developed as MeeGo 1.1, which is scheduled for release in October. The team has been preparing MeeGo Gitorious with all the sources and infrastructure to perform the weekly builds for MeeGo 1.1 development.
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Membase, a new open source NoSQL database, launched
Based around the memory caching system, memcached, the distributed key / value database Membase supports disk persistence and dynamic reconfiguration
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5 steps to making your first KDE Python Plasmoid
For a long time desktop widgets have been a way to provide useful, although usually simple, applications that sit on the desktop and out of the way. KDE has taken these desktop widgets to a whole new level with Plasma. In this tutorial we will look at how to get a simple Plasmoid created using Python.
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First Release Candidate of KDE Software Compilation 4.5
In the month since the second beta the KDE community has fixed hundreds of bugs. Development of features has been frozen for a while now and the Software Compilation is at the point where it needs a good testing to shake out the last issues. The final release of KDE SC 4.5 is expected for August 4th.
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We want you for Squeeze artwork
In essence, the initiative is a Debian Squeeze artwork “contest” where Debian enthusiasts skilled in graphics can contribute themes and propose them to become the official/default theme for Debian Squeeze.
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The kernel column by Jon Masters #88
Last month Linus Torvalds released the final 2.6.34 kernel, following a bumpy few weeks that saw a major virtual memory (the subsystem responsible for memory management in-kernel) glitch, the usual round of regressions, and a power outage that knocked vger.kernel.org…
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