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Lucid Community Progress
16.03.2010 16:25
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<b>Jono Bacon's blog:</b> "One thing that we have been really keen to facilitate in Ubuntu is an ethos of just do it. I really believe our community should feel engaged to be creative in their ideas and be able to get out there and do it, with plenty of support resources so others can help them achieve their goals."
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Kindles Come to Classroom in Ghana
16.03.2010 16:25
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<b>Wired:</b> "Take Ghana, West Africa, for example. If you are a school in a small village with satellite internet and solar power, what device would be best for you? The power-sucking, data-heavy iPad, or the Kindle..."
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Enhanced history searching in zsh
16.03.2010 16:25
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<b>Tech Republic:</b> "If you spend any length of time in the shell, chances are you’ve typed the same commands over and over. It’s usually not anything you can necessarily script as the commands may vary slightly on each invocation, but there are certain commands that can be used often with a little variation on each call."
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Open source enables innovation without lawyers or fees
16.03.2010 16:24
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<b>Australian IT:</b> "OPEN source software is seen by some as akin to religion. However, Ingres chief executive Roger Burkhardt insists he is not on a crusade to convert the Microsoft and Oracle faithful."
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Find out the clients of your MySQL server
16.03.2010 16:24
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<b>Linux Admin Zone:</b> "Sometimes in large deployments, there are cases when MySQL server, setup by you long time back which has been in use by multiple teams in your organization, needs some change or update or intrupption in its service and you are in need to know how many clients are there which connects to this server."
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Installing GOsa2 on Red Hat / CentOS (rpm/yum based)
16.03.2010 14:12
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<b>Fogo na Caixa:</b> "A mighty System-/Config-management frontend using LDAP as a backend. It is able to manage POSIX, Samba, Mail, Kolab, FAX, Asterisk and many more services."
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Questions and Answers: Loopback devices
16.03.2010 14:12
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<b>Distrowatch:</b> "Going-around-in-circles asks: What is a loopback device and how do I use it?"
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Time to Learn from China on Open Standards?
16.03.2010 14:12
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<b>Open Enterprise:</b> "Europe should be learning from China's example, not sending patronising nastygrams that just makes it look petulant and anachronistic."
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Benchmark of Python Web Servers
16.03.2010 12:14
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Banish boring terminal windows with Bashish
16.03.2010 12:14
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<b>Sourceforge:</b> "Swedish student Thomas Eriksson says a lot of advanced computer usage is still best done from the terminal. Given that, he’s developed Bashish to provide a more useful and beautiful terminal environment."
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Google to pull out of China soon, reports say
16.03.2010 12:14
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<b>Computerworld UK:</b> "Both Google and the Chinese government appear to be leaking word that the search firm may soon shutter its operations there as negotiations between the two break down."
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How the Google-Microsoft conflict could hit open source
16.03.2010 12:14
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<b>ZDNet:</b> "The continuing conflict between Google and China, which may be a proxy for deeper conflicts over economics and values, could easily impact open source."
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Epidemic 3.1 installation guide
16.03.2010 12:14
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<b>LinuxBSDOS:</b> "Epidemic is a desktop-oriented, KDE, Debian-based (GNU/Linux) distribution developed in Brazil. Epidemic 3.1, the latest edition, features a number of custom tools and improvements."
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A first look at Haiku (alpha)
16.03.2010 10:16
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<b>Distrowatch:</b> "When talking about kernel scheduling and desktop responsiveness, it's common to hear people in the tech community talk fondly of BeOS, a desktop system which hails from the 1990s. BeOS had a well-deserved reputation for providing users with a polished desktop and smooth interaction, even when the processor was under heavy load."
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7 of the Best Free Linux Medical Imaging Software
16.03.2010 10:16
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<b>LinuxLinks:</b> "Now, let's explore the 7 imaging software at hand. For each title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, a screenshot of the software in action, together with links to relevant resources and reviews."
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