Of the many controversies in free software, this is one that I have long found to be interesting. People seem to define things in different ways, which leads to confusion (and arguing) when one person calls a system a "GNU/Linux" system and the next calls it just the "Linux" system.

It is my pleasure to announce the complete rewrite of part 1 through part 6 of The Rubygame Book. This rewrite of the book restart the tutorial to focus immensely more on the foundation. While this mean some of the most immediate gratifying parts are gone, the new tutorial include some new tricks and tips that help developers write Rubygame application faster and with shaper focus.

Labs are step-by-step exercises that students can perform to learn how to perform a task. Labs can also provide the aspect of experience if it is repeatedly done, which creates confidence.

If you haven't played with Slackware within the past couple of years, you may still believe that the word “easy” doesn't go well with the words “update” and “package management”. But, two fairly new utilities, “slackpkg” and “sbopkg”, may help to change your mind.

KRunner is one of those KDE applications that people generally take for granted. Since it has the same shortcut key, Alt+F2, as Gnome’s Run Application terminal, those who have just started using KDE generally assume that it is just another version of Gnome’s Run Application terminal. However, it cannot be farther from the truth. In reality KRunner is one of KDE 4.3’s most useful application.

The Linux platform is an emerging market with a lot of growth potential. Software companies should definitely get on board to get a competitive advantage.

You can make one autostartup script for ubuntu(debian) easily, and put commands to be started up automatically at boot. Here’s what you have to do:

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala now includes an installer slideshow. I’ve always liked the idea of rotating slides of information about the OS while it’s installing to give the users something to do. No matter what you put on the slides this is going to be more entertaining for users than staring at the progress bar.