The pace of software development - regardless of the licence - is pretty fast these days. The state of your systems need constant monitoring. New features, bug-fixes and (most important) security updates need to be properly managed. Here, in no particular order, are five ways that choosing a free operating system will make system maintenance a lot easier and simpler.
Read more »Python 3.0 makes a big break
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Typically, each new version of the Python programming language has been gentle on users, more or less maintaining backward compatibility with previous versions.
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Supporting your free software? Don't burn out
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Not long ago I watched a free software developer totally lose his cool with a user who (admittedly very frustratingly) posted a 'bug report'in Spanish on an English-language project that amounted to 'it doesn't work'.
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Firefox add-on blocks 'clickjacking' attacks
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A popular Firefox add-on designed to block scripts and plug-ins has been updated to stymie the new "clickjacking" class of attacks, the extension's developer said today.
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OpenAnno from Libregamewiki, the Free Gaming Encyclopedia
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"OpenAnno is a real-time strategy and economic simulation game loosely based on Sunflower's Anno series.
The first public version of OpenAnno is version 2008.1 released on October 1st, 2008. It is currently also the latest release. The project's existence can be traced all the way back to July, 7th, 2007 when OpenAnno was registered on SourceForge.net."
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Seven OWL 2 Drafts Published
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"2008-10-09: The OWL Working Group published seven documents yesterday relating to the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language. OWL 2 extends OWL, a core standard of the Semantic Web, adding new features that users have requested and that software providers are prepared to implement. The documents are: ..."
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preview of OCaml batteries included Debian packages
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"OCaml batteries included is a wonderful community-driven initiative to standardize the OCaml development platform..."
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Apache and Setting Up SSL
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The self-signed certificate is a certificate that you can create yourself that will provide SSL encryption but without the verification of your website from an outside source. The outside verification does cost money. In other words, you can get the protection you need, encryption by doing it yourself.
Read more »New Linux Broadcom Wi-Fi drivers arrive
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One of the most annoying experiences for any desktop Linux user is installing a Linux on a laptop, switching it on, and... discovering that the Wi-Fi chipset doesn't support Linux.
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More Languages on top of Erlang Virtual Machine
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"Erlang virtual machine – BEAM – hosts an increasing number of languages. Reia, a Python/Ruby like scripting language and Lisp Flavoured Erlang have recently been released. Debasish Ghosh reflects on this trend while other authors try to outline other possible language variants inspired by Ruby or Haskell..."
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Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase Winners Announced
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The Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase is an initiative to showcase free culture artists in each version of Ubuntu.
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A New Puppy Is Born
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While the new release sports only a minor increase in version number, it does feature a few significant improvements.
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Tomato Firmware Turns Your Cheap Wireless Router Into a Powerhouse
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In the annals of computer software with bizarre and seemingly random names, "Tomato" is probably one of the less weird examples as these things go. But whether you say tomay-toe or tomah-toe, this one is neither a fruit nor a vegetable—it is a firmware for wireless routers, including the popular WRT54G family.
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Examining the Compilation Process. Part 1.
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This article, and the one to follow, are based on a Software Development class I taught a few years ago. The students in this class were non-programmers who had been hired to receive bug reports for a compiler product.
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Gaming on Linux – What are your options?
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I'm a gamer and I'm a Linux user. Yes, this puts me in a very small group of people in the world. The mass majority of gamers are either consolers (Wii, PS2/3, Xbox 360) or Windows gamers. Most of my friends are
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