Late yesterday Mozilla did a whiplash-causing quick turnaround and pushed out Firefox 3.0.3. It seems this new version is solely to fix bug 454708 - storage-Legacy can throw when calling ConvertToUnicode, which is geek-speak for being unable to retrieve saved passwords or save new passwords, according to the release notes.
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Rockbox 3.0 released
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Rockbox 3.0 was packaged just now and is being made available as I write this. The download mirrors just have to fetch all the zips (should be done within 30 minutes or so).
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Fanless touchpanels run Linux
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Avalue Technlogy has announced a pair of fanless touchpanel computers that run Linux.
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100+ Beautiful Free Fonts for Ubuntu
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If you are a graphic and web designer, the default fonts that came with Ubuntu will surely be not enough for your needs. However, if you know where to look, you can find plenty of additional fonts that can help get the job done.
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Improving boot time on a general Linux distribution
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Mandriva has done quite a lot of work on optimizing boot speed for its latest release, Mandriva Linux 2009. Frederic Crozat (head of the French engineering team) has written a blog post summarizing Mandriva's past work on this front, and the tweaks and improvements made for 2009.
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Testing Load with smtp-source and top
In order to evaluate the load on your box you can run smtp-source and combine that with snapshots of top to evaluate the load on the server. Now open two terminals and in one run the smtp-source command and in the other snapshots for top.
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Writing a Package in Python
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This article by Tarek Ziadé focuses on a repeatable process to write and release Python packages. We will focus on how to install, uninstall, develop, test, register, and upload a package.
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Famous Awk One-Liners Explained, Part I
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"...This is going to be a three-part article in which I will explain every single one-liner in Mr. Pement’s compilation. Each part will explain around 20 one-liners. If you follow closely then the explained examples will turn you into a great Awk programmer..."
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Another Reason for Open-Source in Web Apps: Data Flow and Syncing
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A recent Free Software Magazine article lays out the case for open-source and free software in web applications. I agree with the arguments, but I also want to add another one that I feel is important.
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VLC goes to nine point two
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Sometimes I get the feeling that I only know about 5% of what VLC can do. Everyone knows it's a dependable, free, cross-platform media player. But read through the release notes for the latest version, 0.9.2, and you will see a dizzying array of server, network streaming, and conversion functions,
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New Linux phone can 'pwn' Wi-Fi
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Open source developer NeoPwn has built what it claims is the first Wi-Fi penetration testing platform to run from a mobile phone.
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Consider these Linux file management alternatives
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Many Linux users make use of the KDE or GNOME desktop environments and when it comes to file management, they don’t venture beyond using the environment-provided file management tools like Konqueror or Nautilus. Considering this is Linux, there are many other file management tools to choose from, some of which you may find preferable to the “defaults.”
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Adventures in Haskell
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"So, the last few weeks I’ve been learning the Haskell programming language, and thought I’d share my thoughts on it. Haskell is a pure functional programming language that supports lazy evaluation (I’ll explain all that in a moment), which has been gaining popularity in some circles (and particularly among academia and computer lingusts).
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Firefox is a great browser. However, it's a tad on the bloated side (even though the new version is definitely better!). Also, Firefox is focused on cross-platform compatibility.
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Encrypted Private Directory in Ubuntu 8.10
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One feature I've been looking forward to in Ubuntu 8.10 is the encrypted private directory. With this feature, you'ecll get a folder called Private in your home. Private will work just like a normal folder, but it will be transparently encrypted and automatically locked and unlocked when you log in and out.
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