You probably remember the whole thing about FatELF and my assertion that FatELF does nothing to solve what the users supporting it want to see solved: multiple architecture support by vendors. I’d like to explain somewhat further what the problem is in my opinion.
Read more »Multi-architecture, theory versus practise
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Cross Platform Screencasting with Screenr
"The best part about Screenr is that it is an absolutely no-configuration-required service and doesn’t even require one to register to use it – Just click on the Record button on the homepage and sit back and relax.
"Before Screenr can start recording, though, it requires you to select the portion of the screen that it’ll record.
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Development kit targets Android STBs
Viosoft Corp. is shipping an Android development kit for MIPS-based digital multimedia designs, with a special focus on IP set-top boxes (STBs). The Android Adoption Kit combines Sigma Designs' SMP8654-based Vantage 8654 Development Platform with a version of Viosoft's Arriba IDE/Debugger optimized for Android on MIPS, says the company.
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Making Projects Easier to Package: Why Chromium Isn't in Fedora
Some projects make it easy for Linux distros to package their software, others not so much. Google Chrome, or rather its Chromium project, is one of those projects that is emphatically not easy for Linux distros to re-package and ship. Tom Callaway of the Fedora project explained this week why he's packaging Chromium for Fedora users, but not as an official Fedora package.
Read more »Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.2 (LAMP)
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 11.2 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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When not to script it
I’ve come across a number of programs in the past and thought to myself, “Why didn’t they script this, it would be so much easier.”
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Linux and the sheer utter misery of viruses
In our cosy *nix world we don't suffer from viruses, or rather we didn't. But thanks to an amazing piece of reverse engineering we have SAMBA. What this means is that we can have viruses by proxy if any Linux network we deploy has Windows workstations...
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OpenSUSE sacks SaX2
Novell has announced that its much-loved "SaX2" tool for the configuration of the X Window System will be retired as of the openSUSE 11.2 release. "Novell has decided to no longer invest in development maintenance of SaX2 but instead rely on the new automatic and dynamic configuration features and invest in desktop applets to perform dynamic changes.
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Interview With Louis Landry – Joomla Development Lead
If you look at any list of open source content management systems, you'll find Joomla right in top. In this interview, we talk with Louis Landry, who started as the principal architect of Joomla and today acts as the development coordinator.
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Under the Hood of Native Web Apps for Android
Web Development for Mobile Devices is the latest rage. But what if you want an "off-line" web application? No problem!
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Setup multiple mysql services on a single server
At the end of day, there was two server running simultaneously on the using different ports for connections. Here are the steps, I took to install and configure multiple MySQL servers:
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How to keep track of unused switch ports using Nagios or op5 Monitor
This guide will describe howto get it running in op5 Monitor. op5 Monitor is vanilla Nagios with some addons so it should be no problem to follow this guide in a Nagios environment
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Open Source digg-clone Pligg plugs security holes
Pligg, which is an open source attempt at a Digg-like social networking voting site application is being updated this week for some serious security vulnerabilities.
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Seven Observations On Software Maintenance And FOSS
A recent article in Communications of the ACM argues that "continuous upgrading" is crucial for software maintenance. This piece argues why FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) can and should be continuously upgraded and notes how Debian and Ubuntu have made the process fairly smooth.
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Lucid Lynx Visual Timeline
Perhaps you already noticed in my last post "Lucid Lynx - This Is The Plan" that I've created a Lucid Lynx timeline. I was inspired by Andreas Nilssons graphical representation of the GNOME Release Process and wanted to create something similar for Ubuntu.
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