Version 1.2 of Clojure, a Lisp dialect which was developed for the Java Virtual Machine that aims at combining the advantages of script languages with those of multi-threaded programs, has now been released
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Nexenta Core 3.0 released, next version will be Illumos based
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The Nexenta project has shipped Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, which will be the last version based directly on the OpenSolaris code base as future versions will switch to the Illumos project's OpenSolaris fork
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Free Interaction Design for your FLOSS Project
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Matt Jadud made a blog post yesterday offering up free interaction design for free & open source projects. This is a great opportunity.
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Banshee sheds HAL
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Yesterday it finally landed. Gabriel Burt, one of Banshee’s maintainers, merged in the GIO/udev hardware backend that Alan McGovern and I have been working on. This is awesome for everyone. Here’s why it’s awesome for you.
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Supporting Multi-Touch In Non-Multi-Touch Linux Apps
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After the release of the Ubuntu Multi-Touch stack called UTouch and the X.Org Gesture Extension, the rising question would be the support of everyday applications, as only a few applications in Ubuntu 10.10 will properly support UTouch. Standard applications which are non-multi-touch-aware only recognize events which come from the keyboard and the mouse like key-presses and mouse clicks.
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apt-file: Locate Missing Package Files
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Missing file? If so, apt-file, a tool that searches online repositories for a specific file, may be the answer. Occasionally, when building a package from source, disaster strikes and the whole process grinds to a halt due to a missing file. Fortunately, this is increasingly uncommon due to the maturity of Linux package management and the ubiquity of Autoconf configuration scripts.
Read more »Using the /proc Filesystem to Examine Your Linux Inner Working
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Quick – answer me this: How much swap space is in use on your system right now? How big is the cache on your CPU? What kernel modules are currently loaded? How many total drives and partitions are you running? If you’re running Linux, all these questions (and a whole lot more) can be answered one easy way: take a look in /proc.
Read more »Android Scripting With Python
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Google's new Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) opens up a whole new world of programming your Android using familiar languages like Python, Perl, Jruby and Lua. Paul Ferrill walks us through installing and trying out SL4A with Python
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Peppermint Ice review
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Does Peppermint Ice, the new cloud-oriented desktop distro, have what it takes to do for desktops what Jolicloud and Google Chrome OS are doing for netbooks?
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Kernel Progress Entering New Era of Innovation
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The last 12 months in Linux kernel development may have been less than exciting, but that may be just a breather before what's coming up next, according to kernel developer and Linux Weekly News editor Jon Corbet.
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Illumos begins diverging from OpenSolaris
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According to Illumos project leader Garrett D'Amore, Oracle appears to have made its last commit to ON, the core of OpenSolaris, and he's very excited about it
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The High-Profile X.Org / Linux Kernel Security Bug
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As many learned today, there's been a rather critical bug living within the Linux kernel for several years (as possibly far back as the original Linux 2.6 kernel release) that was finally fixed and this "high priority" bug is now publicly detailed.
Read more »User Testing Is Largely Pointless
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For years usability languished in the FOSS world due to a combination of elitism and the belief that it was just a theme-pack away. As a result most FOSS projects are riddled with massive usability problems.
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Installing CentOS Server for Production
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Installing a Linux server is easy, especially if you download one of the latest CentOS ISOs. There’s a nice wizard to walk you through the installation process, and it’s perfectly acceptable to do a standard default install.
Read more »Root privileges through Linux kernel bug
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A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux kernel's memory management allows applications to execute code at root privilege level. The flaw appears to have been introduced into the kernel with version 2.6
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