Should Linux do more for programmers? "Absolutely! Linux should go and make me a coffee! Then it should automagically translate my ideas into perfect code," quipped Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot. "And how about walking my dogs for me? Or put away the laundry? Linux is certainly not doing enough for *this* programmer!"
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Ubuntu Server deployed in 5 minutes [video]
When a colleague scoffed at dooratthe's claim that an Ubuntu based LAMP server could be deployed in 5 minutes, well, something had to be done to prove it.
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Remote control house and appliances with Android or Iphone
Geek toy, or serious business?
At first when discovering this I thought of it as just another geek toy, but after thinking about it for a while it came to my mind this is actually a very interesting subject.
Home automation may seem like something most interesting for lazy people or people with very big houses, but it can actually save lots of time and money.
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Sugar on a Stick 'Mirabelle' gets sweeter with Fedora Linux
One of the important things to remember with Fedora Linux is that it is a platform on which solutions can be built. One such solution is the Sugar On A Stick
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Tech Tip : Sending Email from Command line
Everyone is not as lucky as having a full fletched email client like thunderbird or kmail to send mails. There is one unlucky group known as system administrators who have to send the mails either through the command line or a script running on the remote server.
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The Huge Disaster Within The Linux 2.6.35 Kernel
For the past six months we have been monitoring the performance of the very latest Linux kernel code on a daily basis across multiple systems. We have spotted a few regressions -- both positive and negative -- on occasion using our automated daily testing of the Linux kernel, but nothing like what we have encountered the past few days:
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Longene 0.3.0 released, fully getting rid of wineserver, sizable performance improvements.
Longene(Linux Unified Kernel) is a free, open-source computer operating system kernel project intended to expand the Linux Kernel to be binary-compatible with application software and device drivers not only made for Microsoft Windows but also made for Linux OS. This will enable the Windows application running on the Linux operating system highly effectively.
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How To Set Up WebDAV With MySQL Authentication On Apache2 (Ubuntu 9.10)
This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with MySQL authentication (using mod_auth_mysql) on Apache2 on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP.
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Firefox's Jetpack SDK boosted to 0.4
The Mozilla Labs developers have announced Jetpack SDK 0.4, the latest update to the development kit for the Jetpack framework that is pencilled in as the medium term replacement for Firefox's existing extension mechanisms
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Firebird download statistics : Top Country : Brazil , Top OS: Linux
The new download stats interface from sourceforge.net t shows what are the countries from where Firebird rdbms is most downloaded and what operating system is used to download it and the most unexpected thing is that Linux is in the Top
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Google hints at native code in Chrome Web Store
Google has indicated it will offer native code browser applications from the Chrome web apps store that's due to launch later this year. The Chrome Web Store is designed for use with Google's Chrome browser and the company's upcoming Chrome OS, and it would appear that the store will make its debut when the OS hits netbooks in the fall.
Read more »MeeGo Netbook Performance: It's Beating Ubuntu & Co
The last time we ran a performance comparison of different Linux distributions on netbooks was in late November, but now we have a new set of Linux distributions out there, so we have carried out a new comparison. In particular, we are looking closely at how the MeeGo distribution --
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CouchDB Moves to the Cloud With Couchio
According to its motto, the underlying premise behind the open source CouchDB NoSQL database is about helping developers "relax" -- chiefly by providing them with a simple, powerful database alternative.
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Fedora 13 released with open 3D drivers and Python 3 stack
The developers behind the popular Fedora Linux distribution announced on Tuesday the official release of version 13, codenamed Goddard. It brings some important platform improvements and several new desktop applications.
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Dynamic Open Source Languages Head to the Cloud
The cloud isn't just for network administrators looking for scale, it's also a key development area for developers building applications with open source dynamic languages.
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