It's been a few days but the latest kernel, 2.6.33 is out. There are some changes that affect the storage world that you probably need to check out
Read more »2.6.33 is Out! Say Good Bye to the Anticipatory Scheduler
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Fedora 13 Alpha Benchmarks
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Following the release of Fedora 13 Alpha this week we delivered Intel graphics benchmarks looking at the performance of an Intel Atom Netbook using the very latest kernel, DRM, and Mesa packages that Fedora is known for carrying.
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OpenSSH 5.4 couples standard local input with server ports
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As well as a range of bug fixes, OpenSSH 5.4 includes a netcat mode which couples a local system's standard input to another computer's network port. There are also enhancements to the SFTP subsystem
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Android NDK with OpenGL ES 2.0 support
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Google's Android Native Development Kit r3 supports the OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics standard, allowing vertex and fragment shader programs to be used, for instance, for developing 3D games for Android devices
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Update for Apache 2.2 web server closes various security holes
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Version 2.2.15 fixes numerous bugs and closes three security holes. One of the holes is rated critical but only affects the Windows version of Apache
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Improving in the MonoDevelop user interface
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In the past weeks (actually, months) I've been doing some changes in the MonoDevelop GUI to make it more functional and better looking. Here is the result.
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Appcelerator Titanium 1.0 arrives
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The Appcelerator Inc developers have released version 1.0 of their Appcelerator Titanium application framework and runtime platform, upgrading its mobile processing engine and improving load times to under 3 seconds
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Now cinecutie is registrered on launchpad and on sourceforge.
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Now cinecutie is registered on launchpad and on sourceforge. The reason of this choice is that the project now is a real fork and I need to use all free platforms I can. I'm not a Bazaar lover and so Sourceforge is used only as git repository, launchpad is used for bug tracking, features requests and, soon, as repository.
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UDAV - Application for data visualization based on MathGL
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UDAV is a cross-platform program for data array visualization based on the MathGL library. It supports a wide spectrum of graphics, simple script language, and visual data handling and editing. It has a windowed interface for data viewing, changing, and plotting.
Read more »Open source webdesktopmobile kit refreshes for iPhone, Android
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Appcelerator has taken the beta tag off its open source Titanium development kit, a means of building native desktop and mobile applications using traditional web-development tools such as JavaScript, Python, Ruby on Rails, html, and CSS.
Read more »Digg switches to "NoSQL" Cassandra
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The Digg developers have announced that they are abandoning MySQL, the database that has been powering the social link sharing site, and are moving to Cassandra, a distributed, scalable "NoSQL" database. The move is another win for the NoSQL movement which looks to move from centralised SQL based databases to distributed key/value stores more suited to large scale web applications.
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How To Set Up WebDAV With Lighttpd On Ubuntu 9.10
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This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with lighttpd 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 lighttpd server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.
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Get Started with Omnis Studio
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Omnis Studio is a cross-platform (Windows, Mac and Linux) Rapid Application Development tool. It allows you to quickly build applications using a combination of graphical elements as well as a code editor. In this tutorial we look at installation on Ubuntu and getting familiar with the excellent tools on offer...
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Monitoring System Usage with systat
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An overburdened CPU is another obvious place to look for performance problems on your system. Similarly io can be a bottleneck in proper system performance. You can watch various parameters if you install sysstat package. On Ubuntu you can install with $ sudo apt-get install sysstat
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Unigine Engine Advances, But No Linux Heaven Yet
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We reported a month ago that Unigine Heaven on Linux is still trash with the ATI driver so Unigine Corp is continuing to hold off on releasing the Unigine Heaven tech demo with the OpenGL renderer that supports hardware tessellation until there is a good Catalyst release.
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