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Ubuntu 9.04 Receives EXT4 Support
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With the EXT4 file-system having been stabilized with the Linux 2.6.28 kernel, the Ubuntu developers are preparing to adopt this evolutionary Linux file-system update. EXT4 will not replace EXT3 as the default file-system until at least Ubuntu 9.10, but as of yesterday, Ubuntu 9.04 now has install-time support for EXT4.
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Nokia to license Qt under LGPL and open up the Qt source code repository
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Qt, the C++ programming framework behind KDE, will be licensed under the terms of the LGPL version 2.1 with the upcoming Qt 4.5 release, in addition to their standard GPL and commercial licenses. They are also pleased to announce that they are going to open up the Qt source code repository and also make it easier for the community to contribute to Qt.
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The 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors - And How to Fix Them
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Experts from more than 30 US and international cyber security organizations jointly released the consensus list of the 25 most dangerous programming errors that lead to security bugs and that enable cyber espionage and cyber crime.
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Krsync - A Kommander based GUI frontend for rsync
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Krsync is a simple GUI frontend for the famous rsync to synchronize files and directories between systems or even two different directories on the same server. Krsync is a Kommander based GUI for rsync.
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Why an Emacsification of the entire GNU system could help Mac Users to switch to GNU/Linux
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"A few weeks ago, I was talking to some people about the nerdy things I work on, and the nerdy things I like. The conversation inevitably turned to Emacs and Lisp, and someone asked why I liked them so much. There are a lot of reasons, but I think the main one is that it’s such a pioneering and influential language, and most people aren’t aware of it.
Read more »Microsoft is Dead: olsrd ported to the google phone (android, G1)!
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"Ivan Klimek from CNL in Slovakia ported over olsrd-0.5.5 to the Google Android Phone! ..." -- This shows why Microsoft is really dead ;)
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Set Up Virus and Spam Scanning on Ubuntu 8.10
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One of the most frustrating problems with setting up any mail server is the configuration required for anti-virus protection and Spam checking. Amavisd-new provides an excellent tool to help in setting that up. This is a step-by-step process in providing your mail server, the example is Ubuntu 8.10, with the ability to scan all incoming mail for viruses and Spam.
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whefs: an embedded filesystem library for C
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When i started googling for an embedded filesystem library (something like sqlite, but for a filesystem instead of a database), i came up pretty empty handed. The vast majority of the projects are commercial and the open source ones operate at a different level than i was looking for.
So i started coding...
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Asterisk Call Notification over XMPP
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Recently I was asked how I get notification messages when a call is made to my VoIP number and extension. It’s only a few lines of configuration, but worth noting down for future reference. This all applies to Asterisk 1.4, on Debian Lenny
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PPSS - Parallel Processing Shell Script
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PPSS is a shell script that processes files or other items in parallel. It is designed to make full use of current multi-core CPUs. It will detect the number of available CPUs and start a thread for each CPU core. It will also use hyper threading if specified. Please note that you can start any number of processes in parallel if you like.
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Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released
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"As the subject says, Firebug 1.3.0 Final is now up on addons.mozilla.org. Release notes are here. As mentioned previously, this version will not be compatible with Firefox 3.1 (Shiretoko) and up. For that you’ll need a Firebug 1.4 alpha, soon to be dubbed beta available on getfirebug.com’s releases directory. Notes are on the releases page..."
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GRUB 2 Receives New Font Engine
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GRUB 2, the next-generation Linux boot loader, has received a new font engine. Version 2 of the GRand Unified Bootloader introduces this new font engine that's written in C and with a font tool in Java. This engine will allow for better internationalization support including non-ASCII character codes and support for multiple fonts.
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XULRunner 1.9.0.5
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"The newest official XULRunner has been released. XULRunner 1.9.0.5 matches the Firefox 3.0.5 release..."
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Firewall MySQL with GreenSQL
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GreenSQL is a “firewall” for MySQL databases that could help protect your database from SQL injection vulnerabilities.
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