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Linux and Open Source News for 2nd June 2009

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Source: Linux Today

PHPBuilder: "Well my loyal readers (and you must be loyal if you've made it this far). Here we are at the final installment of the 'ABC's of PHP' where we are going to put some of what we've learned over the past couple of months into practice."


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Source: Linux Today

WebUpd8: "Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users."


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Source: Linux Today

CentOS: "Welcome to the first CentOS newsletter *ever*.
I am really excited to be able to welcome you to this first issue of the CentOS newsletter. Not only because this is something I wanted to do for a very long time, but mostly because to me the Newsletter is a turning point in how the CentOS community can be a driving force in the progress of CentOS."


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Source: Linux Today

Howtoforge: "This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running Fedora 10. AoE stands for "ATA over Ethernet" and is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows AoE initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) AoE target using normal ethernet cabling."


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Source: Linux Today

PC World: "PC World's store shelves will only feature netbooks with Microsoft's Windows operating system, the retailer has said, and will stop selling Linux-based machines in store."


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Source: Linux Today

tech-no-media: "I suspect that Windows is slowly killing the netbook concept. I realized this when I walked into a big computer shop and saw the following sign beside the Netbooksaisle: please note that these computer have reduced functionality and will not run games."


Source: Linux Today

SCOTUSblog: "The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider writing a new, modern definition of the kinds of inventions that are eligible for patent rights. It accepted for review a test case on when, if ever, an invention that involves a method of doing business can be patented."


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Source: Linux Today

The Wayward Word Press: "While buying some new hardware -- Intel X25-M SSD 80Gb SATA internal drive, Samsung external DVD and some DVD's -- I came across the following special offer from my favourite hardware vendor Newergg: Combo Deal 05/28/2009:"


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Source: Linux Today

rajorshi.net: "On a related thread (pun intended!), gcc-4.4.0 was released recently. This added support for version 3.0 of the OpenMP specification. OpenMP is something I had heard of before, but never actually tried. It is an API for C, C++ and Fortran programmers that enables you to 'parallel program' easily."


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Source: Linux Today

Electronista: "Acer at Computex today said it would be the first to produce netbooks using Google's Android platform. Company IT product president Jim Wong expects the systems to appear in the summer "


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Really Linux: "With this latest article, I provide a quick and easy first guide for those getting started with Linux performance administration. I personally use these commands and tools in my own context and continue to find them of value when dealing with enterprise Linux performance."


Source: Linux Today

Howtoforge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops"


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Technology Review: "The latest version of a Linux-based netbook OS called Moblin could be set to challenge this dominance. Originally developed by Intel and optimized to run on its Atom netbook processors, Moblin version 2 beta was released last month."


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Linux.com: "However, for all the bad rap that the 4.0 series received, KDE has grown wonderfully. With the upcoming releases of KDE 4.3, Plasma has become a rock-solid desktop environment."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Magazine: "Robust development from outside the Sun/MySQL sphere, new storage engines and the return of Monty are just some of the signs that MySQL is healthy, despite may reports to the contrary."


Source: Linux Today

Cyber Cynic: "The very next day, Asus' chairman, Jonney Shih, after sharing a news conference stage with Microsoft corporate VP, OEM Division, Steven Guggenheimer, apologized for the Android Eee PC being shown."


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Source: Linux Today

HandleWithLinux: "As I'm trying to learn perl, and I'm trying to learn perl GUI programming in the process I've been browsing the internet for information. I've chosen perl-Gtk as the GUI framework for the start of this journey, there are some arguments against this choice as readers commented in previous articles, but I'm happy with it."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Magazine: "Thanks to GIMP FX Foundry, you can now equip GIMP 2.6 with 117 additional scripts that can work some spectacular extra effects into existing graphics."


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InternetNews: "AMD today announced it has begun shipments of its six-core Opteron processor, developed under the codename "Istanbul," to OEM customers, who are expected to begin selling servers with the processor later this month."


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Source: Linux Today

TuxRadar: "Do you attend or run a Linux User Group (LUG)? Looking for some fresh ideas to give it a new lease of life? Read on and discover how your LUG meetings can be more than a general Linux-related chit-chat down the local pub "


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Source: Linux Today

CIOL: "The Eclipse Foundation, a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects, recently announced the Eclipse Community Survey 2009 in The Open Source Developer Report."


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xTuple press release: "The xChange provides users with a convenient way to share and discover solutions ranging from third-party Website connectors to handy "snap-in" tools that enhance the xTuple applications."


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Source: Linux Today

PC magazine: "Qualcomm said Sunday night that it has persuaded a number of Taiwan ODMs to at least show off netbooks, which it calls "smartbooks," that use its Snapdragon microprocessor."


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Source: Linux Today

Distrowatch: "It seems hardly a week goes by without an announcement of a new distribution based on Ubuntu. Among them perhaps only a handful stands out for doing something innovative or significantly different from the parent distribution. Debris Linux is one that really caught my eye."


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Source: Linux Today

Free Software Magazine: "In my last article about Xorg, I touched upon several points that have been in a state of continual flux in Xorg. Here's a follow-up on that article, as it seems to have generated quite a lot of interest. However, I didn't expand much on some features and their implications, so I will do so here."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "In Part 1 of this three-part series, we began to examine the potential data loss issue on system crash when running the ext4 filesystem. In Part 2, we'll examine benchmarks and the price of data consistency."


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Source: Linux Today

Community-cation: "As I started to give him directions, I looked down at the package he held, curiosity getting the better of me. Among all of the official print and biohazard warnings, were the words "Live Animals: Leeches.""


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The H Open: "The kernel developers have added new features to thousands of the Linux kernel's existing drivers and integrated numerous additional drivers. This further increases the variety of hardware supported by Linux."


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Realeyes Technology: "A while back, Carla Schroder, over at LinuxToday.com, put out a request for articles on programming. Now that I have put the downloads for Realeyes IDS version 0.9.5 up on SourceForge, I get to have some fun answering her call."


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Linux Magazine: "The D*I*Y Planner Web site is a real treasure trove for fans of DIY paper-based personal organizers like Hipster PDA. Among other things, it offers a wealth of ready-to-print templates, an excellent handbook of how to build your own D*I*Y planner, and even an OpenOffice.org-based widget kit for creating custom planner templates"


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Worldlabel.com: "You probably already know that OpenOffice.org includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation application, drawing program, and database: you stay productive without touching your wallet. What you may not know are all the resources to help you make the most of your experience. Read on to discover support, tutorials, community insights, templates, clip art, extensions, and blogs."


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Sourceforge: "PLplot (see http://plplot.sourceforge.net) is a cross-platform software package for creating scientific plots that has been in continuous development since its inception 17 years ago. On May 23, 2009 the PLplot developers quietly celebrated our ten thousandth commit since our initial software repository was populated back in May 1992."



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

bmullan writes "Dailymotion, one of the world's largest video sites, announced support for Open Video. They've put out a press release, a blog post on the new Open Video site, and an HTML 5 demo site where you can see some of the things that you can do with open video and Firefox 3.5. (You can get the Firefox 3.5 beta here.) Dailymotion is automatically transcoding all of the content that their users create, and expect to have around 300,000 videos in the open Ogg Theora and Vorbis formats."Read more of this story at Slashdot.



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Source: Linux Magazine: Top Stories

A new tool, Mockups, models graphical user interfaces and Web applications. Here’s a hands-on review.



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As Schwartz touts the massive market penetration of Java on "Billions of PCs and Mobile Devices". Sun introduces a Java-centric App Store to bring the advantages of this distribution to Java application developers. Scott McNealy invites Larry Ellison to the stage to talk about the future of Java, how JavaFX is better than AJAX, and how he intends to compete with Google's Android.


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So a particular phrase in the US Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities stood out: a voluntary consensus standards body needs to have a balance of interest. This balance of interest can only come out of broad representation: indeed, they are two sides of the same coin. Openness gives the potential for a balance of interest, but it does not guarantee it.


Source: Security DevCenter

Amazon recently made available to the public three new services that will have a huge impact on the way people architect systems to be deployed in the Amazon cloud. I have put together my first look thoughts on these new offerings. . All three pieces significantly enhance what you can do with an infrastructure deployed in AWS, but they have their limitations.


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Learn modern day marketing tactis to help you reach new customers, build your brand, and improve loyalty.


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Source: Security DevCenter

* Optimise your Mac or PC for Ableton Live use * Choose the best audio and MIDI hardware * Time saving tricks * Get real hands on control of your live sets * Interviews and tips from Live users In this practical book, Ableton Live expert Martin Delaney takes you through everything you need to get your Live show on the road, whether you're a first-timer awaiting your first gig, or an old hand looking to pick up some new tips.



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Source: developerWorks : XML : Technical library

If you want to use namespaces in XPath expressions, you have to
provide the link of the used prefix to the URI of the namespace.
This article describes three variants of providing the prefix to
namespace mapping. It contains example code to make it easy
to code your own NamespaceContext.


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Source: developerWorks : Web development : Technical library

JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2 lets you implement user interfaces that are easy to
modify and extend with two powerful features: templating and composite components. In
this article -- second in a three-part series on JSF 2's new features -- JSF 2 Expert
Group member David Geary shows you how your Web applications can best take advantage of templating and composite components.


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Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Scala is fun to talk about in the abstract, but using it in a practical
way makes the difference between seeing it as a "toy" and using it on the job. In this
follow-up article to his introduction to Scitter, a Scala client library for accessing Twitter, Scala enthusiast Ted Neward offers a more interesting and useful set of features for the client library.


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Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

CakePHP is a stable production-ready, rapid-development aid for building Web
sites in PHP. This "Cook up Web sites fast with CakePHP" series shows you how to build
an online product catalog using CakePHP.


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Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

CakePHP is a stable production-ready, rapid-development aid for building
Web sites in PHP. This "Cook up Web sites fast with CakePHP" series shows you
how to build an online product catalog using CakePHP.


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Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

CakePHP is a stable production-ready, rapid-development aid for building
Web sites in PHP. This "Cook up Web sites fast with CakePHP" series shows you
how to build an online product catalog using CakePHP.


Source: developerWorks : XML : Technical library

Even after 20 years, the Web continues to redefine itself. The Internet is
transforming from a hypertext document system to something that resembles a full-blown
operating system. In this article, focus on a critical functionality missing in the emerging cloud-based operating system:
The existence of a standards-based Web clipboard. Discover what a Web clipboard might look like using AtomPub and the AtomClip
XUL Firefox extension.


Source: developerWorks : Web development : Technical library

In the previous two parts of this series, you've seen how to run JavaScript
files on the server and how to call remote JavaScript functions with Ajax. This
article explains how to use server-side JavaScript code with the JavaServer Pages
(JSP) technology and how to build Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) user
interfaces that remain functional when JavaScript is disabled in the Web browser.
The sample code consists of a small JSP tag library that you can reuse in your own
applications as well as a dynamic Web form, which is generated with a piece of JavaScript code that can be executed on the Web server or in the Web browser.



Updated: Wed Jun 3 23:55:01 2009


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