Amanda McPherson’s Linux Foundation blog · New Benefits for Linux Foundation Members

“So if you care about the protection of Linux, please consider joining as an individual member or feel free to email me with your thoughts and ideas for the program.”

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Ubuntu’s two big advantages over Windows and Mac | ZDNet

“I’ve been using the latest version (10.04) of Ubuntu Linux since April and there’s a lot to like about it. I announced earlier this year that I was giving desktop Linux another look, and I went with Ubuntu because it is the Linux distribution most focused on a desktop OS. I have lots of observations about the Ubuntu experience and how it compares to Mac and Windows, but I’m going to save most of that feedback for another article.

Today I want to talk about two significant advantages that Ubuntu has over Windows 7 and Mac OS X.”

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Novell Releases SUSE Gallery for Publishing and Sharing Linux-based Appliances — WALTHAM, Mass., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –

“Novell today released SUSE® Gallery™, a new online showcase for registered SUSE® Studio users to publish their appliances and cloud-based applications. With SUSE Gallery, end users can browse published appliances for the solution to their particular commercial or personal need, and then download the appliance free of charge. With an appliance, the end user avoids the typical installation and configuration headaches that come with many traditional software applications. For independent software vendors (ISVs) and other software developers, SUSE Gallery represents an opportunity to broaden the exposure of their application and reach an entirely new audience.”

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DIY-BOAT.COM – Articles

“In a world where you can buy rod holders in gold metal and dock lines in every color of the rainbow, it was perhaps inevitable. But it is nonetheless shocking. Duct Tape, considered among the most useful inventions since it was developed during World War II, has gone designer.”

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An introduction to Linux kernel programming

“This is Crash Course’s first offering of a multi-week, online technical course; in this case, a series of 24 (or more) lessons to gently introduce one to the joys and intricacies of basic Linux kernel programming. The first few lessons are publicly readable by anyone (and are, in fact, available under a Creative Commons license) , while the remaining course lessons are available exclusively to subscribers for a course registration fee of only $39 (CAD) for the entire course.”

tags: linux education

http://thewe.net/tex

“TEX THE WORLD converts TeX formulas anywhere, on any website, into rendered images. All you have to do is put them between [; and ;] (for example: [;e^{\pi i} + 1 = 0;]) “

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User interface overhaul arrives in Firefox 4 beta

“Mozilla on Tuesday released the first official beta of Firefox 4, the next major version of the popular open source Web browser. Mozilla has completely overhauled Firefox’s user interface and added several noteworthy new features for Web developers and regular end users.

The new user interface represents a major departure from Firefox’s traditional look and feel. It is arguably one of the most significant stylistic overhauls that Mozilla has undertaken since the initial transition from the old Mozilla suite to Firefox.”

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Firefox 4 Beta 1: A Visual Tour – PCWorld

“Mozilla recently released the first beta version of Firefox 4, the next iteration of the world’s second most popular browser (after Internet Explorer). The new Firefox offers the usual under-the-hood tweaks you’d expect, such as improved security and better page rendering, and it also supports WebM, Google’s new open video standard project. But more importantly to the average user, Firefox 4 offers a refreshed layout and appearance. Here’s a look at some of the highlights.”

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Keyboard shortcuts

“This is a list of keyboard shortcuts in Mozilla Firefox. “

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HP Donates Battery Recycling Patent To Eco Scheme | eWEEK Europe UK

“The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced late last week that HP will join the likes of IBM, Nokia and Sony in making some of its patented technology freely available under the Eco-Patent Commons scheme. The scheme, launched in January 2008, is a joint effort between the WBCSD and IBM, Nokia, Pitney Bowes and Sony.”

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A Youthful Market Spurns the Wares of Microsoft – NYTimes.com

“In particular, the Kin debacle is a reflection of Microsoft’s struggle to deliver what the younger generation of technology-obsessed consumers wants. From hand-held products to business software, Microsoft seems behind the times.

Part of its problem may be that its ability to intrigue and attract software developers is also waning, which threatens its ability to steer markets over the long term. When it comes to electronic devices, people writing software have turned their attention to platforms from Apple and Google. “

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Multiple tag / category queries | WordPress Guy

“Did you know that WordPress supports multiple tag queries?”

tags: wordpress, category, tag, multiple

just saying no to deer, with fencing — A Way to Garden

“I GARDENED WITH THE DEER FOR NEARLY A DECADE, and then I said no more. I’d sprayed, sachet-ed, blood-mealed and Milorganite-d myself into a meltdown; I just couldn’t wrap or pen or hang aluminum pie-plate mobiles or otherwise defend individual plants any longer. After all, the deer would just eat whatever wasn’t “protected,” indiscriminate feeders who were happy to move on to the next course as the previous runs out. So I finally fenced.”

tags: garden, deer

iPad Apps/Games : Best English Dictionary Apps

“After scouring through tens of pages of dictionaries in the app store from foreign languages, slang, and bibles to medical, law, and pranks (yes, pranks), I’ve decided that the app store is in no dictionary shortage crisis at the moment. Let this AppGuide lead you in the right direction as to what English language dictionary will serve you, your situation, and your iDevice the best.”

tags: ipad, apps, dictionary

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Add-on Developer Hub :: Add-ons for Firefox

“Add-ons empower millions of Firefox users to personalize their browser’s form and function. Why not show off your smarts by creating an add-on the whole world can use? Tools and tutorials you find here make it simple. So take a look and put your ingenuity in motion.”

tags: firefox, addon

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Linux as a catalyst for a smarter planet | opensource.com

“In this morning’s Red Hat Summit sessions, Jean Staten Healy and Bob Sutor of IBM presented on the solutions that communities around the world are implementing using Linux as a catalyst for a smarter planet.”

tags: linux, red-hat, smarter-planet

WordPress Grows Up with 3.0 – Messaging and Collaboration from eWeek

“WordPress became popular by making it as simple as possible to publish a personal blog. Along the way, the project has become a hit not only with personal bloggers, but with publishers as well. WordPress 3.0 comes to terms with its new audience by adding features that are better suited to content management systems than personal Weblogs. The question for most users is whether WordPress 3.0 can scale to handle the big dogs while still retaining the simplicity for single-user blogs that has fueled WordPress growth since its inception in 2003.”

tags: wordpress, blog

UPDATE: Red Hat 1Q Profit Jumps 30% On Stronger-Than-Seen Sales – WSJ.com

“The company’s results have held up well in recent quarters, thanks to the bulk of its revenue being either recurring or subscription-based. Red Hat’s core Linux product is free, but the company makes its money on providing maintenance and support to corporations and large organizations who use it to operate computers.

Chief Executive Officer Jim Whitehurst said Tuesday that the company had a strong start the year, highlighting its growth in organic revenue and income. He said that the number of large deals booked was up significantly from the year-earlier period, including several with an initial consulting component that the company sees as an indicator of new project spending and future subscription billings.”

tags: red-hat, linux

WordPress › Blog » WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”

“Normally this is where I’d say we’re about to start work on 3.1, but we’re actually not. We’re going to take a release cycle off to focus on all of the things around WordPress. The growth of the community has been breathtaking, including over 10.3 million downloads of version 2.9, but so much of our effort has been focused on the core software it hasn’t left much time for anything else. Over the next three months we’re going to split into ninja/pirate teams focused on different areas of the around-WordPress experience, including the showcase, Codex, forums, profiles, update and compatibility APIs, theme directory, plugin directory, mailing lists, core plugins, wordcamp.org… the possibilities are endless.”

tags: wordpress, blog

Not using desktop Linux? You’re wasting your money | Linux – InfoWorld

“Let me be blunt: If you’re not using Linux on the desktop in call center and other fixed-purpose computing environments, you’re doing your company a disservice.

It never fails to amaze me when I see environments with hundreds of Windows XP systems running TN3270 sessions to an AS/400, with a headset-equipped person staring at the green screen and talking to a customer. Even if there were a need for Web browsing and email for those users, why would you pay for Windows on that system in this day and age?”

tags: desktop, linux

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Ballmer says Windows will shame iPad • The Register

“It was a standard Ballmer-and-Microsoft defensive play on the PC’s place in the future of technology, a defense that conflates the idea of the computer with machines that run Windows.

And when it comes to tablets, Microsoft tried and failed under co-founder Bill Gates to rally OEMs on new devices running Windows. Tablets running Windows saw limited uptake, and only in vertical sectors. The iPad is going where Windows failed: into general consumer and business users’ hands.”

tags: windows, ipad, ballmer, apple

Digital Self-Publishing Shakes Up Traditional Book Industry – WSJ.com

“Much as blogs have bitten into the news business and YouTube has challenged television, digital self-publishing is creating a powerful new niche in books that’s threatening the traditional industry. Once derided as “vanity” titles by the publishing establishment, self-published books suddenly are able to thrive by circumventing the establishment.”

tags: publishing, ebook

New York State Senate – Drupal Module Reviews and Ratings

“This collection of Drupal modules powers the website of the New York State Senate and is available as-is for use and adaptation by anyone who wishes to build a public-facing website for government or other agencies.”

tags: drupal, politics

CiviCRM | CiviCRM Community Site

“CiviCRM is a free, libre and open source software constituent relationship management solution. CiviCRM is web-based, internationalized, and designed specifically to meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups. Integration with both Drupal and Joomla! content management systems gives you the tools to connect, communicate and activate your supporters and constituents.”

tags: opensource, crm, drupal, cms, civicrm

How to get rejected from the App Store | Developer World – InfoWorld

“So let’s try to tally the score. There’s no guarantee that anyone’s app will be accepted, but as near as I can tell, here are a few things you can do to get you booted off the App Store”

tags: apple, iphone

iPhoneDevCon – San Diego

“Software development for Apple’s mobile platforms is hot hot hot. With more than 50 million iPhones sold, along with 35 million iPod touch devices and hundreds of thousands of iPads, there are opportunities for every developer, every marketer, every entrepreneur, every ISV and every enterprise IT professional.

Come to iPhone/iPad DevCon to learn how to succeed with your mobile apps development, deployment and marketing.”

tags: iphonedevcon, iphone, ipad, apple, conference

For some companies, IE6’s ineptitude is a feature, not flaw

“In spite of its weak security, poor performance, and woeful standards compliance, a lot of people are still using Internet Explorer 6 as their Web browser of choice. A large part of this user base seems to be made up of corporate users. According to Stuart Strathdee, Chief Security Adviser at Microsoft Australia, one of the reasons for this continued usage is that companies have found a virtue in one of the browser’s biggest flaws: it doesn’t work properly with social networking sites like Facebook.”

tags: ie6, browser

Sprite Something for iPad: retro, pixel-based design

“Old-school icon designers and retro game houses alike will be delighted by the release of Sprite Something from Terrible Games. Whether you remember the days of creating icons in ResEdit, or prefer creating RPG characters with pixels instead of polygons, Sprite Something for the iPad will be right up your alley. Admittedly, the audience is small, but the nostalgia factor is too great for it to be ignored.”

tags: ipad, sprite, graphics

iTWire – Nearly every supercomputer runs Linux

“Of the 187 new entrants, all but one are running some variant of Linux and in fact 470 of the Top 500 run Linux, 25 some other Unix (mostly AIX) and the remaining 5 run Windows HPC 2008.”

tags: linux, supercomputer

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