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Perl 5.10 ReleasedThe developers of the widely used programming language Perl are presenting their Christmas gift to the community. Five years after the last major version upgrade (Perl 5.8), Perl 5.10 is now available.
Among the interesting new features is the "smart match operator", whose semantics depends on the input parameters that it is presented with. That is, it performs the comparison in a way that makes sense for the given types of parameters. Read more... Monday December 24, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Linux Cartoon of the WeekSunday December 23, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Mathematics Software SAGE Version 2.9 ReleasedSAGE is a comprehensive Open Source software package for studying and solving math problems.
It covers the basics of math, including calculus and algebra, and a wide range of advanced areas, such as number theory, cryptography, graph theory, and linear algebra.
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Sunday December 23, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Microsoft Provides Documentation to Free Software Project SambaAs part of a ruling in an antitrust lawsuit, Microsoft is required to make information about protocols of the MS Windows operating system available to organizations developing software that interoperates with MS Windows operating systems. The Samba project is one such organization.
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Saturday December 22, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Drupal and Joomla! - Content Management Systems (CMS) For Web SitesSetting up web sites has been an effective way for groups and organizations to publish information to the world. A click on a link is typically all it takes for somebody to access that information. Maintaining that information however is not quite as simple, especially if more than one person provides content and makes updates to the web site.
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Friday December 21, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) The Little Robotic Linux PenguinThink Geek has been offering a fun little device called the "Tux Droid Robot", that connects wirelessly to your PC and responds to various events happing on your computer, such as email alerts.
The robot has the shape of a little penguin that can blink or light-up its eyes, flap its wings, or talk. It can be programmed to respond in various ways to light, sound, or movements. Furthermore, the software is open source and can be customized using Python widgets.
Tux Droid Robot can also be used as remote control for your PC, and as wireless VOIP phone.
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Friday December 21, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Dell Ships PCs with Ubuntu 7.10 and LinDVD PlayerDell has announced new versions of its Ubuntu notebook and desktop computers. The machines now come with Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). Additionally, the commercial software DVD player LinDVD has been pre-installed, since the lack a player for CSS encoded DVDs has been one of the main complaints about Dells Ubuntu computers.
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Thursday December 20, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Be Creative With Ubuntu StudioUbuntu has developed a version of its popular Linux operating system that is tailored to meet the requirements of creative applications that involve audio, video, or graphics processing. It makes it easy for new users to get up to speed on GNU/Linux multi-media software, and makes less well-known applications readily available. This version has been pre-loaded with various multimedia software packages, such as Gimp, Cinepaint, Ardour, Blender, and JACK-Daemon.
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Thursday December 20, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) 2007 Linux Foundation Survey ResultsThe final results of the 2007 Linux Foundation Survey are in. More than 20,000 people responded this year, compared with fewer than 10,000 last year. The survey indicates that almost two-thirds of businesses now use Linux as client desktop for regular office workers, not just as development desktops for the geeks. Respondents also expressed high confidence for desktop Linux, with 76 percent believing that "Linux is absolutely ready for mission-critical applications". The top Linux distributions in businesses are the Ubuntu family, the Red Hat family, and the SUSE family. Ubuntu also continues to be number one for home users.
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Wednesday December 19, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) SplashTop Boots Your Computer up in SecondsA company called DeviceVM has developed a technology that makes PCs functional almost immediately after you turn them on. SplashTop is a Linux desktop environment that will be embedded in motherboards and enable users to check email, browse the internet, and perform other tasks just seconds after pushing the on button. The first motherboard that adopted Splashtop is the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe WiFi. Others are expected to follow soon.
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