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apt-get autoremove means you don’t need the deborphan part, but still, there is lots of very good stuff on this page for cleaning up your system:)
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Finally, a decent comprehensible explanation of what the difference between OEM and retail is:)
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“You can find on this site the most complete database of Free Desktop Screenshots, including Linux and most of the Free and Open Source applications.” Nice:)
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I know there are MANY beryl freaks out there:)
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“Yes, that’s right, the Linux kernel community is offering all companies free Linux driver development. No longer do you have to suffer through all of the different examples in the Linux Device Driver Kit, or pick through the thousands of example drivers”
January 2007Monthly Archives
links for 2007-01-30
In the beginning…
…all was darkness.
One of my most beloved, all time favourite, short stories ever, by one of the best authors of the last century.
I readthis one whenI was, oh, about 10, and it resonated so strongly with me….
There’s so much pollution in the air now…
…that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all.
Freedom Fuels: FREE, Downloadable Alternative Fuels Documentary
Answer all your questions on whats out there. Share and enjoy!
If you throw someone a life preserver…
…and they turn around and swim away from it; what can you do but let them drown themselves.
This is exactly how I see the Microsoft-Novell deal. The Open Source community is the life preserver that Novell swam away from.
And this is a very funny, very informative, (did I mention funny?) visual timeline of the Microsoft-Novell controversy.
links for 2007-01-29
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wow. no 1 alone scares the crap out of me.
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“If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a new Ubuntu-oriented project that’s been making waves: install.exe. In short, it’s a way to install Ubuntu onto the same file system as MS Windows without repartitioning your drive.”
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This is the announcement of “Debian-Installer Loader”, a win32 loader for Debian Installer, inspired by Ubuntu loader.
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ye gods and little fishes, how NOT to use ladders…..
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Adobe Systems Inc. on Jan. 29 announced that it has released the full PDF (Portable Document Format) 1.7 specification to AIIM, the Association for Information and Image Management. AIIM, in turn, will start working on making PDF an ISO standard.
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“This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced level of instruction . . . all the while sneaking in little snippets of UNIX® wisdom and lore.”
links for 2007-01-28
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Or Linux for beginners.
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Oh, I don’t know…..
links for 2007-01-27
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cool! tips for shortcuts such as we cli addicts like
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Live Linux versions preconfigured and ready to Boot from a USB flash pen drive.
links for 2007-01-26
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Long-term users of mobile phones are significantly more likely to develop a certain type of brain tumour on the side of the head where they hold their handsets, according to new research.
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“over 200 Ajax, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, RSS, XML as well as ASP, C++, Perl, Python and Java tutorials.”
links for 2007-01-25
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And equivalent/ports of acocunting apps like MYOB and Quicken, stat. there is NO professional level equivalent in Linux, sadly. Yet.
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“Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.” Tsk, tsk. Microsoft bypassing ethics? Whoda thukit?
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TCO is important, but does it distract from another at least equally important metric? What about the total innovation opportunity (TIO)?
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Incredibly useful:)
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“The landscape of Siberia is transforming. New lakes are forming in the north, while existing lakes are getting larger. Some buildings and houses built upon the permafrost are sinking and starting to crack.” And the politicians are FINALLY acknowledging c
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man these are great. i have been wondering how to deal with some kitchen issues, these answer the questions nicely:)
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“Studies going back over 50 years have repeatedly arrived at the same conclusion — racists have lower IQs than non-racists”. Yup. Colour me shocked.
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this is SO amazing….
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Kevin Bacon was initially appalled by the ‘six degrees of seperation from kevin bacon’ game (oh come on. wikipedia/google it people! where HAVE you been?). but then, thinking abut how it actually indicates our interconnectedness, he has used it to create
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A really cool chart showing the evolution of computer languages:)
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“This short guide shows how you can set up Postfix to relay emails through another mailserver. This can be useful if you run a Postfix mailserver in your local network and have a dynamic IP address because most dynamic IP addresses are blacklisted today.”
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“With Vim 7.0, users now have the option of using tabs within Vim. With Vim’s tab features you can consolidate all your sessions into one window and move between files more easily.”
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NASA announced the winners of its contest to choose the best photograph taken by the Cassini spacecraft as it nears its second anniversary at the planet Saturn.
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because of heat, many owners shave their cats. but its sooooo funny to look at the piccies:)
First you are young; then you are middle-aged; then you are old…
…then you are wonderful.
I have been reading the blog of one of the most amazing men I have ever encountered. He is a nonagerian (in his 90s for you confused types), and is facing the big journey at the end – his own mortality now is a reality he must face. Journey with him, and share the incredible honour and privilege of knowing him in the small way that we can. If I had access to a genie, one of the wishes I have is to meet this man.
