Opentape: Not Quite Open Source
(Aug 27, 2008, 22:31 UTC) (568 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: "Muxtape, as you may know, is a music sharing and mixing site that's apparently been shut down by the RIAA. Now there's Opentape, which bills itself as "a free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web." But is it?"

Performance Problems Plague Perl on Red Hat
(Aug 27, 2008, 12:31 UTC) (1309 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: "The problem, which also manifests itself on some versions of the Fedora and CentOS Linux distributions, means that some programs will take more than 100 (yes, one hundred) times longer to execute under Red Hat than other distributions. "

Google drops Bluetooth, GTalkService APIs from Android 1.0
(Aug 27, 2008, 04:01 UTC) (1010 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Good Gear Guide: "Google dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs (application program interfaces) from the set of tools for the first version of the mobile phone OS, Android 1.0, according to the Android Developers Blog."

The Paradox of FOSS Projects Supporting Windows
(Aug 26, 2008, 23:01 UTC) (900 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Today Blog: "FOSS applications for Windows don't seem to get the same respect and support that their Linux counterparts do...Some say they are good introductions to FOSS; some think they're tainted and nasty and prop up the evil monopolist."

Hack Week III is Almost Upon Us!
(Aug 26, 2008, 19:01 UTC) (590 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
openSUSE news: "What’s Hack Week? Hack Week is a chance for Novell’s developers to work on Innovation Time Off (ITO) projects, uninterrupted by normal hacking duties. This helps provide an opportunity for Novell’s developers to work on innovative new projects they might not normally be able to work on. Since most of the projects developed during Hack Week are open source, this also benefits the community by providing new code."

Who Writes Linux? (And How You Can Too!)
(Aug 26, 2008, 17:01 UTC) (903 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Linux Distillery: "The very heart of the Linux operating system is the kernel, the piece of software which makes programs run and work with hardware. It's possibly the largest and most geographical spread open source project in the world. With software projects failing daily how can such a task actually work?"

Internet TV Broadcaster Targets MIDs
(Aug 26, 2008, 14:31 UTC) (586 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Devices: "Internet TV (ITV) service provider Move Networks announced an ITV media player optimized for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) based on the Intel Atom and the Linux-based Moblin stack. The Move Media Player for MIDs will deliver video from partners like ABC, Fox, and ESPN."

Anatomy of Linux Dynamic Libraries
(Aug 26, 2008, 10:33 UTC) (1140 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "This article investigates the process of creating and using dynamic libraries, provides details on the various tools for exploring them, and explores how these libraries work under the hood."

Mozilla TraceMonkey to Speed up JavaScript
(Aug 25, 2008, 22:03 UTC) (1105 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Netstat -vat: "The race to produce the world's fastest internet browser is about to get a boost from the Mozilla TraceMonkey effort."

Kernel Space: udev Rules, But Whose?
(Aug 25, 2008, 15:03 UTC) (1446 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computerworld: "Udev is now a key component in almost all Linux systems. It's like the plumbing in a house; most people never notice it until it breaks."

Create Mashups on the Google App Engine Using Eclipse, Part 3
(Aug 24, 2008, 18:02 UTC) (1107 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "Social networks are making it easier to take data and mash it up to create innovative Web applications. You still, however, must deal with all the usual issues with creating a scalable Web application. Now the Google App Engine (GAE) makes that easier for you."

Create BlackBerry Applications With Open Source Tools
(Aug 24, 2008, 02:02 UTC) (1573 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "Despite being a popular platform, third-party applications are still needed for the BlackBerry platform. There is no better way to bring those applications to fruition than to enable the help from the open source community."

Using Prototype Property in JavaScript
(Aug 23, 2008, 18:02 UTC) (1423 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Packt: "Understanding how the prototype works is an important part of learning the JavaScript language. After all, JavaScript is classified as having a prototype-based object model. There's nothing particularly difficult about the prototype, but it is a new concept and as such may sometimes take some time to sink in."

Oops! I Fixed the Linux Kernel
(Aug 23, 2008, 06:02 UTC) (3530 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Internet News: "Efforts like "oops" show the Linux community's focus on improving code quality, fixing bugs and even enlisting non-technical users to help the cause."

Dual License: A Good Move for Open Source Development Businesses
(Aug 22, 2008, 08:02 UTC) (896 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cool Tech Zone: "In the past, it seems like there has been a lot of angst surrounding the idea of dual-licensed software gaining any real traction. But after researching this, I think it has a real shot at giving traditional commercial-only software a run for its money."

Debian Delivers FreeRunner Open-phone Package
(Aug 22, 2008, 04:02 UTC) (1331 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "It will be seen as a time when the noise over Linux as a platform for mobile devices reached a crescendo. Second: it marked Debian's fifteenth anniversary. Bringing both together, Debian developers have delivered a version of their Linux distro for Openmoko's FreeRunner handset."

Passenger Brings Rails Apps to Apache
(Aug 21, 2008, 10:32 UTC) (801 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: "Nearly every open-source Web developer used Apache -- except for programmers using the Ruby on Rails framework, for whom Apache was a poor fit."

Creating mashups on the Google App Engine using Eclipse, Part 2: Building the Ajax Mashup
(Aug 21, 2008, 09:32 UTC) (879 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "The GAE is a platform for creating Web applications. The biggest prerequisite for it is knowledge of Python, as this is the programming language used on it (currently, Python V2.5.2). For this series, it would be helpful to have some typical Web development skills (e.g., knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS)."

Unix and Linux Online Dictionary Shell Script
(Aug 21, 2008, 08:02 UTC) (2145 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today's Linux/Unix bash shell script is is a blatant exploitation of a post we did, not too long ago, where we put together a Thesaurus shell script. This time we're creating a shell script to emulate a full-function dictionary. The actual online source we draw from (Dictionary.com) deserves the credit for knowing what virtually every word in the English language means"

Developing Software on an Open Source Stack
(Aug 21, 2008, 00:02 UTC) (926 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "Web developers are enjoying a renaissance. After spending much of the previous decade toiling on server-centric code, programmers are now putting code front-and-center, turning the Web browser into its own computing platform."

Utilities Automate Debian Filesystem Creation
(Aug 20, 2008, 11:04 UTC) (893 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Devices: "Longtime embedded Linux developer Behan Webster has released a collection of utilities for developers assembling root filesystems from Debian packages and compiled applications. The "Embedded Linux Build System" (elbs) utilities can be used to quickly assemble NFS-mounted or flash-based filesystems that support native development, as well as apt-getting Debian binaries."

Finally Django Runs on Jython!
(Aug 20, 2008, 03:04 UTC) (1031 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
random.choice: "For Jython, I think this is great. Not only showing that it is alive and well, but also to expose how much progress has been done in almost every front."

Build an Embedded Linux Distro From Scratch
(Aug 20, 2008, 02:04 UTC) (1586 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "Learn how to build a custom Linux® distribution to use in an embedded environment, in this case to drive a Technologic Systems TS-7800 single-board computer. In this tutorial, you learn about cross-compiling, the boot loader, file systems, the root file system, disk images, and the boot process, all with respect to the decisions you make as you're building the system and creating the distribution."

How To Install Django On Mandriva 2008.1 (Apache2/mod_python)
(Aug 20, 2008, 01:04 UTC) (719 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial explains how to install Django on a Mandriva 2008.1 server. Django is a web framework that allows to develop Python web applications quickly with as much automation as possible. I will use it with Apache2 and mod_python in this guide."

GoboLinux and Replacing the FHS
(Aug 19, 2008, 21:34 UTC) (873 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OSNews: "In order to remain compatible with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, symbolic links are used to map the GoboLinux tree to standard UNIX directories. A post in the GoboLinux forums suggested that it might be better to turn the concept around: retain the FHS, and then use symbolic links to map the GoboLinux tree on top of it."

People Behind KDE: Michael Pyne
(Aug 19, 2008, 10:34 UTC) (1057 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Behind KDE: "Do you get to look out the window of your sub and see fish?

"There are no windows."

Torvalds: No Picnic to Become Major Linux Coder
(Aug 18, 2008, 17:31 UTC) (1555 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet: "The developer warned that Linux kernel development was "not a 'warm and fuzzy' environment where people sing Kumbaya around the fireplace" and that some "very opinionated people" were involved."

Two Exhaustive Free Tools for Web Developers
(Aug 18, 2008, 06:01 UTC) (2217 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: "Open source developers and proprietary developers alike can benefit from Opera Web Standards Curriculum and W3 Schools."

How to Create an Ajax Autocomplete Text Field: Part 1
(Aug 17, 2008, 14:02 UTC) (1711 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
WebReference: "It's been a voyage of discovery and learning, but our series on the Ajax Autocomplete Control is drawing to a close. Along the way, we learned about the Eclipse IDE, the Eclipse Web Project, JSP pages, how to add a Tomcat server to the IDE, JavaScript, Ajax, JSON and CSS. This week we wrap up the series by adding code to process ENTER and TAB keystrokes, as well as keeping the list open when returning from another page."

OpenGL 3.0, GLSL 1.30 Released
(Aug 17, 2008, 10:02 UTC) (2271 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Phoronix: "...the Khronos Group has announced the release of the OpenGL 3.0 API specification and the GLSL 1.30 shading language specification. This is the first major update to this cross-platform 3D programming API since the OpenGL 2.1 release two years ago."

Intro to PHP + Oracle
(Aug 17, 2008, 06:02 UTC) (1390 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Database Journal: "If you're already familiar with PHP for database backed web-applications, you're probably also familiar with LAMP, O'Reilly's acronym for the hugely popular Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP stack of software. For you then to jump to Oracle will be a small step, as you'll simply have to learn some new calls that make up the oci8 library. If you're new to PHP as well, there's a bit more to learn, but we will point you on the right track to get you started with the basics, and links to resources that'll help you go further."

Easy Ruby Development, the Eclipse Way
(Aug 17, 2008, 02:02 UTC) (1416 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "Almost three years ago, developerWorks published "Using the Ruby Development Tools plug-in for Eclipse," which introduced some of the features found in the Ruby Development Tools (RDT) plug-in for Eclipse. Current at the time was V0.5. We revisit that tool in this article. Today, RDT is called Aptana RadRails and is available as a plug-in for Aptana Studio or Eclipse. This article introduces some of the plug-in's new features."

Creating a View With MySQL Query Browser
(Aug 16, 2008, 02:02 UTC) (1485 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Packt: "MySQL Query Browser, one of the open source MySQL GUI tools from MySQL AB, is used for building MySQL database queries visually. In MySQL Query Browser, you build database queries using just your mouse—click, drag and drop!"

Reading Excel Files from Linux
(Aug 16, 2008, 00:32 UTC) (2988 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Microsoft Excel: "I used to work for a derivatives trading desk, writing spreadsheets. As anyone in investment banking knows, Excel is like the Outlook of the trading floor - traders use it to price absolutely everything; keep the departmental vacation calendar; plan their weddings and name their babies."

Yearly KDE Meeting Akademy In High Gear
(Aug 15, 2008, 22:32 UTC) (1314 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
KDE Dot News: "It's been a couple of days since Akademy 2008 started, and a steady stream of news is coming through the KDE.news site...The second keynote was about Nokia, who discussed their long-term commitment to Qt and KDE. Tuesday, Nokia gave away 100 N810 internet devices to KDE developers to prove their point, and there is also an article about Nokia and Mozilla doing a Firefox port to Qt."

Kalture Delivers An Open Source Video Plugin For Wordpress
(Aug 15, 2008, 17:32 UTC) (765 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: "Kaltura has followed up on extending its open source video platform with a new open source interactive video plugin for WordPress...It facilitates interactive, collaborative video on blogs, including high-definition video..."

Microsoft Continues to Woo Open-source Developers
(Aug 15, 2008, 12:32 UTC) (1451 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
Inquirer: "Microsoft recently announced it will open an open-source "interoperability" lab in the country, the first in Asia Pacific, the company said."

Linux Expo Calls For Papers
(Aug 15, 2008, 06:32 UTC) (711 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Devices: "The seventh annual Southern California Linux Exposition (SCALE) has opened its call for papers (CFP). Scheduled for February 20-22, 2009 at the Westin LAX Hotel in Los Angeles, SCALE has added beginners' and developers' tracks along with its general sessions."

Develop AJAX Applications Like the Pros, Part 3
(Aug 15, 2008, 00:32 UTC) (1804 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "...if you are doing Ajax development, there is one library that you absolutely need to know: Direct Web Remoting (DWR). This library leverages the Java language and Java Web technologies to greatly simplify Ajax development. It has set the standard for how to integrate Ajax seamlessly into a Java web application."

Floating Point Math in Bash, Part 2 (Wait for System Load)
(Aug 14, 2008, 19:34 UTC) (845 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "If you run scripts that require a lot of execution time it's a good idea to try to avoid letting them overload your system. You can run them via nice, but if for example your script is sending a bunch of emails your email daemon isn't running via nice and it may itself get out of control. One way to deal with this is by using the values in /proc/loadavg to pause when your system load gets too high."

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