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Zimbra Collaboration Server, Keeping the Discussion Going
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:05:17 -0000
ServerWatch: "Zimbra Collaboration Server (ZCS) separates itself from the pack in several ways. First and foremost, it occupies a newly emerging niche of "commercial open source" products. That is, the base version of ZCS is open source software, free to acquire or modify."
Life on the Cutting Edge - ArchLinux
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:35:17 -0000
The Smaller Bang: "After a few months of using it, I finally feel I am confident enough to write a piece about one of the best, and I MEAN best, linux distros ever, archlinux. This distro is rather unique, and several things in it make it the ideal distro for the intermediate level linux user."
Does Hacking Closed Hardware Hinder Open Hardware?
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:17:17 -0000
O'Reilly: "Though open drivers exist for video cards produced by companies who produce binary-only drivers, I realized a fundamental point about my purchasing habits. I'm profoundly uncomfortable purchasing devices which, by default, do not provide the freedoms I desire."
Bash Extended Globbing
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:05:17 -0000
Linux Journal: "A subtle point about pathname expansion that is not often understood is that it is done by bash and not by the operating system or by the program that is being run. The program never sees the wildcards, bash substitutes the expansion into the command line before running the program."
A (New) Bash Script to Download Entire PicasaWeb Albums
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:35:17 -0000
Blue GNU: "Although Picasa is now available on GNU/Linux, it is still proprietary and, as such, unethical. One year ago, I wrote a simple Bash script that handles a very rapid download of entire PicasaWeb albums/galleries. During the last weeks, Google changed twice the format of the related Web pages and my script could not fetch any picture. Here is an updated script that does even more than the previous one."
It's... Linux kernel 2.6.27
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:17:17 -0000
Linux Format: "Crank up your compiler -- kernel 2.6.27 has arrived, including (deep breath): a new filesystem (UBIFS) optimized for "pure" flash-based storage devices;"

 

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