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Linux and Open Source News for 2nd November 2008

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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Barry Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 4.1.1, a bug-fix update of the recently released version 4.1: "Puppy 4.1.1 released. Fixes and improvements include: mouse detection, touchpad tapping, loading extra SFS files, DVB USB firmware, old Network Wizard, GPRS message, desktop drive icon renaming, desktop drive .



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Source: Linux Today

Tech Source From Bohol: "Ubuntu, undoubtedly today's most popular Linux distribution has been around for 4 years. Its first official version was released in October of 2004. In the span of four years, Ubuntu has already unleashed 9 stable versions including the recently released Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex". Let's take a visual desktop tour of Ubuntu starting from its inaugural version"


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Source: Linux Today

Lifehacker: "You've probably read more than a few reviews of Ubuntu 8.10 by now, but most will have focused on technology like what bits of the kernel are new. While such features are the wet dreams of programmers, it can be hard to relate them to day-to-day experience. Instead, let's take an end-user look at the productivity boosts that Ubuntu 8.10 brings, so you can judge if Ubuntu 8.10 is actually likely to offer you any benefits or not."


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Mark Shuttleworth: "With Intrepid on track to hit the wires today I thought I'd blog a little on the process we followed in designing the new user switcher, presence manager and session management experience, and lessons learned along the way."


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IBM Developerworks: "With PHP's object-oriented (OO) language features, if you aren't already creating your applications with OO principles in mind, these seven habits will help you get started in the transition between procedural programming and OO programming."


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Source: Linux Today

Raiden's Realm: " the scariest thing to Linux and FOSS users is proprietary software. Or at least that's what you'd think given the response from most of them. I for one am in that camp, as the more I've learned about proprietary software, the less I've found it desirable to use."


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Source: Linux Today

IBM Developerworks: "Join Elliotte Rusty Harold for a look into "new" features in the classic java.lang.Math class in this two-part article. Part 1 focuses on more purely mathematical functions. Part 2 will explore the functions designed for operating on floating-point numbers."



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Source: Linux Magazine: Top Stories

Continuing our series on how to take full advantage of your filesystem with tips and tricks for the newbie and old pro alike.



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Source: Security DevCenter

Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) for a digital photography field workshop in Death Valley.



Updated: Mon Nov 3 23:55:02 2008


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