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by Alex Handy
Miguel de Icaza is a polarising figure amongst licence jockeys like Richard Stallman, but there is no denying his ability to get things done. We caught up with Miguel and asked him about Mono, Gnome, and all of the various things in Linux he touches in his role as a ...
by Richard Ibbotson
Virtualisation has become a big industry. Large numbers of desktop machines and servers are being run in this way. So it’s not surprising that there is a high demand for more information for the end user about virtualisation and what can be done with it…
by Russell Barnes
In a recent blog post Canonical's Rick Spencer has revealed two seemingly small changes for Ubuntu 10.04 that will affect the default web browser, Mozilla's Firefox, and all its prospective users…
by Russell Barnes
While everybody is talking about how Apple plans to revolutionise print media, iCreate and Imagine Publishing continue to focus on doing the job themselves with the launch of iCreate magazine for iPhone and iPod touch…
by Swayam Prakasha
A log file grows without limits unless some action is taken. Growing log files pose many problems since larger files are very difficult to manipulate and file systems can run out of space…
by Russell Barnes
Contributor Martin Nordholt has recently revealed a ballpark release date of December 27th 2010 for the hotly anticipated version 2.8 update of the popular open source image manipulation program, GIMP.
by Kunal Deo
Today, Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the open source space. It's a vast language and there are many gems to discover - here are ten tips for new users to get the ball rolling…
by Richard Ibbotson
To some people the idea of parsing text data in GNU/Linux or UNIX might not sound like a worthwhile way of doing things. However, this is the kind of administrational task that a lot of system administrators and programmers perform every day of the week. Flex and Bison have proven ...
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Speak up!
by Simon Brew
The idea of getting an OS free is still one that amazingly few people have wrapped their heads around. Why is that? Simon Brew thinks we could make 2010 a great year for Linux simply by speaking up about its benefits – all ten million of us…
by Swayam Prakasha
"The fundamental purpose of the ICMP protocol is to report problems with the delivery of IP datagrams", says networking expert Swayam Prakasha. Join him in his latest article designed to help you discover more about one of the most popular protocols in the TCP/IP suite…