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Wow. Linux has come a LONG way since Slackware 3.2

Posted 03-09-2010 at 11:35 AM by Raveolution

Yeah, that's when I started using Linux. Since then I've been on Slackware up to 9.1, and then mainly Redhat from then on, stopping at about RedHat 9 and then jumping back on around Fedora 7, then off again around Fedora 9, and now I'm running a fully upgraded install of Fedora 12. Well, it'll be fully upgraded when I reboot, which I am want to do whenever a kernel or X upgrade occurs. Other than that, it's been six SOLID weeks since I've booted this comp into Windows, and three days as far as my...

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Microsoft spends $2bn trying to buy a verb.

Posted 03-08-2010 at 01:08 PM by dsmyth
Updated 03-08-2010 at 01:17 PM by dsmyth

Ok before beginning lets clear something up...

I don't hate Microsoft; but that doesn't mean I like them either. All the big $ companies out there are all the same. Apple and Sony they are as bad as each other... anyway...

Tell you what I do hate though... Marketing Departments... and Microsofts Marketing Department are at it again this time prompting the bing search engine...

$2bn they have spent trying to buy the verb for searching the internet; also...

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FBReader - e-book reader for Linux desktops

Posted 03-08-2010 at 02:40 AM by sridhar11

FBReader is an e-book reader. It currently works on the Sharp Zaurus, Siemens Simpad with Opensimpad ROM, Nokia
Internet Tablet (Maemo platform), Archos PMA430, Motorola E680i/A780/A1200 smartphones, PepperPad 3, Asus Eee PC,
IRex iLiad, UMPC, and desktop computers running Linux, Windows XP/Vista, or FreeBSD. It supports several e-book
formats: epub, plucker, palmdoc, zTXT, HTML, CHM, fb2, TCR (psion text), OEB, OpenReader, RTF, non-DRM'ed Mobipocket, and plain text. ...

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Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) Alpha 3 Screenshots Gallery (Updated with new wallpaper,theme)

Posted 03-08-2010 at 02:39 AM by sridhar11

The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. The Lucid Lynx Alpha 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.

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PHP - misleading thoughts

Posted 03-07-2010 at 10:29 AM by Web31337 (In The Middle Of Nowhere [edK's blog])

Tags newbies, php, programming, security

I've recently used to hear from many guys that PHP is bad and useless language. Well, generally the source of that point of thinking is a bad code written by newbies(or mature noobs).
Yes, I admit PHP has some basic functions missing, some features need to be improved, etc. It's far from ideal language. But it is very easy to learn. The problem here is many beginners starting from PHP without reading documentation properly, without looking for security in their apps, and, as a result we have...

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