Programming Linux Games: The Anatomy of a Game

In 1991 a Finnish university student named Linus Torvalds began working on a new operating system in his spare time ... operating system for a wide variety of hardware platforms. With more than 10 million users (a number ... , in addition to the server tasks that UNIX-like operating systems generally carry out. Although Linux [more...]

Date: 2008-04-28 14:00:00
Blog: UbuntuHQ...

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Protect yourself. For free.

Useful list compiled here at Linux Planet: The Top 75 Open Source Security Apps. Excerpt: Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware 1 ... offers automatic updates, a command line scanner, and more. Operating System: Unix, Linux, BSD ... on the work of Peter Gutmann, one of the foremost experts in the field. Operating System: Linux [more...]

Date: 2008-04-29 20:05:09
Blog: Physics Geek ...

Introducing UNIX and Linux (Grassroots)

UNIX is an operating system which has seen substantial growth in its popularity over the last few years and is used by many universities and colleges, as well as in industry. Linux is a UNIX-like operating system for PCs which is freely available and has become a serious alternative to proprietary systems such as Windows. This book is a beginner’ [more...]

Date: 2008-05-09 06:11:58
Blog: PDF CHM Books: Computer...

Download, burn and boot an open source operating system such as Linux or BSD

For those interested in running or installing a Linux operating system such as Fedora, ... burning a pile of bad cd’s is a waste of disks, your wallet, and your mood. Windows users need a special ... of burning an image file to disk: one is to just copy the file to the cd, which is useless, except [more...]

Date: 2008-04-26 11:04:18
Blog: yelamdenu ...

Sun offers support for Amazon Web services, aims at start-ups

Sun is aiming squarely at the start-up market, making several database and server related moves it hopes will lock start-ups into its services early ... , has only worked with Linux-based operating systems, such as Redhat. Now when a company signs ... operating systems, such as Fedora or CentOS. However, Sun boasts its OpenSolaris is the better [more...]

Date: 2008-05-05 03:49:21
Blog: VentureBeat...

Daily Links 03/29/2008

Blackboard may lose its patent if PTO decision goes through - Washington Business Journal: tags: education, patents “The U.S ... - LinuxWorld tags: Red Hat, linux “Linux operating system and open source middleware vendor Red Hat ... down the embedded seat-back side to only the libraries we need, license a container app [more...]

Date: 2008-03-29 21:30:06
Blog: Bob Sutor: Open Blog - ...

The Problem with Cracked Programs

Yesterday, I have encountered two cases of severe computer virus infection on two computers ... . My advice try to avoid using this kind of programs or pirated softwares. Try to purchase the license ... using freewares, open source operating systems like Linux or BSD systems and free antivirus programs [more...]

Date: 2008-04-18 18:02:18
Blog: Filipino Web Designer &...

Life after Windows, Day 2

There were a couple of things that I didn’t mention yesterday about my moving from Windows XP to Linux on my work laptop: ... 30 years including SunOS, AIX, HP-UX, and some others. These types of operating systems don’t scare ... . The underlying operating system is increasingly irrelevant. I like to experiment with software [more...]

Date: 2008-03-12 22:48:21
Blog: Bob Sutor: Open Blog - ...

What Phone Shall I Buy?

hollywood <hollywood.20c5d9d@mobile-forum.co.uk> wrote in news:hollywood.20c5d9d@mobile-forum.co.uk: > Thanks for your help guys ... operating system. Many Linux softwares, like the full-featured Abiword Linux word processor ... or Palm. I don't use the nice email client that comes [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 12:32:21
Blog: Cingular Users Forum to...

Ubuntu Theme for Windows XP

Ubuntu is a well known Linux operating system that everyone want to have ... not need any extra security software to protect you from viruses or bad hackers. The architecture ... ) in Windows XP. I have two operating systems in my PC, Ubuntu and Windows XP. I really like to use [more...]

Date: 2008-04-06 14:39:21
Blog: CypherHackz.Net - Mala...

Hans Reiser Found Guilty

Here is Hans Reiser, an American computer programmer who was widely involved in the development of Linux with his ReiserFS filesystem ... in operating systems and in developing and providing support for his file systems. He was the prime suspect ... continuous headlines because of his status in the open-source software community. Reiser faces [more...]

Date: 2008-04-29 02:09:46
Blog: Right Celebrity ...

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0.650 + ID

ESET NOD32 Antivirus System Integrated Real Time Protection against viruses worms trojans spyware adware phishing and hackers Best detection fastest ... protection against threats endangering your PC and enterprise systems running various platforms from Microsoft Windows through a number of UNIX Linux Novell MS DOS operating systems to Microsoft [more...]

Date: 2008-04-02 18:23:17
Blog: 9Down.com - Software Ne...

Should Linux Standardize on a Single Distro?

When I demonstrate software for Linux Journal, I tend to use Ubuntu as my operating system ... the Linux community standardize on a single distribution? Let's look at some of the pros and cons: Advantages of a Single Linux Distro read more [more...]

Date: 2008-05-05 12:20:28
Blog: Home | Linux Journal...

The Perfect Blogging Computer: First Draft

In response to my news post on Dell turning 24, Dell employee and Direct2Dell blogger Richard asked me what I thought was the perfect blogging ... to run open source operating systems, which means Linux. I’d recommend a slimmed version of Ubuntu ... computer. Naturally, when I posed the question to Dell in the first place, it was rhetorical [more...]

Date: 2008-05-06 13:00:44
Blog: The Blog Herald...

Ars Technica reviews Ubuntu 8.04

Ars Technica delivers another great operating system review, this time on everyone’s (myself included) favorite desktop Linux ... is kernel based, and tracks the changes to every file in the operating system. This makes spotlight very efficient, and very current… there’s never a need to re-index your system. A built in search [more...]

Date: 2008-05-08 10:48:18
Blog: OS\Zen > Macs, Linux...

BlueCat Linux

BlueCat® embedded Linux® from LynuxWorks™, based on the 2 ... -grade embedded operating system release which provides immediate productivity and optimized ... is that applications written for BlueCat Linux can be migrated to the LynxOS® real-time operating system [more...]

Date: 2008-01-19 18:38:09
Blog: Inside Out...

Daily Links 04/16/2008

SapphireSteel :: The Little Book Of Ruby “Download our free eBook and Ruby source code to get up to speed with Ruby in ten easy chapters ... are also available in Windows and Mac OS versions, allowing dual-booters to stay with the same set of free programs regardless of the operating system in use.” tags: Linux, Windows, OB © Robert [more...]

Date: 2008-04-16 18:30:19
Blog: Bob Sutor: Open Blog - ...

Skype vs. GPL

Fun thing to do in Munich Thursday morning: watch Skype argue in court against Harald Welte that the GPL open source software license doesn't apply to the Linux operating system embedded in Skype's SMC WSKP 100 Wi-Fi phone. Welte writes "Skype ... regulation and similarly strange claims." tags: de, germany, skype, smc, wi-fi, wifi, phone, voip, linux [more...]

Date: 2008-05-08 02:22:24
Blog: Skype Journal: Archives...

Daily Downloads: Cobian, Ubuntu, FolderShare, and More

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! ... updates Ubuntu 8.04 Homepage Changelog Type of Application: Linux operating system Changes: Many new ... of Application: Share files between computers Changes: Security and stability updates Opera 9.5.9937 [more...]

Date: 2008-04-24 14:57:14
Blog: CyberNet...

Daily Downloads: Firefox, FeedDemon, and More

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! ... : Linux operating system Changes: Many new features… see release notes –Release Calendar– April 15 ... Notes Mirror Review Type of Application: Web browser Changes: Security fix Safari 3.1.1 [more...]

Date: 2008-04-17 14:32:12
Blog: CyberNet...

Top Ten Reasons For Learning Damn Small Linux - Number 5, Linux, Apache, And MySQL

By Levi Reiss Linux has many advantages over Microsoft Windows ... , writing programs, playing music, or, or, or. These tasks are coordinated by the operating system ... management system. Other articles talk about its free applications, Linux's integration with the Internet [more...]

Date: 2008-05-03 00:30:33
Blog: Copy & Paste Articl...

YAEC: The Yinlap micro pc

YAEC: Yet another eeepc clone. This time it's the Yinlap Micro PC YDP-G77 that is unremarkably similat to the 7" Eee PC 701. It's specs are 7" LCD screen, LINUX operating system, 400MHz processor, 500MB flash memory. With those mediocre specs expect it to be slow and cheap. (via eeepcblog) [more...]

Date: 2008-05-07 10:43:14
Blog: ShinyPlastic Gadget New...

Heron Comes Calling

Within two weeks of installing Gutsy Gibbon, I have upgraded to Hardy Heron. Rather, I screwed up Gutsy and ended up downloading Hardy ( ... about the Operating System I use at my home, Ubuntu Linux. The reasons being my love for the open ... the download and installation for you. (Though this feature existed in Gutsy as well, it did not seem [more...]

Date: 2008-05-04 08:20:35
Blog: Akhil Tandulwadikar’s ...

Motorola ZN5 Cell Phone

Here are some info about Motorola and Kodak new handset ... . At just 11.8mm thick, ZN5 cell phone features a QVGA display, a Linux-based operating system ... . Named ZN5, this phone sports a 5 megapixel autofocus camera module with Xenon flash and LED flash [more...]

Date: 2008-05-03 13:28:36
Blog: Daily Gadgets, Computer...

Moved from Debian to Arch Linux

I spent yesterday evening and most of today with installing a new operating system on my desktop PC ... are you using? Why? Tags: arch, linux, debianSimilar posts: Adobe Air on Linux - A Security Nightmare Compiling ... . After years of using Debian on all my systems, I recently became a fan of Arch Linux and made [more...]

Date: 2008-05-01 19:27:36
Blog: Weblog [splitbrain.org]...

Daily Links 04/26/2008

Student ‘Twitters’ his way out of Egyptian jail - CNN.com “On his way to the police station, Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message ... in Ubuntu 8.04, a Linux-based operating system that’s capable of mounting a serious challenge to Microsoft [more...]

Date: 2008-04-26 18:30:16
Blog: Bob Sutor: Open Blog - ...

CTL IL1 Netbook $50 Cheaper Than Eee PC, Has Better Specs [Netbook]

Ultraportables or netbooks as Intel is wont to call them, are officially a dime a dozen now, but an upcoming model, the IL1 from CTL ( ... Memory Card Reader Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Ready Supports Linux Dimensions & Power ... TFT, LED Backlight Dual Display Support through 15 Pin D-Sub out STORAGE 4GB Solid State Flash [more...]

Date: 2008-05-01 22:00:00
Blog: Gizmodo, the Gadget Gui...

On Desktop Application Platforms and User Interfaces

No matter what kind of developer you are I encourage you to read Peter Bright’s post about .NET ... , and Linux so you’re not locked into one operating system. But one part of the article actually makes ... I was always a web developer – so I can’t speak to the particular pain points or moving between operating [more...]

Date: 2008-05-06 01:37:21
Blog: Ryan Stewart - Rich Int...

David Strom: Understanding Contributions to the Linux Kernel

Since 2005, more than 3700 individual developers have contributed their time towards modifications of the Linux kernel operating system. A recent report here shows exactly how far and how fast that project has come, and the extent that Linux has become the... [more...]

Date: 2008-05-08 14:32:13
Blog: Datamation Blog - ...

Ubuntu for Kids

A few months ago, Michael and I were brainstorming ideas on how we can aggregate our different interests into something that could benefit our ... operating system, and how much they enjoy learning computers after school. I believe we have some future Linux Systems Administrators in the making. If you are interested in contributing to our project [more...]

Date: 2008-05-07 17:46:28
Blog: Time Tracking and Proje...

One more first-gen Eee PC rival appears

Everyone is getting on board the low-cost laptop train this time of the year and one of the latest to do so is Yinlips ... is loaded with a Linux OS (operating system) and, at least for now, its price has yet to be determined. But we're sure it's cheap. [more...]

Date: 2008-05-07 05:59:44
Blog: TechConnect Magazine - ...

Windows XP WTF

Bark Psychosis Bark Psychosis I have finally decided after continously receiving weird error messages that does not make any sense ... , there wasn't any major changes made to the operating system. Well that's what it seems to me (computer ... that was based on the Linux system. Find more information on Ubuntu yourself (you're reading this [more...]

Date: 2008-04-28 04:19:26
Blog: Hafeez...

Linux-friendly microkernel OS tightens mobile security

Updated May 6 -- Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) has upgraded its microkernel operating system (OS) and Linux-friendly virtual machine environment for embedded devices. OKL4 2.0 adds technology aimed at protecting a phone's call-making capabilities despite attacks, malware, or faults within OSes [more...]

Date: 2008-05-03 01:12:36
Blog: LinuxDevices.com -- All...

Server Virtualization Firm, Parallels, Reaches One Millionth Desktop Milestone

Renton, Washington - (The Hosting News) - May 2, 2008 - Server virtualization firm, Parallels' Desktop for Mac solution, ... Windows, Linux or any other operating system and critical applications simultaneously with Mac OS ... and is the world's No. 1 selling Mac system utility [more...]

Date: 2008-05-02 05:00:00
Blog: Web Hosting Talk » Web ...

Processed Linux: from exec to exit

Linux is a multitasking operating system, running many tasks – or processes – seemingly at once. Every process leaves a footprint on your system. Here are some tools to examine... [more...]

Date: 2008-03-03 04:50:16
Blog: iTWire...

The go green redux

Here are some of my favorite go green tips, tricks and notes that I have been collecting from Ideal Bite, Domino Magazine, All You magazine ... ($699 and up). Zonbu Desktop Mini - Linux operating system-based computer that needs just 10W [more...]

Date: 2008-05-08 02:17:24
Blog: Foreverpurple...

[wiki | reviews:byname:guiffy_suremerge:20060706]

Table of Contents Review of Guiffy SureMerge Editorial Notes Product Explanation Two-way Comparison Three-way Comparison Merging Directory ... -popular operating systems like Linux, Windows, and Mac OS/X. Most of the time, comparison and merge [more...]

Date: 2008-04-19 01:58:16
Blog: Doing better » What we ...

LiMO debuts first mobile Linux platform amid steep competition

The LiMo Foundation is set to announce at CTIA its first Linux reference platform for cell phone carriers and handset manufacturers ... . The platform is far behind entrenched operating systems including Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone and will face off against Google’s “Android” open source operating system being [more...]

Date: 2008-03-31 06:29:03
Blog: Open Source | ZDNet.co...

Slackware 12.1 includes

• Linux kernel 2.6.24.5, patched with Speakup to support speech synthesizers providing access to Linux for the visually-impaired community; ... (FireWire) and ACPI support, which makes Slackware a great operating system for your laptop; • ... • System binaries are linked with the GNU C Library (glibc), version 2.7. This version of glibc [more...]

Date: 2008-05-04 03:54:01
Blog: Open Mind with Open Sou...

Ubuntu 8.04 Final !!!

  Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that  is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers ... , at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing [more...]

Date: 2008-04-24 15:32:48
Blog: computerboom...

Ubuntu 8.04 Final

Ubuntu 8.04 Final is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers ... , at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing [more...]

Date: 2008-04-25 01:52:43
Blog: BomezzZ : Freewares...

Small Daemons

My home network consists of two Linksys WRT54G wireless routers, a Linksys NSLU2 network storage device, a Mac Mini running MythTV, ... . I run Debian on the NSLU2, giving me a fully featured operating system on an itty bitty platform. All of these Linksys products run Linux, and can be classified as "embedded systems" because [more...]

Date: 2008-04-22 12:28:56
Blog: skippy dot net...

UNIX vs. Windows- What server operating system should you use for your web hosting?

So you’ve decided to create a website? The most obvious thing that you need is of course web hosting ... : Windows (NT, 2000 or XP) or Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc.). Both have their merits, so the first ... thing to consider when choosing which operating system to use is whether you will be using scripting [more...]

Date: 2008-05-01 08:31:29
Blog: Students Of Success...

Ubuntu’s Hardy Heron nests at Fox News

Ubuntu may not be a household word, but the increasingly popular Linux operating system is no stranger at Fox News. A Ubuntu blogger who complained that he couldn’t view video on FoxNews.com got [more...]

Date: 2008-05-08 16:00:00
Blog: UbuntuHQ...

The $3.00 Laptop for Writers

Last year, when I wrote about the $14.99 Laptop for Writers, ... , they should. A lot of these are open source Windows ports of Linux applications. So the question is, why not just put Linux on your USB and carry around your operating system, too? Except that your average [more...]

Date: 2008-05-08 23:43:38
Blog: Byzantine Roads: Tech S...

Meizu M3: Linux compatible MP3/Ogg player

There are several audio players out there capable of playing Ogg Vorbis ... just as you like with all kinds of operating systems (especially with older Linux, Windows 2k or Windows XP without [more...]

Date: 2008-04-28 13:36:44
Blog: /home/liquidat...

A Brief History of Adobe LiveCycle

"LiveCycle" is a pun on the words “life cycle”. At least for Adobe's branding team, ... on most major server operating systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX) and three major J2EE application [more...]

Date: 2008-04-16 21:13:48
Blog: Adobe Blogs...

Ubuntu Hardy Heron, A Webmaster’s Point of View

Anyone that has been around here reading this blog before will remember that I had migrated from WinXP to various flavors of Linux in an attempt to settle in with an OS (operating system) that would work well with my design work and general ... and the various apps, software and programs that are either available or installed right along [more...]

Date: 2008-05-07 14:00:00
Blog: UbuntuHQ...

Sony CP1 Canvas Digital Photo Frame

Sony recently unveiled CP1 Canvas, a digital photo frame featuring a 7-inch (800×480) ... ARM11 processor and Linux 2.6.19 operating system. [more...]

Date: 2008-05-08 06:54:30
Blog: Daily Gadgets, Computer...

Collaboration Newswire (May 8): IBM Lotus Quickr Content Integrator

The May 8 edition of Collaboration Newswire crossed the wire a few hours ago: " ... , running on Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Last week IBM announced the availability [more...]

Date: 2008-05-09 09:06:18
Blog: Effective Collaboration...

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