Science the GNU Way, Part I

Source: LXer

In my past several articles, I've looked at various packages to do all kinds of science. Sometimes, however, there just isn't a tool to solve a particular problem. That's the great thing about science. There is always something new to disco ...
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Mageia 2 Review

Source: LXer

In the Linux world distributions are usually based off a popular distribution. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, Ubuntu is based off of Debian which has been around for a long time. Mageia is a fork of the somewhat popular Mandriva Linu ...
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The Setup: John MacFarlane

Source: Hacker News

What do people use to get stuff done? I’m a philosophy professor at UC Berkeley. I’m also a hobbyist programmer with several open-source projects, most prominently pandoc, which converts between many different ...
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xrdp authentication with Active Directory

Source: LXer

, 10.0 out of 10 based on 1 rating A couple of readers asked how they could get xrdp to authenticate with Active Directory. I assume your xrdp server already has either the Likewise/Likewise-Open or as it's now known by, PowerBroker Identit ...
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Bluefish. A powerful HTML editor, and more.

Source: LXer

Do you write HTML, PHP, Java or some other code ? You probably don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars for software that you would use maybe only as a hobby? Today, I present an amazing solution, a multi-platform software that can wins ten ...
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Write a simple launcher using Zenity

Source: LXer

Nowadays, we mostly interact with our computers using a Graphical User Interface. The operating system as a whole uses several elements of the GUI to make the user experience more human-like. Can users get to unleas ...
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Doctrine switches from LGPL to MIT

Source: Hacker News

tl;dr We moved all the Doctrine PHP projects from LGPL to MIT license succesfully in roughly 4 weeks. For that we used a small web-based tool to ask the permission of 358 authors that contributed in the last 6 y ...
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Short Linux and Open Source news overview for week 21 of 2012

Source: LXer

If you find this content usefull, please consider donating a small amount. Your neighbor did it as well! And do remember that this website it totally ad-free and is full of helpfull content! I'm a GNU/Linux geek, who loves debian, xfce, awesome, py ...
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This tiny PC runs Linux and Android 4.0--and costs just $74

Source: ITWorld.com

May 26, 2012, 7:25 AM — Over the past few months there have been no fewer than three tiny, cheap Linux PCs making headlines, and now there's a fourth to add to the list. First we saw the Raspberry Pi and the Cotton Candy devices ...
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