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Archive for February 13th, 2007

Latest Mepis Released

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Morgantown, WV, Feb 13, 2007 — Warren has announced Beta5 of SimplyMEPIS 32 and 64. Xorg 7.1 and lots of new drivers make this release Beryl-ready.Warren Woodford of MEPIS reports “I thought we were almost done when everything lined up, all at once, for us to make this leap forward. The changes are so profound [...]

FSFE’s Fiduciary License Agreement is no panacea

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

 
This week FSF Europe (FSFE) announced the release of its Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA), a form of copyright assignment in which a free software project can place its collective copyright under the control of a single organization or trustee. The agreement is designed to reduce the problems in managing copyrights in large projects, and to [...]

How To Run Windows And Linux On A Single System

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

 
This Recipe will tell you how to install and optimize VMware Server, a software virtual machine emulator that lets you run Linux and one or more other operating systems at the same time, each in a separate window. In most cases this means Windows, though other OSes can be run as well.
Source: How To [...]

JBoss Founder Resigns From Red Hat

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

 
Red Hat is losing a key executive who joined the company last year as part of a major acquisition — Marc Fleury, who is resigning immediately to pursue personal interests. Fleury is the founder of JBoss, a smaller rival that Red Hat bought for $350 million in June to expand its capability in the [...]

Packaging special report

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

 
Linux users are blessed, or perhaps cursed, with a wide array of choices for software installation and management — better known as packaging tools. Over the next few days, we’re going to look at some of the packaging options for Linux to provide a…
Source: Packaging special report
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JRuby on Rails: The power of Java, the simplicity of Ruby on Rails

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

 
Java developers have been moving from the full Java Platform, Enterprise Edition to lightweight frameworks, yet not even the lightest has the simplicity of Ruby on Rails. Now, the JRuby interpreter can tie Rails together with the power, breadth, and industry acceptance of the JVM, Java libraries, and application servers.
Source: JRuby on Rails: The [...]

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