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Softpedia/Doru Barbu: Gedit: Don't Get Tricked by Its Simple Looks

"Every Linux user that has used the GNOME desktop environment must have had at least an encounter with its default text editor, Gedit. You start it up, and it looks like a simple notepad type application with a toolbar added on top. However, don't let yourself fooled by that simple appearance. If you know how to customize this application, it can be modified to serve almost any text exiting purpose, and you can even create an IDE-like environment."

--HeliosReds 02:59, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

For Commandline/Script Newbies

IBM developerWorks/Martin Streicher: Speaking UNIX: Peering into pipes

"The pipe operator connects one UNIX® command to another to create ad hoc programs right on the command line. But a pipe is something of a black box, occluding the data flowing from one utility to the next. Pipe Viewer provides a peek into the pipeline. Here's how to use it in day-to-day tasks."

pv (Pipe Viewer), which is introduced in this article can be found in Factory:Contrib repository.

This article may be intermediate, rather than *For Beginners*.
I think it can be an entry for "For Developers and Programmers".
Which do you think better, here or in "For Developers and Programmers"?
--HeliosReds 01:03, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

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Ars Technica/Chris Foresman: Web Open Font Format backed by Mozilla, type foundries

"Type designers and Web designers have reached a consensus on a format specification for embedding fonts on the Web. Mozilla is already including support for the font format in Firefox 3.6, and wide adoption could come sooner than many expected."

--HeliosReds 02:40, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

CNET News/Darius Chang: How to run Quake III and HD videos on a Netbook

"Most Netbooks are unable to render high-definition videos, not to mention run 3D games. In fact, the standard Intel Atom processor and integrated graphics chipset can barely handle Flash-heavy Web sites.

However, it's beginning to seem like the limitation is not on the hardware, but the drivers. Martin Mohring, from the Linux Foundation, was at a Mobile Dev Camp event in Germany. There, he showed an MSI Wind U115 with an Atom Z530 1.6GHz/Intel GMA 500 combo not only playing an HD video clip, but also running Quake III at about 35fps. The secret? This Netbook is using Moblin Linux, which has optimized drivers to push the graphics performance to another level. "

--HeliosReds 02:55, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

SearchEnterpriseLinux.com/Pam Derringer: La Curacao replaces Netware with Novell SUSE

"La Curacao, a $220 million Hispanic-oriented department store chain, says it has solved its performance problems, boosted reliability and added ample capacity for growth by converting its main transaction and application servers from Novell Netware (a proprietary OS) and Microsoft Windows, respectively, to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise."

--HeliosReds 00:38, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Reviews and Essays

The VAR Guy/Dave Courbanou: SUSE Studio: Point-and-Click Linux Appliances

"It has been a few months since Novell launched the SUSE Appliance program. So we checked in with Novell to see how the effort was going so far. Matt Richards, director, emerging technologies, and Steve Hale, VP and worldwide data center channel lead, offered me a few updates on Oct. 30. Here’s a recap of my conversation."

--HeliosReds 00:45, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

tech-no-media.com/Erlik: Desktop Linux needs salesmen!

"Many Linux enthusiast are despairing of the low uptake of desktop Linux and its poor availability in high street shops. This is especially frustrating because most of the people using desktop Linux would consider it to be a superior solution to the Windows based machines on offer (and it probably is). I think I have fingered one of the causes for this problem though: desktop Linux needs salesmen!"

--HeliosReds 02:23, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Warning!

Hole in the Linux kernel allows root access

Java 6 Update 17 fixes multiple security vulnerabilities

-- STS301 at 20:30 UTC (10/11/2009)

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