- Q & A with the Authors of "UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook"
- Jul 28, 2010
- Matthew Helmke talks to the authors of UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook about their new book, interacting with readers, and whether after 4 editions they consider themselves sysadmins or authors.
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- The Official Ubuntu Book, 5th Edition: Using Ubuntu on the Desktop
- Jul 28, 2010
- This chapter helps you get started with GNOME, Ubuntu's default desktop, and shows how you can use it to do the normal things you face every day with your computer — and a few not-so-normal things.
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- Getting Started with the Linux Kernel
- Jul 21, 2010
- This chapter introduces some of the basics of the Linux kernel. It then goes over the differences between the kernel and user-space programs and common programming constructs used in the kernel.
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- Testing .NET Applications Using IronRuby
- May 4, 2010
- IronRuby unleashes the power of Ruby to the .NET world. One of the most interesting opportunities is that now you can use Ruby's testing frameworks to test .NET code. In this article, Shay Friedman shows you how to take advantage of popular testing frameworks to test your .NET code with ease.
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- Effective Perl Programming: Files and Filehandles
- Apr 28, 2010
- The authors of Effective Perl Programming offer tips for working with files and filehandles.
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- Inside the Symbian Kernel
- Apr 26, 2010
- David Chisnall takes a look at the design of the recently open-sourced Symbian operating system and what makes it special.
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- IronRuby Unleashed: An Interview with Shay Friedman
- Apr 6, 2010
- Hal Fulton interviews Shay Friedman about writing code at the age of 8, why IronRuby is much more than a bridge between .NET and Ruby, and why both Rubyists and .NET developers should use IronRuby.
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- Setting Up Hibernation on Linux SSD Netbooks Without Swap, Part 2
- Mar 4, 2010
- A.Lizard completes this two-part series on Linux netbook hibernation with a discussion of how to configure uswsusp, booting, power management, and suspend-hybrid operation.
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- Distributed Ruby: Mark Bates Sheds New Light
- Mar 2, 2010
- Sometimes Ruby code is too cool to run on just one computer at a time. In this interview with Hal Fulton, Mark Bates explains how he defines distributed programming, reasonable concerns about Ruby performance, and how to choose Ruby libraries.
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- Setting Up Hibernation on Linux SSD Netbooks Without Swap, Part 1
- Feb 26, 2010
- A.Lizard shows how to improve the hibernation capability in your Linux solid-state drive netbook.
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- Getting Started with IronRuby
- Feb 25, 2010
- IronRuby is Microsoft's implementation of the Ruby language on top of the DLR. Its main goal is to provide seamless interoperability between Ruby and the .NET Framework. Shay Friedman gives you your first taste of IronRuby.
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- The State of Open Source 3D
- Feb 9, 2010
- David Chisnall looks at the history and current state of the art of open source 3D drivers to see what changes are in store for 2010.
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- Discovering Ubuntu 9.10, a Free Linux OS
- Jan 29, 2010
- Eric Geier tells you all you need to know about this nifty Ubuntu upgrade.
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- Python's "New" Division: Python 2 Versus Python 3
- Jan 21, 2010
- Among the changes in the new version of Python is the way the division operator works. In this article, Python book and video author Wesley Chun explains how the math function has worked since Python was created and how it changes as the dynamic language moves towards the future.
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- Ubuntu Command Line Quickstart
- Jan 4, 2010
- This chapter looks at some of the basic commands that you need to know to be productive at the Ubuntu command line.
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- Changes in Ubuntu: Five Stages of Grief
- Dec 22, 2009
- Kyle Rankin points out the most distressing changes in Ubuntu and explains why you need to suffer through them and ultimately come to acceptance.
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- Regular Expressions in Python 3
- Dec 22, 2009
- Mark Summerfield discusses using regular expressions in Python 3, including Python's regular expression language and the regular expression module.
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- Exploiting phpMyadmin: How to Get root in 15 Easy Steps
- Nov 20, 2009
- Security expert Seth Fogie provides you with a real-world illustration of a how a simple overlooked account can lead to root access.
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- Distributed Programming with Ruby: Distribunaut
- Nov 17, 2009
- Distribunaut is a framework agnostic port of the mack-distributed package. In this chapter from his book, Distributed Programming with Ruby, Mark Bates shows you how to install and use it.
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- Refactoring Ruby: An Interview with Jay Fields
- Nov 10, 2009
- Neal Ford interviews Jay Fields about his new book with Shane Harvie and Martin Fowler, Refactoring: Ruby Edition, why they wrote the book around Ruby and not Dynamic Languages in general, and why he'd take a powerful language over a powerful tool anyday.
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