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  • In September, "Regular Expressions" described several ways kernel programming has become more manageable: instead of being restricted to a narrow sliver of eli...
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    by Brian Proffitt on Dec 1, 2008
    In mid-October, Cisco Systems quietly announced the start of a new contest, one which could have a big impact for any team of skilled Linux developers. How big? Try $50,000 for the winning team.The co...
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    by Theodore T'so on Nov 28, 2008
    I recently purchased a short story from Fictionwise, which was not DRM’ed, so I could easily get it into a form where I could read it on my Sony eReader. Thanks to that short story, I was intr...
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    by Andy Updegrove on Nov 23, 2008
    Although much of the brouhaha of the OOXML adoption process has abated, the post-partum process of reviewing how SC 34 gave birth to IS 29500 continues. SC 34 is the committee in ISO/IEC that adopted...

Recent News

A Future So Bright Tux Needs ShadesDec 1, 2008
A new interview with LF's Jim Zemlin..."To hear Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin tell it, the operating system war is over and Linux has wo...
Atheros Wi-Fi Goes Open-Source, Linux FriendlyDec 1, 2008
Now this is really good news for all of us laptop jockeys!
State of Hardware Support in LinuxDec 1, 2008
Some gripes, but also some offered solutions. See what you think..."I’m getting increasingly annoyed by the state of some aspects of hardware suppo...
Open Source and the Frustrations at End-of-Life, and BeyondDec 1, 2008
This is a problem that I have noted, too, and LDN may be one part of the solution... "Over the years, I have turned to Linux and the Open Source communit...
On File SystemsDec 1, 2008
A nicely done round-up of Linux filesystems..."Although the file system is one of the most important pieces of an operating system, we generally put litt...
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