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Developer Linux News for Dec 17, 2004
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Editor's Note: What I Did On My Winter Vacation (Dec 17, 2004, 23:30)
"It is, I fear, a typically American mindset that gets me to
wait until the second week of December to start using up my
allotted vacation. Taking time off it seems, is not something
citizens in my country do very well..."
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Bradenton Herald: Key Biscayne Teen is Brain Behind Web Browser (Dec 17, 2004, 17:30)
"After working for Netscape at age 14, Key Biscayne resident
Blake Ross has become at the ripe old age of 19 the co-creator of a
hot, new ultra-fast Internet browser called Firefox..."
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BBC: Be Careful How You Code (Dec 17, 2004, 16:00)
"A new European directive could put software writers at risk of
legal action, warns former programmer and technology analyst Bill
Thompson..."
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Red Hat Magazine: From Source to Binary: The Inner Workings of GCC (Dec 17, 2004, 13:00)
"Computers are very complex and, at the same time, very dumb
objects. They need to be told in excruciating detail exactly what
to do..."
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developerWorks: PowerPC Development From the Bargain Basement (Dec 17, 2004, 07:00)
"The Kuro Box promises something fairly interesting: a usable
single-board PowerPC computer, for only US$160--when other PowerPC
development boards often cost ten times as much..."
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ONLamp: Automating PostgreSQL Tasks (Dec 17, 2004, 05:30)
"You can and should automate routine database tasks, to remove
the possibility of user error and to let yourself focus on other,
more interesting work..."
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Release Digest: KDE, December 16, 2004 (Dec 17, 2004, 04:45)
Today's KDE apps: KRioUtil 0.3, PyQLogger 1.3.3, Guarddog 2.4.0,
KMPlayer 0.8.4-rc4b, and KShutDown 0.5.0 Beta,
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Release Digest: GNOME, December 16, 2004 (Dec 17, 2004, 04:45)
Today's GNOME apps: Paymaster 0.2.0, MPlayer 1.0pre5try2, Sussen
0.10, and cbrPager 0.9.7.
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Release Digest: Distributions, December 16, 2004 (Dec 17, 2004, 04:45)
Today's distributions: MoLinux 1.0, SuliX 2.0, ParallelKnoppix
2004-12-16, and IPCop 1.4.2.
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Linux Magazine: The Scourge of Software Patents (Dec 17, 2004, 01:00)
"Software patents--more than copyright laws, commercial software
companies, and uninformed legislators--are the biggest threat to
the future of free software..."
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