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Developer Linux News for Oct 14, 2008
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Cisco Targets Linux Developers (Oct 14, 2008, 22:33)
InternetNews: "Networking giant Cisco is
gearing up to expand its Linux platform with a bunch of new
hardware. But it won't be a success without developers to build
more applications for the platform, so a little romancing is in
order."
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Create a Constant Keystroke-Dynamics Monitor With Perl and xev (Oct 14, 2008, 22:03)
IBM Developerworks: "Learn how to use Perl,
xev, and custom algorithms to monitor who is currently at the
keyboard based on characteristic typing patterns."
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Shantz Copy Basket - A Tool to Simplify Copy Pasting Like Never Before (Oct 14, 2008, 19:33)
Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "I'm sure you
have copied/moved files on your computer from one place to another.
And I'm sure often you have to do more than just "single-shot"
copying that is copy a few files to one place, move a few to
another, and copy yet some more to one more location. Well, I had
to do this quite a few times..."
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Copyleft and Closed Dual
License Ethics (Oct 14, 2008, 18:35)
daniel.haxx.se: "It's perfectly legal for them
to do this, as the company is the copyright holder of all the
files, they can just easily re-release everything under whatever
license they want at their own discretion. The condition is of
course that they are in fact copyright holders of
everything..."
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Keeping the Kernel Klean (Oct 14, 2008, 12:05)
Linux Journal: "Operating systems drive
devices. Linux is driven by open-source imperatives. So, naturally,
Linux's kernel developers have a problem with closed-source kernel
modules. And, just as naturally, they've hacked up a statement they
hope will discourage the closed and encourage the open."
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C++: the Ugly Useful Programming Language (Oct 14, 2008, 04:35)
Indigo Jo Blogs: "Eric Raymond, author of the
[Computer] Jargon File, The Cathedral and The Bazaar and a number
of well-used but little-known pieces of software, is working on a
book, putatively titled Why C++ Is Not Our Favorite Programming
Language. In his recent announcement, he lays out why he wants to
"harpoon the Great White Whale of programming languages""
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