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Developer Linux News for Feb 06, 2009
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Dynamic Robots.txt Rules for Apache Security (Feb 06, 2009, 19:33)
Enterprise IT Planet: "In the previous article,
we devised a way to gather intelligence via a dynamic robots.txt
but we're not (yet) taking any action. In order to do so, within
the role of the robots.txt file, we need to have some rules
pertaining to each client."
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Xfce creator talks Linux, Moblin, netbooks and open-source (Feb 06, 2009, 17:31)
Slashgear: "As Intel's investment into the
Moblin OS gets increasing attention, and more non-technical users
are introduced to Linux-based platforms in the shape of low-cost
netbooks, 2009 will see open-source become more mainstream than
ever before."
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Red alert: Ardour is in serious trouble (Feb 06, 2009, 16:31)
Ubuntu Forums: "SAE announced today that they
will no longer sponsor the development of Ardour. This puts me
(Paul, Ardour's lead developer) in the position of being paid
solely by the donations and subscriptions made by the Ardour
community. This is obviously insufficient to support myself, let
alone my family, so I am obviously looking for other opportunities
to earn a living."
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KDE 4.2 and KOffice 2.0 beta 6 available for Maemo (Feb 06, 2009, 07:35)
ars Technica: "KDE developer Marijn
Kruisselbrink has released packages of KDE 4.2 and KOffice 2.0 beta
6 for Maemo, the Linux-based software platform that powers Nokia's
Internet Tablet devices."
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Python 3 Metaclasses and other strange creatures (Feb 06, 2009, 06:05)
IBM Developerworks: "Python 3 is the latest
version of Guido van Rossum's powerful general-purpose programming
language. It breaks backwards compatibility with the 2.x line but
has cleaned up some syntax issues. This second article builds on
the previous article. In Part 2 of this two-part series, discover
more new Python features and details on more advanced topics such
as changes in abstract base classes, metaclasses, and
decorators."
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