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Developer Linux News for Dec 20, 2000
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Kuro5hin.org: Optimization and the Bazaar (2000-12-20 23:27:45)
"Donald Knuth coined the phrase "Premature optimization is the
root of all evil." In the development stages of a software project,
the accepted wisdom is that it is most important to code for
clarity first, to make sure the design is logical and the code easy
to understand, and not worry about speed until the project is
feature-complete."
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MozillaQuest: How To Download, Install, & Configure Netscape 6.0 -- Safely (2000-12-20 21:04:19)
"If you accept all of Netscape 6.0's download, installation,
setup, and preference defaults, you could end up defenseless in
dealing with today's Internet and electronic privacy and security
pirates and eavesdroppers."
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Midgard Weekly Summary for 20th of December 2000 (#54) (2000-12-20 20:14:32)
Midgard is a freely-available Web application development and
publishing platform based on the popular PHP scripting language. It
is an Open Source development project.
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LizardTech.com: DjVu Reference Library 3.0; Open Source Access to DjVu (2000-12-20 15:53:03)
"The new DjVu Reference Library v.3.0 is a major improvement
over the previous version in terms of versatility, speed,
compression ratios, and image quality."
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CNET News.com: Linux is Too Much (2000-12-20 14:05:28)
"I wonder whether Linux as we know it today is really suited for
widespread desktop use. Sure, I think Linux is great, and the X
Window System does much to make Linux more attractive, especially
when running with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. But
in its current state, Linux is just too much."
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LinuxPlanet: .comment: Browsing (2000-12-20 13:53:54)
Welcome back to the browser wars! Surprisingly enough, there's
been a ton of development activity surrounding Web browsers in the
Linux/Open Source world. In his weekly column, Dennis E. Powell
explains why both Konqueror and Opera are fine choices for Linux
users -- and why he's abandoning Netscape.
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eWeek: Opera 5.0 changes tune to better compete (2000-12-20 08:59:59)
"In tests, eWeek Labs found Opera 5.0 to be a very capable,
stable browser with all the necessary features one would expect.
Currently, Opera 5.0 is available only for Windows systems. Earlier
versions of the browser are available for Linux, Mac OS, BeOS and
Epoc."
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SearchEnterpriseLinux.com: OpenNMS takes aim at mainstream (2000-12-20 08:24:31)
"The 0.4.0 interim release of OpenNMS is a warning shot. The new
open source systems management solution puts the commercial systems
management software market on the spot."
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OpenNMS Update v1.39 (2000-12-20 05:42:39)
The mission of OpenNMS.org is to build the world's best Internet
infrastructure management system with the assistance of the open
source community and to make it free and open.
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XFree86 4.02 Released (2000-12-20 01:41:14)
XFree86 4.02 has been released. Links to download mirrors,
release notes, and installation notes within.
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