What these two distributions have in common?
Very little in my opinion, except that the latest release of both came out last week, we got to version 11 of Gentoo live dvd , in Gentoo it usually refers to the version of the Live DVD as it is a “ rolling release ” unlike other distros like openSUSE that release versions regularly, and with his last release stands at version openSUSE 11.4 .
So, let’s see what these 2 distributions can offer to Linux users.
If in your work you are responsible for just one server, you will surely wonder: What is the best way to get the situation under control?
In the world there are good open source software that allow you to monitor the status of servers, services and programs.
In this article we’ll see an overview some of the software in this category, and in particular some related to Nagios Continue reading »
Today i want to show you some examples done with Zenity.
Zenity is a cross-platform program that allows the execution of GTK+ dialog boxes in command-line and shell scripts.
Like tools such as whiptail and dialog, zenity allows for easy creation of GUIs, though it has fewer features than more complex GUI creation tools: “Other scripting languages such as Perl and Python can be used to construct full-scale GUI applications, but the zenity program enables a shell script to interact with a GUI user…. [The] user interface is not as refined as one that could be provided by a full-featured GUI application, but it is perfectly suitable for simple interactions.”
After the upgrade to 10.2 i’ve ran in a know Flash bug and now i can see youtube only in black and white, i’ve searched the net a bit and i’ve found that’s a common problem. The cause seems to be a combination of Flash 10.2, a recent YouTube change and the users graphics cards and seems to be browser-independent (can occur in Firefox 3.x, Firefox 4 beta as well as Chrome / Chromium).
If you have this bug too on webupd8.org there is an article with several fixes to the bug.
Personally i’m a bit tired of all these flash issue, and while waiting for html 5, i’ve took a look around to try some alternatives and in particular for youtube I’ve found minitube.
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I’ve received from Paolo Proni the slides that he presented at the ignite session at codemotion in Rome.
I thank Paolo and i gladly publish this short presentation that introduces the concepts behind the design of Easy Driver.
You can download the pdf from here.
What’s Codemotion ?
For four years running, Javaday Roma has been the only event of its kind in Italy in terms of content, participants and enthusiasm. Year after year, the exciting atmosphere of Javaday has . won over participants and sponsors. To keep being a top draw for developers, Javaday has evolved to become Codemotion.
Codemotion takes Javaday a giant step further: it’s open to all languages and technologies, becoming a catalyst for more creativity and more job opportunities. Everyone can reap the benefits of our new, broader focus: we’ve jumped from one product (Java, once Sun, now Oracle) to the entire field of programming.