Windows Vista vs. Linux
There’s this long conversation going on in
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Archive for February, 2008
Get good command line habits
I must confess. I have bad command line habits! I make directories and subdirectories, one directory at a time… Meaning, I make a directory then cd to that then make a subdirectory from it. However, I learned today that I don’t have to do that. Thanks to the article: Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits. It lists down the bad habits and the good ones.
Part of how the bad command line habits have been formed when I think about the way it is on the graphical user interface, like what steps I have to take. These days I’ve been mainly reliant on Gnome so I have lost practice using the command line.
Another snippet from the article:
Stop piping cats
A basic-but-common grep usage error involves piping the output of cat to grep to search the contents of a single file. This is absolutely unnecessary and a waste of time, […]
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IBM Amends POS Focus, Opens Its Cash Registers to Version of Windows
Computerworld: “Point-of-sale leader embraces Microsoft’s WEPOS software as alternative to Linux…”
Full story: All Linux Devices
Ubuntu Mobile Takes on Apple Touch Interface
electronista: “Its first Linux variant aimed at handhelds, the software is tailored for the Mobile Internet Devices expected to launch in spring based on Intel’s Silverthorne technology…”
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UCommon - lightweight C++ library for very deeply embedded applications (1.4.2)
UCommon is a lightweight C++ library to facilitate using C++ design patterns even for very deeply embedded applications, such as for systems using uClibc along with POSIX threading support.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
XNetworkStrength - visually tracks wireless connectivity between a laptop and an AP (0.50)
XNetworkStrength is a tool to visually track wireless connectivity between a laptop and a local access point (AP).
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
