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It's Natty time...

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Review

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The latest and greatest version of Ubuntu, 11.04 Natty Narwhal, was released on April 28, 2011. Ubuntu is now the most popular desktop operating...
PostgreSQL time!

A Telecom Service Provider Handles Huge Volumes of Data Using PostgreSQL

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A telecom service provider searching for a scalable database solution to handle a humongous database, found its answer in PostgreSQL. Siddhartha Singh, one of...
Warning signs!

The Next Y2K — Are We Ready for a Web Without IPv4 Yet?

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Yes, we've have done it again -- brought the world to the brink of another disaster, because we've failed to foresee the exponential growth...
PCI/USB

Shared Computing — Where PCI Performs and USB Lags

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This article explores the evolution of shared computing, and evaluates the value proposition that a shared computing environment can offer to organisations. Also included...
A screeshot of the Glest gameplay

Work Your Brain Cells with Strategy Games on GNU/Linux

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Are you ready to accept the double-barrelled challenge of acquiring hard-to-get natural resources and confronting enemies on the rampage, while in a race against...
Olive Healthcare

Olive Healthcare Slashes IT Costs by Migrating to Desktop Linux

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A manufacturer found migrating to Linux to be a breeze, apart from being cost-effective. Users in SMEs often have similar requirements in terms of everyday...
A different distro

Igelle for the Masses: A First Look

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There are hundreds of different Linux distributions worldwide. However, almost all of them are based on Debian, openSUSE, Slackware or Red Hat. But is...
Profiling...

Code Profiling in Linux Using Gprof

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Today, performance is a pivotal point in the programming world. Programmers constantly strive to make their code run in fewer milliseconds. Performance analysis can...
Accessing hardware in Linux

Device Drivers, Part 7: Generic Hardware Access in Linux

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This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, talks about accessing hardware in Linux. Shweta was all jubilant about her character...
Sed Explained

Sed Explained, Part 2: Data Structures and Operators

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Continuing from the previous article on the subject, we now proceed to Sed data structures and operators. Sed has a few powerful data structures and...