Tag: LFY May 2011
GNOME 3 is Here!
GNOME 3, code-named ToPaZ (for Three Point Zero), was released on April 6 this year. The release has raised many questions. Can GNOME 3...
NIT-C Students Use PostgreSQL to Design Their Own Video Repository
The students of NIT-C, who were one of the winners of the EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL contest, share with the LINUX For You team how they...
About Live CDs & How to Cut a Live Disc Using...
When I heard the term Live CD, I thought it was a rock band -- but very soon, I learnt what a wonderful thing...
How to Produce an eBook in ePub Format
An ebook will never smell as good as that old leather-bound volume of classics on grandfather's bookshelf; but the ebook format, residing inside an...
Silvan Innovation Labs: FOSS Experts, Where Are You Hiding?
Silvan Innovation Labs is a Bengaluru-based company that provides security solutions and home automation systems. It plans to recruit over 80 FOSS professionals in...
FOSS is __FUN__: A Testing Time
The other day, I had an opportunity to see how software development takes place in the "industry" -- in other words, the proprietary world....
Get Started with Pygame
Gaming has become a major field in the computing world. It is the favourite entertainment for many users, but a challenging job for developers,...
Android Application Development: Android Fragments API
In this article, we will look at the new Android UI API, the Fragments API. Part of the Android 3.0 SDK, it allows developers...
Testing Your Databases with DbUnit
DbUnit is ideal as an add-on testing framework when developing applications in Java-based languages, which rely heavily on databases. This article assumes that the...
A Simple Guide to Database Design in MySQL
As the title says, this is an introduction to databases, their purpose and features. It deals with how to design and create a simple...
