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Use XML in DB2 SQL stored procedures
Submitted by BlueVoodoo on Friday 19th of January 2007 05:30:17 PM Filed under
This article discusses the use of XML in SQL stored procedures. Provided are numerous code examples to help demonstrate specific technical points. The examples provided are intended to aid your understanding, and therefore are as simplistic as possible.
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Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:59:57 AM Filed under

The latest release of Mandriva Linux brings some interesting things to the table. In this review I'll cover Mandriva Linux Discovery, a version of Mandriva Linux geared towards newcomers that might not have used Linux before. New in this release is a 3D desktop, 32- and 64-bit versions, the inclusion of Transgaming's Cedega, and LinDVD.
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FreeBSD 6.2: Polished, More Stable
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:56:39 AM Filed under
FreeBSD 6.2, one of the most popular versions of the free BSD Unix operating system, is out with new features and updates. It plugs holes and, in addition to the usual route of installing directly to a hard drive this time around, offers a LiveCD that can be used to rescue a broken system.
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Connecting to office network using OpenVPN tunnel
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:55:26 AM Filed under
I wrote this article because I think that it will be useful for the people that are using Debian GNU/Linux as their home desktop and want to connect to the corporate LAN protected by CheckPoint VNP-1/NG VPN server.
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Has the free desktop revolution arrived?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:07:59 AM Filed under
An oft-trumpeted home triumph in technology discussion sites is the conversion of friends or loved ones to a GNU/Linux desktop. “I was tired of fixing Windows on my kid's/grandmother's/in-law's computer, so I set up a Linux desktop. They love it! It's so easy to use, and I don't have to do anything to maintain it! No ad-ware or viruses, and best of all, it's free!” It sounds almost too good to be true.... has the free desktop revolution arrived?
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Looking Glass meets Mandriva
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:06:43 AM Filed under

Looking Glass is an open source development project based on and evolved from Sun Microsystems' Advanced Development division. It supports running unmodified existing applications in a 3D space, as well as APIs for 3D window manager and application development.
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2007 Forecast: Open Source
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:05:27 AM Filed under
If I read the runes correctly, the hopes of many of the committed followers and proponents of Open Source have been disappointed by its progress in recent times. Admittedly, the attempt by SCO to stop Linux in its tracks (or get a royalty from its use) looks to have failed and last year saw Microsoft almost accommodating Open Source in a deal with Novell (but not without spreading a little FUD).
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Fast and Secure FTP Server with Vsftpd in Debian
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:03:51 AM Filed under
vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable. Don’t take my word for it, though. Below, we will see evidence supporting all three assertions. We will also see a list of a few important sites which are happily using vsftpd. This demonstrates vsftpd is a mature and trusted solution.vsftpd is an FTP server, or daemon.
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Pardus 2007, a couple of days later
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:02:43 AM Filed under

I am now a couple of days later, with some more working experience in Pardus 2007. Using it "as a regular KDE user" was not a tremendous pain (remember, I am a GNOME user!), and the system had good performance and stability. Technically speaking, everything "just worked".
Also: Desktop Search: Why this is insane, actually
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The Value of K3B: CD/DVD Burning Software
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 10:00:03 AM Filed under
Off late, in my ‘only-Linux’ binge, I’ve had to rely on Linux-only solutions for my work. The latest such attempt is using K3B for CD/DVD burning.
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Open Source downloads and reciprocal value
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 09:58:20 AM Filed under
The open source world is obsessed with the number of downloads that projects yield. Over the course of the last year many of us have realized that downloads are a great initial indicator but not a completely reliable metric.
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Linus and Andy together again: Day three at Linux.conf.au
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 01:14:14 AM Filed under
Linux.conf.au (LCA) 2007 continued Wednesday with a keynote by Dr. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, a full day of talks and tutorials, and a cameo appearance by Linus Torvalds.
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Linspire and SageTV simplify Media Center for Linux
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 01:13:12 AM Filed under
Linux developer Linspire Inc. and SageTV LLC, one of the first digital video recording (DVR) and home media center software developers, have collaborated to make SageTV Media Center Version 6 easily available to users of the Linspire and Freespire desktop Linux operating systems. SageTV previously favored Gentoo users.
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For Sale: p2pnet.net
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 19th of January 2007 01:12:06 AM Filed under
Time and money has run out for Jon Newton, the owner of p2pnet.net, who has put the site up for sale. He is inviting offers in excess of $30,000 and would prefer p2pnet to stay online.
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Introduction to Python - Part 1
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 18th of January 2007 11:59:57 PM Filed under
Python is a very handy tool whenever you need to put together a small script that manipulates some files in a few minutes. Moreover, it is also useful for bigger projects, as you get all the power you from data structures, modularization, object orientation, unit testing, profiling, and the huge API.
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Disappearing computers
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 18th of January 2007 11:51:28 PM Filed under
Students at Brooks Elementary School won't be writing reports on computers any more. They won't be using CDs or hard drives. They won't even see a computer in the new technology lab. Instead, students at Brooks are among the first to work on a new system that allows students to work with just a monitor, keyboard, mouse and small transmitter.
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KDE or Gnome? Some useful advice for new users
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 18th of January 2007 10:50:21 PM Filed under
In a continued effort to help the GNU/Linux movement I've taken it upon myself to write some guidelines on a topic that is rather confusing for someone new the Linux. I aim to help answer the second question that most people ask. KDE or Gnome?
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Drupal's Milestone Week
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 18th of January 2007 10:48:47 PM Filed under
What do NASA, MTV, Tim Berners Lee and Mozilla all have in common? They use the open source Drupal content management system (CMS).
The Drupal project celebrates two major milestones this week: the release of Drupal 5.0 and the sixth anniversary of the project. It's a long way away from the project's humble beginning in founder Dries Buytaert's dorm room.
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Judge to rule in a month on Hans Reiser in wife's murder
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 18th of January 2007 10:05:10 PM Filed under
A judge will not require Hans Reiser's 7-year-old son to return from Russia to give further testimony in his father's preliminary hearing, and says she will rule in a month on whether a computer engineer Hans Reiser should stand trial for the murder of his wife, who remains missing.
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Father of internet warns against Net Neutrality
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 18th of January 2007 10:00:18 PM Filed under
Robert Kahn, the most senior figure in the development of the internet, has delivered a strong warning against "Net Neutrality" legislation.
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Slovak advocates want parliament to push for open source
Slovak proponents of the use of free and open source software are rallying for their country’s parliament to approve plans to share the source code of software solutions developed by and for public services. They are concerned that proprietary software vendors will lobby for changes to the eGovernment act, a strategic IT Government proposal that is to be discussed in parliament in March or April.
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How I got my job in Linux: from Newbie to Pro
I was peeved, because I’d spent my own money on building a computer and buying Microsoft Windows to put on it. Money that I really needed to pay the rent and put food in my belly. I also felt sorry for all the people that I’d end up re-installing Windows on their PC to fix their problem. I knew that most of them would probably be back in the store six or so months later with the same complaint.
Almost by accident, I found Linux. I was in the magazine section of the PC shop I worked in one day in late 1999. I saw a magazine called ‘Linux Answers’. On the cover was a copy of Red Hat Linux 6.0. Before long, I had done the unthinkable: I had deleted Windows in a rage of fury because it had completely crashed and wouldn’t start up. All of my MP3s, photos and documents, all but gone save for a few backups on CDs I had lying around. Back in those days I had no idea that I would have been able to salvage those files with Linux; I just blithely reformatted my hard disk and went cold-turkey, believing everything that the magazine said, I forced myself into the abyss of the unknown! These were exciting times!
I remember the blue text-mode installer, the glare of the many lines of text flying by when the machine started up for the first time. It looked really un-user friendly. Eventually, the screen flipped into what I’d later know to be called ‘runlevel 5’ and I could see a graphical login screen. Little did I know it, but that flashing cursor was the beginning to a whole new world of computing for me.
| Linux 5.0-rc7
A nice and calm week, with statistics looking normal. Just under half
drivers (gpu, networking, input, md, block, sound, ...), with the rest
being architecture fixes (arm64, arm, x86, kvm), networking and misc
(filesystem etc).
Nothing particularly odd stands out, and everything is pretty small.
Just the way I like it. Shortlog appended,
Linus
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