December 2009 archive

Project Timelord, or How Not To Build A Project

As the latest versions of the Ubuntu family came out at the end of October, you could hear certain grumblings, particularly as regards the KDE version, Kubuntu. This was not a new issue, really. For the last few years there has been controversy and accusations about how Canonical has supported Kubuntu. For instance, Aaron Seigo …

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Linux Training Resources from IBM

A great resource for anyone who is interested in advancing a career in Linux is the IBM web site at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux. This site has a lot of useful information, including some structured tutorials for LPI certification. To see the LPI tutorials, go to the Training link on the left (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linux/libraryview.jsp?type_by=Tutorials), and look for the “LPI …

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Welcome To Zwilnik.com

Welcome to my site, I hope you will find it useful. This is a site devoted to my explorations of Linux, the free, open-source operating system. Free is a word with various meanings in English. One meaning is free as in freedom. Software is “free” if you have the freedom to use it as you …

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