Eric Raymond dumps Fedora after 13 years

ESR gives Fedora a piece of his mind in an open letter to Red Hat, et.al.



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The Wheel of Lunch

Can't decide where to eat? Give the wheel a spin. it give you local places to go and eat.



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Remove clutter with Windows XP SP2's Duplicate Finder tool

Hidden clutter exists on your Windows XP machine in the form of duplicate files. Here's how to free up valuable hard disk space by doing some early spring cleaning with the Duplicate Finder tool.



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Cheapskate's Guide: The Best in Free Software

Most software is expensive and bloated. Yet free software typically does one task and does it with precision and elegance.



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A History of Microsoft Windows in Screenshots

The world's most ubiquitous operating system was not always so. The evolution of Windows was often uncertain and precarious. Its success was symbiotic with advancements in processor speed and memory capacity, and Microsoft relied heavily on third-party software to bridge the gap between concept and consumer.



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Learn Ruby on Rails: the Ultimate Beginner's Guide

While it certainly makes no attempt to constitute a complete guide to the Ruby language, this tutorial will introduce you to some of the basics of Ruby. We'll power through a crash-course in object oriented programming, covering the more common features of the language along the way, and leaving the more obscure aspects of Ruby



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PHP vs Java vs Ruby

Tim Bray outlines the basic advantages of each of these three platforms (or rather the two languages and one framework if you are scoring at home).



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Top 10 Most Common Passwords

The password trends show that the average user cares less about choosing a strong password and more about memorability.



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University Professor told not to use or instruct students on privacy SW

A member of the campuses' IT security team and 2 campus police officers showed up on a Professor's doorstep after discovering he was using TOR.



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Bruce Schneier: Windows Vista features will make your computer Less Secure.

Bruce Schneier: Certain Windows Vista features will make your computer Less Reliable, Less Secure, Less Stable, Slower...And you don't get to refuse them.



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The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities rolled up into a single Suite

Mark Russinovich the guy who revealed to the world that Sony CDs had that nasty rootkit installed has made available a single suite of tools for download. These tools are a must have for every single windows developer.



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10 Linux commands you've never used

It takes years maybe decades to master the commands available to you at the Linux shell prompt. Here are 10 that you will have never heard of or used.



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