Date: 02/24/08 (Java Web)    Keywords: java, linux

A simple tip for newbies - how to get Java stack trace, the invaluable tool to debug java programs, in Linux: - Type the Ctrl key followed by \, in short Ctrl \. I just used it to debug a persistent problem where a server process which automatically fetches data from a third-party site was inexplicably hanging. All [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-java-stack-trace-in-linux/

Date: 02/25/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Linux has not made significant strides in the mobile space because the industry is still too tightly controlled by proprietary manufacturers and and too contested by Linux rivals, Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth maintains. In an interview with Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin posted last night, the creator of Ubuntu – whose recently launched Ubuntu Mobile Edition [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/241101081/

Date: 02/27/08 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software, linux, microsoft

I normally wouldn't post something like this, but after a year of head scratching, my works IT desktop support department failing to find a solution and hours googling, I admit defeat.

When using a work computer, I am required to remote desktop into a server (windows server 2003) to log into the helpdesk software. Occasionally when using this, and switching back to the local PC (XP SP2), my mouse will lose the ability to click and drag objects in outlook and in windows itself (desktop items etc, not windows) The click and drag does work on desktop items on the remote computer. I am still able to click buttons and right click items.

I have tried:
reinstalling mouse drivers and a new mouse
Recently I got a new work computer (uipdated from SP1 to SP2). I didn't copy any settings over from the old one. New hardware, new profile. It kept happening.
I then deleted my profile from the remote PC. It keeps happening. I have brought in my own mouse from home and installed seperate drivers for it (logitech), it still happens, I have updated remote desktop to the latest version from microsoft.com. The only solution is to power off the PC, logging out and back in doesn't fix it. I have recently found however, that logging out of remote desktop, then waiting 5 clears it up, making it more annoying than critical. But this doesn't make me happy, as it's an itch that I can't leave alone till I fix it (that'd be the geek in me!). Every variable has been changed. It still happens. But not to anyone else.

This doesn't appear anywhere in microsofts help files. It doesn't happen to the other 3 people who I share this PC with. I am starting to think it knows I defected from windows to linux and am now a mac user. Anyone? Anything?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1155143.html

Date: 02/27/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux, hosting, microsoft

A group of former execs from a Microsoft messaging hosting partner are going to launch a Linux-based unified communications platform that will compete directly against Microsoft. Unison, a two-year-old developer based in New York, plans to release into beta testing the Linux server and Windows client code at CeBIT 2008 on March 4. The finished server, [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/242348087/

Date: 03/04/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Linux may no longer be pounding its head on the expectation of desktop market share, and may go straight for the hand.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/245516095/

Date: 03/10/08 (Java Web)    Keywords: software, java, linux, microsoft

GanttProject is a free project management software written in Java (cross-platform, runs in Windows, Linux, Mac etc.). The following is a brief review of the benefits and shortcomings along with download link. GanttProject is a competitor to Microsoft Project, the de-facto project management software in many corporations. Key Features of GanttProject - Project Management Software Like [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-project-management-software-cross-platform-review/

Date: 03/11/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: java, linux

Firefox 3 is closer to the finish line with the release of beta 4 tonight. The release, posted as expected Monday evening, offers testers a variety of enhancements included more refined user interfaces for Windows, Mac and Linux, enhanced search in the Download Manager, performance improvements via the new JavaScript engine, and new features including an [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/249282025/

Date: 03/11/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Reports on the death of the Wal-Mart Linux PC are greatly exaggerated, according to the man selling its operating system.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/249770628/

Date: 03/12/08 (Java Web)    Keywords: software, web, linux, microsoft

I had a hard time in selecting a Dell configuration from their website without Microsoft Windows Vista or other Microsoft software. We are a Linux house and have no need for Microsoft products on our machine. As a technologist and a software architect if I found it hard to figure out how to strip Microsoft [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-purchase-dell-computers-without-windows-vista-microsoft-software/

Date: 03/12/08 (Java Web)    Keywords: php, software, java, linux, microsoft

I just received a mysterious call from Microsoft inquiring about our Windows usage! I was surprised to say the least. Why would a 100% Linux based company get a call from Microsoft? Read on for the juicy details. We are 100% Linux based company. We develop software products and deliver services in Java (cross-platform), PHP and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mysterious-call-from-microsoft-inquiring-about-windows-evil-nexus-with-dell/

Date: 03/12/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

The GNOME Foundation announced the release of version 2.22 on Wednesday, an update that offers enhanced multimedia support, new file system, and enhanced e-mail, internationalization and accessibility features. GNOME is used in many popular Linux distributions from Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat, Mandriva and Debian. The version 2.22 announced today will be incorporated into the [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/250328597/

Date: 03/16/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: asp, linux, microsoft

Novell’s Mono project has delivered its first Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Mono as well as a beta version of the next Mono platform. MonoDevelop 1.0, with support for Microsoft’s .NET Framework 1.0, is an open source IDE for Linux developers building GNOME and ASP.NET applications. The IDE complements the Mono open source platform, which [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/252474485/

Date: 03/18/08 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux

In Linux you can use the dd command to copy MBR from one hard disk to another. You can also use dd to backup your master boot record to a different (or same) media. One of the common use of MBR copying is to ensure transparent fail-over in RAID-1 hard-disk array, should one hard-disks [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-copy-master-boot-record-mbr-between-hard-disks/

Date: 03/19/08 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux

XnView is an cross-platform utility for viewing and converting graphic files. It can import about 400 graphic files format and export about 50 graphic file format. It is a must have for viewing graphic files, fax documents etc. from various platform. XnView works on Windows, MacOS X, Linux x86, Linux ppc, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/xnview-cross-platform-graphic-file-viewer-converter-400-graphic-file-formats-supported/

Date: 03/19/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Novell opened the kimono on its development plans for SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux 11 at Brainshare 2008 this week but let it be known the product won’t ship until 2009 or possibly 2010. In fact, the Cambridge, Mass. won’t even provide a planned ship date until the end of this year. In any case, the [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/254328573/

Date: 03/20/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

But thanks to this most proprietary of companies, all is not lost. Linux phones of all types will be welcome -- anything, Verizon thinks, that can break AT&T (and Apple's) market grip. How ironic is that?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/255118677/

Date: 03/25/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, web, linux, hosting

Ubuntu CEO Mark Shuttleworth sees Linux playing a big role in the cloud and in mobile computing – especially his own server and client software. In a brief interview with ZDNet after his OSBC panel, Shuttleworth said the Ubuntu Linux server will be a significant platform for hosting thousands of web services and the desktop [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/257857339/

Date: 03/25/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Only three months into the job, newly named Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst is ready to talk about what he sees as the Linux company’s big flaws. No doubt, Red Hat is the leading open source company but ”I don’t think we’ve done a good enough job” of leading the industry, the former Delta [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/257799229/

Date: 03/07/09 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

Microsoft owns FAT32, but it didn't appear to pursue its rights against companies that supported FAT32 in their Linux thumb drives and consumer electronics. Until the TomTom case. At which point it comes out that Microsoft had secret cross-licensing deals with all those other guys which violate the GPL.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/TCw_rW8Bu5E/

Date: 03/04/09 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin offered nothing but praise to Sourceforge, noting they could have sold the name to the highest bidder but chose to approach the foundation instead.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/3N2tddOKl6s/