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Introducing CoffeeScript

By Reuven Lerner 

For many years, JavaScript had a bad reputation among developers. Sure, we would use it when we needed to do something dynamic in the browser, but we also would avoid it as much as possible. As I (and others) have written numerous times in the past year, however, JavaScript is going through a multidimensional renaissance. more>>

Sencha Animator

By James Gray 

Sencha is encouraging interactive designers to switch to its new Sencha Animator v.1, "the industry's first purpose-built tool for creating CSS3-based animations that deliver plug-in-free rich-media experiences". more>>

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GandhiCon 4.x

By Doc Searls 

Searches for the word "linux" have been trending downward since early 2004, according to Google. Searches in mid-2011 are about a quarter of what they were in early 2004. On the other hand, searches for "android" more than doubled those for "linux" by mid-2011. So, what should we make of that? more>>

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Tracking Server Uptimes

By Gene Liverman 

Unlike some other OS's, Linux almost never has to reboot… or so I was told when I first started learning about it. To illustrate the point, my mentor introduced me to an app that he ran on all of his servers called uptimed. more>>

Fun and Mayhem with the Blender Game Engine

By Mike Diehl 

Create 3-D games using the keyboard or mouse as controllers. more>>

Opera Dragonfly

By James Gray 

Opera Software's Opera Dragonfly is a new suite of open-source debugging tools for Web developers and designers that got its name because "it eats bugs". The suite covers the full debugging work flow, from inspecting network access and downloaded resources to correcting JavaScript issues and seeing how CSS rules apply to the DOM. more>>

A Way off the Ranch

By Doc Searls 

As entities on the Web, we have devolved. Client-server has become calf-cow. The client—that's you—is the calf, and the Web site is the cow. What you get from the cow is milk and cookies. The milk is what you go to the site for. The cookies are what the site gives to you, mostly for its own business purposes, chief among which is tracking you like an animal. more>>

Minbar and the Islamic Tools and Libraries

By John Knight 

I've been meaning to explore applications available for our Muslim readers for some time now. My main focus here is on the Minbar Project, but I also explore some of the highlights of the Islamic Tools and Libraries (ITL). more>>

andLinux: Seamlessly Run Linux Applications on Windows

By Michael Reed 

andLinux is a Linux distro with a difference. It’s based on a port of the the Linux kernel to Windows coupled with an X server and other software. In short, it allows you to run Linux software seamlessly on the Windows desktop without recompiling it or using a virtual machine. more>>

SerbDict - Serbian-English Dictionary

By John Knight 

I've highlighted a few language programs in this column, but so far they've been for Japanese, Chinese and German—all languages spoken by large populations. So a dictionary program for a language like Serbian jumped right out at me. According to the SourceForge page: "Serbian Dictionary is a bidirectional Serbian-English dictionary. It currently contains only a command-line interface. more>>

Distro Spotlight: Bodhi Linux

By Michael Reed 

Small, fast, light and easy to customize - we’ve heard it all before - but I’d say that Bodhi Linux has enough individual character to warrant consideration. more>>

Tor Browser Bundle-Tor Goes Portable

By John Knight 

I've never covered a subproject of something I've reviewed before, but I noticed this a few weeks ago when trawling the Tor site (I've no idea how I missed it until now). It seemed so important that I instantly gave it top billing for this month's column. more>>

Lock Firefox Prefs

Lock Firefox 6 Prefs (Also versions 3, 4, & 5)

By Shawn Powers 

In a corporate environment, it's often important to enforce Internet proxy settings for all users. Setting those options automatically is often difficult. Making them locked and immutable is even more difficult and poorly documented. Today we'll learn the basics, and from there you can customize Firefox as much or as little as you like. more>>

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Super Collision At Studio Dave: The New World Of SuperCollider3, Part 3

By Dave Phillips 

Advanced Use more>>

ebook2cw-E-book to Morse Code Conversion

By John Knight 

You know I love niche projects, but this is the first project I've come across that genuinely made me laugh out loud and exclaim, "I've got to cover that!"

To quote the Web site: more>>

GIMP 2.7.3 adds Single Window Mode

By Michael Reed 

GIMP 2.7.3 has added one of the most requested features in the program’s history: a single window mode. Version 2.7 is part of the development branch, so unfortunately, the feature won't hit most distro repositories for a while. more>>

NUT - Nutrition Software

NUT-Nutrition Software

By John Knight 

If you're watching your weight, monitoring your health and dietary habits, or simply unconvinced by flashy food labels that don't tell the whole story, this is the project for you. According to the Web site: more>>

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The SuperCollider Book: A Review

By Dave Phillips 

The Book more>>

The Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol

By Shawn Powers 

WPAD certainly isn't new technology. In fact, it's been around for many years. However, it seems that many system administrators are unaware of its magic. Simply put, WPAD allows you to offer proxy information to users in your network without ever touching their computers. The feature is supported by most browsers, and in general, it "just works". more>>

Linus Ditches KDE and Gnome (so what?)

By Michael Reed 

Having made an earlier defection from KDE to Gnome, Linus Torvalds has now rejected both in favor of Xfce. It’s only natural that the actions of the creator of the Linux kernel would attract extra scrutiny, and I think that his decision is reflective of a wider disenchantment amongst long-term Linux users. more>>

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