My family is in the middle of moving from one house to another. Part
of that move involves arranging furniture. I'll be honest, I can
move a couch across a room only so many times before I start to think perhaps
there's a better way. Thankfully, there is.
I remember my first colocated server rather fondly. It was a 1U Supermicro that had
been decommissioned from my employer after a few years' service. Although it was too
old and slow for my company, the 800MHz CPU, 1GB RAM and 36GB SCSI storage was
perfect for my needs back in 2005. A friend was kind enough to allow me to colocate
the server at his facility for free.
As I was diving back into Window Maker for this article, it occurred to
me that the desktop manager I used for years with Debian is disturbingly
similar to the Unity Desktop. It's been clear since its inception that
I am not a fan of Ubuntu's new Unity interface, yet it's odd
that for years I loved Window Maker, which seems fairly similar, at
least visually.
From my perspective, one of the best parts of being a Web developer is
the instant gratification. You write some code, and within minutes,
it can be used by people around the world, all accessing your
server via a Web browser.
The graphics stack in Linux comprises a number of distinct projects,
and in this article we'll take a look at the current development
of X.org, Wayland, and Cairo.
Several years back, Songbird was going to be the newest, coolest,
most-awesome music player ever to grace the Linux desktop. Then
things happened, as they often do, and Linux support for Songbird was
discontinued.
The Linux kernel community is busy integrating and testing 3.11 content, working on 3.12 development, and finalizing the topic agenda for the upcoming Linux Conference Europe and Kernel Summit that are scheduled to be held in Edinburgh, UK from October 21-23 2013. Let's start with the release news.