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Sri Lanka Builds Software and Organizations at ApacheCon Asia, 08/22/06
The Apache Software Foundation works on the principle that a good community will make good software. Open source organizations are taking root in Sri Lanka, a hotbed of Apache coding.
Curiosity draws 200 to enterprise Linux roadshow, 08/24/06
In a sign that Novell’s new lease on life is garnering interest, some 200 people attended the Sydney leg of Novell’s national Suse Linux Enterprise roadshow Thursday.
Book Excerpt: Understanding Compiler Optimizations, 08/24/06
In this excerpt from his book “Write Great Code,” Randall Hyde introduces the common optimizations that compilers perform, and when a programmer should consider using or disabling them.
LinuxWorld showcases business cases for Linux, 08/21/06
With Linux making deeper inroads into corporate data centers, the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo gave attendees some firsthand information about how open source is maturing to handle more critical business workloads.
Infrequently Asked Questions: CD ripping, awk, and file permissions, 08/19/06
Set up zero-click CD ripping, get reports on user accounts with awk, and get started with the fine points of directory permissions.
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A Scientific American article calls chess “The Drosophila of Cognitive Science.” Just as the fruit fly is a fast-breeding subject for genetics experiments, chess is a way to study how people learn other decision-making tasks. LinuxWorld blog community member JP Rangaswami ponders the lessons of chess mastery for education in “On nurture versus nature.”
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