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As a Python developer, I have always wanted a more powerful integrated development environment than IDLE. Although IDLE is a useful IDE, it lacks some handy features, such as an automatic debugger, auto-completion, and extra formatting options, such as not displaying whitespace. A good FOSS alternative for developers is Stani's Python Editor, a cross-platform IDE for Python written in Python.

SA company Atio releases Linux version of CyberCall for call centres that can operate in conjunction with open source PABX Asterisk.

Update 4 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today.

IBM said Tuesday that it is beefing up its open-source support beyond Linux to accelerate the adoption of open computing to reach new customers and add to the top line.

A proposed review of little-used second-level domains by .au Domain adminstration (auDA) has left a cloud hanging over the domain for Australia's biggest Linux conference.

sysjail, an OpenBSD and NetBSD "jail" implementation, has reached freeze before its 1.0 release. This release will feature full (limited by "what's possible") jail compatibility, plus some extra niceties

Even before this week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco officially kicked off, there was already Linux business email and IM news.

The open source software phenomenon has spread far beyond Linux and is gaining enormous momentum, according to an IDC study of over 5,000 developers in 116 countries, representing 38 developer networks. The analysts found open source software being used by 71 percent of the developers in the world and in production at 54 percent of their organizations. Half of the global developers claim that the use of open source is increasing in their organizations.

[Looks like seven trucks and all those "partners" are not enough to compete with real savings and quality. -- grouch]

The race to provide powerful--but not power-consuming--servers just got a new entry. Movidis, a relatively unknown startup from Santa Barbara, California, that was formed five years ago to provide streaming servers for video on demand (VOD) has created a new design based on a multicore MIPS processor and the Debian variant of Linux, which is an enthusiastic supporter of the MIPS chip.

Just like a high performance sports car, a database requires some checks to keep it running optimally. This article is broken down into tasks or checks that you can run at different time intervals on your DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows to ensure that your databases are running optimally, and detect potential issues before they happen. Learn when to monitor and what you should be doing daily, weekly, and monthly. Updated for DB2 9.

Channel partners are making good money on Linux, and the more Linux business they do, the more profitable they are, according to a sponsored survey of 400 qualified respondents conducted by the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED).

As part of its nascent efforts to develop a channel strategy for its open source subscription services, Red Hat has rolled out a technical training promotion along with other enablement initiatives aimed at solution providers.

Sorry for posting this headline in capital letters. But this time, it has to be. As the british Inquirer reported, there is a problem with the rechargables in several different models of Dell Laptops, and by now Dell has started a world-wide “Battery Recall” program (German version here; they also have it in Spanish, French, Norsk, and Portugès - as well as in Japanese and Chinese).

LXer Feature: 15-Aug-2006

Don Parris talks with Nathan Aherne of Reddog Technology about selling computers with Ubuntu's GNU/Linux system pre-installed in Australia. Anyone interested in selling computers with GNU/Linux pre-installed should pay attention here, as Nathan makes at least one or two important points.

DistroWatch reports - The long development process of Slackware Linux 11.0 is about to conclude - that's according to Patrick Volkerding who has declared the current tree as RC1: There are still a few changes yet to happen, but let's call this Slackware 11.0 release candidate 1. OSDir has some sweet shots of Slackware 11.0 RC1 in the Slackware 11.0 RC1 Screenshot Tour.

DistroWatch reports - The new generation of Elive has started and the beta-3.1 for the future version 0.5 is officially released. Version 0.5 is based on Dsslive with kernel 2.6.15 and X.Org 7.0. Other new features include SATA support, better compatibility with amd64 processors, new drivers for wireless networking, and several improvements to the hard disk installer. OSDir has some nice shots of Elive in the Elive 0.5 Beta 3.1 Screenshot Tour.

SAP's move to expand its in-memory technology beyond its business intelligence confines to broader enterprise data sets has sparked debate over the potential threat to database vendors.

Open source collaboration will provide device manufacturers and operators with an open alternative to closed, proprietary systems

At the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, the Free Standards Group (FSG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and promoting open source software standards, today announced that two of the most important and widely-used applications on Linux -- RealPlayer and the MySQL database -- are certifying to the Linux Standard Base.

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