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Some DJs spin vinyl or twiddle fader knobs. Others write subroutines in C++.

DistroWatch reports - Muslim Abutaha has announced the first alpha release of Arabian Linux 0.7, an Ubuntu-based live CD with support for Arabic and English languages. From the changelog: ...Based on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) packages... added Ekiga (aka GnomeMeeting); added Tapioka (Google talk clone). OSDir has some nice shots of Arabian Linux in the Arabian 0.7 Alpha 1 Screenshot Tour.

A common pattern when managing the relationship between object-oriented applications and databases is the many-to-many relationship.

OpenDocument Format initiatives in Belgium, France, and Denmark indicate growing support for the for office productivity application format standard, according to the ODF Alliance.

Back in May I wrote an article titled Atticware: Reviving Ancient Little Laptops, which talked about using a current, very small, very lightweight Linux distribution to make a couple of old Mitsubishi Amity CN subnotebook computers useful again. The Amity CN is a 133MHz Pentium system with all of 48MB of RAM and a puny 1.2GHz hard drive.

The name Philips has long been associated with consumer electronics, but as the concept of the connected home has developed and begun to take on meaning, Philips Semiconductors has become one of the main suppliers of silicon for this segment. Philips finds itself, as a semiconductor solutions provider, in a situation where it has to think through and develop a number of possible scenarios for the connected home. Some of the questions are obvious. Will the digital home be PC-centric or TV-centric or both? How will it be networked? Other questions are not so obvious. How can DVDs be transferred onto a home network, if it's illegal to make even a single backup copy of a legitimately purchased disc? How will digital rights management (DRM) schemes operate across a range of mobile devices?

darkstat is a network statistics gatherer.

Effectively, it's a packet sniffer which runs as a background process on a cable/DSL router, gathers all sorts of useless but interesting statistics,and serves them over HTTP.

DropTeam combines accurate physics and ballistic systems, intelligent and realistic unit and weaponry capabilities with fast paced action set in a stark future of humanity. This DropTeam Multiplayer Demo is being offered in three different formats. One for Mac, one for Windows and one for Linux. This marks the first title published by Battlefront.com to offer Linux support!

DistroWatch reports - The first beta release of PC-BSD 1.2 is ready for testing. From the changelog: Updated ports to current as of 6-26-06; added py-qt and py-kde ports to default install (allows SuperKaramba plugins to work); cleaned up icons folders; added DBSD Network / User Toolset into Control Panel; converted PC-BSD tools to Control Panel modules; updated KMenu to display categories; zip support included in default install; added Bash to default install; set up CD insert notification to allow playing audio CDs and DVDs; Windows key now launches K-Menu... OSDir has some nice screenshots of the upcoming PC-BSD 1.2 in the PC-BSD 1.2 Beta Screenshot Tour.

Novell has rung the changes on its management team, with president and chief operating officer Ron Hovsepian stepping up to the CEO role last month.

The Mini Koobox is based on an Intel platform built by AOpen and comes with a Linspire Linux operating system, which includes full Microsoft file-compatible office suite, DVD player and DVD-playing software, music and photo management software, Internet applications, e-mail and instant messaging capabilities.

As the IT director for a non-profit community center, I face several challenges, the most pressing being the lack of money. This means our lab is filled with donated older equipment with limited capabilities. Given this state of affairs, I am always on the lookout for free, easy-to-use open source software. I chose PC-BSD as our standard operating system because of its exemplary performance on older equipment.

Hands on: Back up files using the tar command and rsync

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer just had a chat with Blake Ross of the Firefox team, talking over points such as the project's success and how Microsoft motivated the whole project. Blake says that Microsoft's lack of browser innovation in the absence of decent competition makes him "furious," and that the Google tie-in is based more on the search engine's quality than on any marketing agreement.

Developers are demonstrating the ability of open-source databases and BI platforms to deliver advanced analytics and operate on large databases at a fraction of the cost of conventional commercial systems.

Amateur filmmaker Solomon Rothman has released a full length open source movie called 'Boy Who Never Slept.'

The Verso and IBM offering is designed to maximize a provider's ability to quickly and easily deploy voice-over-broadband services to business, as well as residential, subscribers.

This article looks at how static analysis tools can change the way you manage Java software quality.

Shopping for network "appliances", especially mid-to-lower range gear, can easily turn into a full-time job. Netgear, D-Link, Linksys, Cisco, Watchguard, Sonicwall, SnapGear, Netscreen, Multitech, Barracuda, CheckPoint, Symantec, and so forth; with all manner of options and pricing configurations. Your purchasing fun is just beginning when you finally make a selection; then comes the per-user, per-year licenses, plus support. And after all that, what do you get? Mostly, you get poorer.

Jim Hall, creator of the open source MS-DOS operating system project FreeDOS, says that while work on the project may have slowed recently, he isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet. In fact, Hall says he hopes to see version 1.0 released as soon as the end of the month.