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Luban is a newly released component oriented scripting language. Luban is a clean syntax scripting language with its own component model tailored for scripting purpose. Luban’s component is Java Bean link attribute based object that is simpler than commonly used object oriented model.

It could be argued that among Linux users who know the technology best, application developers who write code on Linux boxes for Linux systems are in the upper echelon. One interesting trend among this influential sub-group of the Linux user base is a penchant for non-commercial or homespun Linux distributions.

Part 1 of our WiFi PDA/Linux series focused on setting up the iPAQ to browse the Web and connect to a Linux/Samba file server. This time, we'll look at printing from the iPAQ to a CUPS print server.

Damn Small Linux is much more than the business-card LiveCD that it originated as. It is a desktop computing powerhouse. DSL boasts an impressive and useful software collection while maintaining a slim 50MB footprint. It offers several options to run or boot the system along with simple configuration. Top it all off with a custom extension system, as well as apt-get, and you can begin to see why DSL is my workstation GNU/Linux distribution.

C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup and software design guru James Coplien are calling for better training for software developers.

This tutorial shows you how to use IBM Rational Application Developer V6.0 to build dynamic Web sites. The tutorial walks you through a simple example that uses Java servlets and JavaServer Pages to implement a simple messaging center

Cambridge academic Ross Anderson argues that empirical analysis of software bug records will prove whether open source code is more secure than closed source, and show the true value of techniques like peer review and extreme programming.

Businesses increasingly use MySQL database and Red Hat Linux for grid computing, MySQL CEO says. MySQL AB is partnering with Red Hat Inc. to ensure that the two companies support users running the MySQL open-source database on Linux as companies build out large server clusters and grids.

Learn some of the basics of the USB subsystem, including how URBs work and what kind of host controllers are available.

Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1, due by the end of the year, will feature support for Linux.

Novell has just announced a point-of-sale (POS) system. Well, Novell is calling it "Novell Linux Point of Service 9" but those of us who've spent any time in the retail industry know that it's just the latest version of a POS system.

Koper, Slovenia and Lyon, France have been proposed as locations for the OpenOffice.org Conference 2005. Please visit the conference website and submit a vote for your favorite location.

Scott Handy says there's more to open standards and open source than just Linux. Handy, who is the vice president of worldwide Linux business strategy at IBM, delivered a keynote on the second day of LinuxWorld Canada.

Get detailed code examples illustrating how to map Win32 to Linux with respect to semaphore application program interfaces (APIs).

Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster Delivers Breakneck Speeds and I/O Throughput for AMD Opteron Processor-Powered Linux Compute Clusters

Linux is very easy to use, and the idea that the open source operating system is a command-line driven environment is a misconception, executives told the LinuxWorld Expo on Wednesday.

Microsoft said Wednesday that for the first time it would add Linux support to one of its products, citing the need for providing users with the means to manage a heterogeneous network environment.

Much has changed in the decade since the first code was written for MySQL. The machines we carry with us are many times more powerful and the number of nodes on the network has exploded in the years since 1995.

A conversation with two of the developers behind a new standard for achieving a Universal Business Language.

Samba man Andrew Tridgell has publicly demonstrated how to interoperate with the proprietary Bitkeeper source code management system. It's so easy, you'll be able to do it yourself wearing boxing gloves.