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Today the Firebird 2.5 is being released. You can read the press release and most importantly release notes. And sure, you can download it and use/test/deploy.

"I got by Rony another script for automatic generation of OpenDocument invoices, or any other ODF text with a fixed structure... I'm happy to host it here because he's proving what I thought when I started the ODF scripting section of this website: the OpenDocument format is not only really open, it's also so simple that everybody can save lots of tedious, manual office work thanks to it!

Seems like there is a major problem going on with WordPress.com and it’s stats plugin right now. On logging into your WordPress blog, instead of seeing the pretty charts and stats, you will see a login box instead. On logging in, it just redirects back to the same thing again

OpenOffice.org Draw is all about objects -- items inserted into a document, each of which can be edited independently. In fact, whether you insert a picture from a file or create an object selected from the primitives (basic shapes) in the Drawing toolbar, everything in Draw is a frame. Even text in Draw is an object, and behaves differently from ordinary text in Writer. For this reason, knowing the basics of objects is essential for all work in Draw. Learning more than the basics, however, can be next to impossible because of several ongoing problems.

By now, everyone knows that if you want to make a file unrecoverable, you can't simply delete it - you have to use a tool like 'shred' or 'srm' to overwrite its contents. But a common question is whether this is effective on an ext3, ext4, or other journaled filesystems. This article discusses these filesystems, and whether secure deletion tools work on them.

On the back of the news that Microsoft (MSFT) is suing Motorola (MOT) for patent infringments related to Android, Steve Ballmer tells the Wall Street Journal that HTC is paying a license fee for its use of Android...and that other Android manufactures may be forced to do the same.

Dijkstra's simple shunting yard algorithm comes in quite handy to parse expressions. By extending the parser, it is also able to parse function calls and object-oriented expressions.

GParted is an essential system administration tool. Learn to use it wisely. Last week, you found Ten Essential Linux Admin Tools with which to familiarize yourself. But, don’t overwhelm yourself with self-discovery of all ten, because this week you’ll learn one of those tools, GParted. It is a powerful ally to those who handle it with wisdom and restraint and a harsh mistress to those who throw caution to the wind.

CloudSN (Cloud Services Notifications) is an application similar to Specto (which is not maintained anymore): it can display notifications when you have new emails (POP3 and IMAP), new Identi.ca messages, Google Reader unread items or it can watch any RSS feed for changes.

In July, Jared Smith took up the position of Fedora Project Leader, replacing the outgoing Paul Frields. Among Smith's first jobs is to guide the development and release of the upcoming Fedora 14 Linux distribution, set for general availability in November. Building the Fedora Linux distribution is one of Smith's key responsibilities as Fedora Project Leader, but it involves more than just pure code. "A lot of the time we think of Fedora as just the bits and the bytes that we burn on a CD every six months and ship out, but Fedora is more than that, it has to be a community," Smith said. "As such we have to concentrate on building that community and taking care of the community as much as we take care of the bits and bytes."

The success of the Apple iPad has prompted other manufacturers to launch their own tablet devices, mainly based on the Android platform. But can Android have the same impact as it has done in the smartphone market? Phil King examines the market and speaks to analysts and retails to find out…

If you want to configure compiz in ubuntu10.10 Maverick Meerkat , there is a simple configuration tool for compiz called SimpleConfig settings manager that will help you doing this job, it is quick and useful especialy for linux newbies.

I have a heavy-used website powered by LAMP stack (CentOS Linux, Apache 2, MySQL and PHP). It started on a shared hosting so I had to use MySQL. Year and a half later, I switched shared, virtual hosting and not run it on a dedicated server. I decided to try Firebird to see how it performs and also how it compares to MySQL in RAM usage, disk usage, etc.

Kojoney is a low level interaction honeypot that emulates an SSH server. The daemon is written in Python using the Twisted Conch libraries. In computer terminology, a honeypot is a trap set to detect, deflect, or in some manner counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information systems. Generally it consists of a computer, data, or a network site that appears to be part of a network, but is actually isolated, (un)protected, and monitored, and which seems to contain information or a resource of value to attackers. This tutorial shows how you can compile and install an updated version of Kojoney on a CentOS 5.5 server.

Arcade shooter game Steel Storm Episode 1 version 1.0 is released which was only available as beta until now. The game is quite addictive with fast paced action that wants you to annihilate hordes of enemies . Episode 1 is available as free download for Linux, Mac and Windows users.

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid to studying and organizing information, solving problems, making decisions, and writing. Brain mapping is a graphic way to identify different parts of an issue or to plan steps or consequences of an action. Experts say mind mapping makes information easier to remember and makes studying more enjoyable.

So you broke down and finally set up a Linux machine on your network. And this time it's not a server! You're running one of the more recent distributions (let's say either Ubuntu 10.04 or Fedora 13) with the GNOME desktop. Here's the thing: you need to allow other users, those using Microsoft Windows-based machines, to have access to specific directories on that Linux box. How do you do it?

LXer Feature: 04-Oct-2010

In this week's LXWR OpenOffice.org gets liberated, a nice review of Linux Mint, The GNU Project celebrates its 27th birthday, Jono Bacon talks about how Ubuntu gets built, a case for Linux in schools, Rad Hat's CEO makes it on Mad Money, Microsoft sues Motorola because of Android and a LXer Feature by our own Hans Kwint on the choices Windows and Linux users both have. Enjoy!

This short, informal opinion column is about the GNU LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community. LilyPond is an open-source music engraving program, devoted to producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. This free software brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.

The Wine development release 1.3.4 is now available. The source is available now, Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.