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Solaris 10 Review
I have a new review up on LinuxToday about my experiences of using Solaris 10 over the last few months. As the article says at the start, I’ve been using Solaris since the original SunOS was redeveloped and rebranded as Solaris in the early 90s, a…
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What is the semantic grid?
Whether you call it the Semantic Web or Web 2.0, it is obvious that in the web as we know it is changing. We have moved on from static web pages and simply links and will be moving towards more dynamic content, more intelligent links and better wa…
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Free IRC Clients
I have a new article up at Free Software Magazine on free, terminal (i.e. non-GUI) based IRC clients. Here’s the extract: In this article I???m going to look at a staple application of many user???s lives. No, not a web browser, but an IRC client. Int…
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You’ve got grid!
One of the problems with gaining a wider usage of the grid and extracting more potential CPU cycles and resources out of machines is to make use of those machines that are not permanently connected to your network. For example, laptops and noteboo…
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Build grid applications based on SOA
To the casual observer, you’d think that the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Grids are going in completely different directions. In fact, the two are more similar than people realize. But to make effective use of the technologies that both…
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Understanding WSRM
The Web Services Reliable Messaging (WSRM) standard is an extension of the web service model to allow secure communication of information between web services clients and servers. By secure, I don’t mean in terms of security or encryption, but ins…
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Interview with Arnold Robbins, Maintainer of Gawk
I interview Arnold Robbins, maintainer of Gawk and author of Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals about his book, Gawk and how maintainers like me are kept in check. Here’s an extract: LP: Do you think there’s a need for such low-level p…
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Understanding Web Services Distributed Management
The Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) standard offers a way for you to publicize and manage machines and web services using web services and associated technologies. If you’re confused by that statement then you probably need to read my n…
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Rickford Grant, Linux Made Easy
Getting users to try Linux is only half the battle. The other half is showing them what they can achieve when using it. Linux Made Easy by Rickford Grant uses a task based approach to show how you can use Linux to perform your daily tasks; email, …
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Linux Made Easy, Rickford Grant
Linux Made Easy by Rickford Grant is a companion to his original Linux for Non-geeks. Where the two differ is that this book is about how easy Linux can be for performing a myriad of tasks using a simple, skill-based approach. In this book, Rickfo…