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Book Review: Ruby by Example: Concepts and Code by Kevin C. Baird
Full of examples
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Ruby is currently one of the most fashionable and modern languages to program in. Ruby is synonymous with the Rails framework, which is a robust and deep framework used to prototype and then build stable and scalable web applications. Of course, Ruby has considerable potential in its own right. The book “Ruby by example, concepts and code” by Kevin C. Baird and published by No Starch Press will help you to learn the Ruby language via small incremental example scripts.
Book Review: Java EE 5 Development using GlassFish Application Server by David R. Heffelfinger
A day in the life of an application server
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The application server GlassFish supports all the most modern and juicy features of Java Enterprise Edition (EE), formally known as J2EE. Made by Sun, the server has a dual purpose as both the official application server reference for Java EE and as a viable and scalable piece of software that performs well under most conditions. David R. Heffelfinger’s book “Java EE 5 Development using Glassfish”, published by PACKT, follows both purposes by exploring the frameworks and the server deployment; thus the books details resonate vigorously with the spirit behind the tool.
Book Review: Professional Plone Development by Martin Aspeli
An open source Content Management System
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Plone is a well-known Content Management Systems (CMS). Since it’s relatively easy to customize to a specific enterprises style and workflow, there is a healthy trade of services around the core software. Martin Aspeli, the book’s author, is an active contributor to Plone. Heavy involvement in a project that you are writing about always bodes well for the potential value and quality of a book that you, the reader might be considering buying. Aspeli’s book “Professional Plone Development”, published by PACKT, proves this quality point once again.
Book Review: Linux Thin Client Networks Design and Deployment by David Richards
A Quick Guide for System Administrators
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This book is a gem. The author has written a compact volume covering many facets of GNU/Linux on thin clients. The book is persuasive and gives attention to issues of users and managers. The author is the same David Richards who led the government of Largo, Florida, to adopt GNU/Linux on thin clients under the radar of Microsoft, through the valley of thin clients, across the mountains of IT to the promised land of GNU/Linux—before Munich and Extremadura. This is also the same person who brought thin clients on e-bay.
Book Review: Perl by Example, 4th Edition by Ellie Quigley
One for the book shelf
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Perl is an amazingly powerful and succinct language. Although not the most fashionable, Perl is consistent and supported on a vast range of platforms, probably even more than Java. Better still, it gets in and does the job quickly with very little fuss. Perl by Example written by Ellie Quigley and published by Prentice Hall is a comprehensive, example based, and thorough book.
Book Review: Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux by Mark G. Sobell
Maintain your system
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Mainstream Linux distributions such as the ever-popular Ubuntu have the potential to contain thousands or tens of thousands of packages and have a wealth of supporting services activated on computer boot ups. Mark G. Sobell’s book A practical guide to Ubuntu Linux, published by Prentice Hall, describes the details of maintaining these complex structures on your own machine.
FSM Newsletter 5 May 2008
- 2008-05-05
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Hello readers, and welcome once again to Free Software Magazine’s fortnightly newsletter, keeping you up to date with all things free software… AND the top 10 FSDaily announcements for this week! Enjoy!
Joomla! Accessibility by Joshue O Connor
More accessibilty than Joomla!
- 2008-04-26
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This book concentrates mainly on making websites accessible, particularly to the visually impaired. These techniques are then used, more briefly, to explain how to make Joomla! sites accessible. The book’s author, Joshue O Connor, is clearly an expert on accessibility and has covered these areas well.
FSM Newsletter 21 April 2008
- 2008-04-21
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Hello readers, and welcome once again to Free Software Magazine’s fortnightly newsletter, keeping you up to date with all things free software… AND the top 10 FSDaily announcements for this week! Enjoy!
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Linux Thin Client Networks Design and Deployment by David Richards
A guide for Systems Administrators
- 2008-04-16
- Published on web | Intermediate
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Thin client solutions bring together the display features of a personal computer and the low support requirements of dumb terminals. The client machine handles the user interface, while the servers provide the processing power for the applications. Thin clients offer considerable savings in staffing and capital costs. GNU/Linux lends itself to thin clients for reasons that are explored in this book. The book’s author, David Richards, clearly has experience of explaining and implementing thin client solutions.
FSM Newsletter 7 April 2008
- 2008-04-07
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FSM Newsletter 24 March 2008
- 2008-03-24
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FSM Newsletter 10 March 2008
- 2008-03-10
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FSM Newsletter 25 February 2008
- 2008-02-24
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Hello readers, and welcome once again to [Free Software Magazine] (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/)’s fortnightly newsletter, keeping you up to date with all things free software… AND the top 10 FSDaily announcements for this week! Enjoy!
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FSM Newsletter 11 February 2008
- 2008-02-11
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FSM Newsletter 28 January 2008
- 2008-01-27
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FSM Newsletter 13 January 2008
- 2008-01-13
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Book review: Official Damn Small Linux Book by by Robert Shingledecker, John Andrews and Christopher Negus
A big book for a little distro
- 2007-12-30
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Damn Small Linux (DSL) is my favourite GNU/Linux distribution. It’s not the one I use the most, but to me it represents everything good in the Linux world. It’s small enough to run on any old PC, powerful enough to solve most any problem. This is the distribution to use when proving just how useful GNU/Linux can be.
Book review: Moodle Teaching Techniques by William H. Rice IV
Enhance the Moodle learning experience
- 2007-12-27
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Moodle is a well-known and widely used online Course Management System. It is based on Apache and PHP and is normally associated with a MySQL database and GNU/Linux. The application has high market penetration and recognition, especially for schools. However, no matter how good a tool is, a poor teacher will only generate painful online learning experience. Moodle Teaching Techniques published by Packt and authored by William H. Rice IV focuses on best practices for constructing learning solutions.
Book review: Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort by Michael Rash
Security in depth
- 2007-12-20
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The stability of an enterprise-wide infrastructure depends on understanding innovative, defensive security-related software. Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad and fwsnort written by Michael Rash and published by No Starch Press, outlines viable approaches that enable a defensive solution in depth.
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