Author: elmer

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greasemonkey: Take Back the Web, Really!

mozdev.org – greasemonkey: index
“Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML (“user scripts”) to any web page to change its behavior. In much the same way that user CSS lets you take control of a web page’s style, user scripts let you easily control any aspect of a web page’s design or interaction.“

So, here it is, a little javascript here, a little DHTML there and, ta-da, you get control over those annoying webpages made useless by clueless webmonkeys:) That’s right, strip out the ads, point ot print versions, suppress navigation areas, all the power goes back to you.

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WordPress 1.5.1 Released

freshmeat.net: Project details for WordPress
“Changes:
There have been over 170 bugfixes and enhancements since version 1.5. These include security fixes, login fixes for IIS, improved i18n, better IDN support, extended ping support, improvements to the administration interface, improved caching, database query reductions, plugin API bugfixes, improved conditional GET support for all content/feeds, and support for pingback on systems with “allow_url_fopen=Off”. Plugins can now override certain core functions (allowing external authentication, for example).“

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Novell Seibt Resignation, Formerly Prez of SUSE

NOVELL: Novell Announces Executive Departure
“WALTHAM, Mass.–May 9, 2005 –Novell today announced that Richard Seibt has resigned his position as president of Novell® EMEA. Mr. Seibt was formerly president of SUSE LINUX, Inc., acquired by Novell in January, 2004.

Jack Messman, chairman and CEO of Novell, said, “I would like to thank Richard for his contributions to Novell, especially in the transition and integration of the SUSE® LINUX business. We wish him well in his future endeavors.””

Mr. Seibt’s duties will be assumed by Ron Hovsepian, president, Worldwide Field Operations.

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New Tiger Problems With Samba, AD

Tiger “Caged by SMB, Active Directory Problems
A number of sites running Apple’s new “Tiger” operating system are experiencing problems with SMB file sharing and authentication with Microsoft’s Active Directory, Ziff Davis Internet News has learned.

Although Apple Computer Inc.’s Tiger increases support for Server Message Block file sharing and Active Directory, several sources say that the Finder fails to log on to Windows and Linux Samba file servers.”

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Info on MSFT’s Linux Lab Operation

Meet the Head of Microsoft’s Linux Lab
“Before joining Microsoft about a year-plus ago, Hilf was instrumental in driving IBM’s Linux technical strategy for its emerging and competitive markets organization. Before his stint at IBM, Hilf was the senior director of engineering for eToys, where he helped build the company’s e-commerce business infrastructure. All told, Hilf has been involved with the open-source world for over a dozen years, he said.

Hilf says he spends a lot of time “making Linux more transparent to Microsoft managers.” He does a lot of educating around the open-source development, testing, deployment and licensing models, he said.“

There is also a good set of interviews with Martin Taylor and Bill Hilf at Channel 9 that sheds some light Microsoft and Linux. Part 1 | Part 2

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Sun to complete release of Solaris

Sun to complete release of Solaris code within 45 days – Computerworld
“Sun Microsystems Inc. will complete its release of Solaris software code in the next 45 days, completing an effort the company began last year, a Sun official said yesterday.

Sun’s release of Solaris as open-source software is an effort to expand the number of Solaris users and counter Linux and Windows growth in the data center. The first part of the code, a utility called D-Trace that was designed to improve application performance, was released earlier this year.“

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Deploying Linux Desktops in a Windows Environment

Linux in Government: Linux Desktops in the Enterprise with Microsoft Terminal Services | Linux Journal
“Enterprises considering Linux as an alternative desktop to Microsoft Windows often believe they have some essential Win32 applications or tools that prevent them from making the switch. I have seen CIOs eliminate the Linux option because someone advising them failed to mention how Linux can run Win32 applications. In fact, Linux has the ability to run Windows applications in a number of different ways.“

Good article outlining ways that Linux desktops can be deployed while still making Windows applications available to the users.

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iWebCal – OS iCal Tool

iWebCal: Choose Calendar
“iWebCal lets you view calendars from iCal (and other calendar tools) on the Web. Just upload your calendar file to the Internet somewhere and type its address in the box above. Read the quick start for more info, or see iWebCal in action with an example calendar from Apple’s calendar library.“

Cool. Also works with the WebDAV-enabled versions of the Mozilla calendar tools. So, you could setup a group calendar that would be be pretty functional and web-enabled.

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Tiger Server Roars, Too

Tiger Server Roars, Too
“While most of the attention Friday is on the client version of Apple’s latest release of its Mac OS X operating system, Tiger Server is a major event in itself. It bridges the worlds of open source, Unix and Windows, and may be the key to finally gaining Apple a foothold in the corporate data center.

Integrated into Tiger Server are a secure instant messaging server, a mail gateway with spam and virus filtering, and a Weblog server—all of which can integrate directly with corporate directory services and access control systems, including LDAP and Microsoft’s Active Directory Service…

And since Apple doesn’t charge for CALs (client access licenses), an Apple box running Tiger Server could do the same job as a Windows 2003 system for hundreds or thousands of dollars less.“