Issue #108 / Nov 2009

PROGRAMMING: Perl: Twitter

Perl scripts send log messages to Twitter

The Twitter service can be a platform for meaningless chatter, or you can automate access with an API and use it in ways Twitter never envisioned.

LINUXUSER: Pauker Flash Card Tool

Exploring the Pauker flash card tool

Get ready for your next exam with the Pauker flash card system.

LINUXUSER: Workspace: PivotX

Blogging with PivotX

Check out this full-featured solution for your personal or business blog.

LINUXUSER: ResourceSpace

Digital asset management with ResourceSpace

Organize all your digital collections from a single user interface.

LINUXUSER: Command Line: Apt-get

Installing software the Debian way

Dependency tangles fall away with the Debian package system.

COMMUNITY: Doghouse: Free or Gratis?

Free CDs and ISO Images

maddog explains the difference between free software and gratis media.

COMMUNITY: Linux Bier Wanderung 2009

The 10th anniversary Linux Beer Hike

Happy birthday, LBW! Ten years of hacking, hiking, and beer tasting – the movable feast wanders back to Bavaria.

COMMUNITY: OpenSource World Report

The new three-in-one format falls short for open source projects

Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon reports on the co-located OpenSource World, NGDC, and CloudWorld conferences.

COMMUNITY: Free Software Projects

An up-to-date look at free software and its makers

The number of games available for KDE could start growing soon with the free Gluon library to facilitate programming. A Gnome developer shows how to design user-friendly software. Proprietary PDF editing programs could soon be a thing of the past thanks to PDF Mod.