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Future of Python programming language on a Linux platform
Some sceptics have published articles and blogs over the last few years that have doubted the future of Python. However, Python has been around since 1991 and the growth in popularity of this stable and comprehensive high level programming language, especially in the Linux user domain, would indicate that it is here to stay. Python is an open source language which supports the main programming models currently in vogue. A Python programmer can produce code that could be classified object-oriented, imperative or functional in design.
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Has Google been in touch yet?
If you’re an IT person in today’s world, you are living in charmed times. The job market is finally picking up after the lull of the recession induced by the global financial crisis. Big corporations and the small business sector alike are back in expansion mode and are seeking, in fact vying, to attract quality skilled human resources to make growth possible. With unemployment low, the job seekers pool is limited, forcing organisations to be more resourceful and proactive in their recruitment strategies in order to be competitive in attracting the right skills sets. Of course, this resourcefulness comes more easily to large organisations such as Google and Facebook, who have gargantuan HR budgets, and places small business at a distinct disadvantage.
GNOME 3.0 delayed until March 2011
Developers want to take more time to "polish" their next major release - GNOME 2.32 in September When hundreds of developers from the GNOME project fly in from different parts of the world to assemble for their yearly GUADEC conference, it's not only the perfect time to listen to lectures and get some hacking done, but also a good opportunity to perform a reality check. A step that the project has taken during the last few days at the GUADEC 2010 in Den Haag and which now bears its consequences: The release of GNOME 3.0 is going to be delayed for another six months to March 2011.
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Add a commentopenSUSE 11.3 is here!
Last Updated on Friday, 16 July 2010 10:04
The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of the latest incarnation of openSUSE, with support for 32-bit and 64-bit systems. openSUSE 11.3 is packed with new features and updates including SpiderOak to sync your files across the Internet for free, Rosegarden for free editing of your audio files, improved indexing with Tracker, and updates to Mozilla Firefox, and Thunderbird.
Among these many new features, openSUSE also provides support for netbooks and the Btrfs file system support. Users can expect to see improved hardware support with the 2.6.34 Linux kernel and updated graphics drivers. And support for the next generation of interactive computing for touchscreens like the HP TouchSmart.
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Add a commentLinux Mint 9 KDE RC released!
Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 08:20
New features at a glance:
- KDE Network Manager
- New applications
- New Software Manager
- 30,000 packages
- Review applications straight from the Software Manager
- APT daemon
- Visual improvements
- New Backup Tool
- Incremental backups, compression, integrity checks
- Backup/Restoration of the software selection
- Better look & feel
- Backgrounds
- Welcome screen
- Update Manager
- System improvements
- Windows installer
- Husse quotes
- Apt hold/unhold/held commands
- Project changes
- Community Website
- Community Editions
- Upstream improvements
- Faster boot
- Long Term Support
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