The public musings of a collaboration lifeguard
Archive for October, 2007
links for 2007-10-22
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by Simon Scullion
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Partimage is a Linux utility which saves partitions having a supported filesystem to an image file. Most Linux and Windows filesystems are supported.
IBM warming to Ubuntu?
71567 days
by Simon Scullion
in Lotus
Tell me its true!
on his blog :
So it was a big (and welcome) surprise to find not one but two groups within the company putting together distributions of the IBM desktop products for Ubuntu.
This was by Julian over at :
Ooo, that sounds tasty. A package of IBM products specifically for Ubuntu. I know it’s internal to IBM and not-for-the-public and unofficial and all that, but very interesting to hear. Maybe that’ll get us one step closer to official Debian support.
Lets hope so. I know it would make a lot of people happy, and would get IBM products in front of a lot of linux users. Imagine Dell flogging laptops preloaded with Ubuntu + Notes + Sametime + Symphony! That’d be nice!
This also gives us a glimpse of the power of social software tools behind the firewall. Without them, Glen would have found it extremely hard, if not impossible, to locate this kind of virtual community within such a large organisation. The truth is though that all organisations have these kind of dispersed groups with common interests, and tools like Sametime and Lotus Connections can allow them to unite and achieve results.
It would not surprise me to see this made available in some form at some point in the future. Please IBM!
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links for 2007-10-18
01570 days
by Simon Scullion
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This JavaScript VectorGraphics library provides graphics capabilities for JavaScript: functions to draw shapes and lines dynamically into a webpage. Usage of this Vector Graphics library should be easy even if you don’t have JavaScript experience.
links for 2007-10-17
01571 days
by Simon Scullion
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Some good ground-rules here, I need to read through this carefully, and try to remember the tips!!
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A good example of where regulation can be a good thing. Lets hope this can bring longer term benefits to non-Windows platforms as they get a higher level of attention from some pretty clever tech folk at the beeb.
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More big changes in the music industry. We’ll have to wait for details as to how this will work out regarding digital downloads of her songs. Interesting times!
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Very interesting development I came across today, this could be one to watch over the coming months, could make a big impact when incorporated into social software applications. Will look into this in a lot more detail….!
The BBC "committed to platform neutrality"
01572 days
by Simon Scullion
in Internet
An , after the beeb apparently was trying to avoid committing to a download service for Linux and Mac OSX.
The BBC must deliver an online TV catch-up service that lets users of all computers download programmes, the corporation’s regulators have said.
A good example of where regulation can be a good thing.
Lets hope this can bring longer term benefits to non-Windows platforms as they get a higher level of attention from some pretty clever tech folk at the beeb.
Now if only this wasn’t restricted to UK residents!
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links for 2007-10-16
01572 days
by Simon Scullion
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An easy-to-use Web 2.0 mashup platform for enterprises and small businesses.
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Schoolchildren in Russia are to be taught using the free, open-source Linux software in an effort to cut the cost of teaching information technology.
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Rock legends Led Zeppelin are to make their complete back catalogue available for digital download from next month. Lets hope this is not a US-only thing yet again.
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Might not be an article to show the missus if you’re not looking to have a baby!!
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The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as “Shorewall”, is a high-level tool for configuring Netfilter. You describe your firewall/gateway requirements using entries in a set of configuration files.
links for 2007-10-15
01573 days
by Simon Scullion
in Links
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Not interested so much in the Sharepoint part of this article right now, but the “&feed=rss” trick could come in very handy!
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Control4 offers a complete line of home automation products that makes sophisticated home automation solutions practical and affordable for every home.