Monday, September 18, 2006
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Greetings, ONLampers. (OK, so THAT is why this is the Linux newsletter,
not any other title. Wow.)
This weekly mailing goes out in an attempt to keep you informed about the
latest goings-on that the editors and webloggers of the O'Reilly Network
think are important. Ready, set, click those hyperlinks!
Your editor is home this week, but many lucky folks are in lovely Belgium,
enjoying EuroOSCON. Wander over to our Conference Coverage page to see
what you're missing (even if you're attending, you can't be everywhere
at once!):
http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/eurooscon/
If you've used an internet-capable toaster in the past few years, odds are
it runs NetBSD. This project has had a quiet focus on high-quality,
portable code. It doesn't always get all of the attention that other open
operating systems do, but that changed recently, when a founding member
decided that something needs to change. This week, Federico Biancuzzi
interviews Charles M. Hannum about the past, present, and possible future
of NetBSD, and why Hannum thinks the project management needs potentially
radical changes:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/09/14/netbsd_future.html
Do you remember the bad old days of huge, expensive PBX equipment that
required patience and phone companies and lots of hassle to maintain and
add services? Brian McConnell says that those days have changed with
VoIP, and especially the open source Asterisk PBX. Now you can replace a
six-figure installation with the equivalent of a standard web server and
get more features with less hassle. Brian's "Building Advanced Telecom
Apps on a Shoestring" praises the new platform for invention and suggests
that the future might hold some really interesting new applications built
on Asterisk and VoIP:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/09/12/building-advanced-telecom-apps-on-a-shoestring.html
This week's Distributing the Future podcast explores metaphors for open
source. Greenplum's Scott Yara compares open source to rock 'n roll,
while the always-provocative R0ml thinks that it's more like a tomato.
David Battino also peeks behind our digital media site to talk to a
songwriter and audio editor:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/09/18/distributing-the-future.html
In weblogs this week, Jonathan Wellons plays with math and figures a
clever way to reduce some complex fractions:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/09/reducing_fractions_the_easy_wa.html
Ann Barcomb summarized the latest developments in Perl 6:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/09/weekly_perl_6_mailing_list_sum_3.html
Ming Chow reviewed Google Code's project hosting for a system
administration tool written in Perl:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/09/syshogs_and_google_code_projec_1.html
Your editor found a wonderful account of how optimizing a project for fun
and ease of contribution can encourage new contributions:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/09/from_alien_to_citizen.html
... and an excellent account of how building a templating system can take
over your life:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/09/build_your_own_templating_syst.html
... and, finally, an advanced development practice of knowingly
accumulating technical debt:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/09/voluntary_technical_debt.html
Chris Tyler recommended the Free Software and Open Source Symposium to
anyone who'll be in Toronto in late October:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/09/great_fsoss_symposium_coming_u.html
Jeremy Jones found joy in a video tutorial site:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/09/showmedo_a_video_tutorial_site.html
pat eyler found another great Ruby weblog to recommend:
http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/09/reading_ola_bini.html
Steve Mallett linked to pat's interview with Leonard Richardson:
http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/09/pat_interviews_leonard_richard.html
Rob Orsini reviewed iTerm and its excellent tabbed interface:
http://blog.tupleshop.com/2006/9/14/tools-of-the-trade-iterm-faster-with-safari-like-tabs
Nathaniel Brown announced a much-improved date selector widget:
http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/09/datebocks_the_new_intuitive_da.html
Austin Ziegler and Curt Hibbs promoted the newly updated Ruby language
home page:
http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/09/ruby_language_site_updated.html
http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/09/new_ruby_web_site_is_officiall.html
Timothy M. O'Brien interviewed Charles Nutter about the fate and goals of
JRuby, now that Sun has hired the lead developers:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2006/09/charles_nutter_responds_our_fu.html
Marc Hedlund expanded on Cory Doctorow's critique of the Amazon Unbox license:
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/09/cory_tears_into_amazon_unbox_l.html
Tim O'Reilly pondered standardized hardware for eBook readers:
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/09/standardized_hardware_for_eboo.html
That's it!
In Seattle tomorrow for the final stop of the Perl Hacks world tour,
- c
chromatic
chromatic@oreilly.com
Technical Editor
O'Reilly Network
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