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Hello, readers of the Linux newsletter. This weekly mailing (except for on
weeks where there are just too many holidays to work, not that your editor
is suggesting anything about December just yet, no no) describes the
latest news and opinions in the world of free and open source software as
seen through the lens of the O'Reilly Network. Here goes!

Popular opinion saw the X Window System as unnecessarily limiting the
power and applicability of Unix desktops for years. The switch to X.org
has begun to address those questions in powerful ways. Dru Lavigne's
latest FreeBSD Basics column describes some of the fun and useful
abilities of X.org, and they're not just for FreeBSD users:

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/12/07/freebsd_basicsg.html

Dynamic languages such as Perl and Python and Ruby have useful and usable
database access layers. C and C++ aren't always so fortunate. An add-on
for Oracle and Sybase called Pro*C can reduce the amount of tedious
boilerplate code while still allowing all of the power and flexibility of
embedded SQL. Sai Kiran Gummaraj demonstrates how to use it:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/databases/2006/12/07/embedded-sql-with-pro-c.html

Want some egoboo? Try keeping track of commenters on your weblog. Does
that sound daunting? Tony Stubblebine mixed up a small batch of Perl code
to run the Salesforce.com API and build his own contact list of people
interested in what he has to say. There's a clever mashup:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/11/27/using-the-salesforcecom-api.html

In weblogs this week, Curtis Poe wonders why Python and Ruby silently
discard math information:

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/12/silently_discarding_informatio.html

Ann Barcomb found environmentalism in the latest Perl 6 summary:

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/12/weekly_perl_6_mailing_list_sum_14.html

Justin Troutman discussed cryptoviral extortion:

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/12/thinking_out_loud_a_cold_night.html

Your editor praised the toolmakers:

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/12/blessed_are_the_toolmakers.html

... and then promoted two Perl advent calendars:

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/12/perl_advent_calendars.html

Andy Oram reported from the <XML2006> conference:

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/12/xml_2006_conference_putting_th.html

Paul Browne asked for duck typing in Java:

http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2006/12/dear_open_source_santa.html

Caitlyn Martin encountered installed but unsupported Hero Applications:

http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/12/hero_applications.html

Carla Schroder found a Solaris LiveCD very cool:

http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/12/solaris_livecd.html

Nathaniel Brown found Ruby's job statistics very promising:

http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/12/need_a_job_they_are_plentiful.html

Steve Mallett enjoyed a podcast with Matz:

http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2006/12/topfunkys_podcast_interview_wi.html

Anton Chuvakin summarized the results of his security conference poll:

http://www.oreillynet.com/sysadmin/blog/2006/12/conclusions_on_my_security_con.html

That's it for this week. Next week, learn how to build your own virtual
cluster for a very specific application; it's easier than it sounds.

Wine + old games wins,
- c
chromatic
chromatic@oreilly.com
Technical Editor
O'Reilly Network

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