Chris Johnston

“There are times when I want a lean, mean editor and times when I enjoy a good, bloated editor packed with wizards. We compare the programming editors Jext and J to Jedit and offer a revised opinion of the best Java for Linux.”

Here is a tutorial to introduce you to the world of ncurses programming.

“But even if a system can’t provide raster graphics, there’s no reason it can’t offer the convenience of windowed interfaces. Perhaps you’ve never heard of it, or perhaps you’ve just forgotten about it — in any case, the ncurses library lets you build windowed applications for character-based displays”

“The end of the Linux as a geek-oriented operating system has officially arrived. This change has been coming for quite a while and it was confirmed last week during the LinuxWorld Expo in Manhattan. Is it a joyous occasion or a requiem for the beanbag chairs? LinuxPlanet Editor Brian Proffitt reports on the change from within.”

“Rather than try to cover every conceivable angle of Linux World, we opted to focus mostly on desktop stuff (with some odds and ends thrown in). Despite the frigid temperatures, there was a warm Linux buzz inside the Javits center. There’s nothing quite like a bunch of geeks banding together and bonding over everybody’s favorite operating system”

The official announcement has not been made yet, but source packages are linked to on the kde.org website and the stable/3.1 directory is up on the ftp site.

Red Hat and Mandrake rpms are not yet available.

Here is a funny little satirical article aimed at poking some fun at some other articles all too prevalent on the web right now.

“Some of you might be thinking, why? Well, I think it’s about time. MCSE’s, VB Programmers, and techies have been using Windows for years, and I think it’s about time Windows moves to the desktop for ordinary people.”

“The review of Mandrake 9.1 beta 1 went online a few days ago, and a few hours later MandrakeSoft was releasing beta 2. So here we go again! What’s changed? What’s fixed? What’s added?”