July 31, 2010 · Backup · 3 comments

What is BAR?

From application author

BAR is backup archiver program. I developed this program after I could not find a simple to use archiver program to create compressed and encrypted archives of my files which can be stored on a cd or dvd. While I devoped the program -- development is still not finished -- I added some more useful features. Now I use the program to make automated backups from all my files either on dvd or directly via an Internet connection to a file server.

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July 29, 2010 · General, Server · 3 comments

The Bash shell is the default shell environment in most Linux distributions, including all flavours of Debian. One default feature of the Bash shell is to record a history of all the commands entered by a user in a log file called .bash_history, found in the user's home directory.
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July 28, 2010 · General · (No comments)

Contains technology strategy articles, sample code, tips, Oracle and partner news, how to articles for developers and DBAs, and more.

Oracle Magazine contains technology strategy articles, sample code, tips, Oracle and partner news, how to articles for developers and DBAs, and more. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company.
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July 28, 2010 · General · 1 comment

Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for sophisticated users, targeting the GNOME desktop.

Smuxi is based on the client-server model: The core application (engine) can be placed onto a server which is connected to the Internet around-the-clock; one or more frontends then connect to the core. This way, the connection to IRC can be kept up even when all frontends have been closed. The combination of screen and irssi served as example for this architecture.
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July 27, 2010 · General · (No comments)

Ailurus is a simple application installer, and GNOME tweaker. Ailurus helps to reduce the difficulty people encounter when they are using Linux. Ailurus also promotes other elegant open-source software which has not entered official repository. With 10 developers (engineers and students), Ailurus is being rapidly developed.
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