Python, Lua and BeanShell: Google's New Android Scripting
Jun 12, 2009The Android Scripting Environment (ASE) is under Apache 2.0 licensing and should soon have Ruby and JavaScript support.
more »Ark Linux changes to Zypper
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more »Novell Plans Open Source Apps Warehouse
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more »Fedora 11 Released
Jun 09, 2009After numerous delays the Red Hat-financed open source project Fedora has released its Linux distro in version 11.
more »Tiny Core Linux in Version 2
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more »Booting Stage 2: Ubuntu Settles on GRUB 2
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more »Name Suggestions for Fedora 12 in Place
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more »Notebook Minimalism
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