When: Monday, May 4th 2009 Where: Room 5.001, University of Applied Sciences, Rapperswil (Map) Time: Starting at 15:00 (3:00 PM) Install CDs and backup hard disc for storing your data are available! The flyer can be downloaded: install-party-hsr. Organized by alt.comp.hsr, the association for Linux, Unix and other alternative Operating System at the University of […]
Continue ReadingSun Microsystems & Oracle – News and Questions
I’ve just received the newsletter from Sun Microsystems Switzerland regarding the acquisition/merger of Sun into Oracle. On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems. The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval (JAVA), certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to […]
Continue Readingvim: Regex Search and Delete Line
:%g!/\< \(STRING\|VALUE\)\>/d Explanation :%g Range to search. %g means the complete file ! Negotiation. Can be used to negate the regex \< \(STRING\|VALUE\)\ regular expression (regex). Can be anything /d command to execute with each line found. d means delete Example used :%g/INSERT INTO `table` VALUES>/d This command deletes ALL lines with INSERT INTO `table` […]
Continue ReadingSuseStudio: Easy Linux Install Disc Creation
I’ve been invited to the Alpha release of Novell’s SuseStudio, almost 9 months after I’ve first written about it. And I am impressed. The interface is dead simple. Within a few minutes and clicks you can generate your very own openSuse installation DVD/CD, VMWare image or live ISO. There are also a couple of pre-defined […]
Continue ReadingGeek Humor III
Tux is taking a three month sabbatical to work as a barber, so Tuz is standing in. He’s taken pains to ensure you’ll hardly notice. I think he is kinda cute with yellow beak 🙂
Continue ReadingIBM in Talks to Buy Sun?
via WallStreetJournal o rly? SUN (JAVA): 3,723,526,925 US$ current stock value. IBM wants to pay up to US$ 6.5 billion: If the deal does go through, which could happen as early as this week, IBM is likely to pay at least $6.5 billion in cash to acquire Sun, the people said. That would translate into […]
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