Linux related news

Noor: "Today, I came across what I call a deep-sea pearl. I came to know Hessian, the binary web service protocol."

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "For this week's Monday Linux/Unix bash shell script we're going to do the (almost) exact opposite of what we've been doing for the past few weeks.

Today, we're going to find free books on the Internet and, possibly, read them ;)"

Enterprise Networking Planet: "Its strength lies in the fact that it can be used to exchange encrypted information between two parties that have never communicated together before and have therefore never agreed on a secure way of exchanging messages."

Python 3.0 is out. "Python 3.0 (a.k.a. 'Python 3000' or 'Py3k') represents a major milestone in Python's history, and was nearly three years in the making.

This is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line of releases, while remaining true to BDFL Guido van Rossum's vision." See Guido's what's new in 3.0 document for an overview of the major changes.

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for December 4, 2008 is available.

Axiomtek is readying a full-size PICMG 1.3 SBC (single-board computer) boasting an Intel Core 2 Quad processor.

Targeting control and automation, visual inspection, digital surveillance, and network security applications, the Linux-ready SHB102 supports 16GB of DDR3, and has two gigabit Ethernet and a dozen USB ports.

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "One question that I get asked a lot (and used to ask a lot ;) has to do with the TCP protocol.

More specifically, with how an established connection goes about graciously ending. And, if you haven't guessed, the reason the question gets asked so often is that, with all the different states a graceful TCP disconnect goes through, lots of folks (involved in troubleshooting) are curious as to whether the output they're pouring over is "good" or "bad.""

Timesys has announced a partnership with Swell Software to integrate the latter's ultralight GUI software stack with its LinuxLink embedded Linux development platforms.

The LinuxLink subscriptions will provide embedded ARM platforms that have been integrated and tested with Swell's "PEG" graphics development environment, says Timesys.

Access has started developing an operator service pack for NTT DoCoMo's 3G "FOMA" network. Compliant with LiMo (Linux Mobile Foundation) APIs, the pack will support DoCoMo services such as i-Mode, and will help Linux phone makers provide "immediate" support for DoCoMo on their devices, Access said.

Physorg.com: "Zipf's law is a testament to the order in our world, showing that the same patterns emerge in a wide variety of situations.

The linguist George Kingsley Zipf first proposed the law in 1949, when he noticed that the distribution of words in a newspaper, book, or other literary article always followed the same pattern."