linux distributions

I'm doing a talk today in the Bossa Conference about using Midgard as a content repository for mobile applications.

As part of my presentation I wrote some simple example code for using the Midgard APIs in Python, and thought they would be good to share to those not attending the event as well.

Juozas Kaziukenas has a suggestion for all of those developers (and web applications) out there that are still resting back on their comfort zone of PHP 5.2 - don't be afraid of PHP 5.3, the earlier the adoption the better!

IT World: "While desktop Ubuntu shines as the leader among Linux distributions, with analysts estimating their share up to 95 percent of the Linux desktop market, Ubuntu's server version lags."

New from the Web Developer Juice blog there's a tutorial looking to help you get a memcached server up and running and make it accessible to your PHP applications.

Cyber Cynic: "Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, arguably the most popular of all Linux distributions, is asking its users what new, proprietary programs they'd like to see as optional software in Ubuntu."

Linux's history can be measured in both releases 2.0, 2.6, and so on, and in its major distributions, which brought these releases to the masses at large.

Here's my list of the top five major Linux distributions that had the most impact in the operating system's brief history.

Tech Source From Bohol: "I can say that Linux on netbook is gaining momentum right now contrary to what others believe.

Just take a look at the growing number of Linux distributions that are optimized for netbooks so that you will know what I mean."

Ghacks: "Fortunately modern Linux distributions have much better fonts and font tools available. From font creation/editing to font management, there are plenty of outstanding applications to help you in your quest for font nirvana."

PCLinuxOS: "Except for some really weird situations, modern Linux distributions don't really need kernel recompilation. Here are the reasons:"

Ken Hess: "I found ten distributions from among the 500 or so that I know about to spotlight these for some special feature or set of features that will dazzle you or entice you to try them for yourself.

Read on and get ready to download."