many things

LinuxPlanet: There are many things to explore on the Linux Planet. This week, a new Fedora release provides plenty of items to examine.

The new Fedora release isn't the only new open source release this week, as the Linux Planet welcomes new KDE and Firefox releases as well.

The iPad is great for many things — watching movies, reading magazines or playing games. But when it comes to typing, the onscreen keyboard leaves something to be desired.

HowtoForge: "The aim of this tutorial is to enable you to set up a little VPN that will let you do many things..."

The smarter they become, water meters are getting easier to hack. Like many things in electronics, water meters become easier for hackers to break into and misuse when they are upgraded to include wireless and computer technology.

Howtoforge: "vtiger is the CRM / complete tracking solution I have looked for and needed for 10 years!!! An all-in-one tracking everything organic package that ties everything together - because every task has many things associated with it, and vtiger works the way people think."

From SeeIt Consulting:

The conventional wisdom always said that PHP’s include()/require() was quicker than include_once()/require_once(), but recently I came across an interesting post by Arin Sarkissian which suggests otherwise.

Chris Roane has put together a list of things that he wishes someone would have told him back when he was starting out as a web programmer ten years ago, helpful hints that could have made things easier in the long run.

Many things money cannot buy; I think most of us have left jobs, even when we thought we couldn't afford to, because we just couldn't take it anymore.

It's no different in FOSS. Sometimes all it takes to keep someone going is a kind word, a friendly gesture, a simple thank-you.

Linux Pro Magazine: "One of the many things I love about working in the world of open source is that this field is much more about passion than profit.

Think of how many extra hours you or your friends and colleagues put in on nights and weekends (and occasional holidays).

You don't do that for just a "Job"."