Here is a nice site found via Reddit which has a collection of many websites and tools which can be used by web designers. This is really a nice handbook for web designers and I need to learn a lot from these sites.
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This site in the Python Wiki is devoted to various tips and tricks that can be used to improve the performance of your Python programs. There are various tips right from sorting, string concatenation, looping, profiling, etc. Nice site to go for when you are refactoring the program.
Found this via Digg which has a huge online dictionary full of Linux terms. There are over 24,700 definitions about everything you wanted to know about linux.
Python has a new logo and also has redesigned the website. The new site has a better colors and also has rounded corners. The logo is also new and better than the older one. The site design is also professional looking and a lot more organised than the previous site.
Reddit the popular news site which publishes news items according to the votes of its members has broken down. While submitting an article, it showed this page with the words looks like we shouldn’t have stopped using lisp…
Funny yeah. But I would like to know what was the problem. It uses the web.py framework.
Sun is giving away Solaris 10 DVD-Rom Media kit. Solaris is considered as the most advanced UNIX operating system ever. It has many new features and capabilities and yes its free too. With this free DVD you can explore the latest features and technologies of the Solaris 10 operating system. You can order it from Sun Solaris promo site. Please note that Media Kit only available for x86/x64 systems.
[Via nixCraft]
Check out these video demonstrations of Novell Desktop Linux 10. Transparent Video, being dragged around the screen, while playing, and the window “Wobbles” while you drag it. Also switching virtual desktops looks cool (does a 3D cube affect). Looks like Alt-Tab switching is cool, and looks like it has “expose” type affects like Mac OS X.
The Linux users group (LUG) of Bellevue, Washington, recently published an article titled “25 Reasons to Convert to Linux” on the group’s Web site. The comprehensive list discusses the well-known reasons why “Businesses, educational institutions, governmental agencies and other organizations around the world are converting their computer operating systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux at an increasing pace”–cost, licensing issues, support from the community and security.
Other reasons on the list for switching center around ideas of openness, in terms of the source code and file formats, and the benefits that openness offers users. By the end of the list, which also notes that Linux is an ethical and law-abiding computing option (unlike others).
Though the rate of acceptance of linux is increasing, I wonder how much it has penetrated the Indian market. Even in my college, there are systems with Red Hat Linux(old version), it coexists along with Microsoft Windows. And to my knowledge, they are used only by the final year students who do their projects. But, one real good thing is that we are accustomed to Mac OS and we have 70% of systems as iMac and EMac.
What steps can we take to improve the penetration on GNU/Linux in Colleges and Schools?
Found this really nice quick reference guide for Python 2.4 via Digg. You can have all the basics and necessary information about the language(my favourite) into a nicer and compact form. I think I got to get a printout of this one and keep it handy.
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Most of you might have heard about the new object oriented language that is creating waves. It is said that Ruby is relatively easy to learn and program. So, why don’t you try ruby first, without installing it. Try Ruby on your browser now. There is also a 15 minute short online tutorial to try out.