In the last post in this multi-part series, I'm going to look at arguably one of the most popular PHP free forum solutions out there, phpBB. It is designed to be feature-rich and a complete solution for building an online forum.
It requires PHP 4.3.3 and a supported database (including MySQL, Oracle, Postgres and even Microsoft SQL Server). I'll be covering the latest version at the time of writing, …
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Today we have a simple tip of the shell. Are there applications or scripts that you use that require different environment variables, such as a different PATH or EDITOR? Then meet the env command. env allows you to run a program in a restricted environment with custom variables or so that no "dirty" variables are left around.
Rather than explain how to use it, let's just jump in to some …
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The popular open source media pre-production tool Celtx has reached the 1.0 milestone. Popular for its screenplay-writing, scheduling, and budgeting tools, Celtx has been in a lengthy beta for over 2 years. Used extensively by independent film producers in a number of language, Celtx, based on Mozilla's XUL framework, has long been an integral member of the open source media toolkit.
Enhancements in this version, other than the typical round …
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FSF-sponsored GNU/Linux distribution gNewSense has recently been updated to version 2.0. The release announcement states:
I've just released the LiveCD for gNewSense 2.0, the first full release of DeltaH.
This is less than a week after Hardy was released.
All bugs reported since the 1.9 beta have been addressed. Thank you to everyone who reported bugs, they were useful in making this release better.
For those not already in …
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