[2005-09-28] Bash In-process Regular Expressions
Bash acquired in-process regular expressions in version 3.0, but I never noticed, probably because most of the machines I'm using are Bash 2.05b.
[2005-09-28] Bash Aliases
Most shells have some provision for aliases. Aliases can assign default behavior to a command (for example "rm" is often aliased to "rm -i") or can be used to create new commands (a typical example is "ll" aliased to be "ls -l").
[2005-09-20] Personal Dictionary for Ispell
Ispell works well, but it has to be the most confused project I've ever seen. I started looking into this because I got tired of seeing the same common words pop up for correction and wanted to add those words to some file that would cause Ispell to ignore them.
[2005-09-19] Red Hat, IBM Going After Emerging Markets
Linux and solutions based on that platform will get the big push as the two firms go after the biggest emerging global markets.
[2005-09-02] Linux Users Encouraged To Help Katrina Victims
A developer wants to organize a public "web station" effort to assist and connect Hurricane Katrina victims.
[2005-09-01] Linux: the Cheaper Way to Go?
IBM released a report from the Robert Frances Group (RFG), which it sponsored that claims that the total cost of operation (TCO) for Linux is 40% lower than that of Windows.
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