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rush: the ruby shell
rush. rush is a replacement for the unix shell (bash, zsh, etc) which uses pure Ruby syntax. Grep through files, find and kill processes, copy files – everything you do in the shell, now in Ruby. Install rush If you’re running windows and have Ruby installed, go to Start->Ruby-{version}->RubyGems->RubyGems Package manager and type in “gem…
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Lotus revived? On Linux? To compete with Microsoft?
IBM targets Microsoft with desktop Linux initiative This really made me do a double-take: IBM announced a new partnership with Red Hat, Novell, and Canonical to offer “Microsoft-free” personal computers with IBM’s Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony software. Lotus… as in Lotus 1-2-3 vs. Quattro Pro… partnering with Canonical… as in Ubuntu Canonical. The mind…