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OpenSource For You
November 2016 Issue
Vol. 5 No. 2
Admin - Lets Try
UltraDefrag: A Choice Defragmenter for Windows
The performance of Windows systems is greatly enhanced by defragmenting or defragging the disk. A file may have many small fragments spread across the hard disk of the computer. Rearranging the fragments together in one place speeds up computer performance. The Windows OS does provide an inbuilt defrag tool, but the efficiency of the operation is improved with the use of third party tools like UltraDefrag.
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Admin - Overview
A Few Must-Have Tools for Windows Systems Administrators
This article presents some of the most desirable free and open source software programs that Windows systems administrators must have in their arsenal of tools.
| Developers - Lets Try
Working with Git for Windows
Version control systems play an important role in tracking changes in software and enable users to fall back to a desired previous version. Git is a distributed version control system that can be run on Windows, the mechanics of which are demonstrated in this article.
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Admin - How To
OpenStack: Testing Tempest and REST API
Large pools of compute, storage and networking resources exist in data centres and in enterprises. To manage them, the ideal tool would be OpenStack, which gives administrative control via a dashboard. In this article, we will explore the configuration of DevStack and Tempest, looking deeper into the challenges and analysing Tempest test results across different OSs and hardware platforms.
| Developers - How To
Exploring Spans for Fancy Text on Android
Android developers and DIY enthusiasts can use fancy text in their apps and games. In Android, text is not a matter of just typing it in and applying styles to it. It is an involved procedure that uses TextView, which contains Spans as classes. Read on to discover the magic of creating attractive text in Android.
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Developers - How To
Automate Your Development Environment with Vagrant
Get introduced to Vagrant—a tool for managing virtual machines. By taking care of these machines, Vagrant allows developers, operations engineers and designers to get on with their core work.
| Developers - How To
Retrieve Real-time Data in Android Using Firebase
Firebase is a cloud based platform for mobile and Web application development. In this article, which is aimed at Android enthusiasts, we explain how to use Firebase’s cloud services to store and retrieve real-time data.
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Developers - Let's Try
GNU Tools that Help You Develop C/C++ Applications
This article explores how various GNU tools are used for the development of C/C++ applications. It also covers the anatomy of the generated intermediate files and the final outcome. These tools are also available for the Windows environment with support from the MingW runtime.
| Admin - Let's Try
Setting Up Apache and PHP on Windows
Developers can easily run or test their scripts in Windows before they put them out on the Internet, if they have Apache and PHP installed on their systems. This article is a tutorial on how Apache and PHP can be set up in Windows.
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Admin - How To
Installation and Configuration of VirtualBox on Windows 10
VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualisation tool. It can be used to create virtual machines running different operating systems on a single machine. This article discusses how VirtualBox can be installed in Windows 10.
| Developers - How To
Setting Up Django on Windows
Django is a Web development framework written in Python. Therefore it has all the advantages of Python. Setting up Django in Linux is pretty straightforward, but Windows is different. This tutorial takes you through the process of installing Django in a Windows environment.
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Developers - How To
Build a Multi-player Game Application in App Inventor 2
If you are eager to build a mobile app, there is no better application than App Inventor 2 to start you up. We have been carrying this series for quite a few months now. We have built the simplest apps, and are slowly building more and more complex ones. This article features an app for noughts and crosses (xoxo) to be played by multiple players.
| Developers - Let's Try
An Introduction to Running JavaScript in Java with Nashorn
This ‘teaser’ article is intended to whet the appetite of the reader to learn more. Nashorn is a JavaScript engine developed by Oracle. It aims at allowing JavaScript to be embedded in Java, and to develop standalone JavaScript applications.
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Developers - Overview
An Introduction to InfluxDB, a Time Series Database
This article introduces the time series database, InfluxDB, which is an open source application written in the Go programming language. InfluxDB is easy to use, scalable and highly available.
| For U & Me - Insight
How Heterogeneous Systems Evolved and the Challenges, Going Forward
In laymen’s terms, computer architecture refers to how a computer is designed and how software interacts with it. With the demands on computing power increasing, it is a natural corollary that computer architecture should also evolve. This article highlights the challenges and opportunities in designing heterogeneous systems.
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For U & Me - Overview
Open Source Productivity Tools that Run on Windows
The open source vs proprietary software debate will go on endlessly as each has its loyal proponents. However, open source clearly has the edge because of its wide acceptance by enterprises. Windows users can find useful open source tools to improve not just their productivity but also their overall computing experience.
| For U & Me - Interview
"The Paradigm of Security Solutions is Conservative in Itself"
Open source is making things easier for security professionals. But choosing software to check vulnerabilities still seems difficult for many developers. Jagmeet Singh of OSFY spoke to Fedora fellow, Joerg Simon, who created Fedora Security Spin, to discuss the evolution of community-backed solutions in the world of penetration testing and security assessment. Edited excerpts...
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CodeSport - Guest Column
In this month’s column, we continue our discussion of neural networks and also go over a few computer science interview questions that focus on data science.
| Admin - Overview
Five Useful Open Source Tools for Windows Systems Administrators
Much of the work that Windows systems administrators do is tedious, repetitive, boring and time consuming. Thankfully, there are open source tools available that can greatly assist them in these mundane tasks. A selection of these tools is discussed in this article.
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Developers - Let's Try
Phase Two Delivered! Thanks to Apache XMLBeans
In this article, the author shares his experience about how the use of Apache XMLBeans helped him to overcome many development issues and deliver his project without hiccups.
| Admin - Let's Try
An Overview of Fuel
Fuel is an open source deployment and management tool for OpenStack, and is a community-driven initiative. It has a GUI for the deployment and management of OpenStack, using its many components like Nailgun, Astute, Keystone, Postgres, etc.
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OpenGurus - Insight
An Introduction to Regression Models in Python
Python is a very versatile piece of software. It offers many choices for Web applications and can be used in thousands of third party modules. Python is also an effective tool for regression analysis.
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From LOGO to Scratch
Many states like Goa are trying to empower children in schools by teaching them computing. The author has become involved with a school’s hobby club, and this article lists a few programming environments he feels school students should be familiar with.
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OpenGurus - Overview
A Quick Look at Open Source Numerical Computation for Windows
In this article, we present some numerical and scientific computational tools that the open source world has to offer to Windows users.
| For U & Me - How To
Finding Duplicate Files in Windows Using Python
Duplicate files have their uses, but when they are duplicated multiple times or under different names and in different directories, they can be a nuisance. This article shows readers how to use Python to eliminate such files in a Windows system.
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