Monthly Archives: January 2009

Enter PackageKit, a distribution-neutral package manager.

Amongst the over 80 languages currently under maintenance, nearly 15 Indian languages are already part of the Fedora Localisation Project. And there sure is room for a lot more, so join in!

So you want to build a custom phone dialler for your cell phone? In the case of a typical mobile OS, to intercept core areas like the contact book or the dialler itself is not only difficult but also needs in-depth knowledge of the phone's OS. Unlike that, Android has an extremely modular architecture based on the Linux kernel. In this article, we'll learn how to harness the power of one such API in Android.

[Segment 2.2] We are about to enter the core part of this segment—algorithms.

Just because you’re using a WEP key on your wireless access point doesn’t mean you’re safe from crackers in the neighbourhood.

Welcome to another installment of CodeSport, which focuses on number theoretic algorithms. In particular, we will discuss the well-known 3-SUM problem, where given an array A of N numbers, we need to determine whether there exists a triple a, b and c that belongs to A, such that a+b+c = 0.

Microsoft has been talking a lot about interoperability for a few years now. What is the company doing with respect to interoperability on the virtualisation front? The LFY Bureau caught up with Radhesh Balakrishnan, director of virtualisation, Microsoft, to understand what’s happening.

A sneak-peak into the Fedora Project and the India-based community around it!

An interview with Max Spevack, the man responsible for managing the Community Architecture team, which makes sure Red Hat plays fair with the FOSS community.

In February 2008, Paul W. Frields joined Red Hat as the Fedora Project Leader. Naturally, on the occasion of the 10th release of Fedora, we needed the FPL’s insight into what goes inside the project. So, here’s Paul for you...