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Into the Mosh Pit: A Mobile Shell Replacement for SSH

Posted by on Wednesday, 11 April, 2012

SSH is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't deal very well with today's mobile workers. When dealing with iffy Wi-Fi connections, moving around from coffeeshop to home office, or just putting your laptop to sleep for a few minutes, you lose your SSH connection. If you need a persistent connection, take a look at Mosh.


First Peek at WordPress 3.4

Posted by on Tuesday, 10 April, 2012

The next WordPress release is just around the corner, and the first beta came out on April 5th. If you're a WordPress user, or thinking about using WordPress in the near future, here's what you have to look forward to.


Counting Contributions: Who Wrote Linux 3.2?

Posted by on Thursday, 5 April, 2012

Once again, it's time to take stock of the contributions to the Linux kernel. The Linux Foundation has released another report on the speed of Linux kernel development, as well as who's doing the work and what companies are sponsoring development. Since tracking has began, nearly 8,000 developers from just shy of 800 companies have contributed to the kernel.