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The Open Source solutions continue to be more numerous and feature laden every day. For the vast number of common jobs that users do on their computer you will always find good open source solutions. I am not so sure about all the highly custom niche tasks that many businesses find them selves supporting. Apache chairman: Days numbered for commercial software

Great tips on squeezing a few more hours out of every day. How to Have a 36 Hour Day

Here are some great tips from JavaLobby.org on how to become a Rock Star Programmer: Top Ten Tips on how to become a Rock Star Programmer All of this advice will help you to stand the test of time. All is change and that change occurs in internet time, you can’t be an excellent developer if you do not keep up. My summary: Keep up with the the latest in hardware and books, keep up by writing quality code that will not need to be redone as things change, and keep up by focusing on those few long term skills that will still be needed many years from now.

I recently gave up on Windows XP for my notebook and reformatted it for Vector Linux only. I was using dual boot for a while but it’s high time that I gave up on windows and emersed myself in the linux world. The installer for the SOHO edition of Vector Linux was a dream. It’s a text based installer but was easy to follow the prompts and then let it go. Once it starts up all your favorites like Java, Open Office and FireFox are already there, thats one of the benefits of going with the SOHO edition. I am using KDE 3.5 from the deluxe disk and it works very well. It’s got some nice eye candy but the best thing I can say about it is that it’s fast and responsive. Thats why I started using Vector Linux in the first place. It’s built on Slackware optimized for older hardware but when you run it on more modern equipment you will find its very hard to beat. The Vector guys are also distributing snapshots of Enlightnment DR17. I love this desktop and can’t wait for development to to be done. Try it out on your favorite distro, but be warned, many features are missing or broken so you will encounter unexpected problems. This is to be expected because its under very active development. There is no word on when they will have an official release so it might be a while. For those wanting to know more I found this to be a good overview: Review of Vector Linux 5.1.1 SOHO deluxe

Now that I have finished my most recent Java News Brief found here ‘Introduction to the Java Speech API‘ I will return to my habit of more regular posts. It’s been too long but as there are only 24 hours in a day you have to set priorities. Sometimes this will mean that good things will be left undone but thats OK as long as the best things are getting your attention.