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		<title>The easiest way to generate deb and rpm installers on Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Until today I had never wrapped a Linux program in an installer, so so spent some time fiddling around trying to make an rpm.  After toying with complicated configuration files and attempting to get RPM Package Creator running properly, I found out that there is a significantly easier way.  There is a program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to decide on a server-side language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When building a web site it an be difficult to chose which language to use for managing content, interacting with the database, or just doing anything that must occur on the server.  First of all, there are many languages to choose from with PHP, Python, Perl and ASP (I know, I know, ASP isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zenidev.com/how-to-decide-on-a-server-side-language/</link>
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		<title>What is the best IDE or text editor?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good question.  Of course, the short answer is &#8220;it depends&#8221;, but here&#8217;s my advice: Every programmer should be proficient in two editors.  One of which should be lightweight and fast for minor tasks (if it can be run in the command line, that&#8217;s even better) and the other should be an integrated development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Python XML-RPC Tutorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently finally got around to looking into RPC and was pleasantly surprised with its ease of use.  In fact, I wish I had investigated it a long time ago as there are a lot of networked applications that could be developed significantly faster using remote procedure call.  Now that I&#8217;m so happy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zenidev.com/python-xml-rpc-tutorial/</link>
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		<title>Django Tutorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my Django tutorial:

 Go to http://www.djangobook.com/ and read the free online book.
That&#8217;s all

I&#8217;m dead serious, that&#8217;s all anyone needs to know to learn Django, and I think it&#8217;s the best thing ever.
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		<title>Python 3.0 will not be backward compatible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a result of the Python philosophy there there should be exactly one way to do everything, the developers of Python 3 (also known as Python 3000 or Py3k) have decided not to make Python 2.x programs 100% compatible with the new version.  The rationale is that as new functionality is added, there will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zenidev.com/python-30-will-not-be-backward-compatible/</link>
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		<title>The MacBook Air is ridiculous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#8217;ll be the first to admit, it looks pretty damn cool, and the optional solid state drive is an interesting feature, but in the end, it&#8217;s just a fashion statement.   When you really think about it, the fact that it can fit in an envelope (a gigantic, over sized envelope to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zenidev.com/the-macbook-air-is-ridiculous/</link>
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		<title>Fluxbuntu battles software bloat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As hardware advances are made, one would assume that software would run faster, and that programs would take less time to load, but no.  Instead of taking advantage of the advances to make programs more usable and user friendly, most developers seem to prefer adding in tons of useless features and having it run [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zenidev.com/fluxbuntu-battles-software-bloat/</link>
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		<title>The Ubuntu community rocks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just installed Ubuntu 7.10 and after I got it running and downloaded all the updates I suddenly felt compelled to play chess (who knows why, I never play chess), so I went to the games menu and clicked on chess, but as soon as the window opened an alert box popped up saying that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zenidev.com/the-ubuntu-community-rocks/</link>
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		<title>The one thing preventing mainstream use of Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said it before and I&#8217;ll say it again: the only thing holding Linux back from mainstream use is a lack of regular users.  By regular users I mean normal people.  That is, non-programmers who actually pay for things on occasion.  This presents a classic chicken and egg problem where a mainstream [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zenidev.com/the-one-thing-preventing-mainstream-use-of-linux/</link>
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