BrokenRobot

TheServerSide.com and SourceBeat Publications have made the book 'Jakarta-Struts Live', by Rick Hightower, available for free download in PDF format. The book covers the Struts MVC architecture, how to build each of the Struts components and shows you how to use vital features like Tiles, the Validator, DynaActionForms, plug-ins, and internationalization. Click to download.

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Jake2 is a (work-in-progress) port to Java of id Software's Quake 2 engine. Currently it can play demos and single-player levels.

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Linux Exposed has published a somewhat basic, but still informative article entitled Maintaining Linux Firewalls. It does a good job of covering the basics of testing, securing, and managing a linux-based firewall setup.

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TidBITS takes a detailed look at Apple's iTunes 4.5 and the iTunes Music Store. Does a good job of picking out both the good, the bad, and the ugly. I'm a heavy iTunes user, and I have quite a bit of music purchased from the Music Store, and I agreed with just about everything they called out.

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KernelTrap has a very interesting (and very technical) interview with Andrea Arcangeli, Linux kernel developer (and creator of the 2.4 kernel virtual memory subsystem). I didn't begin to understand a lot of what he was saying, but it's nifty regardless.

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Going to try posting here again.

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