Link Roundup (weekly)

• Windows Dev Center

  Get the Windows 8 Developer Preview and free developer tools to start building apps now.

  tags: Windows 8 windows microsoft

• Attaching Fedora 16 to an Active Directory domain for logins

  tags: fedora active directory

• oplop – Generate account passwords based on a nickname and a master password

  “The Oplop project aims to provide multiple implementations of its core algorithm so that one’s account passwords are available at any time. The current implementations range from a website to support for various mobile phones. See Implementations for a complete list of supported technology. “

  tags: passwords

• What is Nuitka | Nuitka Home and Blog of Kay Hayen

  “Nuitka is a good replacement for the Python interpreter and compiles every construct that CPython 2.6 and 2.7 offer. It translates the Python into a C++ program that then uses “libpython” to execute in the same way as CPython does, in a very compatible way.”

  tags: python CPython compiler programming development

• OldChromeRemover – Remove Obsolete Google Chrome Versions | Shane Gowland

  “simple console program that checks for any redundant versions of Google Chrome left behind by the updater. It will quickly remove all except the newest version when prompted by the user, allowing you to free up valuable disk space”

  tags: Chrome uninstall cleanup

• Storybook – Open Source Novel Writing Software

  “Storybook is a free Open Source novel-writing software for creative writers, novelists and authors which will help you to keep an overview of multiple plot-lines while writing books, novels or other written works.”

  tags: software storybook writing novel

• RogueKiller, Remove Rogue Security Software On Your PC

  “RogueKiller is a free small program that analyzes the system for rogue software… The program scans known rogueware locations, including running processes, the Windows Registry, drivers, the hosts file and the master boot record.”

  tags: security malware

• 15 Free and Useful Typography eBooks

  “Typography is one of the favorite parts of design and today we have a very valuable collection of free ebooks about typography for every typography lover.If you want to improve yourself or learn something new the below ebooks will really help you.”

  tags: ebooks typography design free

• HTML & CSS Blog Layout – Theme Implementation for WordPress

  Tutorial how to adapt a simple HTML blog layout into a WordPress theme

  tags: html css wordpress theme

• How to Create Realistic, Vector Bubbles

  “In this tutorial we will learn how to create realistic colorful bubbles. We’ll cover numerous techniques and build this illustrations step by step. Set aside a couple hours for this one!”

  tags: illustrator tutorials

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.