Ksplice Uptrack is a subscription service that lets you apply 100% of the important kernel security updates released by your Linux vendor without rebooting. Ksplice Uptrack is freely available for the desktop versions of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic and Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty. This tutorial shows how to install and use it on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop.

http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-kernel-security-updates-without-reboot-with-ksplice-uptrack-on-ubuntu-9.10-desktop

Crafting Application Public Interface (API) and especially managing API among different releases is difficult. In this article, learn how to take advantage of Eclipse's Plug-in Development Environment API Tools to make this process easier and seamlessly integrated into your daily development.

Discover the state evolution of a business object required for monitoring, governance, and compliance purposes, using the updated Object Life Cycle Explorer for WebSphere Business Modeler. Learn how this set of plug-ins alleviates problems by allowing you to analyze an application from both the process and the object life cycle perspectives.

I find myself removing packages that I do not need, especially if the packages belong to processes that are using processor resources. There is a way to start from the ground up, you can have a minimal system and just add what you need. This has the added benefit of extra security, your system does not have services running that you do not use. You will not use a Ubuntu Server CD, but the Desktop Live CD.

http://www.howtoforge.com/minimal-ubuntu-8.04-server-install

Dynamic Learning Experience is a portlet for Lotus Workplace 2.0 that allows users to query, assemble, and organize learning content into custom courses. With Dynamic Learning Experience, find out how you can access learning in small custom courses that target your immediate learning needs, preferences, and work constraints.