AsiaBSDCon is announcing a call for papers. It is a conference for users and developers on BSD based systems and will next be held in Tokyo, in 14-17 March, 2013. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X.
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Blender Foundation releases fourth film
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The Blender Foundation has released Tears of Steel. The film was produced using only free software and the finished film, original footage and all the studio files will be released as under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Go grab the torrent!
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The Rebirth of Linux
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In some ways Linux is dead, if you judge a liveliness of a platform by how much relevance it has to the mainstream consumer. That doesn’t, however, mean that a revival isn’t possible. And amidst all these death proclamations a few key trends are emerging that could actually signal a rebirth.
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EFF's 2012 Pioneer Awards
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pleased to announce the distinguished winners of its 2012 Pioneer Awards: hardware hacker Andrew (bunnie) Huang, anti-ACTA activist Jérémie Zimmermann, and the Tor Project – the organization behind the groundbreaking anonymity tool Tor. September 20 at Project One Gallery in San Francisco.
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Community: Taking the Next Step Forward
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Sean Tilley of the Diaspora Project explains a strategy to move over to an Open Governance model, and how it can affect community developers in a positive and empowering way.
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CSS Shaders, W3C, Microsoft and Broken Standards
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Right now the W3C is discussing CSS shader standardization on their mailing lists. Microsoft has voiced their opinion and things are about to get very strange indeed.
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Debian turns 19
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The Debian Project was officially founded by Ian Murdock on August 16th, 1993. Time to say thanks and congratulations. Somebody estimated that Debian is upstream for about 50% of all distros.
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State Of The Map 2012
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The State of the Map is the world’s leading OpenStreetMap community event. Join participants from all around the world in Tokyo, JAPAN from September 6th – 8th to hear talks, participate in workshops and hang out with OpenStreetMappers from around the world.
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Debian Changes Default Desktop From GNOME To XFCE
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"The default desktop within Debian 7.0 'Wheezy' has changed from GNOME to Xfce. GNOME, KDE, and LXDE will continue to be available, but the decision was made to default to Xfce. The reported reasoning comes down to size constraints in fitting GNOME on a single CD."
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MicroCal Back To Life
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Microcal was one of the very first scripts I ever shared with the public. It was even commercial back in 2004 (I don’t remember the price but I think it was $5). I doubt I have sold more than 3-4 of it before I decided to give it out for free. Now, nearly 8 years later it still has several hundred downloads every month.
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Videos and Slides from KDE Akademy 2012 are Now Available
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Now that Akademy 2012 is behind us and life is getting back to normal, we can now share videos and slides from the conference talks with those who weren't there. All available videos and slides are linked to from the Akademy Program.
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AC3 uses GNU/Linux || A short motivational documentary.
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A small documentary on usage of GNU/Linux at Ambedkar Community Computing Center (AC3) at Sudarshan Layout, a small slum behind Banerghatta Road, Bangalore, India.
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Download Counter Strike for free Counter-Strike 1.6 is a MOD for Half-Life.
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Download Counter Strike free. Counter Strike (CS) 1.6 is a MOD for Half-Life that is set in a teamplay mode.
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DebConf12 live video streaming
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Couldn't make it to Nicaragua? You can now join the Debian conference online. Watch live video and communicate over IRC.
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Debian to work with FSF on freedom assessment
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Debian Project Leader Zacchiroli: "I think we should either get Debian in Free Sosftware Foundation free-distros list or document (from our POV) why Debian is not there. I'm looking for volunteers interested in the topic and willing to participate in a joint Debian / FSF team that will work toward that goal without prejudices." Debian is upstream for about 50% of GNU/Linux distributions!
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