Check out this handy list of 10 Web hosts that provide a friendly environment for RoR applications. This Ruby on Rails Web host list is compiled by price, from most to least expensive.
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The Net is Under Threat
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"Community advocacy group GetUp is running a new campaign against Australian Federal Government plans to censor what we view on the internet. The ‘Save the Net’ campaign is gaining momentum, with over 55,000 Australians having already signed a petition to Communications Minister Senator Conroy voicing their outrage over the Government’s ill-considered ideas..."
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Sustaining Free Culture in Social Justice and Environmental Online Communities
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"The following is a post from a guest, Ian Elwood, who has been involved in social justice movements for some time and has tried to bring the Free Software and Free Culture movements to them. We post it here because it expresses a voice in the discussion of free network services. Indymedia London recently considered questions very much like these. Ian Elwood’s thoughts follow..."
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How to install Firefox 3.1b2 in Ubuntu (from repo)
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Go to System > Administration > Software Sources, to the Third-Party Software tab and add this repository:
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Who is Gandi and why should I care about them?
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"Ah a good question. Who is this strange and wonderful French domain registrar and hosting provider, and why should I believe they are wonderful? What does it mean to believe in domain name ethics?
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"In a previous blog entry I discussed Net Neutrality the importance to protect our individuality and cultures within the World Wide Web.Perhaps, I didn’t explain it enough, perhaps at the time of writing my blog I didn’t understand it enough, but now I have come to the realization of the significance of this issue, and how a world of ‘Free Culture’ is vital to us, as individuals and as a w
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Q&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation
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"In an exclusive interview with vnunet.com, Stallman discusses his views on free versus proprietary and open source software, social networking sites and privacy issues..."
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Corporate Encoding and Indymedia
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"Indymedia and the Enclosure of the Internet [...] There has been controversy recently on the global imc-communication and imc-tech lists over the issue of a $200,000 grant application sent to the Knight Foundation by IMC Boston to do Drupal development work for Indymedia sites. The grant application was blocked by IMC Rosario in Argentina.
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Using dnsmasq for DNS and DHCP services
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Software for providing DNS and DHCP services have typically come from ISC in the form of BIND and dhcpd. While these software packages are quite robust and, for the most part, quite secure, there are other alternatives that may work better depending on your situation. For smaller home or office networks, managing BIND and dhcpd may be overkill.
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LATIN AMERICA: Campus Party to Bridge Digital Gap
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"...One of them is Diego Saravia from Argentina, who says free software is not only indispensable for narrowing the digital gap but is « the only way to use it in an ethical manner. We are talking about freedom of knowledge, so that human beings can acquire the necessary tools for surviving in the world that is emerging.» ..."
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Would The Internet Exist Without Linux?
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The internet as we know it today predominantly runs on Linux. There’s an extremely high probability that the internet connection you’re using right now is connected thru a Linux server - and routed thru many other Linux servers along the way.
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SocialDNS: Free Domains for a Free Internet
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"Hello all, John Sullivan (FSF) invited me to present in this mailing list the SocialDNS project (http://www.socialdns.net).
Read more »Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 available for download
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Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3.1. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3.1 can be followed at the Firefox 3.1 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #shiretoko.
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EU states to discuss Internet filtering
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"...This isn't a direct threat to free software, but Sarkozy's proposal is to give control over Internet connections to the Music industry. Internet connections are important for free software users and developers, and the Music industry is practically always our opponent on legislative issues..."
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Understanding HTTP PUT
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"I was in the process of writing an article to explain on how to make possible to edit your Web pages with HTTP PUT and Amaya (W3C technologies testbed authoring tool). The information is scarce on how to configure your server. This is my attempt at explaining HTTP PUT. Your comments are welcome. I'm pretty sure the lazyweb will fix any of my own misunderstandings..."
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