FOSSBazaar recently highlighted Evangelia Berdou's doctoral thesis on the differences between the contributions of paid open source developers and volunteer contributors.
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Red Hat simplifies platform for Linux supercomputing
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Red Hat on Thursday introduced what it called the first fully integrated, Linux-based, high-performance-computing platform, claiming to undercut a similar Windows-based system recently introduced by Microsoft.
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Now Introducing Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1
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Sporting a brand new interface, dozens of fixes, enhanced hardware support, and brand new support for the latest Eee models, Ubuntu Eee is better than ever
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In search of bigger, stronger calculators
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If I had had SpeedCrunch or Qalculate! during high school, finishing homework really would've been child's play. From breaking down complex algebraic equations, to solving your calculus problems, to performing geometric computations and providing statistical answers, SpeedCrunch and Qalculate! are tools that offer quick solutions to difficult questions.
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Motorola seeks to hire up to 300 Google Android developers
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Palm may not have much of an appetite for Google's Android platform for mobile phones, but Motorola definitely does.
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Why Palm needs Android
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Unless you’re Google, these look like rough times to launch a mobile operating system.
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Changing operating systems requires a change in mindset
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I have been thinking about how to write this article and what I mean by the "Linux way". I can explain it this way: recently I got myself a new mobile phone. Since about the year 1452 I have been using Nokia mobile phones, but this new one is a Sony-Ericsson. It's quite nice and I really like it.
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Census Reveals the Top 20 Open Source Packages
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The other day we reported findings from the Open Source Census--a global effort to track the number of installations of open source packages on computers. Among the top-level findings were that open source is seeing broad adoption in Europe and in finance.
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Gameloft Moves 1,000 Desktops to Ubuntu Linux
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Gameloft, a major mobile games developer, has moved more than 1,000 desktops to Ubuntu, according to a source who reached out to The VAR Guy. But Gameloft isn’t alone. The VAR Guy’s research is tracking hundreds of companies moving to Ubuntu. Here’s the scoop.
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Smartphones are opening - but just a crack
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There are several definitions of "open access." One is making open source code available to a community of smart cookies who can debug and modify it using open source mechanisms.
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Open-source server appliance is "free"
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KangarooBox is shipping a "free" open-source server appliance that runs Debian 5 GNU/Linux. Targeting small offices, the silent, fanless "Joey" employs an AMD Geode-based PC Engines ALIX 3c2 single-board computer (SBC), and is given to customers buying a $3,000 one-year support plan, the company says.
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Research Report: "Open Source in the Enterprise", a Review
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This is a review of a relatively new resource, called Open Source in the Enterprise (OSIE) by Bernard Golden. The report's raison d'être is to help companies to decide if open source applications are right for their enterprise, and if so, how to implement it intelligently.
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FUEL: An initiative in language standardization via collaboration
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FUEL (Frequently Used Entries for Localization) aims to solve the problem of inconsistency and lack of standardization in computer software translation in a new and unique way. Initiated by Red Hat, the project is trying to give a better experience to end users of a localized desktop by resolving the issues of standardization and inconsistency.
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Clean up your filesystems with fslint
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Maintaining filesystems can be a real administration burden. Over time you might start getting multiple copies of the same file, soft links that point to files that no longer exist, temporary files that have been hanging around longer than they should, and binaries that have been installed and not had their debugging information stripped out.
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Is the end near for independent open source?
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For the first time I'm scared for open source. Not open source as a global movement and way of doing business and software development - that's safe. Even Microsoft believes in it.
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