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Perl Foundation looking for feedback on extending Improving Perl 5 grant

http://www.h-online.com

Nicholas Clark has been funded by the Perl Foundation to work on improving the Perl 5 Core. The term of the work is coming to an end and Clark is now seeking another $20,000 to continue the work. The Foundation is consulting with the community before making the final decision whether to go ahead with the extension which would see Clark devoting another 400 hours of dedicated work to the project.

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Ubuntu Developer Week, Jan 29 - 31, 2013

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It's not a whole week, but it is packed with activity. Ubuntu Developer Week is a series of online workshops where you can learn about different packaging techniques, find out more about different development teams, check out the efforts of the world-wide Development Community, participate in open Q&A sessions with Ubuntu developers, and much more.

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Open Letter to Skype

http://www.skypeopenletter.com

Users question the privacy of Skype in an open letter to the heads of the company. Around 50 organizations and 60 individuals have signed the letter asking about Skype's security and privacy practices.

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Embedded Linux Conference 2013, February 20-22

https://events.linuxfoundation.org

The Embedded Linux Conference (ELC) is now in its 9th year and has the largest collection of sessions dedicated exclusively to embedded Linux and embedded Linux developers. There are over 50 sessions to choose from on a wide variety of topics over 3 days.

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TLWIR 52: Secure Boot Reveals the Need for a GNU/Linux Reference System

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In TLWIR 51, I talked about how Coreboot might provide a solution to the confusion created by the Secure Boot fiasco. In the Linux Week in Review 52, I’ll talk about the need for a GNU/Linux reference system. In this “gold standard” system, all of the installed hardware would be known to work perfectly with the latest version of the Linux kernel.

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Exposing The Truth Radio with Sean Tilley from Diaspora

http://podroom.a2zen.fm

Sean Tilley from the Diaspora project talks about the nature of privacy on the web, and the importance and potential future of decentralized social networking.

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TLWIR 51: Coreboot: the Solution to the Secure Boot Fiasco

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Is it possible that the recent attempts to push secure boot onto computer users was a response to the growing hardware vendor support for coreboot back in 2011? This is only speculation on my part, but I suspect that this might be the case. Coreboot is a badly need solution that can restore freedom to PC users while updating the outdated PC BIOS technology.

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Experienced Developers and Packagers Needed

http://www.fuduntu.org

As Fuduntu grows, so does the need for experienced volunteers. In our last request from the community for volunteers, several people reached out and helped us and, thanks to them, more has gotten done in the last few months than we could have done without them.

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Keep Defective by Design fighting against DRM for its eighth year

http://www.defectivebydesign.org

The fight against DRM often pits us against some of the biggest companies and the most dominant ways of thinking in the technology business. What gives us the independence to speak out -- and the power to make your voice heard --is the support of our members. Now, we need your help to keep Defective by Design strong in 2013.

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The Northeast GNU/Linuxfest

http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org

The Northeast GNU/Linuxfest will take place March 16-17, 2013 at Harvard University. Speakers include Dave Stokes, Wendy Seltzer, Stephen McLaughlin, and many others. The northeast GNU/Linux fest is an advocate of Free software and hopes to bring awareness of Free software to college students their schools, programmers and businesses.

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An important announcement about Jupiter Applet

http://www.fewt.com

Four years ago I purchased my first Eee PC, an Eee PC 1000HD. This model Eee PC had a battery life rating of just 3 hours in Windows XP and it would only last 1 hour on battery using my distribution of choice at the time, Ubuntu.

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Software Wars movie foundraiser on Indiegogo

http://www.indiegogo.com

The average computer user is unaware there is a war for freedom going on that will determine the path of modern society. Software Wars is a movie about the battle for our right to share technology and ideas.

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BSDCan 2013 - call for papers

http://www.bsdcan.org

BSDCan 2013 will be held 17-18 May, 2013 in Ottawa;Canada at the University of Ottawa. It will be preceded by two days of tutorials on 15-16 May.

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All watched over by machines of loving grace — society, power, and control

http://lwn.net

Karsten Gerloff is the current president of the Free Software Foundation Europe, the European sister organization of the FSF. He began his LinuxCon Europe 2012 talk, entitled "All watched over by machines of loving grace", by focusing on a number of technological trends.

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15 years of KDE e.V. — Today

http://dot.kde.org

Today, we focus on the present with interviews with two current KDE e.V. Board members, Lydia Pintscher and Cornelius Schumacher. On the bottom, we've got a nice puzzle for you..

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