Yesterday, like many of you, I read about IBM’s project to create software that can compete effectively with humans on the popular game Jeopardy!.
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Linux Sucks! Video from LinuxFest NW
Video and slides for my “Linux Sucks” presentation at Linux Fest Northwest are now available!
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NetBSD 5.0 released!
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that NetBSD 5.0, the thirteenth release of the NetBSD operating system, is now available.
Read more »Microsoft patents exhibited by Linux Defenders
The Open Invention Network (OIN) has placed three of the patents involved in the recently settled legal dispute between Microsoft and TomTom, the GPS navigator manufacturer, on the Linux Defenders portal, to throw them open to public investigation for prior art.
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The New Cairo-Dock v2, Simply Amazing
I was recently looking for an Avant Window Navigator replacement and tried out most of the docks out there. And then i saw that Cairo Dock, which wasn't near one of the best has a new version only downloadable on it's website and after trying it, i was amazed.
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17 Open Source Code Editors From The Desktop To The Web
Sometimes you just want to make quick edits to a HTML, CSS or JavaScript file and launching an IDE is just overkill. Ideally you want to open the editor quickly, edit the file, save and quit. Nothing more, nothing less. If there is some code highlighting or code completion that's great but not essential.
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Has the GPL out-lived its usefulness?
There have always been two schools of intellectual property thought in free software/open-source circles, and boy have they had their flame wars over the years. Things have been calm lately, but recently, Eric S. Raymond, co-founder of the OSI (Open Source Initiative), has thrown a match on the gasoline again in an essay entitled, The Economic Case Against the GPL.
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Rockefeller Looking to Grant Open Source
Thanks, in large part, to a little company called Standard Oil, Open Source isn't necessarily the first term to come to mind when one thinks of the name Rockefeller. However, that's exactly the term Mr. Rockefeller's great-grandson, Senator Jay Rockefeller, is pushing in Congress — attached to a bill to strengthen Open Source in health-care.
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How to choose the best Linux distro for you
At the time of writing, there are three hundred and twenty three distributions being tracked on distrowatch.com. This is the world of choice, and it's a world made possible by free and open source software.
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New scares loom over open source license lawsuits
An attorney insists he wasn't acting as a "shill" for Microsoft in bringing the new breed of lawsuits to greater light.
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Open Invention Network Is Looking For Prior Art -- 2 Ways To Help Out
Open Invention Network has announced it has decided to look for prior art on three of the Microsoft patents that were used in the TomTom litigation: Open Invention NetworkSM (OIN), a collaborative enterprise that enables innovation in open source and an increasingly vibrant ecosystem around Linux, today announced that U.S.
Read more »First look: Ubuntu 9.04 stays the course
Having rocketed to prominence as one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions in just a few years, Ubuntu has earned a reputation for stability and ease-of-use. The latest edition -- version 9.04, code-named "Jaunty Jackalope" -- continues that tradition and is mostly a maintenance release, but it brings a number of updates that should enhance its appeal.
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Kontact: The Swiss Army Knife of PIMs
If you’ve ever used a PIM (Personal Information Manager) you know how important they can be for both business and personal organization. Most users know Microsoft Outlook. Most Linux users know Evolution. But there is another PIM out there that has more to offer than any other PIM available.
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Creating A Bootable Ubuntu USB Thumbdrive From Windows With uSbuntu Live Creator
uSbuntu Live Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable USB stick with Ubuntu 8.10 on it. This software also offers a new option for virtualization to run Ubuntu directly into Windows and without any setup or installation - this is done by using a portable version of VirtualBox.
Read more »Cheers to Jweiland for TYPO3 Best Practice Workshop
Jochen Weiland and Riona Kuthe of JWeiland.net in Germany gave a very good presentation on some TYPO3 best practices last year in Berlin at the TYPO3 conference.
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