The Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa has launched the online Government Open Source Software Resource Center.
Read more »Open-source resource for government launches online
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Red Hat simplifies platform for Linux supercomputing
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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Watch TV with Linux
In our modern, and busy, world the separation between home computers and home entertainment systems is fast fading. Linux makes it a cinch to build your own PVR, allowing you to watch, pause and record live TV broadcasts.
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Now Introducing Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1
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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Hibernating a Linux Laptop…FINALLY!
Recently, I had to write an article on Linux green computing. During the writing of that article I was sent on yet another quest to get some form of hibernate and or suspend working on a Linux laptop.
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Patents Roundup: Bilski, Sun, Telecom, and Apple
A couple of important court decisions may constitute a change of law, but it’s too early to tell for sure. Bilski is due very soon and the SSP Web site suggests that immense lobbying is likely to ensue
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Latest Evidence of ‘Novell | Microsoft Axis’
Another look at how Microsoft and Novell collaborate to exclude just GNU/Linux counterparts
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A (New) Bash Script to Download Entire PicasaWeb Albums
Although Picasa is now available on GNU/Linux, it is still proprietary and, as such, unethical. One year ago, I wrote a simple Bash script that handles a very rapid download of entire PicasaWeb albums/galleries. During the last weeks, Google changed twice the format of the related Web pages and my script could not fetch any picture.
Read more »Novell (NOVL) and Über Analysts
Novell as proof of incompetence in the financial 'oracles' sector
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Microsoft-stuffed SC34 is Open… About Its Plan to Hijack ODF
A stacked panel in ISO (occupied by Microsoft employees) has open admissions of a scheme to hijack ODF
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NetApp-Sun Litigation News: USPTO Order on NetApp's '292 Patent
There's news from the NetApp-Sun patent litigation front, and I think you'll like it. Sun's general counsel, Mike Dillon, posts the news that the US Patent Office has now responded to all six of Sun's reexamination requests, which they filed based on prior art.
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Why Setting .doc as the Default in Open Office Is A Good Idea for New Users
A new user using Ubuntu for the first time as their main operating system is bound to run into some snags. After all, whenever you switch to a different operating system there are almost certain to be some differences that snag you. W
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Buddi - Personal budget software for Ubuntu Desktop
Buddi is a personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background. In making this software, We have attempted to make things as simple as possible, while still retaining enough functions to satisfy most home users.
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Patents Roundup: TiVo, Amazon and Community Patent
We’ve already mentioned TiVo’s role in the patent mess several times in the past, e.g. [1, 2]. Here is the very latest on this subject
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Quick Mention: Brazil Hijacked by Microsoft
Brazil represented by Microsoft in a committee responsible for ODF
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