Based on previous and very recent posts about Red Hat, Sun and Firestar, it could be concluded that the main loser was software patents. The world learned that:
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Reinventing OpenSolaris
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It's been nearly three years since Sun Microsystems kicked off its OpenSolaris project by releasing most of the code that comprises its Solaris operating system under an open-source license. And yet, it's only just now, with the release of the first official distribution of OpenSolaris, that the project begins in earnest.
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Use xfs_fsr to keep your XFS filesystem optimal
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The XFS filesystem is known to give good performance when storing and accessing large files. The design of XFS is extent-based, meaning that the bytes that comprise a file's contents are stored in one or more contiguous regions called extents. Depending on your usage patterns, some of the files contained in an XFS filesystem can become fragmented.
Read more »Coverity Sees Open-Source Improvements
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Coverity has announced the availability of a new report detailing the continued improvement in the quality and security of open-source software.
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KDE 4.1. The promise of a better future!
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For the past week I have been exclusively using KDE4. I had read all the hype and flame wars so I decided to make up my own mind. To that effect I asked my Google eyed friend what to do and installed KDE4 from a third party repository.
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Use open source to avoid jail and rescue your weekends
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The Federation Against Software Theft has apparently published a survey indicating that 79% of British company directors “would be happy to avoid buying software licences in order to support their company’s balance sheet during the current tough economic climate.”
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Why I am Leaning Toward FreeBSD
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Continuing the series of trying to come up with reasons for choosing an operating system, FreeBSD will be discussed. Although FreeBSD is not Linux, it is Unix-like, nonetheless. I have never used FreeBSD and all things discussed here are second-hand knowledge.
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VLC gets a New Face
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I’m happy to report though, that VLC has migrated to a Qt based gui that I have to say, is a lot nicer. The basic controls haven’t moved much, but the subtle changes here and there give it a much nicer feel than it used to have.
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BeOS-like distro focused on content creation
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A new Ubuntu-based Linux distribution has arrived, aimed at both Linux newbies and content creators. Boasting "out of the box" multimedia codecs, the freely downloadable PC/OS incorporates the lightweight XFCE desktop, and is said to offer a similar layout to the groundbreaking, but ultimately doomed BeOS.
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Maximizing your screen real estate
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"One thing that you'd notice as you become more proficient in Emacs, is that how rarely you use the menus and tool bars. Depending on how frequently you use Emacs, a lot of the basic commands get hard wired into you..."
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Freedom is... the GNU Operating System
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"Freedom is... the GNU Operating System. GNU is the first operating system designed to give you, the user, the freedom to share, study and modify it. We call this free software, because the user is free. GNU and free software are used by millions of people all over the world.
Read more »BLAG 90000: The Che Guevara Of Linux
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THERE'S an alluring whiff of rebellion about the Linux/Open Source community. I like it that way because it reminds me of the days when I was young and argumentative and had the energy to try to make a difference.
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The Ubuntu Installation Guide : How to install Ubuntu
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When it comes to Ubuntu, there are so many useful snippets of information on blogs and guides all over the internet. If you Google “Ubuntu Installation Guide”, you’ll see what I mean.
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Audio/Visual Synthesis: The New Arts, Part 2
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In this second part of my survey I focus on the tools that achieve this new synthesis of arts. Alas, due to space constraints I am unable to include all the software I would like to have reviewed, but perhaps a future article will deal with those programs. Meanwhile, I present to my readers these brief profiles of Pd, Fluxus, and AVSynthesis.
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Proprietary software? Counsel objects
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Nathan Zale Dowlen objects to proprietary software, so when he opened his new law office, he outfitted it with Ubuntu Linux and open source software. Cost was the main factor in his decision at first, but he has since come to appreciate the security found in FOSS and the ease of use found with Ubuntu.
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