"Michael Olson, who is the maintainer of a bunch of free software projects, is now the maintainer, release manager and chief executive officer of Emms..." -- http://mwolson.org/projects/
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Parrot 0.6.1 "Bird of Paradise" Released
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"On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.6.1 "Bird of Paradise." Parrot (http://parrotcode.org/) is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages..."
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Install Nodoka (Fedora theme) on Ubuntu
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Nodoka is the new Fedora default theme for Gnome. It currently contains gtk engine, gtk theme, metacity theme and gnome meta theme .If you want to install nodoka theme in Ubuntu follow this procedure.
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What do RMS and Naomi Campbell have in common?
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"Richard Matthew Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has probably been called many names and been compared to a great many characters in his lifetime. I doubt, however, whether he has been even likened to a capricious fashion model." - not much of an article and I don't like the song or it's lyrics but the first comment is a fantastic response.
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Is The ASUS EeePC a Good Tool For Schools?
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The ASUS EeePC is fairly popular, and is really a decent tool, overall. The nice folks at ASUS threw in some educational applications, which is really nice. But is it suitable for use in schools? Well, certainly not in its default state. Let's look at some of the more important limitations on the ASUS EeePC, in terms of school use, and how to work around the problems.
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Is Linux Ready To Hit Wall Street?
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While the thought of Linux actually powering the massive financial exchange computer systems around the world would have been absurd just a couple of years ago, there is a growing feeling that the open source computer operating system is ready to make the jump. We are not talking about speculation, we are talking about solid performance figures which suggest it is possible. So what next?
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Top 10 Features to Expect in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
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The countdown for Ubuntu 8.04 finally begins today as now there are only 9 days to go for the official launch of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. But before Ubuntu lovers get their hands on Hardy, their biggest anticipation is about the new features and applications coming in Ubuntu 8.04.
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A year later, sales of Linux on Dell computers continue to grow
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As Dell Inc. approaches its one-year anniversary of selling laptop and desktop computers preloaded with Ubuntu Linux, the company is continuing to expand the fledgling program to new computer models and markets.
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Editorial: Open source is not about love
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As some open source developers seem to be unable to accept a mere reporting of a bug, this got me a reason for a long summary.
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Will Linux die in 2018?
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If we look at the future, Linux seems to be doomed to a slow death in a dozen years: DRM, proprietary hardware, technologic innovations and political choices are behind this forecast.
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Windows is on its Last Legs!?
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Last week, while I was at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at the University of Texas Super Computing Center in Austin Texas, I was surprised to find that if I had wanted to cover the week’s most surprising Linux-related news, I should at been at the Gartner Conference in Las Vegas where two Gartner analysts declared, “Windows Is Collapsing.”
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Linux: Rumors of its Demise are Greatly Exaggerated
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Scott Spoonauer of LaptopMag seems to be spending quite a bit of time trying to insinuate that Linux has missed its opportunity for widespread adoption.
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Open source entertainment
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I was reading the wikipedia article on the Sony rootkit scandal from a couple of years ago, and it got me to thinking about the war that the entertainment media industry has declared on its customers. And it occurred to me that some parallels exist between that and the open source movement.
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We should all flock to Flock
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Yesterday I downloaded and fired up the Flock 1.1 release. What is Flock? Flock is a Firefox-based browser aimed toward the social-networking butterfly in all of us. But it’s much more than that. How much more? Let’s find out.
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The Open Source Lifestyle -- Privacy versus Respect
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Before the days of Internet searches and Google maps, having an unlisted number really did largely protect you from snoops. Sure, if a person was persistent enough (read: creepy), they could follow you home from work, and learn where you lived. The Internet allows everyone to be slightly creepy, however, and no one is the wiser.
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