For the first time to my knowledge, a conference highlights the convergence between free software and GMO, between software patents and patents on life... -- FSF: http://www.fsf.org/events/paris20080223 -- dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/lucos/video/7661235
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GNU Source-highlight 2.9 released
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"GNU Source-highlight 2.9 has been released. It is available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/src-highlite/ and mirrors of that site (see list of mirror sites at http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html). GNU Source-highlight, given a source file, produces a document with syntax highlighting..." -- via http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.announce/browse_thread/thread/19d8343...
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Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 1.0.0
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"SystemRescueCd 1.0.0, a Gentoo-based distribution with a collection of hard disk partitioning and data rescue tools, has been released. From the changelog: ..."
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Eight Interesting Improvements In GNOME 2.22
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Back in November we started sharing some of the exciting features planned for the GNOME 2.22 and 2.24 releases, and now that the first GNOME 2.22.0 Beta release is planned for later this week, we have taken another look at the packages set for inclusion and the changes that have actually been made.
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PHP programming on Ubuntu 7.10
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We can do PHP programming by any text editor, such as vi and nano. However, a Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is good for debugging.
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Ubuntu Linux: Subtitles, Video Editing and DVD Authoring
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Translating movie subtitles is my new hobby. I had no previous knowledge of what subtitles are, how they are embedded in a DVD movie, how to rip them off, how to create new subtitles, and then finally how to prepare a DVD with translated subtitles that could be played on most popular software, hardware and standalone DVD players. I found out that it was not an easy job to embed UTF-8 encoded text on DVD as a separate subtitle stream. So I decided to hardsub my movie, which means that users will not have the option to turn off the Urdu subtitles.
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Utter Crap?: Matt Asay and The Linux Desktop Q&A (and Video)
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But the one area in which (Matt Asay and I) have never seen eye to eye is the Linux desktop. I certainly don’t agree that desktop Linux is “utter crap” compared to Mac or Windows, and I’ve disagreed with his statements on desktop Linux for years, particularly in the area of application installation. Matt’s on the record as not liking the Linux desktop, though I’m not sure why, so the fact that we agree to disagree on this subject is not surprising.
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HTML 5 Draft
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"We have been using HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 for a long time. And the draft of HTML 5 was published a month ago. There are several new tags that I suppose you will like. [...] audio and video for multimedia content. Both provide an API so application authors can script their own user interface ..."
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Douglas Crockford: Can We Fix the Web?
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"...In March 2008, his AJAXWorld Keynote will be titled 'Can We Fix the Web?' and it will focus on how the current Web is, as Crockford puts it, «overly complex and visually underpowered.» «"It is hopelessly insecure. It is now under competitive assault by new proprietary platforms that hope to capture the next generation of applications. Can a system as large and as open as the web heal and adapt itself to the challenges of the 21st Century?» ..."
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A Perception of Lack of Support for Open Source Should Not Stop Adoption of Linux
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I have written several posts about Linux and whether it is ready for the solo and small law office, listing the pros and cons as I have seen them. However, there is one “con” that people have in their minds when they think of Linux that should not be there: that Open Source Software (OSS) does not have the support that commercial products do. This has contributed somewhat to a resistance to adopt Linux in the business world. The shame of it is, it is a false perception.
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Desktop Development for OLPC Laptop
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This article shows how to develop and debug a graphical activity in Sugar using Python. The XO laptop includes many innovations such as an inexpensive and durable hardware design, the use of GNU/Linux as the underlying operating system, and an application environment written in Python with a human interface called Sugar, accessible to everyone (including kids).
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Nexuiz 2.4 Offers Impressive Graphics
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Since the release of Nexuiz 1.0 in 2005, we have been tracking its progress as one of the leading open-source first person shooters. With time, this fast-pace game has picked up a nice level of artificial intelligence for its in-game bots, engine optimizations, single-player campaign missions, and a variety of technical advancements.
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Take Two Package Managers In to the Shower?
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Installing software on Linux for new users has got to be one of the stumbling blocks to people switching from a Microsoft based OS.
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Mac vs. PC vs. Windows vs. Linux vs. Huh?
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One guy's pretty surface take on the mac/windows/linux debate... the most interesting bit about this article is the comments.
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What business can learn from the open source movement
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The open source movement, which is responsible for some of the most important innovations in IT such as the world wide web, Linux and Apache, neither pays fat bonuses nor offers flashy facilities. It does, however, provide much by the way of intangible benefits.
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