From a Linux Developer point of view, when users are no longer developing with you...you’ve lost. Empowerment is key to a successful community in Linux. The day the community is no longer empowered to improve is the day the distribution dies. What kills empowerment? Helplessness. Despair. Inability.
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Microsoft to spy on its own workers
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In a move that makes the phrase “having your finger on the pulse of your company” have a whole new meaning, Microsoft has developed a program that would allow them to spy on their own employees. when I say spy, I mean it - from keystrokes to heart rate, this program will monitor all aspects of the person seated at the computer station. I find that incredibly invasive and creepy.
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Uh Oh! Microsoft Already Supports OpenDocument Format?
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How quickly things change. Several months ago, Stephen Walli, a former a Microsoft manager and also a consultant/advisor to them, said that Microsoft would need to support ODF. He argued that this was inevitable. Are we beginning to see first signs of this prophecy materialising? It sure looks like it.
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Easily create CD case covers with Koverartist
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Lots of open source tools can help you transfer photos and videos from your cameras to a Linux computer and burn them on to a DVD. But before you mail them to your uncles, aunts, and cousins, wouldn't it be great if you could add a customized case cover to your disks?
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Automator For Linux: Xnee
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GNU Xnee is a suite of programs that can record, replay and distribute user actions under the X11 environment. Think of it as a robot that can imitate the job you just did.
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Fedora blocking patent-encumbered games
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I hate for my first post to this mailing list to be a depressing one,
but I need to pass along some bad news.
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Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions (ext2/ext3) From Windows On Dual-Boot Systems
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If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you are in Linux, but not the other way round.
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KDE 4.0: Everything that has an end, has a beginning
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A confession: I was among the many who griped publicly (and privately) about KDE 4.0's release date. I thought KDE 4.0 was not ready for release and should be held back until it was. (Hey, my wife and my dog listened to me. So there.)
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Trolltech reinforces commitment to the free software community - Qt GPLv3 press release
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Oslo, Norway, 18 January - 2008 - Trolltech ASA is licensing its Qt cross-platform development framework under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPL v3), with immediate effect.
Qt is already available under the GPL v2 and will continue to be so in addition to the GPL v3.
The GPL v3 license will make it easy and safe for free software developers to use Trolltech’s Qt with the most recent license framework from the Free Software Foundation. Trolltech hopes that its move will inspire free software projects to use GPL v3 when programming with Qt.
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Becoming Gentoo staff
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"Just a reminder to all the Gentoo users out there that you don't have to know anything about ebuild writing to become a Gentoo developer. To become Gentoo staff for things like GMN, PR and Devrel you only need to take the staff quiz and of course in general you don't even need to be developer to help out..."
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Apache HTTP Server 2.2.8 Released
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"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.8 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release..."
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Apache HTTP Server 2.0.63 Released
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"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the legacy release of version 2.0.63 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes in 2.0.63 as compared to 2.0.61 (2.0.62 was not released). [...] This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release..."
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Apache HTTP Server 1.3.41 Released
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"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.41 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.41 as compared to 1.3.39 (1.3.40 was not released). This version of Apache is a security fix release only..."
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PS3 Megabox Homebrew Project Is Linux For Commitment-Phobes
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The PS3 is an amazing piece of machinery, but the PS3 Megabox Homebrew Project isn't waiting for Sony's inevitable firmware updates to make their dreams to come true.
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Microsoft Says It Will Release Binary Office Formats - Which? -- Updated
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There's nothing like an EU Commission investigation to get Microsoft to open up a little, is there?
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