The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is acting to implement strategies to broaden the participation of women in the free and open-source software community (FOSS).
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Btrfs Did Regress Hard In The Linux 2.6.35 Kernel
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This morning we published benchmarks of ZFS, EXT4, and Btrfs when running these three popular file-systems off a high-performance OCZ Vertex 2 solid-state drive. To a fair amount of surprise, the EXT4 file-system ended up beating out Btrfs on the SSD in a number of tests.
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An Open (Source) and Shut Case
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Talend, a five-year-old maker of database-management software, was fortunate in its recent hiring of its first full-time CFO. Talend sought a more specific type of experience, related not to the function of its product but rather to its business model.
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Ubuntu no plans to fork GNOME
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Community Manager Jono Bacon talks about the relationship of the two projects in an interview with derStandard.at
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Install Ubuntu Light Themes in Ubuntu 10.10/10.04
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One of our key objectives when we started conceptualising the new themes was their ability to be immediately recognisable as Ubuntu, even if represented as a small screenshot. As easily recognised as when it used to be brown – but not that brown… the incarnation that we initially launched was a bold new statement: a little unrefined maybe, but a good starting block on which to build.
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Review of KDE SC 4.5.0
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The wait is finally over: KDE SC 4.5.0 finally came to my PCLinuxOS 2010 tablet today as part of a distribution upgrade. There are loads of improvements and new features, so I want to run through a very high level review to give readers a hint of what they are in for.
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10 Beautiful Wallpapers For Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' From Ubuntu Artwork Pool
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Ubuntu Artwork Pool in Flickr is buzzing with activity once again. With the release date of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick getting nearer everyday, the submissions onto Ubuntu Artwork Pool in Flickr keeps piling on. Here are a few of those wallpapers that I think, are worth mentioning.
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Ubuntu Devs Discuss Backports Changes
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I'm greedy when it comes to software: I like having code that works, but I also want the very latest stable versions of my applications. Ubuntu does a good job satisfying the former demand, but it lags behind other distributions when it comes to keeping its repositories up-to-date. Fortunately, this issue has caught the attention of Ubuntu developers as of late, who have been discussing change
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OpenVZ allows a physical server to run multiple isolated operating system instances, known as containers, Virtual Private Servers (VPSs), or Virtual Environments (VEs). It is similar to FreeBSD Jails and Solaris Zones. In this tutorial you will see how to install OpenVZ in Centos, how to create a VPS or containers and how to install Vtonf- another control panel for OpenVZ.
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How to make a Globe/Planet photo manipulation in GIMP
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This photo manipulation is called a stereographic projection, which takes a standard photograph and stretches it around in a circle creating a Globe or Planet like image!
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Lightspark Gains Faster Rendering, H263/MP3 Video
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Lightspark, one of the newest free software projects designed to provide an open-source implementation of Adobe's Flash/SWF specification, has been progressing at a rather expedited pace. Lightspark continues to pickup new features with each new release.
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OpenSUSE 11.3, the best binary KDE distribution or best KDE distribution?
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I have been using Gentoo for a few months and it has been a good experience but generally I can't see myself continuing to use it. Funnily enough, OpenSUSE 11.3 has changed some of my thoughts about Gentoo.
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Top best free software
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There is a lot of free software available and much of it rivals the quality of software that you have to pay good money for. Here is a list, in no particular order, of some of the best software currently available for free.
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Cloud APIs Get Open Source Treatment
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OpenStack and Apache Deltacloud do have similar goals. They're both building out lightweight REST APIs so companies can tap into the services of a cloud provider over an HTTP network. But they're likely to be used for different purposes.
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Android 3 plans ahead
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Android 3.0 is readying for an October launch. What you can expect. Most Android users are only now upgrading to version 2.2 of Google's mobile phone operating system but with version 3.0 expected in October, it's worth taking a look at what to expect.
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