Samba developer and open source legend Andrew Tridgell says the open source community is poor at fighting patent attacks, but says things could improve with some changes in strategy. He offered his tips for effectively fighting patent holders making claims against open source projects at the recent Linux.conf.au.
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QEMU 0.13 To Focus On New Features
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This week there was the release of QEMU 0.12.2 (and the subsequent release of KVM-QEMU 0.12.2) with support for block migration, but this point release was mostly made up of small fixes and tweaks. IBM's Anthony Liguori though has begun making plans for the next major release of this open-source processor emulator.
Read more »Tech-minded students improve software in Open Source Club
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Members of the Open Source Club, a student group formed in 1999, are exploring the world of technology. Specifically, they are interested in open source software.
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KDE Gears Up to a Free Cloud
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Day 2 of Camp KDE kicked off with a bang when Frank Karlitschek announced the start of a significant new KDE project. The ownCloud initiative strives to combine the rich desktop interfaces made possible by the Qt and KDE libraries with the large amount of social information and data users are putting online.
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Howto access ext3 partition from Windows
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This tutorial will allow you to access your ext3 partition under Windows, using Sun VirtualBox and Ubuntu.
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Life with Linux: Connecting two machines with a USB KVM switch
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This weekend I put together a new machine for my home office to complement the iMac on my desktop. Since I didn’t want to fill up the desk with another mouse and keyboard, I decided to get a USB KVM (Keyboard, Video, Monitor) switch that allows me to go back and forth between the two machines.
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Google Chrome now Stable, Faster, Extensible
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Chrome has been around for along time now fetching a good amount of browser market. With introduction of Extensions, themes, the adoption had accelerated over the last few months, during which it surpassed Safari.
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Chrome-Like "Pin Tab" Feature For Gnome Window List
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Window List is a Gnome Panel applet - the default way to view the list of all windows that are currently running in Gnome.
Read more »Open-source alive and thriving
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New York University anthropologist Gabriella Coleman says the open-source software movement has emerged relatively unscathed from the economic downturn.
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Rounding out a terminal-based Debian system
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So long as I’m harping on desktops for Pentium-era machines running Debian, I might as well give a run-down on what I personally would (and sometimes do) use.
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Interview With Ubuntu Manual Project Leader
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The Ubuntu Manual Project has stirred up veritable carnival of publicity over the last few months, signifying a huge appetite for such a document within the community. I decided to find out more on the project and its origins by interviewing the manual project leader.
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Websites fade to black in censorship protest
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Hundreds of websites joined an Australia Day "internet blackout" today to protest against the Government's web censorship agenda
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Single Window GIMP Coming 27th December 2010
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We've discussed the singlewindow GIMP before - even telling you how to install it! Now GIMP developer Martin Nordholt has revealed that the 'target' release date for version 2.8 (AKA 'Single Window GIMP) is December the 27th 2010.
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Better video quality with html 5
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Finally it is possible to watch youtube videos in html 5 format instead of the flash player. And I have found an easy way to take advantage of this new feature.
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Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 Alpha 2: First impressions on 'difficult' hardware
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My feelings for Ubuntu have run hot and cold since I first discovered the "Linux for human beings"-nicknamed reimagination of Debian during the Dapper (6.06) era. I've had Ubuntu be the best distro on a given computer, sometimes it won't even boot, I've had terrible trouble with Intel video, and upgrade-delivered changes have forced me to rewrite scripts on the fly.
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