Whether you're an open-source advocate or not, you likely run open-source applications on your laptop or desktop. From Firefox to VLC to Handbrake to Adium, some of the best applications for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux are open source.
The iPhone, however, is a relative wasteland for open source. Should Apple care?
Apple ceding open-source app market to Google?
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Nat Friedman Leaves Novell: Is open source in trouble?
Nat Friedman, the one-time CTO for open source at Novell is no longer at Novell. His last day was Friday. Friedman came to Novell by way of the acquisition of Ximian - a GNOME company he co-founded with Miguel De Icaza.
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Bartell Launches RPGUI, an Open Source Web Enablement Framework for RPG
RPG expert Aaron Bartell is spearheading a new open source development project called RPGUI that aims to radically simplify the development of Web interfaces for RPG programs and programmers. The project is only about a month old, and there is a lot of work to do.
Read more »Novell Restructure Could Facilitate Buyout of Novell Division
Potential reason or consequence of Novell's management exodus and restructuring process
Read more »Writing iPhone apps using open-source software
Simon Brock at PCPRO takes a real-world look at open-source software for writing iPhone applications, and explains how to use it.
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Locked Out of Mono Blogs, by Silverlight
Mono blogs that require Mono (and Moonlight) for their content to be viewed - is this the future?
Read more »Ford and Microsoft Distort “Open Source”
The product known as "SYNC" is fraudulently described as "open source" in some more gullible circles
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History of Microsoft’s “Slog” Against Android Brainchild
A reader's research-based analysis of Andy Rubin and his bitter experience with Microsoft
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Linux at Bett 2010
You'll have to look hard for Open Source software at Bett 2010, but it's there all right and may even win a BETT award!
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Few exciting things in KDE sc 4.4 RC1
KDE 4.4 was released yesterday. To celebrate incoming KDE SC 4.4 release, I will mention few things I find exciting or interesting in it.
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15 Cool and Funny Linux T-shirts
Since I'm planning to buy several Linux-inspired clothes, I was searching the web for places or sites that offer printed t-shirts that look cool and have a bit of sense of humor. I was surprised to see a lot of them so I would like to show to you those that I really like. Here are some of the coolest and funniest Linux related t-shirts that I found so far...
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OpenShot 1.0 Has Arrived!
I am proud to announce that OpenShot Video Editor 1.0 has just been released! This release is jam-packed full of new features, bug fixes, and some shiny new graphics! We hope you enjoy it!
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MySQL, Oracle And Cloud Computing
Even though I have no love for Oracle, I think it is time to let the deal go through at least for the sake of Sun employees who are sitting there with their future unknown. At the same time, I am not unduly worried about the future of MySQL because I have complete confidence in the open source license of MySQL. Let me try to explain my position here in this post.
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OSU's Open Source Lab offers students systems management experience
The Oregon State University Open Source Lab's data center hosts some of the Linux community's heaviest hitting projects including the Linux Master Kernel and the Linux Foundation. It is also the primary location for the Apache Software Foundation and Drupal, open source content management software.
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Online Productivity Tools for the Small Business
Small business owners may have more of a need than most to be able to access their chosen suite of productivity tools from more than one computer or platform. As a business or startup owner you may have occasion to bring your work home with you, or require frequent access to your to-do lists, notes and documents on the go.
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