The Fellowship is FSFE's Community dedicated to Free Software. Starting in November 2009, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) will award three people with a Fellowship grant every month for the coming year. Everybody who is actively working for Free Software but cannot afford the Fellowship contribution can apply for the grant.
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The much misunderstood Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade poll
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Gavin Clark at the Register recently reported that only 10% of people upgrading to 9.10 had a satisfactory experience. Serdar Yegalup at Information Week then reported that 40% of people upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 had issues that they considered unfixable. Both of these conclusion were based on a poll on the Ubuntu support forums.
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Possible Formation of FFmpeg Foundation NGO
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Recently posted on the FFmpeg Developers mailing list was a request for comment from Ronald Bultje regarding the intention to form an FFmpeg Foundation (although not using that name).
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If Windows, Linux and OSX Opened Cafes...
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The New York Times reported today that Apple has opened its first Apple Store in Paris, underneath the Louvre no less, and just two weeks after Microsoft opened up a Windows 7 cafe in Paris in another location.
Read more »How to pay for Linux
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Now you may be thinking, after reading the title of this article, about why should you pay for a free operating system. After all it is made for free, distributed for free and you are freely able to modify it. You are free to take it and you are free to leave it. So why should you pay for it?
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Where To Find Real Geeks On The Web
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We won't go into what exactly makes one a geek here (hint: it has something to do with knowledge, learning, books, skills, and technology, but not fandom). If you are it, you know it. And if you're looking for it, you know it. So here's some pointers to places where the original geek culture is still alive.
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Promoting Open Source Through Social Media
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Social media and open source are natural allies. This post explains how to use social media tools to promote your open source project.
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5 years of Firefox
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It was on the 9th of November, 2004, that the Mozilla Foundation released version 1.0 of its Firefox web browser. The community celebrated the new browser with parties all over the world.
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Mandriva : First on Distrowatch for the last 7 days
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I couldn't resist once I learn it on Facebook after a wall post by Blino: Mandriva is ranked at first position on Distrowatch for the last 7 days. This is awesome!
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SourceForge Inc changes its name to Geeknet
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SourceForge Inc. has announced that it has officially changed its name to Geeknet. According to Scott L. Kauffman, President and CEO "Renaming the company Geeknet is the latest step in our rapid transformation.” The company believes that the new name will be a more accurate articulation of its business.
Read more »I think I’m tired of Desktop Linux
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I just bought a MacBook Pro and am really happy with it thus far. Spent a bunch of time before then reading up on whether the MacBook Pros can play nicely with Linux (model 5,5 is what I ended up getting), and felt pretty comfortable that a MBP could be a really nice Linux machine.
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Valerie Singleton launches PC for the elderly
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Television presenter Valerie Singleton has teamed up with technology companies to develop a Linux-based PC designed specifically for the over 50s.
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Linux to Mac and back again
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In March of this year I switched to OSX, running on a shiny new 17” MacBook Pro. I wrote about it here. I prepared myself for the change, and I was committed to giving it a fair shot for my computing time.
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Dear Mark Shuttleworth
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I just want to let you know, I see the bigger picture. This open letter did not come from frustrations of 'OMG! my app isn't working!" I know Karmic is just a point release, not an LTS or anything. And that's not the 'point' anyway.
Read more »Sabayon Gets new Servers
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Finally Fabio gave me the pics of the server, and finally I’ve found some time to publish those pics! As we said on the website, thanks to your donations, the end of the fundraiser allowed us to buy the new servers.
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