The first day of Camp KDE is behind us, with the first of the many presentations being well attended.
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The Bizarre Cathedral - 64
Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral comic strip by merc & crimperman
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Crowdsourcing the KDE Web Site
The KDE Project is taking a smart approach to reworking the KDE Website. Lydia Pintscher put out the call Sunday for contributors to pitch in with content and screenshots for one or more KDE programs by January 23rd.
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Should Ubuntu include proprietary software?
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, arguably the most popular of all Linux distributions, is asking its users what new, proprietary programs they'd like to see as optional software in Ubuntu.
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[FSF] An appeal from Benjamin Mako Hill, technologist and author.
"...A strong free software movement focused on the principled issues of software freedom -- and a strong FSF in particular -- will determine what freedoms the next generation of computer users enjoy. At stake is no less than the next generation's autonomy. If you are not an FSF associate member, now is the time to become one..."
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Free software in the Haiti aid effort, and how you can help
"OpenStreetMap and Sahana are two free software projects that are facilitating aid to Haiti..."
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IE is so secure we just had to build an OS out of it.
Microsofts new Gazelle concept is the greatest thing to hit Linux or the computer industry as a whole ever. According to Microsoft, Gazelle is a secure web browser constructed as a multi-principal OS. I never thought I would live to see the day that Microsoft announces its own suicide.
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Canonical to bundle CodeWeavers CrossOver?
In a official post on the Ubuntu Forums, user Matthew (a official Canonical employee?) asks users to complete a survey with the applications they would like to see in the upcoming versions of Ubuntu.
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Jobs.Linux.Com: When Job Boards Go Bad
Last week, The Linux Foundation launched it's new Linux Jobs board and normally, I applaud anything that The Linux Foundation (TLF) does but not this time. And I think it's great that TLF has a job board on Linux.com, however, the execution lacks the luster I've come to expect from these guys. So, what's my beef with something so positive as a job board?
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Linux.conf.au - Day Two
The second day of the conference dawned just as bright and sunny as the first. The opening keynote was delivered by Gabriella Coleman, Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University.
Read more »75% of Linux code now written by paid developers
The Linux world makes much of its community roots, but when it comes to developing the kernel of the operating system, it's less a case of "volunteers ahoy!" and more a case of "where's my pay?".
Read more »LCA 2010: Wanna kill a FOSS community?
As free and open source software becomes more and more a part of mainstream computing, it is common to find large commercial organisations taking a big interest in FOSS projects, sometimes to the extent of taking over such projects.
Read more »Open Source House Launches Design Competition
Architectural Web site Arch Daily points to a design competition at Open Source House for individuals or teams to create a eco-friendly sustainable single-family house for a specifically designated spot in Ghana. The contest, which runs until May 15, 2010, encourages designers to "think big" and come up with ways their initial designs can be implemented on a larger scale.
Read more »LCA 2010: Spreading the FOSS message to the masses
Australia's national Linux conference has a reputation of being among the better technical conferences held every year and geeks look forward to the annual event.
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Do we really need all these different Linux distributions?
If you have any inkling of the word Linux and know what it means then you most probably know that there are hundreds of Linux distributions floating around waiting for our attention. In reality there is no real functional difference between all of these Linux distributions.
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