Longtime readers may remember my 2006 post on the “open source incline.” I wrote there is a relationship between how open a license is and the community support a project generates. Even while it has sprinkled itself in open source waters Microsoft has generally stayed at the top of both this and the development incline I described in 2008.
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First Android Netbook Nothing to Write Home About
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The Android is about to take the leap from the cell phone to the netbook, and much like the first Android-powered cell phone, the first iteration is a bit of head-shaker. Instead of a dazzling showcase, it's underpowered and small, and although it has some interesting qualities, cost is going to be a big issue as some reports have said it could be as high as $250.
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Microsoft's TomTom patents posted for patent review
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Open Invention Network (OIN) announced that three of the eight patents cited in Microsoft's lawsuit against TomTom have been posted for prior art review by the Linux community. The evidence is being compiled to convince the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the patents are invalid.
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Trademarks: The Hidden Menace
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"From a Free Software perspective, trademarking should be considered as damaging to free software as copyright or patenting..." -- see also: Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases to Avoid (or use with care)
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How-To: Convert APE to Ogg Vorbis or MP3 in Debian and Ubuntu
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APE is an open-source, free lossless audio format, just like FLAC or WAV. APE is also known as Monkey's Audio. To convert it to either Ogg Vorbis or MP3, you will first need to install several packages...
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Starling Netbook with Ubuntu Remix 9.04
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System76 introduces their Starling Netbook, which features Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04. This latest Ubuntu Linux OS was just released a week ago.
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Installing SugarCRM Community Edition On Fedora 10
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SugarCRM is a webbased CRM solution written in PHP. SugarCRM is available in different flavours called "Editions" ("Community" (free), "Professional", and "Enterprise"). For a detailed overview of the different editions, have a look at the SugarCRM website. In this tutorial I will describe the installation of the free Community Edition on Fedora 10.
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Open source developer? Uncle Sam wants you
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The US Defense Department is enlisting an open source approach to software development -- an about-face for such a historically top-down organisation.
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First "Mythcast" mythTV podcast released
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This show is about MythTV. MythTV is an open-source PVR that allows you to record tv programs (and filter out all the commercials) as well as manage all your media: your photos, music, and dvd collection. We will explore all of these features and more throughout this podcast. Please join us as explore this wonderful application.
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$100 card converts old PCs into Linux thin clients
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Igel has released an add-in card that enables old desktop PCs to be turned into Linux thin clients on the cheap. The "Igel TC Card" costs $100 and requires a computer to have an available PCI slot and an IDE interface, the company says.
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Linux out, Windows in at Electoral Commission
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The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) will leave Linux for Windows Server when it develops its new vote counting and reporting application, which is slated to cost A$1.4 million over the next two years.
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Linux Wallpaper Application Based on the Weather, Moon Phase, Time of Day
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Dynamic Wallpaper is a Linux application that displays a wallpaper in svg format on your desktop based on the weather, moon phase, time of day, etc. and it also supports themes.
For Ubuntu, you can find a .DEB package
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Ubuntu Script to Automatically Install Launchpad PPA Keys for All Your Repositories
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An user from the UbuntuForums (blackgr) has made a script that checks your current distribution version (so it works from Hardy to Jaunty and probably Karmic) and them it checks your system for all launchpad sources and will download and install the GPG keys for you.
You can download it from here.
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Easier testing with EasyMock
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Join Elliotte Rusty Harold for a look at some hard unit tests made easy through mock objects — more specifically, the EasyMock framework. This open source library saves you time and helps make your mock-object code concise and legible.
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Free vs Open Source software
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I attended ProFOSS yesterday, an Event in Brussels. It was very interesting for the most part, but I saw to common mistakes. People tend to intermix concepts, in this case Free and Open Source software used as synonyms. They are not and confusing the two clouds any thought you have on the license usage behind them.
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