But it has a number of fatal flaws. Mr. Shuttleworth didn't make just a couple of careless comments; the recurring theme all through his talk was "Guys are the cool techies, girls are not." He drew a clear line between 'us' and 'them', with 'us' being men and 'them' being women.
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gummi – Simple LaTeX editor written in Python/GTK
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Gummi is a lightweight LaTeX editor written in Python/GTK+ released as open-source software under a dual MIT/Beerware license.
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The Time Is Now: Cross-platform Competitors to Microsoft Office
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Purely coincidentally or not, while Microsoft grapples with big legal issues around the Windows-specific MS Office, household names like IBM, Intel, and Sun are particularly busy these days beefing up software for rival office productivity suites that run across Linux, Windows, and OS.
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DropBox hits two million Windows, Mac and Linux users
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DropBox is a solid example of how the cloud can bring efficiencies in this modern ultra-connected world. It's also a service that has genuinely changed my life for the better.
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3G-ready e-book reader boasts 8.1-inch display
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Irex Technologies is readying a Linux-based electronic book (e-book) reader with an 8.1-inch, 1024 x 768 display. Based on Freescale's ARM11-based i.MX31, the Irex DR800SG communicates via the Verizon Wireless 3G network, supports the open ePub publishing standard, and offers built-in support for the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, says Irex.
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Debian, Upgrading to Lenny, ERROR, no public key available for the following...
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I've spent one day crushing my head against a weird problem, never seen it on Debian, I was only updating four Debian "etch" to "lenny" and in two of them I've seen this...
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Ohio Linuxfest 2009 Review
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OLF 2009 was another great success this year as we celebrated 40 years of UNIX. Kudos to the all the organizers and volunteers who made the event happen!
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OSMO: Your friendly personal organizer
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Although integration has become widespread, there are instances when you might want a separate tool for organizing your life. What if you want something on your machine to organize your life – that doesn’t require an online connection, is simple to use, and has a tiny footprint. If that’s you, OSMO is the tool you’ve been looking for.
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Ten Of The Best GNOME Themes
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When I first began using Linux back in 2001, the themes I saw were beautiful but they don't compare to some of the themes I'm seeing lately. I'd like to show you some themes which will, in my opinion, spark more interest in GNOME themes.
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Exaile, another media player for Linux
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Exaile is a music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python. It incorporates automatic fetching of album art, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, Last.fm scrobbling, support for many portable media players including iPods, internet radio such as shoutcast, and tabbed playlists.
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Rename GIMP
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With the up coming release of GIMP 3.0, I think that GIMP should be renamed to simply “Wilber.” Though it would no longer be an acronym for “GNU Image Manipulation Program”, but it would totally eliminate any possibly offensive terminology in exchange for a name everyone can love, especially the young, and it would give GIMP a chance at the big times.
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Jaspersoft CEO: US Law and Policies Reinforce Proprietary, “Closed Source” Rights and Policies
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Insights into intellectual monopolies, courtesy of smaller (but growing) players in the software landscape
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Why Mark Shuttleworth Owes FOSS-Women an Apology
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For the past few days, I've been reading several blog reactions (like here, here, here, and most recently here) against Mark Shuttleworth's controversial comments made from his keynote speech at LinuxCon, which turned into a huge sexism issue.
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Stallman apologises for Mac OS X backdoor claims
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In a posting on his FSF blog, Richard Stallman has apologised for "repeating a criticism of Mac OS which I cannot substantiate and must presume is false". The claim, that Mac OS X has a backdoor which could install changes without the user's permission, is one that Stallman has repeated, but he now says there "is no basis to claim there is one".
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Plymouth Gets A DRM Renderer Plug-In
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Plymouth, the nifty boot splash program developed by Red Hat to replace RHGB and leverages kernel-based mode-setting to provide a flicker-free experience, is in the process of picking up more features. Committed to the Plymouth repository is now a DRM plug-in.
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