I am tired of seemingly only ever reading about the topic of women in Open Source within the context of a conflict scenario... I am more interested in talking about the awesome, positive and inspiring stories of women in Open Source...
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Why Open Source is not Magic Pixie Dust, Part 284
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One of the pivotal moments in the rise of free software was 22 January 1998, when the following statement appeared: "Netscape Communications Corporation today announced bold plans to make the source code for the next generation of its highly popular Netscape Communicator client software available for free licensing on the Internet..."...
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Ubuntu: Something for Everyone
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For the Linux newbie, Ubuntu is the oft recommended distro, for a few different reasons. It's easy to set up, works on a lot of hardware, and doesn't require a manual to understand how to manage it. For the same reason, Ubuntu seems to get a bad rap from more experienced Linux users. I say there's no need of it, and I'm about to explain why.
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During Emergencies, Linux Geeks Also Care
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Locally, a group of Linux advocates set up Sahana, a collection of web based disaster management applications that provides solutions to large-scale humanitarian coordination and collaboration in disaster situation and its aftermath.
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Free, Native Linux Plug-ins for energyXT for Linux
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It’s simply stunning some of the terrific instrument and effect plug-ins available that are now free and open source – yes, free as in freedom, not just freeware. I had commented in the past something along the lines of, “boy, wouldn’t it be great if this now meant, say, a Linux port?”
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Is Microsoft the Newest Free Software Advocate?
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What the heck is happening in Redmond? Is Microsoft really giving away antivirus software? Yes, friends, it appears that they are. Come on Microsoft, we really want to hate you. I've carried this Microsoft voodoo doll* around with me for years--stabbing it every time I have to pay money for one of your products on a new laptop or desktop computer.
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Red Hat CEO explains business model of 21st century, benefits of open source
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Jim Whitehurst warns against overlooking power of open source model to radically improve business
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Playing Games In Linux
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Not everything in open source is serious and technical. Find out how to put some games worth playing on your Linux desktop
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Further Thoughts on the CLI and the Average User
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A week ago I published a boring little post on this blog about the command line and the average user. The essence of it was that non-geeks considering switching to Linux shouldn't even be shown the command line, as it may scare them away.
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Novell Retreats From New Policy as the Company Loses Sense of Faithfulness
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Novell backtracks on an outrageous little attempt to charge for patches; problems in the UK carry on
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Ohio Linux Fest 2009 Report
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This year was the first time ever that I've had the wonderful opportunity to visit Ohio Linux Fest, sometimes referred to as Ohio Linux Con. This year's theme was "40 Years of Unix" and there was a lot there that focused on that theme.
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~100 Novell Employees to Work for Xerox
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Novell employees to become Xerox staff (outsourcing revisited)
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Mozilla backs Microsoft's criticism of Chrome Frame
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Microsoft has received support from an unexpected quarter in the dispute over Chrome Frame, an extension which embeds Google's Chrome browser in Internet Explorer. Mike Shaver, Vice President Engineering for Mozilla Corporation, gives his views in a blog posting in which he criticises the plug-in.
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The Next Generation Application Store: Now, With Developers!
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The funny thing about application stores is that Linux has had them for years. Ok, not a store, in the proper sense of that word, given that commercial transactions were not generally provided for. But the basic ability to aggregate applications.
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How to install LAMP in Slackware 13.0
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LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) is an open source Web development platform that uses Linux as operating system, Apache as the Web server, MySQL as the relational database management system and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language. In this Simple tutorial we will explain you how to install LAMP server on your Slackware 13. The installation will be done in 3 steps:
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