How do you apply the principles behind open source to open hardware? It's not easy, but early examples are beginning to emerge, including not one but *two* open source car projects. As ever, a big problem is finding the right kind of licence.
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The 2009 Linux and free software timeline - Q1
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Here is LWN's twelfth annual timeline of significant events in the Linux and free software world for the year. 2009 offered few surprises to those that have been following Linux and free software for as long as we have. As expected, there were new releases of many of the tools and underlying infrastructure that we use on a daily basis.
Read more »Zend Framework: Returning pdf file from an action controller
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Example of an action controller that returns a pdf file instead of a view.
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New openSUSE Board Members
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The election committee announces the three new members of the openSUSE board:
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Postfix Virtual Hosting With LDAP Backend And With Dovecot As IMAP/POP3 Server Kamic Koala
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This how to will allow you step by to configure a Postfix mail server with with virtual hosting. Virtual hosting means that you can add as many mail domains as you want and sub sequentially as many mailboxes for these domains as you want. Here we we use an LDAP backend for both the MTA (Postfix) and POP3/IMAP server (Dovecot), and a web based management interface.
Read more »Microsoft tries to improve image among open-source developers
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Nik Garkusha is a young and friendly bloke who, in faded jeans and a plain navy blue sweater, resembles the "I'm a Mac" kid in the Apple television ads more than the staid and stuffy PC guy. Funny thing: He's the PC guy.
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Looking for Violations in Free Software: Fearsome or Awesome?
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As OpenLogic goes head-to-head with Black Duck, the troubling question again arises, "do they make Free software look scary?"
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Two Minimalist Linux Text Editors That Make Writing Easy
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It took decades of writing, but I’ve come to a realisation: word processors do way more than what I need. And so I started to wonder: why should I be doing my writing with software designed to make it easy to arrange text for being printed out on letter-sized pieces of paper? Why can’t I find software that just lets me write?
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Ubuntu Misses A Trick
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Open source OS wants to challenge Windows and OS X, but fails to back this up with the marketing gusto required for such a task
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Learn how to monitor your projects with GanttProject
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Even the simplest project can quickly get out of hand if you don’t keep tabs on it. That’s why an application that can help you to deal with various aspects of managing your projects can prove indispensable…
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Avoid Mono to Put Back the *NIX in GNU/Linux
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With Mono included by default, GNU/Linux would be heading in the wrong direction
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Novell, OpenSUSE, and “Those Sweet Numbers”
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OpenSUSE coordinates the gaming of social networks for OpenSUSE hype
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Novell’s Channel Breaks Further, Novell Loses Over $200,000,000 in 2009 (Fiscal)
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Novell is losing its UK distributors and there is little hope for rebound based on the financial situation and general trend
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Is There Any Good Screencasting in Ubuntu?
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One of the things I've personally found frustrating in Linux is the development status of screencasting applications, or lack thereof. I think many of us are aware of some of the commonly mentioned packages, but, I just wanted something that will work.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Features
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Mozilla has announced the availability of version 3 of its popular open source Thunderbird email and news client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Mozilla Thunderbird 3 brings awesome features like:
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