Vodafone Group will make it's location based services software -- Wayfinder, open source. The code will be made available on Github. The aim is to offer other organisations the opportunity to use a code base which has been developed over the past decade so that they can build new and innovative navigation products which widen choice for consumers.
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I2P 0.8 release
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I2P is a free software anonymizing network, offering a simple layer that identity-sensitive applications can use to securely communicate. The new release's highlights: router console with GeoIP display, automatically generated Base32 destination names, plugin system, translation for router console, less CPU and memory usage, network improvements for scalability.
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FOSSwire Getting to Grips with GRUB 2
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For a long time, the Grand Unified Bootloader, or GRUB, has been the standard way of getting a PC to boot into your Linux, or other Unix operating system.
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Australian Linux conference seeks papers
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Linux.conf.au announced a Call for Papers for its 12th annual open source Linux conference for developers, to be held in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan 24-29-2011.
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An Open Source 8-Bit Computer to Save the World
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I thought his device would make for a great piece for Linux Journal. Braddock agreed and we started to chat about both the Humane Reader & Humane PC.
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Command Line Basics: Create Text Files With tee
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The Linux tee command is a way to write the standard output to a file. This is a little different from redirecting output to a file. In this case, the output is still send to standard out, but an additional copy is sent to create your text file.
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GnuPG 2.0.16 released
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The GNU Privacy Guard is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data, create digital signatures, help authenticating using Secure Shell and to provide a framework for public key cryptography. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the OpenPGP and S/MIME standards.
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FSFE welcomes new "Software Interactions" document
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FSFE is proud to welcome the release of a new educational document on Free Software licensing. Developed by delegates of the European Legal Network, the document helps software developers and lawyers by making it easier to decide under which licenses they can distribute their work.
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GNU GPLv3 added to the FOSS-license exceptions of libmysql
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I have a few hats on in the greater FS community which puts me a position where many folks approach me with their licensing issues. One of those hats is the PR representative of the Open Source Experts Group of the Austrian chamber of commerce.
Read more »Announcing Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System 1.7.1
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The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 1.7.1 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed storage system. Tahoe-LAFS is the first distributed storage system which offers "provider-independent security" -- meaning that not even the operators of your storage servers can read or alter your data without your consent.
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7 Of The Best Ubuntu Terminal (Fixed Width) Fonts
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You asked for it so here it is: a post with 7 of the best Ubuntu terminal (fixed width or monospace) fonts. I say 'Ubuntu' because the installation instruction for most of these fonts are for Ubuntu.
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CodeWeavers Celebrating Wine 1.2 with a public Beta
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Last Friday the Wine Project shipped Wine 1.2. This was the work of 328 people in over 23,000 separate patches over a span of two years. By way of celebrating, were making beta versions of CrossOver 9.1 and CrossOver Games 9.1 available...
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Peppermint Ice Is Here: Screenshots Included
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After tons of popularity surrounding the Peppermint OS release last month, today Cloud lovers get a treat in the first release of Peppermint Ice, version 07142010. Take a detailed look at the live CD, installation process, and popular applications in this Peppermint Ice screenshot review.
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Firefox lets hackers grab your passwords
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Better delete your passwords from Firefox's Password Manager before next week's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. That's when Jeremiah Grossman will present a demo showcasing how Javascript can be used to collect passwords from Firefox.
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How to (easily) fool your host into thinking a name is mapped to a certain IP address
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I could use the IP address of the host where the site is, right? Well, no. It's a shared hosting so requests have to be made by name.
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