The nation's first Linux patent suit currently facing Red Hat and Novell isn't about open source at all. Or so the plaintiff says.
Read more »Plaintiff: Open Source Not on Trial in Linux Suit
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Desktop searches on Linux
The traditional way to find files on a Linux system has been with the appropriately-named “find” command: give it part of a filename and it will hunt through a whole tree of folders for it.
Read more »Ubuntu by Dummies: switching between saved network settings
I never read the manual. That can be a detriment in Slackware, baffling at the command line, soul-killing in FreeBSD (OK, that's just my experience) and ... just slightly irritating in Ubuntu.
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Eclipse Launches Ajax Programming Platform
IBM first brought Eclipse to the development scene in November 2001 as a project supported by a software vendor consortium. Three years later, Eclipse Foundation became an independent entity with a stewardship role. IBM nonetheless remains a key cheerleader for the community.
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Linspire 6: Two steps back
Former Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony was pretty gung-ho about the company's upcoming release back in June. He said it would "fill some key holes in our current offering." Unfortunately Linspire 6, released last week, lacks the refinements you'd expect in a distro you pay $50 to download.
Read more »Paragent Released as Open Source
Paragent has recently released their web-based desktop management application as open source. It runs on Linux, and supports Windows clients. Functionality includes hardware and software inventory, alerting, remote desktop and help desk functionality.
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Tom Calthrop: Barnraiser Collaboration Software Born Out of Amish Tradition
One of the things I thoroughly enjoy about the Free Software community is the creative names developers give to their projects. Tom Calthrop's AroundMe and Barnraiser projects definitely fit the mold. Barnraiser was born out of Tom's experience in Kosovo and is a small, scrappy little project that just might surprise you.
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SVG and text/html
"...The other interesting thread is about an HTML compatible syntax for SVG. In other words, integrating SVG in text/html..."
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Help! Mozpad Website Needs a Makeover
"...If you have any kind of graphic design skills and want to support our effort to promote the Mozilla platform for developers, why not consider giving the Mozpad website a makeover..."
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The challenge to providing innovative ruby and rails documentation
"The speed with which ruby on rails has achieved success as a web framework is mind blowing. Along the way, many great features have been created by the core team and by the community as well. There have been some decent attempts at creating good supporting documentation, but they have been mostly fragmented and not generally effective for most developers..."
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Novell lays off 250 U.S. workers
Software developer's Provo operations to shed 200 jobs, offshoring positions to India
Novell is laying off 250 software development positions in the United States and offshoring the majority of these to its operations in Bangalore, India. The company announced the layoffs to its workers today.
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'Choice Is Absolutely Essential'
Linus Torvalds, head of development for Linux, comments on the operating system, its rival Windows, what motivates software developers and the occasional messiness of free choice
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Nokia unveils Linux-powered N810 Internet Tablet
Nokia has announced a new version of its Linux-based Internet tablet. The N810 is smaller, heavier, and faster than the older N800, with new features that include a slide-out hardware QWERTY thumb keyboard, GPS receiver, FM transmitter (for in-car listening), and a light-sensing screen dimmer.
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Review: Amarok Live CD 1.3
Amarok is a fairly new, but well known music management and playback program designed to help you organize and listen to all of your music in a simple, yet powerful interface full of nearly every tool you will need. But few people outside of the Linux community know of this program.
Read more »Government geeks send their bosses to open source
I’m home in Portland (arguably the open source software conference capital of the world) for the third annual GOSCON get-together. Linux Foundation Executive Director and keynote speaker Jim Zemlin says he may have been mistaken in thinking that attendees were fairly well-versed in Linux and open source.
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