In this conclusion to my survey of algorithmic music composition systems for Linux I present Christopher Ariza's athenaCL.
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Women's Caucus internship opportunity
The Women's Caucus is seeking an intern to assist with its work to increase the number of women involved in free software.
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Oracle’s Java Aggression Spills to Other Sun Projects
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Google dubs Oracle suit 'attack on Java community'
Google has called Oracle's Android lawsuit an attack not only on Google but also on the open-source Java community. "We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source Java community with this baseless lawsuit," a company spokesman said in a statement to USA Today.
Read more »Purchase Bordeaux and help support Wineconf 2010 and FreeBSD
Last month we ran a 50% off sale on Bordeaux and this month we would like to do something a little different and raise some money for a good cause. With your help we would like to help support three very important projects.
Read more »OpenLuna - An Open Source Project Aimed at Returning Humankind Back to the Moon
The OpenLuna Foundation was founded to return mankind to the moon through private enterprise. With Obama administration deciding to scrap NASA's moon mission once and for all, the role of private enterprise in future space endeavorers of humankind has grown ever larger.
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Bordeaux 2.0.8 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD Released
The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.8 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD today. Bordeaux 2.0.8 is a maintenance release that fixes a number of small bugs. With this release we have updated firefox to 3.6.8, Updated to the latest winetricks release and fixed desktop shortcuts.
Read more »Novell Still Negotiating Sale – Touching Base With the News
As Novell potentially comes to the end of its last era, another synopsis is presented based on news about its products
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Microsoft Technical Leader Says That “Software Patents Suck”
"Software Patents Suck" says the headline of a new post from Michael S. Kaplan and Ed Burnette's headlines says that "software patents are a joke, literally"
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Canonical developer decodes Apple's Magic Trackpad
Apple's Magic Trackpad will join the other Apple multi-touch devices supported in Ubuntu 10.10
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Ubuntu Gets Touchy: Canonical Announces uTouch 1.0
Whether you believe the iPad hype or not, it's clear that touchscreen devices represent an important emerging hardware niche. Canonical responded to that reality recently with the release of uTouch 1.0, a software stack designed to ensure solid multi-touch and gesture support on Ubuntu. Here are the details, along with some thoughts.
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Get Started with LaTeX
LaTeX, pronounced “La-Tec”, is a document preparation language that treats creating many types of document files like constructing a shell script. LaTeX uses a “What You See is What You Mean” interface, far removed from the WYSIWYG word processors like Word and OpenOffice. LaTeX is a programming language, but don’t let that scare you away.
Read more »PyMT 0.5 advances multi-touch for Python
The PyMT developers have announced version 0.5 of their Python multi-touch user interface library with new touch controls, native Linux multi-touch support and improved performance
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FoxToPhone sends URLs from Firefox to Android phones
FoxToPhone, formerly known as SendToPhone, is an extension for Mozilla's Firefox web browser that allows users to send their current web page, telephone numbers and Android Market links directly to their Android-powered device
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Solaris still sorta open, but OpenSolaris distro is dead
An internal Oracle memo that was released last week provides a detailed summary of the company's plans for the Solaris operating system, which Oracle obtained when it acquired Sun. The memo offers a mix of good and bad news for Solaris enthusiasts.
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