In the latest Ubuntu weekly newsletter the Ubuntu folks announced the release of the Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course. The modular course should take two days to complete all 10 of the lessons offered, but it is possible to cover topics and lessons independently of each other, learning whatever is of interest.
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Does Open Source Matter? Or is it a passing fancy?
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There’s a great deal of interest in open source software development these days.
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Hey Dell…Wanna sell some Classmates?
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Now that OLPC plans to distribute OLPC XOs in the States through OLPC America, I sent Agnes Kwan, Intel spokeswoman, an email asking if Intel planned to compete in this market with their Classmate PC.
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OBOOE Makes a Noise about Open Source
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One of the reason that open source has yet to make a huge impact on business in Europe is that there are relatively few ways that it can make its voice heard. The newly-formed Open Business Organisation of Europe (OBOOE) aims to change that:
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Car PC supports dual displays under Linux
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Mini-PC manufacturer SD-Omega has announced a Linux-compatible mini-PC that can run two displays simultaneously. The SD631T Dual Display is primarily intended as a car PC that can drive both a GPS display for the driver and an entertainment and Net-surfing display for passengers.
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Microsoft's OOXML: The No vote
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The first of a two-part series examining the arguments for and against the standardisation of Microsoft’s Office Open XML format.
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How low can you go and still run Linux?
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I remember when getting a decent PC would set you back at least a grand. Then it was $500. Now, it's $150!? That's the story that small vendor LinFX wants you to buy along with its PC with pre-installed Linux.
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Open source brings a spam-free lunch
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Spam is a plague on the Internet. It’s constant and unending. Some ISPs and free web mail providers offer anti-spam services but if you’re running your own mail server, accepting mail to your own domain, you have to work out your own solution. Can open source compete with the big boys? When it comes to spam, is there a free lunch?
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Networking scalability on high-performance servers
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How to avoid problems with Linux networking scalability on high-performance systems.
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Linux on old hardware: a bad idea?
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Linux distributions that can run on older hardware are often described as a perfect way to extend the lifespan of an old laptop or desktop. While it undeniably makes economic sense, the jury is still out on whether this is actually such a good idea from an environmental point of view.
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Reminder: GFDL consultation ongoing
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"Although quiet, the consultation for drafting the next version of the GNU Free Documentation Licence, plus the new GNU Simpler Free Documentation License, are still ongoing..."
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The Future of Ideas is now Free
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"After a productive and valuable conversation with my publisher, Random House, they've agreed to permit The Future of Ideas to be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license..."
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Digital Colonisation curtailing right to creativity
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"NEW DELHI: Imagine a world free of patents and passwords, of copyrights and copycats, of freedom to create. Imagine a world full of free software. That’s the world of Richard Stallman , tech guru, hacker, political activist, pioneer of concepts like Copyleft, digital colonisation and maker of GNU compiler and debugger of GNU/Linux operating system.
As founder president of Free Software Foundation, Dr Stallman, 55, has managed to convince governments like Kerala and companies like ATI (now AMD) to switch to the idea of free software. ET caught up with the legendary Richard Matthew Stallman (called RMS by hackers) on his visit to India to understand his idea of a free world of technology. Excerpts..."
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SELF Open Documentary Contest: Education for a free information society -
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"The SELF Project is pleased to announce The SELF Open Documentary Contest. Create a documentary about the creation of free knowledge and education in the digital era! Get your friends together, encourage your company to participate, or just let your own creativity flow freely..."
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Now Lenovo Loads Linux, Too
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When IBM sold its personal computer division to Chinese PC maker Lenovo, one of the flagship products that went along on that sale was its invaluable ThinkPad notebook line, home of some of the best engineering I've seen in notebook PCs in the entire time they've been on the market. Now Lenovo is preparing to take the ThinkPad a step ahead and ship them with SUSE Linux preinstalled.
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