"...I have spent an interesting afternoon in Ritz Carlton, Millenia here in Singapore to listen to a talk by Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. Perhaps, the picture on the left speaks a thousand words about how the evening transpired, since the discussion revolves around censorship, creative commons and free software movement..."
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Untangle Puts Open Source Security On A USB Stick
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Untangle, which develops open source security solutions, has a rather interesting pitch for solutions providers and managed service providers. It involves a simple USB stick known as the Silver Bullet. Here’s the scoop.
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Copyright Act change shifts software rights
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A change in New Zealand’s copyright law will see software developers owning their software by default, even when that software is commissioned, and that has led one industry leader to warn of potential abuse.
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In Gimp We Trust
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As a long time Photoshop junkie and Gimp fan, this week has been a joyous overload. Gimp 2.6 released today and Photoshop CS4 has been announced (they need some time to hype before release). And again the all important question is being asked by some overenthusiastic Gimp lover whether we have finally come close to having a free, open-source Photoshop alternative.
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Evaluating the performance of ext3 using write barriers and write caching
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The ext3 filesystem supports write barriers which are designed to allow a filesystem to take advantage of a disk’s write cache without fear of compromising the ingetrity of the filesystem on a power failure or kernel panic.
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Confession: I switched to Ubuntu
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Ubuntu installed flawlessly and quickly, booted and worked as fast as one could expect over USB2, and was generally a pleasure to use. I took the plunge and installed it on my desktop, and haven’t looked back.
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When It Comes to Openness, Think Beyond the Code
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A few years ago I stumbled upon the efforts of the Victoria Linux Users Group. They are an active, involved group, but not particularly unlike any other LUG. I was pointed in the direction of their Linux in Victoria brochure.
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Learning about Linux - the easy way
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This is a no-fuss, no-muss way to get your feet wet with Linux. This is so easy that “no excuses” - we take no prisioners.
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Build better blogs with Linux
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The theme for this month is “I didn’t know you could do that in Linux,” and today I’ll show you how Linux can really help your blog take off, both in terms of improving its performance as well as giving you a much greater handle on what’s happening.
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GIMP Gets an Interface Makeover in New Version 2.6
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We've written about GIMP, the outstanding open source graphics program originally developed at U.C. Berkeley, several times before. The application has had a robust community of developers behind it for years, and now a new version 2.6 is downloadable. Here's what's under the hood in the update, including a whole slew of interface enhancements.
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Android: Mobile Industry at a Crossroads
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Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Latest News about Google showed off its new brainchild last week:a smartphone design in collaboration with its Android partners, Taiwan's handset maker HTC, and the wireless carrier T-Mobile USA Latest News about T-Mobile.
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Is the end near for independent open source?
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For the first time I'm scared for open source. Not open source as a global movement and way of doing business and software development - that's safe. Even Microsoft believes in it.
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Selling Freedomware: It's about what THEY want.
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I am beginning to believe that we should completely stop advertising Freedomware and GNU/Linux as free of cost, and perhaps even do a total reversal - find a way to CHARGE for it without actually charging directly for software
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How to get down off a duck
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In a sequel to my popular article “How do you get down off an elephant”, I explain why native Linux viruses are so few in number compared to Windows viruses. It's a long article but hopefully enjoyable and illuminating.
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The Free Software Foundation No Longer Interested in .NET Cloning?
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DotGNU falls off the FSF's priority list; other associated issues highlighted
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