This is so funny. Yet another "history" of Linux. I'm deep into writing an article on the Apple-Psystar litigation, to rebut some of the absolute nonsense I see being written about it, but I have to take a brief detour to share something with you, so you can laugh too.
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Deploying CC+ for the common good: Buy4Commons
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This year, Creative Commons unveiled a new initiative called CC+. It is not a license. It's a protocol, although it's so simple that it almost doesn't warrant the term.
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Inquisitor stresses and benchmarks your hardware
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Ever wondered why your new computer feels sluggish -- or afraid you'll blow your overclocked processor to smithereens? The Inquisitor testing platform wraps the best of open source benchmarking tools in special scripts to help you test and diagnose your hardware.
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Test Drive Firefox 3.1 Beta 1
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Mozilla recently released the first testing version of the next major Firefox release. Not all features planned for Firefox 3.1 are included in Beta 1.
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Patents Roundup: Microsoft’s Own Patent Trolls Subjugate Indians; New Evidence of Ill Systems
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A roundup of many software patents-related developments, including the way they affect Free software
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SCO's Tec Forum in Full Sway. Two Press Releases Today.
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Well, it's time for SCO's Tec Forum, which is what SCO is calling SCOforum this year, and lest the company's press releases get lost to paid services someday and disappear behind their drawbridge, and in harmony with our goal to provide historians with the entire picture, here are a couple of press releases that went out today, one about an upgrade to SCOoffice Server and the other about SCO Mobil
Read more »Indian political party turns to FOSS
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is India's largest political party, with around 20 million Ordinary Members and about 4 million Active Members. In June, BJP announced its goal to become one of the most high-tech political parties in the next two years, and free and open source software (FOSS) will play an essential role in this project.
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Flock 2 is here, continues to underwhelm
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"Get ready to meet your favorite browser! " Flock 2 tells me at the end of its installation process. Ok Flock, I'm ready. Blow me away!
Sadly, I'm immediately greeted by a cheesey stick figure flash intro to the new features. What the hell am I getting myself into?
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The Linux Foundation's FOSSBazaar Nearly Doubles Its Membership
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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and open source software, today announced that its Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) governance workgroup, called FOSSBazaar, has nearly doubled its membership since launching in January.
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Run your virtual OS directly from GDM in Ubuntu
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If you regularly run a couple of OS from your VirtualBox and want to login to those OS directly from GDM session, here is a quick way to do it.
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Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching
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An international team of researchers is using a wireless Open Source virtual world to help promote language learning and let students practice.
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Opera 9.60 - Awesomeness, Great Features and a Few Annoying Crashes
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I must say that I think Opera is doing a great job supporting its browser on Linux. Even though it's closed-source, it's still one of the most powerful web browsers out there, and each release comes with packages for every major distribution out there.
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Five Ways to Keep Up With Linux
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In this article, we’ll show you five ways you can keep up to speed with various aspects of Linux.
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AppArmor Templates for Postfix
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Protect your mail server with AppArmor templates pre-built for easy set up. AppArmor protects applications from exploits.
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How to install Rufscript (A Nice handwriting font) in Ubuntu Hardy/Intrepid
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Hiren has created a nice font called Rufscript based on the handwriting of someone he knows.This font is available under GPLv3 with font exception.
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