RMS: « A US court rejected the RIAA's claim that every copy shared P2P means a lost sale. The outcome is nonetheless an injustice. Noncommercial sharing, and noncommercially helping people to share, must be legal. »
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RailsConf 2009: Viva Las Vegas!
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"RailsConf 2009 is now open for registration. We’re going to Las Vegas this year. More precisely the Las Vegas Hilton from May 4th through 7th. It’s going to be a party for sure..."
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Facts behind Microsoft's anti-Linux campaign
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Back in 2002, Jim Allchin was co-president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division and was, in his own words, "scared" of the momentum behind Linux, as noted in an email [PDF] sent to several of his direct reports. So what did Allchin do? As court documents in the Comes vs.
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ASCAP Targets "Copyleft / Free Culture" Enemy...
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"Performance rights organization (PRO) ASCAP is now pondering ways to defuse the influence of non-traditional copyright thinkers, according to correspondence shared Thursday with Digital Music News.
Read more »Setting Up the Ideal Linux Desktop
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Since I'm currently mulling buying another computer in the spring, I'm sharing them now. I figure that many other people share my insatiable curiosity, and, like me, can find a benefit or two by seeing how someone else approaches the task of preparing a computer to run with their favorite free operating system.
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Free software meets corporate needs, including Software as a Service
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RMS: «... It's stupidity. It's worse than stupidity: it's a marketing hype campaign ...»
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Come See RMS In Toronto!
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"Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS), the farther of the gnu project, will be speaking in Toronto Febuary 2nd @ 5pm, in the Bahan Center (Bahen Center, 40 St. George Street Room 1160). This event is open to everyone and you can find the original notice here..."
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It’s All About Community
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When I think of Linux, I think of community. There is lots more to Linux, but it is community that springs to my mind. That is probably because it is like a Second Life for me. I spend much time out there, in the Linux community. But when I think of community, I think of only one thing, Ubuntu.
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Ubuntu Christian Edition: Truth Remains Stranger Than Fiction
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Use this Ubuntu Linux distro at your immortal soul's peril ;)
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Why I’m excited about Python 3
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"This is a rough transcript, with links, of a 3-minute lightning talk I gave at LCA. It’s obviously not a complete argument; just a 180-second pitch for why the drama about Py3k is all smoke and no fire..."
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Practical Security: Creating SSH Tunnels
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In a previous article, I went over some of the basic functions of ssh. In that article, I mentioned that simple remote shell access was not the most interesting thing you can do with ssh. I pointed out that remote command execution was more interesting than mundane remote shell access.
Read more »Linux Recording With the MobilePre
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The MobilePre is a combination microphone preamp/analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converter.
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Like the Pre? Wait Until It's Actually Finished
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Palm is taking a page from Apple's iPhone strategy book when it comes to keeping things quiet regarding its newly-announced Pre smartphone and webOS mobile platform. The two things Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) will say is that it is focused on completing software development and network certification requirements and expects devices to be available by June.
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Apple, Linux Miss Golden Opportunity to Snag Desktop Market Share
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Top-dog OS on the enterprise desktop? Linux and Apple had a golden chance to grab that title, and boy did they blow it! Despite having nothing better to offer enterprise customers than the ridiculous Vista or the ancient XP for the past two years, Microsoft still rules the enterprise desktop. And with Windows 7, that reign is set to continue.
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Darter Ultra: Linux on a Laptop
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There are a number of netbooks on the market, but I wanted to get my hands on one loaded with the Linux operating system, Ubuntu. With a number of cell phone companies switching to Linux, I think it's only a matter of time before more and more laptops, see the light. System 76 is a company that is dedicated to the Linux operating system.
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