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Spreadsheets Come to ODF as Version 1.2 Wins Approval

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The ODF 1.2 specification, which aims to perfect the spreadsheet workflow, has been approved by the members of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)

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Behind the scenes of the new Free Software Directory

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[…] I'd like to add a little (okay, a lot) more detail here about why we view the Directory as an important component of our strategy to promote free software awareness and use, and how the new version came to be.

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FSF relaunches its free software directory

http://www.h-online.com

The site includes more than 6,500 free and open source software (FOSS) programs for users to download, run and share. According to the FSF, each entry in the Directory is individually checked and tested so that users can be assured that any program they find there "will be free software with free documentation and without proprietary software requirements".

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Will the European Parliament Give Up On Protecting a Free Internet?

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Evidence is already widely available that European operators engage in harmful practices, as demonstrated by citizen reports of dozens of breaches to Net neutrality on the RespectMyNet.eu platform.

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Open Source Desktop Publishing News 2011

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The free software world moves rapidly, but every individual project also moves at its own pace and rhythm. Consequently, it is easy to get behind on the news. Here is a look at the state of the art in the open source desktop publishing (DTP) arena for fall 2011.

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LibreOffice reaches it first birthday

http://www.h-online.com

In this first year, the Document Foundation has attracted more developers with commits than the OpenOffice project did in its first decade.

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Interview: Andy Spencer, developer of Aweather a meteorological data viewer

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This week’s interview is with Andy Spencer, developer of Aweather, a free software for visualizing meteorological radar data. AWeather has been on my radar (smart pun?) for a few years since I live in the Caribbean and weather is always a concern from June through November. I think readers will find this project interesting and I hope you will lend a hand to keep it rolling. Enjoy the interview!

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Over 1000 sign the petition asking This American Life to use Ogg Vorbis

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In late July, This American Life aired an episode titled "When Patents Attack!" that reported on some of the problems that software patents cause developers and businesses. It introduced the subject to new audiences in a compelling way, so we wrote to them to thank them for their excellent reporting.

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Who Will Lead Free Software in the Future?

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What, I wondered, happens when Stallman no longer leads? Will new intellectual leaders emerge, or will free software be limited to a single generation?

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Award-winning Airtime releases new packages for Ubuntu & Debian

http://sourcefabric.org

Airtime 1.9.4 has been released with new DEB packages for Ubuntu and Debian that keep installations automatically updated with the latest version. Airtime 1.9.4 also includes the new file storage system with 'watch' folders, allowing stations to magically synchronise files and to easily browse their audio archives, as well as Shoutcast support, improved front-end widgets, and extensive bug-fixes.

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Pylogsparser : a use case, analysing ssh attacks

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Learn how to analyse easily your ssh logs using the PyLogsParser python library.

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Cute platformer with level sharing between players: Nikki and the Robots

http://joyridelabs.de

Nikki is an open source game that will have a proprietary story mode but has fully playable levels and an easy to use level editor.

In the latest release a level server was added, which allows to download and upload levels to a public server (under cc-by license)

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TLWIR 19: Intel, Openindiana and a Message to Redmond

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As always, the free software community and the technology world in general are in a constant state of flux. Once you get used to the way that things operate, you can be certain that they are going to change.

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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 11.04 server.

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Petition to End Software Patents in the US

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On the White House's official website for petitioning the government, there is a petition to return sanity to the US software industry by overturning software patents.

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Anybody up to writing good directory software?

Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David Jonathan

From the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).

Is better education the key to finding better software?

Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward Russel

About Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.

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