I will do everything that is possible to keep MySQL alive," says Michael (Monty) Widenius, the main developer of the well-known open source database. "I just hope it's enough."
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Goodbye KDE, Hello XFCE
This past weekend I uninstalled KDE4 from my Desktop. When I first started playing around with Linux, my first desktop was KDE 1.something. Even though it didn’t have the polish of Windows, I could see that it had a lot of potential. With KDE 3.5, I was in Desktop heaven. But
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The average Software Developer versus the good Software Developer.
Let me introduce Avery; Avery is a programmer, he has been working in the IT department for a big non IT company for several years, he considers himself a Senior Developer, he has never questioned his approach to the software development, he doesn’t see coding as an art
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Review: Arch Linux
I’ve been wanting to try Arch Linux for quite some time now. They seem to have a similar aesthetic to Gentoo in that the main mission of Arch is to build your operating system from the ground up.
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Microsoft Signs Deal with Acacia and Builds More Patent Walls Against Linux
An accumulation of new information about Microsoft's i4i fallout and use of software patents against its most potent competition, GNU/Linux
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Obama enforces trade embargo against open source
The Obama Administration has forced Sourceforge to deny service to its anti-terrorism sanction list. In practical terms this means people in Cuba, North Korea, the Sudan, Syria and Iran get “403 forbidden” messages when they try to access sourceforge.org addresses. (Here’s how the Armenian Private School in Toronto, Canada displays 403 errors.)
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Letters and Numbers Learning Game for Kids in Ubuntu Linux : lletters
GTK letters-learning game for small children . It is specialy made for children 2 and up, and is a learn with fun game. It helps younger children learn their letters and numbers, while older children will improve their spelling, and vocabulary skills. It will also helps your kids to develop important keyboard and mouse skills too.
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Ubuntu Could Profit From Both Yahoo, Google
Talk about a careful balancing act involving Ubuntu. Canonical appears to have financial relationships with both Google and Yahoo. Here's how the relationships - involving Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and Google Chrome OS - are shaping up. Plus, the potential financial implications for Canonical.
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Mr. Obama, Please Tear Down This Wall!
Only three days after posting my blog regarding the plight of Google's Chinese customers and how their data is now at the whims of a US-based company and its conflict with the Chinese government, I read about the issues of SourceForge.net and the U.S. State Department's Export lists and how the data stored in a US-based company, sometimes created by non-U.S.
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Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS released (the fourth maintenance update)
The Ubuntu team has announced the release of Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, the fourth maintenance update to Ubuntu's 8.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS continues to be maintained through 2011 for desktops and 2013 for..
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How to make Your Ubuntu Linux Enegy Efficient using PowerTop
Since version 2.6.21, the Linux kernel has introduced a feature called tickless. the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will give a dramatic power savings because the CPU stays in low power mode for longer periods of time during system idle.
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Denmark ditches Microsoft and goes with ODF
The Danish Parliament has agreed to ditch some Microsoft-based software in favour of the ODF standard from April next year. The decision to axe Microsoft’s Office document formats won cross-party support.
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Enna – A New and Exciting Linux Media Center
Although Boxee seemed the more obvious choice, it loses the high ground if you lack a decent internet connection. Just when I was about to give up hope, I heard about Enna – an incredible open source Linux media center, developed by the GeeXboX team, and ready for its first public release.
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Ubuntu: Enterprise Management Getting Easier?
Are Ubuntu servers and desktops easy for enterprises to manage? Before you answer, consider some recent and upcoming moves involving Bomgar, Kaseya, Likewise Software, Groundwork Open Source and Canonical itself. Here are some observations.
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Ubuntu Server Evaluation
The Ubuntu server is the most innovative distribution for servers. It enables administrators to gain access to cutting edge technology and implement that with new ideas. If you are looking for the latest and greatest, this is the server option for you.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom 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 RusselAbout 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.





