Linux developer Mandriva has updated its operating-system-on-a-stick with the release of Mandriva Flash 2010, which includes a bootable version of the software on a USB Flash drive.
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KDE Gets a Ubuntu One Frontend
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LSE Must Hurry up Migrating to GNU/Linux (Windows Has Just Crashed Again)
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The trading system in London suffered another major crash this morning and a permanent GNU/Linux replacement is on its way
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Programming for Proprietary Platforms a Risk to One’s Livelihood
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Jobs is not good for jobs, suggests news story; iPhones all have the same root password
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Handbrake 0.9.4
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Handbrake 0.9.4 is released. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.
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Interstellar overdrive - Linux and astronomy
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Desktop astronomy has become more accessible over the last few years as hardware and software have come down in price. For an outlay not much greater than a top of the range PC it is possible to put together a CCD powered telescope that is more than adequate for hunting comets or prospecting for asteroids which are still popular pastimes among amateur astronomers.
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An Update Of What Is To Come With KRunner In KDE SC 4.4
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With the next version of KDE SC to be released early next year, KRunner, one of KDE SC’s most powerful feature since v4.0, is getting some major updates. The hard feature freeze for KDE SC 4.4 is already done. So, in this article, we shall look at some changes.
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What price Freedom?
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Graphics drivers (for X11 under whatever Free Software operating system you care to use) are one area where Free Software has plenty of room for improvement. My laptop has an nVidia GeForce 9600M in it, which means that there are two drivers I can use for it: the Free Software nv driver, or the proprietary nvidia one.
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Salivating Over Silverlight
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If Novell's vice president is "droolingly" Microsoft's, then how can Mono and Novell be trusted anymore?
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Microsoft May Have Failed to Comply With the GNU GPL (Again)
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No compliance after GPL violation from Microsoft; the exploited project is meanwhile unpublished by its author
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You always can install things yourself…
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With Linux distributions offering you everything on a plate, there is a temptation to stick with what they offer rather than taking things into your own hands.
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Mastering Characters Sets in Linux (Weird Characters, part 2)
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In Part 1 Akkana Peck talked about Unicode, character sets and encoding -- how accented and special characters are transferred in email and web pages, and why you see funny characters. But can you fix it when it goes wrong? And if you're a programmer, how should you be handling all these encodings?
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FreeBSD 8.0 Review: Enterprise Ready Server Operating System
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The FreeBSD Project is one of the oldest and successful project. FreeBSD is well known for its reliability, robustness, and performance. A new version of the FreeBSD 8 is scheduled for release and nixCraft takes you for an in-depth look at the new features and major architectural changes in FreeBSD v8.0.
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The Distraction of Transparency: an ACTA News Roundup
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Senators have begun to express concern over the secrecy and content of ACTA, while the MPAA, RIAA ,,, rush to reassure them that ACTA — will be good for business and that "transparency is a distraction".
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KOffice 2.1 Ready for Testing, Karbon Ready for Use
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About a half year after big technological changes, the KOffice project has released version 2.1 of its office suite, even if it's not quite ready for everyday use.
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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.
