The European Commission insists on not talking about or revealing the influence of Microsoft's panel provocateurs
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Create deb file of packages installed in your system
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You can create .deb file of any installed package on your system.
For this you will need the package
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Stallman slams Microsoft's Codeplex Foundation
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It may come as no surprise to some that GNU founder Richard Stallman has launched a stinging attack on Microsoft's open source motives with its Codeplex Foundation
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Bravo, Linux Foundation, for Using Ogg Theora
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The Linux Foundation has officially begun embracing Free video; The BBC dumps Real
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Debian pushes development of kFreeBSD port
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The Debian Release Team is pleased to announce that it sees the port of the Debian system to the FreeBSD kernel fit to be handled equal with the other release ports. The upcoming release codenamed 'Squeeze' is planned to be the first Debian distribution to be released with Linux and FreeBSD kernels.
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A Brief Look At Yoper 2009
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Yoper dates back to 2003, and one of their goals is to be the fastest out-of-the-box Linux distribution, but there has not been a new stable release in 28 months. The new release for this distribution is Yoper 2009 Beta 1 "Dresden" and ships with all of the latest Linux packages.
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The problem with Gentoo
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I’d like to say that I see Gentoo as a distribution that should allow me to easily use my computer whilst keeping configuration as flexible as possible. Of course with customisation we often get a tradeoff in usability, but nevertheless there are a couple areas where this tradeoff shouldn’t occur...
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De Icaza makes light of Microsoft bid to sell anti-Linux patents
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Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza has dismissed Microsoft's bid to sell patents that could be used to attack Linux, saying it was not a problem as the patents were now in good hands.
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96% of public sector in France is using open source
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Almost the entire public sector, 96 percent, is using open source, says a French market survey. The most used applications are database management systems and content management systems.
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Announcing a major revision of the Haskell text library
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"I'm pleased to announce the availability of version 0.5 of text, a library that provides fast Unicode text handling for Haskell..."
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Open Core: The worst of both worlds
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However, I think that most them are missing the elephant in the room: Open core is not sustainable in the long term because it represents the worst of both worlds. Open core tries to find a middle ground between proprietary software and free software, but it reaps the benefits of neither and inherits the problems of both.
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Gentoo-based distro rev'd to version 5.0
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The Italy-based Sabayon community released a stable version 5.0 of its Gentoo-based Linux distribution. Sabayon Linux 5.0 is available in separate editions with either the GNOME 2.26 or KDE 4.3.1 desktops, and moves up to Linux kernel 2.6.31, XBMC 9.04.1, and the Ext4 filesystem.
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Seriously, FSDaily should put more effort in monitoring the ads that appear on the wbsite.
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FSDaily (Free Software Daily), is one of my most favourite websites ever.
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Faster & Stronger MySQL
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Typically, when our database is slowing down, we want it to be faster, stronger, bigger and better! With that in mind I'm going to discuss some of the various ways to get there, and hopefully put some of the technology options in perspective.
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Denouncing vs. Advocating: In Defense of the Occasional Denouncement
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For the last decade, I've regularly seen complaints when we harder-core software freedom advocates spend some time criticizing proprietary software in addition to our normal work preserving, protecting and promoting software freedom.
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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.
