Last week Google announced their intention to release an operating system based on Linux. The reaction of some people on reddit was: "No, another neutered, watered-down, crapitized "linux". Linux will once again be viewed as a sub par, 'specialized' OS." Well, this is not possible because Linux is not really an operating system, it is a kernel.
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When Zeal Becomes Zealotry: A Tawdry Tale
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I love zeal. Zeal is enthusiasm, it's zest, it's drive, it's initiative. Zeal builds communities. Unfortunately, in some individuals, zeal turns to zealotry, and zealotry does just the opposite. This a long posting, but it provides an excellent example of what I'm talking about, and I hope you'll take the time to read it.
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Debian rejects open-source .NET threat claim
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Debian, the foundation of Ubuntu, has rejected claims that it is potentially holding Linux's future hostage to Microsoft by including an open-source implementation of .NET in its code.
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Intel and Nokia join forces for open source
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Nokia and Intel have announced a new strategic partnership for mobile development. This is big news for open source, since both Intel and Nokia rely on Linux (and open source) for their respective mobile platforms.
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Amarok 2.1 Review
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With the tagline “Let there be light” the all new Amarok 2.1 release seems to be another step closer to make the popular music player the world’s best.
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Madeam PHP MVC Framework Interview
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Interview with the creator of Madeam PHP MVC Framework. Madeam is a PHP5 web framework for small agile teams and freelancers.
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Red Hat revenue surges 11%
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Software company Red Hat continued its recession-defying performance by posting an 11 percent increase in quarterly revenue that outpaced analysts' expectations.
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Mono Discussion: Stallman Warns, Ubuntu Dismissive
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The introduction of Mono into Linux and the open source environment begs risking patent claims from Microsoft. Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman sees it that way. The Technical board at Ubuntu, on the other hand, doesn't consider it any reason to be disturbed.
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Police expert calls for open source data tools
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Police data systems should be based on open source software, according to a data expert working with law enforcement.
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Kongoni Nietzsche released
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"It is my pleasure to announce that Kongoni version 1.12.2 codenamed Nietzsche has been officially released. This marks the first official and stable release of the Kongoni GNU/Linux distribution after several development releases. Kongoni is a fully free African GNU/Linux distribution based on Slackware with significant inspiration from the BSD-Unix architectures.
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Mono Roundup: Microsoft Following, Deception, and the Moonlight ‘Extend’ Phase
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A further look at Mono, those supporting it, and where it is all likely to be heading
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Frank Kardel: Being “On-time” with Open Source Security, Part 1
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Frank Kardel is a veteran contributor to the Network Time Protocol (NTP).
Over the last 21 years, he has made significant contributions to maintain, update and secure the NTP code. Kardel is also the NTP Scan Project Leader.
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Backing Up tar Archives Over ssh
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tar can be used along with ssh so that you can create backups on/of remote machines quickly. The following examples show how this can be achieved.
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0 A.D. Now Open Source
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0 A.D. is a free, cross-platform, under-development, 3D, historically-based, real-time strategy game. It has been in production of some form for nearly 8 years, has 150k lines of code in the engine, and hundreds of dedicated (and now shared) models. And now it is open source.
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The University of São Paulo's intent to join Openmoko development
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Jon 'maddog' Hall announced on the openmoko mailing list, that the University of São Paulo's intent to join Openmoko development.
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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.
