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Read more »UbuntuOne in Beta. Wait, WTF ?
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IBM’s Missed Opportunity to Help Free Software
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It's high time that people asked IBM to abolish software patents
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Free school administration package released
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The international SchoolTool development team and the Shuttleworth Foundation set up by Ubuntu sponsor Mark Shuttleworth have announced the release of SchoolTool version 1.0. Developed on the basis of Zope, the software organizes all pupil data - timetables, marks, parent contact details - along with resource booking, calendaring and report card generation.
Read more »Linux is not an OS
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"I would like to make a case for asserting that what we usually refer to as "Linux" (or "GNU/Linux" regardless) is not really an operating system. In fact I believe that referring to it as such and spending money and effort on marketing it as such is actually doing "it" a disservice, if that's even possible."
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Gnu tools and Linux Kernel workshop- Day2
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"After a good start on Saturday, the second day of the session continued with the same momentum... We started off with the Free Software Philosophy by an inspiring FSMK volunteer....
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Evolution vs sha256, or why my new key is useless
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There’s one problem though: even when you generate a new gpg key that supports better hashing, your applications will still need to support the better hashing for it to be effective.
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Debian 5 Lenny and Ubuntu 9.04
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"Ubuntu 9.04, which was released at the end of April, and Debian 5 (Lenny), have just been added to the list of new GNU/Linux distributions that you can use when you create your Gandi server..."
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Apple bans BitTorrent and your own personal Jesus
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Just what is it with Apple and this crazy censorship over what we can download from the App Store?
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Rackspace Hosts a GNU/Linux Legend
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"On April 20th, we hosted a very special guest from the Free Software Foundation and GNU/Linux software community. Our special guest was, none other than Richard Stallman, author of the GPL free software license and the bulk of the GNU+Linux operating system..."
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GNU secrets -- argp
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"The GNU system has many nice features that people do not know about, so I thought I'd start of by once in while show a not so well known part of the GNU system. Today, that is argp..."
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Software Piracy (2/1/1985)
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Meet teenage software pirates, computer lawyers and the battle over software ownership.
Guests: Mark Pump, Alpha Logic; Smith McKeithen, Activision; Frankie Mouse, Hacker; Neil Smith, Software Publish Assoc; John Draper (Captain Crunch); Gary Kildall, DRI
Products/Demos: Locksmith, Cap'n Software, Easy Writer, MacWare
This movie is part of the collection: Computer Chronicles
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There is such a thing as peer money
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"...peer production is about the social production of value, directly through social relations [...] For peer to peer self aggregation to occur, we need distributed infrastructures [...] Peer to peer is about non-rival goods that can be reproduced at marginal cost and abundantly.
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Why I chose GNU/Linux
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Many people will give you many reasons why GNU\Linux is better than Windows, Mac, or any other Operating System out there. I will not, I am just going to give the reasons I feel GNU/Linux is a better OS.
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Which Distros Would You Use If Ubuntu Vanished?
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Options for newbies and experienced users alike, along with a good reason to look beyond the beloved Ubuntu.
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Free As In Kosova: GNU World Domination for the Wrong Reasons
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"...Kosovo institutions and especially the Ministry of Education must encourage Free Software in order to create the technical base that will attract global companies [...] Although copyright laws are not being enforced right now, this is likely to happen soon as Kosovo moves towards joining international trade organizations..."
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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.
