The Fedora project has announced the availability of the Fedora 11 beta release. Fedora 11 includes several compelling new features such as support for kernel modesetting, Ext4 by default, and faster boot time.
Read more »Meet the Open Cloud Manifesto
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IBM and other tech companies have issued a statement of principles that calls for keeping cloud computing services as open as possible
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Linux is Getting ‘Built-in’ Tivoization Equivalent
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Could this have played a role in Linus decision regarding GPLv3?
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VLC 0.9.9: The best media player just got better
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If you've ever struggled to play a file you downloaded from the hinterlands of the Web, you clearly didn't try opening it with VideoLan's VLC media player, a free, hugely popular, and open-source media player.
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12 Popular Audio Players for Linux - An Overview
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Next is an overview of the best audio players available in Linux. I will only review the GUI players, leaving tools like mp3blaster, mpg123 or ogg123 for some other time. To begin with...
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Review: Moon OS 2.0
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MoonOS is one of those elegant distros, where it focuses a lot on eyecandy and looking good. And it definitely has a lot of good things to look at. Sorta like something that comes by and catches your eye in a way that nothing else can.
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Bruce Perens: Microsoft and TomTom Settle, Justice and Linux Lose
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Bruce Perens provides an insightful comment about the settlement between Microsoft and TomTom.
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Microsoft Uses Pseudo “Open Source” to Fight Against GNU/Linux and the GPL
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Microsoft deceives on "open source" and uses it to exclude or to poison (with software patents) GNU/Linux
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GNU IceCat 3.0.8-g1 released.
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"GNU IceCat 3.0.8-g1 has been released! GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Mozilla Firefox browser. This new version includes all the changes made in Firefox 3.0.8..." -- See also Free Addons for IceCat
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The Hungarian Government considering open source software for educational institutions
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The Hungarian government will issue a tender within days for 12 billion forints, which is the same amount they can spend on Microsoft products, to acquire open source software.
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Evaluating Ubuntu Backup Solutions — the FOSS Way
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I have something to confess. I don't keep regular backups. If the hard drive in my laptop was to fail I'd have a serious problem. I would be faced with the very real risk of losing weeks, maybe even months worth of work. What I need is a backup solution for my Ubuntu desktop that works with me. Here is how I found that solution and it was much easier than I had first thought.
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Debian 5: Lenny
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After Etch, it's time for Lenny to prove what Debian can do. The new release includes lots of updates, security enhancements and better hardware support for you.
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Where Have All The Funny Times Gone?
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Another place on the net with tons of tech toons. When will it end?
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CentOS 5.3: This Works
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All I can say is “WOW!” No, not the fan-boy stuff; it has to work the way I work.
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The Ultimate Emacs Course
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"Ourense, Spain. Jose E. Marchesi (GNU Project) will be teaching the class, which will take place at the Assembly hall of the Polytechnic Building, Campus de Ourense.
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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.
