The policy requirements for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution include the structure and contents of the Debian archive, several design issues of the operating system, as well as technical requirements that each package must satisfy to be included in the distribution.
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Ubiquity, a Powerful Firefox Extension, Gets an Overhaul
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Ubiquity is a very popular Firefox extension that adds a flexible natural language command line to Firefox, and is developed by the folks at Mozilla. It's now out in a more useful new version, with a sleeker look, a more stable core, and the ability to create good looking skins.
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Russia to create "National OS" Based on GNU/Linux?
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Domestic IT community has asked the president to support the idea of the operating system. Future developers Russian «national operating system» can get support in the form of federal target programs. In any case, the authors expect this letter to President Dmitry Medvedev, who is now preparing for the State Duma.
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FSFE Fellowship Interview with Enrico Zini
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Enrico Zini is a long time Fellow of the FSFE and a prominent Debian developer. He has been involved in many different projects relating to Free Software and is deeply concerned about social issues. I had a nice chat with Enrico and asked him about some of his favourite causes.
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Richard Stallman in VanCity
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"Richard Stallman, otherwise known as rms or the founder of the free software movement, will be in town for a series of lectures at UBC and BCIT. I have been reading Stallman’s stuff since I wrote my master’s thesis in 2003. Although sometimes passed off as a crank, much of Stallman’s work has proven accurate, insightful and even prescient over the years.
Read more »Microsoft’s Jim Allchin: “I am Scared [of GNU/Linux]” (Analysts Cartel Part II)
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Comes vs Microsoft exhibits re Gartner/IDC TCO studies (beyond smoking guns we have explored already)
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Happy eighth birthday Drupal
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Today, eight years ago, Drupal 1.0.0 was released! The following snippet is taken directly from the original announcement...
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Image: Politics of Software (and Everything Else)
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A lot of people seem surprised by the news that Obama exchanged standards for lock-in (Microsoft). But none of this should be shocking and the candidacy/parties do not matter. That’s just how this system is intended to be run
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Free Software at the 2009 World Social Forum in Belém, Brazil. Another World is Possible...
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"On January 26th and 27th, 2009, the Sciences and Democracy World Forum will be held in Belém (Brazil).
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Press Says Sun Microsystems Used to be Called Novell
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How to promote activism over Internet
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"As part of my campaign for social change, I have slowly been getting involved in different types of activism in the recent past, Free Software being one of them. Being a technologist, I have been trying to use Internet as the medium to promote the causes that I have been standing for.
Read more »KDE: Linux Format's Free Software Project of the Year
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In recognition of the path KDE took in 2008 from the initial 4.0 release through to our current effort, the readers voted overwhelming for KDE as the Free Software Project of the Year.
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EDGI Finale: Microsoft’s “Linux Compete Squad”
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The last comprehensive post about a Microsoft presentation which explains how to fight GNU/Linux (with examples)
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Warrantless Intrusion: yet another reason for Using GNU/Linux (but it may not be enough)
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All manner of campaigns have been tried to persuade Windows users to make the switch to GNU/Linux and every year is heralded as the year of GNU/Linux on the desktop.
Read more »Video of Public Talk on Intellectual Monopolies vs. Technological Revolution
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James Boyle on ownership of imaginary things and other related news
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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.
