In other words, if you’re offering or giving a Linux-based computer this holiday season — whether you’re a big box retailer, online distributor, or Linux fanatic who wants to spread FOSS to family or friends — make sure you tell them it’s Linux.
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Reporting violations of GNU licenses
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"...Once you have collected the details, you should send a precise report to the copyright holder of the packages that are being misused. The copyright holder is the one who is legally authorized to take action to enforce the license..." -- via GNU Affero General Public License
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Howto Solve Static IP Problem in Ubuntu 8.10
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NetworkManager program provided in Ubuntu 8.10 is mainly aiming to provide a simplified Internet connection. NetworkManager is best for home users and simple internet users. If you want to use a fixed IP address it makes problem, the static IP setting will be work only upto the next restart. After reboot you can't see the Fixed IP. It will reset to DHCP.
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Zile 2.3.0 released
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"I am happy to announce the release of Zile 2.3.0, the tiny Emacs clone..."
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gittorrent: Peer-to-peer Protocol for Synchronizing of Git Repositories
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"The GitTorrent Protocol (GTP) is a protocol for collaborative git repository distribution across the Internet [...] it is a first step towards applying decentralizing Peer to Peer concepts to Git.
Read more »What Are The Issues With Open Source Linux?
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FUD:: The main difference between Linux and Windows is that Linux is open source and windows are closed source. So? Well, that means that only Microsoft is authorized to change any part of the code of the Windows operating system. While in Linux, anyone can change it.
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Vietnamese Twitter-clone Saigonica violates AGPL
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According to the Affero General Public License (AGPL), Saigonica must allow users to download the ‘modified’ version of this software. Furthermore, Saigonica MUST NOT remove the Source link from their Laconica site. By removing the Source link, Saigonica has openly violated of the AGPL.
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gNewSense MIPS Port Project Page
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The project will realize the intention of The Free Software Foundation to port the gNewSense distribution (http://www.gnewsense.org/static/homepage/ ) on the Yeelong laptop (http://www.lemote.com/english/yeeloong.html ) manufactured by Lemote Tech (http://www.lemote.com/ ).
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Report on Free Software Free Society, 2008.
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For me, the high point of the conference was the chance to listen to people like RMS, Eben and Jimmy Wales - and a lot of other very interesting people with very interesting ideas.
Because we were sort of immersed in ideas for three days, I shall structure this report around these “ideas”.
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fsfs.in and Proprietary software.
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I have Attended Free Software and Free Society (FSFS) International Conference to day
I was shocked to find many speakers running Windows Vista and power point presentations. I thought the guys running the show were hard core GNU fanatics.( Ricard Stallman was present on the opening day of the conference.).
Teach yourself free software with Windows XP in 21 days
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The Kerala experience
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"Hi list! I'm just on the way back home from this great conference which took place in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala / India. I must say I'm really deeply impressed. I would wish that Free Software *including* things like Oekonux says would have that backing in Germany / Europe / industrialized countries!
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High Quality OGG for “Trusted Computing”
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I discovered the animated short film, Trusted Computing, today. Great movie! It is licensed under a Creative Commons (Sampling Plus 1.0) license that I wouldn't categorize as free but certainly more permissive than the standard copyrights. However, I was irritated by the lack of a truly high quality OGG video, whereas proprietary formats such as the Quicktime .mov had such quality copies.
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Openmoko Hack Session at fsfs.in
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Day 3 :: Got a Openmoko Hack session underway in the media hall after the fsfs.in ended. Photos from the hack session.
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The 25th Chaos Communication Congress
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«The 25th Chaos Communication Congress (25C3) is the annual four-day conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). It takes place at the bcc Berliner Congress Center in Berlin, Germany. The Congress offers lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics and attracts a diverse audience of thousands of hackers, scientists, artists, and utopians from all around the world.
Read more »Linux Defenders: Obeying — Not Challenging — a Broken System
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Why "Linux Defenders" is not the solution; Microsoft's lobbying arms expand coverage in the EU and what can be done to properly address this
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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.
