Microsoft and Apple carry on fighting for DRM and the accompanying lock-in
Read more »Microsoft’s DRM May Get More Aggressive, Apple Bullies to Defend DRM
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Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase Looking for Artistic Ninjas
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Ubuntu has once again opened up a call for submissions to anyone interested in being a part of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase. If you're a musician, artist, photographer, or all-around creative genius and would like to enter your work in the current competition, you've got until February 9, 2009 to submit something to the judges.
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Apple more closed than Microsoft
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Bashing Microsoft for being closed and proprietary has been a popular pastime in the media and the IT industry for many years, and there is no doubt that much of this has been well deserved...Apple’s business is evolving and see a lot of similar traits to those that were apparent as Microsoft was gaining power.
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Web filter minister not afraid of feedback
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In case any readers would like to give Australia's Minister for web censorship their views on the subject, a link to his blog appears here. Note that Conroy intends to censor other matters than kiddie porn, but refuses to say what they are.
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FSFS.in 2008 :: Day 1.0
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Photo blogging live from Mascot Hotel, the venue of the Free Software Free Society Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Free Software, Free Society conference live on giss.tv
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Public can now listen to all the talks happening in the main hall at GISS.tv
Just point your media player at http://giss.tv:8000/fsfs.ogg (or just click on the link http://giss.tv/interface/?mp=fsfs.ogg ) and watch out the stream of all the talks. Check the schedule for what’s being heard right now, and don’t miss the opportunity.
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The Bizarre Cathedral - 33
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Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral, by Ryan Cartwright from Free Software Magazine.
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Nathive under GPL, 0.811, and collaboration call.
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Hello, I'm pleased to let you know that Nathive image editor project has released new alpha version (0.811) with changes detailed below and, most important, source code under the terms of GNU GPLv3 Free Software License. Want to be part of the community? ...
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Free Art License 1.3
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"Most of my works (music, writing, photographs, illustrations, graphic design) are covered by the Free Art License 1.3. which allows others to freely share and build upon them. The following is a brief explanation of the rules for using and sharing my works covered under this license..."
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Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 now available for download
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"Please note: Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known issues before installing this beta..."
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The Truth About Linux Hardware Compatibility
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If there is one Linux myth that must be put to bed, it's that desktop Linux has terrible hardware support out of the box. This is compete nonsense. As a matter of fact, there has been talk that to the degree of mainstream support for hardware, it rivals anything seen with Windows or OS X. Again, this is with mainstream hardware.
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GNU Guile 1.8.6 released
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"We are pleased to announce GNU Guile release 1.8.6. This is the next maintenance release for the 1.8 stable series. It provides a number of portability improvements, bug fixes, as well as several new features..."
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When Linux fails
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"The local "computer support person" resented a solution that was so easy to use that it undermined the power and prestige they received by being the person to consult when a Windows computer had problems.
Read more »7 Best Free/Open-source Image Viewers for Linux
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An image viewer (also known as image browser) is a desktop application that can quickly display or handle stored graphical images in different graphics file formats. It can render images according to properties of the display such as display resolution, color depth, and color profile. Other image viewers have advanced features like editing and web publishing.
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Will a Linux Certification Help You Get a Linux Job?
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Will a Linux certification help you get a Linux job? The answer is: "Probably."
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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.
