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Read more »How Open Source Comments (by Programming Language)
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We recently looked at the commenting practice of active working open source projects. It is quite impressive: The average comment density of open source is around 19%.
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A Geek Chick's Peek at Fedora 10 "Preview"
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Fedora 10, codenamed "Cambridge" is just around the corner. This upcoming version of Fedora will be released this November 25, so I'm pretty much excited about it already.
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What's new in LyX 1.6?
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"The development of LyX 1.6.0 took off in July 2007. In November 2008, LyX 1.6.0 was finally released. Here's an overview of the major new features that were implemented..."
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Obama proposes patent reform
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The new US-President Obama wants to improve "predictability and clarity" in the patent system as well as "patent quality".
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from Vim to Emacs - part 2
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"A while ago I've blogged about my switch from Vim to Emacs, promising a blog post series, quite a mouthful :-) nevertheless, it's time to continue the series. The first part was about why I think that nowadays Emacs is ready to be switching to. This second part is about flawed Vim design choices which substantially contributed to my choice..."
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National Conference on Free Software 2008 :: Day 1
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Its been almost two years since I attended any of the free software events, I least expected the National Conference on Free software here in Cochin, kerala would see such a large gathering from from all over India.
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Django 1.0.1 released!
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"Following the previously-announced schedule, today the Django team has released Django 1.0.1. This is a bugfix-only release containing fixes and improvements to the Django 1.0 codebase, and is a recommended upgrade for anyone using or targeting Django 1.0..."
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Freedom Walk - Final day at Trivandrum
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It was an idea six months ago. That idea was conceptualised and later, was named Freedom Walk-A walk to claim,ensure and preserve freedom. Started off from Kasargode on Oct 2, our team of volunteers criss-crossed through the length and breadth of Kerala touching all the 14 districts, and spreading the message of freedom among the people.
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We are looking for hackers!
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"If you want to contribute to the free software movement with time, please take a look below :) ..."
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Website on free software inaugurated
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"THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Minister M. Vijayakumar inaugurated the website of the upcoming international conference ‘Free Software, Free Society’, here on Thursday..."
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Take this Linux: Windows Boot Sequence Visualized
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I've seen a cool visualization of the Linux boot sequence today. To those who haven't seen it yet, here's the image:According to Perry Hung, the creator:This is a visualization I made for funsies of a linux boot sequence where each function is a node and each edge represents a function call, direct branch, or indirect branch.
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Linux/FOSS and Politics Go Together Like Cheese and Crackers
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Any political discussion can turn dangerous in a heartbeat, and they usually do, with foaming and fireworks more usual than relaxed give-and-take.
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Mixing free and proprietary software: not a rosy future
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A recent article caught my eye and turned it a nice shade of red. It discussed the 'hardly new' idea that the future of software usage 'must involve a mixture of free and proprietary products' something the writer refers to as 'mixed source'. The piece was entitled 'Mixed source - the best of both worlds' which may give you a clue as to where I disagree with it.
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The XMMS in GNU/Linux Manifesto v.0.1
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"The problem concerning the X Multimedia System (XMMS) is really a test for the wider community.It seems to affect users of Debian, Ubuntu and openSuse directly, but essentially it concerns all GNU/Linux users and the rest of the Free Software community, because it is a test of our social organisation: when and why can tribes be excluded and left to their own devices on the prairies of cyberspace?
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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.
