## In this issue
* Support freedom: How YOU can make a difference for free software
* New USB membership cards and FSF Bulletin
* New t-shirts in our store
* OpenDocument campaign page gets a revamp
* Bilski ruling: a victory on the path to ending software patents
* Show your support with the FSF campaigns widget
* DefectiveByDesign.org: MP3-compatible, a new DRM-free music promotion
[FSF] Free Software Supporter, November 2008
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Why Microsoft is running scared of Linux
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Microsoft is frightened. Even Ballmer is telling users that they can skip Vista, which tells you everything you need to know about Vista's failure.
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How To Change the Default Gnome 2.24 Menu Button
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I'm stubborn, no doubt about. I wanted a particular look and I got it. Weren't easy, not in the sense of doing it, in the sense of finding out how to do it. So here are my instructions.
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Support freedom by joining the FSF during our year-end fundraiser
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"Today we are launching our year-end fundraiser to support our 2009 campaign goals for software freedom. Our target is 750 new FSF members and donors by January 31..."
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Internet filter to block 10,000-plus "unwanted" sites Article from: The Courier-Mail
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AUSTRALIA'S mandatory internet filter is being primed to block 10,000 websites as part of a blacklist of unspecified "unwanted content", Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy revealed in Federal Parliament.
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Creative Gives In, They Open-Source Their X-Fi Driver
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The Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card driver for Linux from Creative Labs was awful. That's simply the nicest way to put it.
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Nominations open for December Fedora Elections
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With one round of elections in the US out of the way, it's now time to
turn our attention to more pressing matters - Fedora Election Season
has begun.
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Access remote network services with SSH tools
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You probably rely on the services on your own private network -- wikis, mail servers, Web sites, and other applications you've installed. What happens when you have to leave the friendly confines of your network?
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Fedora 10 preview release shines like a star
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The Fedora developers have announced the availability of the Fedora 10 Preview Release, the last prerelease prior to the final launch. This version is reasonably robust and is suitable for testing.
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ccd2iso - Convert CloneCD disc image (.img) format to standard ISO (.iso)
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If you want to convert .img to .iso file you need to use ccd2iso.This converts CD backup files created using the non-free CloneCD program to a format understood by most Free Software CD writing programs.
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3 More Things Every Good Linux Adminstrator Knows
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Since my "5 Things Every Good Linux Administrator Knows" post the other day, I've received some indirect feedback from friends and readers alike, that admittedly, leaves a little egg on my face.
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The Bizarre Cathedral - 30
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Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral - fun cartoon.
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stumpwm mail/message notifications from Emacs Jabber - walkthrough
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"Over the weekend, I got to install the stumpwm window manager on SBCL, and its absolutely brilliant. A tiling, fully keyboard controlled extensible window manager..."
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Bash Path Security Gotcha!
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The devil they say is in details, even the simple Bash path variable can open some security problems on your box. Every Bash documentation out there warns us not leave '.' in the path (it matches current directory). They however don't seems to mention that leaving a dangling ':' (colon) at the beginning or the end of Bash $PATH does create the same security vulnerability.
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Broad Usage Of ipcs And ipcrm On Linux And Unix
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An attempt to flesh out the differences in ipcs/ipcrm between multiple vendor versions.
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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.
