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Read more »preview of OCaml batteries included Debian packages
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"OCaml batteries included is a wonderful community-driven initiative to standardize the OCaml development platform..."
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Emacs: newsticker 1.99
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"This is version 1.99 of newsticker, an RSS and Atom reader (sometimes called "aggregator" or "Feed Reader") for Emacs. Newsticker is part of GNU Emacs. This version has been integrated in Emacs' CVS repository..."
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Buntfu increases visibility for buyers & sellers of Linux PCs.
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Buntfu.com announces the addition of multiple feeds and marketing of the GNU/Linux PCs listed on its site. Now listing your computer on buntfu will also submit it to GoogleBase, Froogle, BidFind, Vast.com and over 50 RSS/Ping services automatically.
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Why European software patents are legally invalid
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In the 1990s, the European Patent Office created a bizarre interpretation whereby "as such" is a reference to "as programs for computers", and thus the exclusion can be completely ignored if the patent application uses a name other than "programs for computers" for the claimed idea.
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Installing OpenOffice.org 3.0
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 is out, and if you don't want to wait till it appears in your distro's repositories, you can install it manually. Here is how.
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Question Revisited: Is Novell’s OpenSUSE Free Software?
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OpenSUSE cannot really be redistributed, so this discussion is back on the table
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 Released
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Just in time for its (and my) birthday, OpenOffice.org 3.0 was officially released today, after several builds had been found on the FTP sites several weeks before.
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Free Course on LInux Commands
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The "35 Linux Commands you have to know" is a free course to help you with Linux Commands. These are commands that every Linux user should know.
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Steal This Comic
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I spent more time trying to get an audible.com audio book playing than it took to listen to the book. I have lost every other piece of DRM-locked music I have paid for.
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The Bizarre Cathedral - 26
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Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral - read more and have fun
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13 nominated for Nordic Free Software Award
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13 people/projects have been nominated for the Nordic Free Software Award.
The winner will be presented October 25 at FSCONS
The nomiations are:
* Daniel Stenberg
* Kristinehamn Kommune
* Simon Josefsson
* The EJBCA Project
* Inge Wallin
* IT-Political Association
* Imendio
* Patrik Wallström
Open source does not mean 'open to pilfer trademarks,' suggests Google
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Some are apparently up in arms that Google is refusing to allow Chrome developers to use its trademarks and the comic book it released to help explain Chrome.
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Web 2.0 is Dead; Long Live Web 2.0 :-)
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"With all the doom and gloom over the recent financial meltdown where bankers and stock speculators are making it difficult for the rest of us while getting a free ride from the government (it’s best you not get me started), you might think that this event alone would be a sign of the apocalypse.
Nope.
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Richard Stallman as USA President
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With the US Elections coming up, and with my campaign to elect Leonard Bernstein as the President, it stuck me the other day: rms has a huge number of political views (most of which contradict the current state of the union), so what would he do as president? What would the United States end up looking like? Lets find out.
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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.
