An interview with Hagander, Magnus who is giving a presentation about PostgreSQL at FSCONS has been published the fscons web site.
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Getting it on with Git - Part 1
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"When I first heard about Git a few months ago the first thing that popped in my mind was: "Why the hell would I ever want to learn a new version control system?" Subversion works perfectly fine, doesn't it? I resisted at first, but after a few weeks I came around and decided to take Git for a test drive. This is what I discovered: ..."
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Metamorphosis - Sweden: ODF made national standard
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Sweden approved ODF as a national standard. Too bad my country, Portugal, doesn't do the same. :\
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[Gimp-announce] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.0
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"Finally we have done it and released version 2.6.0 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program. The changes from version 2.4 are best described in the release notes on http://gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.6.html ..."
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The GNU Cake.
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Today is GNU's 25th Birthday and the FSF Student Chapter at GRIET, my college (of which I am a member too) celebrated the event with great enthusiasm.
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Documenting Linux
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The visibility of the source code is an essential element of Linux and free software, but reading the source is not always the best way to discover what the coder intended - which is not always the same as what the code actually does.
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"I was in the process of writing an article to explain on how to make possible to edit your Web pages with HTTP PUT and Amaya (W3C technologies testbed authoring tool). The information is scarce on how to configure your server. This is my attempt at explaining HTTP PUT. Your comments are welcome. I'm pretty sure the lazyweb will fix any of my own misunderstandings..."
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Improving the democratic process with free software e-voting
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As countries around the world modernize their public elections process, the big problem with electronic voting machines is that the market is moving slow to provide equipment which fulfills all of the requirements for a fully democratic election. In many cases, printed proof of a citizen’s vote is still needed, in case the machine has buggy software or if there is suspicion of fraud.
Read more »GIMP 2.6 released
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GIMP 2.6 is an important release from a development point of view. It features changes to the user interface addressing some often received complaints, and a tentative integration of GEGL, the graph based image processing library that will eventually bring high bit-depth and non-destructive editing to GIMP.
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Tools for editing vector graphics in GNU/Linux
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Over the last decade, vector graphics have gone from being a revolutionary format to a standard method of rendering computer images -- so much so that they are standard in the KDE 4 desktops.
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Evan Prodromou (identi.ca) about RMS' worse-than-stupidity statement
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I don’t think it would surprise anyone that I respectfully disagree with this statement. I’m very supportive of his concern about cloud computing, and I agree that it’s something that the Free Software and Free Culture communities need to address. But in rejecting all network computing, I think RMS has thrown out the baby with the bathwater.
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GNU IceCat 3.0.3 now available
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New version of the GNUzilla web browser released today!
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Open source could fix e-voting flaws, California secretary of state says
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California Secretary of State Debra Bowen argued Thursday that open source software can help fix some of the flaws in electronic voting systems, which have proliferated throughout the country since the 2000 election yet been criticized as unreliable.
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National Free Software Conference, 2008
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The National Free Software Conference is set to take place in Kochi, Kerala, India on 15th and 16th of November, 2008.
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Overhauled tabbed browsing for Firefox 3.1
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Firefox 3.1 may well be remembered as the “tab release”, as tabbed browsing will be the most noticeable updated area users will face when it comes out in final form.
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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.
