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Techies press for digital freedom struggle

http://www.hindu.com

"CHENNAI: Techies advocating free software on Sunday issued a rallying call to expand the “digital freedom struggle” as they celebrated the anniversary of the GNU/Linux project launched in 1984.

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25 years GNU = 25% discount for 25 days.

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"To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the GNU project FSFE will be offering a 25% discount on merchandise from the 23th September until the 17th October..."

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The Free Software Movement

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"Had been to Gnu/Linux Habba today, it elicited quite a good response from the student community, compared to what Im used to from my student days. Gnu/Linux is getting a fair bit of attention, since it is also being viewed as something that can get one a job. The Free Software Movement has grown phenomenally to say the least in the past few years, not least because of events like the Habba..."

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Thank you SGI, for freeing the GNU/Linux 3D desktop!

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In January of 2008, software code at the heart of GNU/Linux 3D applications was discovered to be non-free—a potential disaster for free software advocates hoping to see advanced graphical acceleration now common on modern operating systems.

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Software Freedom Day: A Lesson in Free GNU/Linux Distributions

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An article from last year about Gobuntu's inability to capture freedom entirely

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JavaScript: The Missing Manual

http://www.certforums.co.uk

This review has been a long time coming...mainly because I've been having such a good time with this book. That said, the title is a bit misleading. It's not really "The book that should have been in the box" (even if JavaScript came in a box) since a "box of generic JavaScript" wouldn't have come with half of what this book contains.

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Just switched to the Paludis package manager

http://www.saigonnezumi.com

I just converted from Portage to Paludis about 30 minutes ago on my Gentoo system. Paludis is an alternative package manager for the very buggy Portage maintained by Gentoo. This new package manager is supposed to make it easier to add new packages.

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Linux Foundation opening doors to individual participation

http://www.linux.com

The nonprofit Linux Foundation (LF), which coordinates an assortment of Linux-oriented standardization efforts and employs key developers such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds, has added to its Web site a gateway toward individual -- as opposed to corporate -- membership.

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Drupal developer Barry Jaspan discusses Acquia (video)

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At the Linuxworld 2008 conference, Drupal developer Barry Jaspan discusses Drupal, development, and the recent formation of Acquia, a software and services company for Drupal. This interview explores the functioning of Drupal and how its development will be complemented by Acquia.

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Mozilla Comes Through!

http://www.groklaw.net

Here's a screenshot of the latest language from Mozilla, and as you'll see, they absolutely have listened to the community's EULA concerns (if you click on the image, it gets larger).

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The Bizarre Cathedral - 23

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For those addicted to the Bizarre Cathedral -read on

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Quickly encrypt and decrypt files with GPG

http://www.linux-magazine.com

Need to quickly encrypt a file or an archive? You can do this using the GPG encryption software which is installed by default on many mainstream Linux distributions.

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Guest Post: Why Not Mono - Part I

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An analogy explaining why Mono is the wrong way to go.

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Microsoft is a Major Patent Troll, By proxy

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Intellectual Ventures is closer to Microsoft than most people may realise and Microsoft asserts its 'rights'

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Microsoft Guru Quits, But Where Will He Land?

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Todd Bishop leaves leaves his position and there is no word yet about his plans

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Anybody up to writing good directory software?

Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David Jonathan

From 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 Russel

About 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.

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