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FOSS Gaming Survey - Help improve the status of gaming on Linux

http://www.evolutionaryit.com

Are you a PC gamer? Do you play FOSS Video Games?

The goal of this survey is to get a deeper understanding of the current general perception of Free and Open Source gaming.

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HackLabTO’s Lisp Machine Keyboard

http://www.globalnerdy.com

"After years of sitting in storage, my deadbeat ex-housemate’s old Symbolics XL1200 Lisp Machine has found a new home: HackLabTO, located in Accordion City’s Kensington Market neighbourhood.

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Free Software Magazine's evolution = no more issues

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

You have in your virtual hands the last issue of Free Software Magazine. But, this doesn't mean that FSM is closing down - in fact, quite the opposite. However, things are changing. Let me explain.

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One of MySQL founders leaves Sun Microsystems

http://monty-says.blogspot.com

Michael "Monty" Widenius, one of two founders and main developers of MySQL leaves Sun Microsystems with several other ones. He will continue to develop MySQL independently. The main reason is disagreement with Sun's development politic that allows releases (that will be production ready) to have known serious bugs.

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LibrePlanet Conference 2009, 3/21-3/22 - Official public announcement!

http://www.fsf.org

"Our annual meeting has now officially morphed into the LibrePlanet event. The date is set. March 21st and 22nd -- that's right, two whole days! LibrePlanet will be at the Harvard Science Center, right in Harvard Square on the MBTA's red line.

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Jeff Waugh Resigned from GNOME Foundation Board

http://mail.gnome.org

The GNOME Foundation Board regretfully announces that Jeff Waugh will be stepping down from the board in order to focus on work and other projects. The board thanks Jeff for his years of service to the board and the community, and wishes him success in his future work both inside and outside of GNOME. Jeff leaves big shoes to fill.

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How Vista's total failure hurt Linux

http://blogs.computerworld.com

Once I got a good look at Vista, I knew desktop Linux was in for good times. Vista was, and still is, a disaster of an operating system. I was right too. When netbooks started coming out, it was Linux, not Vista, that ruled.

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Debian 5.0 Lenny is coming: target release date

http://times.debian.net

"...The weekend of February 14th is going to be our tentative target for release. We've checked with all the involved teams (which are many!) and the date works for all of them..."

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RMS: “Gentoo is a GNU/Linux system”

http://lists.gnu.org

"When people see that we use and recommend the name GNU/Linux for a system that many others call just “Linux”, they ask many questions. Here are common questions, and our answers..." -- via GNU/Linux FAQ by Richard Stallman

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Computers at $10 to be available in six months

http://www.livemint.com

New Delhi: To take knowledge to every household and help students get feed on every subject while sitting home, the government is set to make available low-cost computers at $10 within six months.

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Vista: Microsoft's biggest failure yet?

http://www.geekzone.co.nz

"...Contrast this to the development and release model in the GNU/Linux world. Take a popular distro like Ubuntu, for example. Every six months whatever nice improvements have been made in the last half year are packaged up into a new release and made available to the user community.

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Are you an "average" user?

http://it.toolbox.com

Everybody uses in their arguments the yardstick of the average user. This is the user that people measure the suitability of an operating system and form their arguments around. This brought a few questions to my mind. What exactly is an average user? How are they defined? What criteria are needed to put people in an "average user" box?

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Facebook terms for your uploaded content

http://blog.nethazard.net

"Maybe this is old news, but I was checking Facebook’s terms of use to see if something had changed since the last time I saw them. But everytime I read this, I keep getting surprised and annoyed. The following is the exact quote from the terms of use that makes me think twice about uploading any pictures to my photo gallery..."

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Carnival on Modern Liberty No. 2

http://www.opendemocracy.net

"Welcome to the second edition of the Carnival on Modern Liberty, chronicling the online debate in the run up to the Convention on Modern Liberty at the end of the month..."

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Linux runs my life :-)

http://www.saigonnezumi.com

So I use Linux for most aspects of my tech life. I only run Windows at school or work but nearly 99% of the time I am running Linux...So how about you? What do you run Linux, or BSD (that means you Mac guys), on?

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