Stefano Zacchiroli became the new Debian project leader! Long time package maintainer, quality assurance team member. Supporter of OCaml. Release Critical Bugs of the Week and Application Manager member. He is also gave very clear, objectively progressive goals why he is running for DPL.
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The role of the Debian ftpmasters
Linux distributions don't simply appear on mirrors and BitTorrent networks fully formed. A great deal of work goes on behind the scenes before a release sees the light of day.
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Using GIMP
This is jumping the gun slightly, but look for this eBook, written by yours truly, to become available sometime in early Summer. Visit the blog to have a look at the cover.
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Zombies are open source; humans are proprietary
A college student at Champlain University in Burlington, Vt., posted two videos this week of one of his professors explaining open source this way. I found it quite interesting.
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Welcome to Techrights
Techrights migration is complete and we need readers to kindly report errors if/when they find any
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New Site Launch: LinuxExchange.org
I’m happy to announce that I just launched a new site: LinuxExchange
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Fedora 13 Beta Released
The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 13. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading up to the general release of Fedora 13, scheduled to be released in the middle of May.
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EFF Proudly Presents the First Annual Defcon Getaway Fundraising Contest!
As the winter snows begin to melt, revealing a landscape full of promise and hope, a hacker’s thoughts turn to flights of fancy: specifically, the thought of being in Las Vegas during the last weekend in July.
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Selling Ubuntu to the “Third World”
Ubuntu adoption for communities in the "Third World" seems like it should be a no-brainer: how could a functional, free operating system not prove wildly popular in developing countries? Nonetheless, I believe Ubuntu use outside rich nations remains limited. Here's a look at some suggested explanations of that reality, and how to change it.
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Forking TangoGPS
Fork of TangoGPS (easy to use, fast and lightweight mapping application for possible use with GPS) is being done with all possible respect, and hoping that it will be on the best possible terms -- like when EGCS forked from GCC, or when people "fork" the Linux kernel to work on new subsystems: a good-natured fork to do more "experimental" exploration that may not be immediately possible or appropr
Read more »Google will release VP8 video codec under an open source license
Google will soon make its VP8 video codec open source, we've learned from multiple sources. The company is scheduled to officially announce the release at its Google I/O developers conference next month, a source with knowledge of the announcement said.
Read more »< 2 hours left to vote for free codecs in YouTube and only 280 needed to be #1 again!
YouTube is having a special vote where only partners are allowed to submit ideas which leaves out most FLOSS people but i have a partner account and am submitting on our behalf!
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Google to Open-source VP8 for HTML5 Video
Google will soon make its VP8 video codec open source, we’ve learned from multiple sources. The company is scheduled to officially announce the release at its Google I/O developers conference next month, a source with knowledge of the announcement said.
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Why Mozilla Needs To Go Into Survival Mode
The writing is on the wall. While Mozilla and its Firefox browser appear to be a very solid institution in the browser market, it is the weakest link with an extremely attractive portion of the browser user base as well. Could Mozilla be squeezed out of the market?
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Linux Users Group hosts free quarterly Installfest
A room strewn with slightly worn, yet comfortable couches, donated computer equipment and a collage of CDs spelling out “UCLA” hanging on the back wall is a haven for the technologically savvy and the technologically inept alike.
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