Software pioneer Mitch Kapor thinks Microsoft's war against open source is over – and that it must be seen in its historical context

For years I've been one who's run up and down the halls stomping for Linux, advising people to switch to a better OS because of any of a hundred different reasons. But a recent article by Sam Varghese of ITWire may have changed my mind, and my focus, on what's needed to make Linux king of the OS's.

The problem is not so much talking about ethics as the fact that we have not been talking about the benefits of ethics. Instead of the four freedoms that appeal to developers, we need a similar list that explains what advantages free software offers for ordinary users.

The FSF is launching a new advocacy campaign, and we'd love to have you involved. One of the most important tasks for us at FSF is to help foster the understanding that free software is crucial to a free society, and that citizens should switch to free software at home and in their own work, for freedom's sake.

Uruguay has joined the small number of nations providing a laptop for every child attending state primary school.

I'm sure a large percentage of the Ubuntu Community will know, or at least have heard of, the next person in the interviews. A person who has been involved in the Ubuntu project right from the start, A blog well worth reading, and not to mention being a keen advocate of free software. Without further ado, I give you one of my favorite interviews so far.

There’s a lot going on in the free software world these days. I’m going to throw out a few wild predictions here about how things will be a year from now.

The FSFE's president writes about Mono and Novell's former employee writes about Novell versus gratis