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Richard Stallman to Speak on the Free Software Movement at Trinity University

http://www.trinity.edu

"SAN ANTONIO – Richard Stallman, from the Free Software Foundation, will discuss “Free Software in Ethics and in Practice” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 20, in Chapman Auditorium..."

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The false contradiction within open source

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While showing admirable concern for his own interests, Matt Asay misses an essential point about open source this morning.

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How to have wordpress social buttons without plugins

http://tuxtraining.com

As the title says, this will walk you through how to have social buttons in wordpress without a plugin, and yes there's a FreeSoftwareDaily button on the site. Feel free to use it on your site.

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When did you first use Linux?

http://blogs.computerworld.com

At the recent Linux Foundation Summit in San Francisco, several people were asked when they started with Linux, which lead me to the same question. First, though, I watched the Linux Foundation's video of their answers. Boy, do I feel old now.

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Linux Foundation “We’re Linux” Competition Results

http://www.linuxloop.com

Presumably to respond to Apple's Get A Mac ad campaign and Microsoft's various responses, the Linux Foundation launched a competition a while ago for "We're Linux" ads. After receiving over 100 entires, they say, the results have been announced.

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I’m guilty of getting XP netbooks, but I run Linux

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Back when I looked for and found, despite difficulty, the perfect Linux netbook for my wife, we were thrilled to open a box that was the first pre-installed Linux machine we ever purchased.

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Univ Course: Advanced Free Software Tools

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"Advanced Free Software Tools prepares you, theoretically and practically, for working in a distributed FLOSS development environment..."

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Making the Future Happen In Linux

http://blog.linuxtoday.com

Folks, you have the power-- you don't have to sit around all sad because Linux is missing an application or feature that you need. What you do is roll up your sleeves and help make it happen, because that is how Linux works.

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Can you help the Open Graphics Project?

http://www.fsf.org

"Timothy Normand Miller of the Open Graphics Project is looking for help with their effort to design hardware -- particularly wireless and graphics cards -- with fully published design documents [...] It's a big project and there are many different ways to help, but the immediate need is for someone to clean up the text on their wiki, both to improve the organization of the information there and t

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Addressing the State of the Linux Union

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Linux stakeholders gather to celebrate the community's successes -- and to sort out some fundamental disagreements.

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How to make technology conferences suck less

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There’s a dirty little secret to technology conferences: Most of them suck to some degree. It’s about time someone started thinking about how to make conference time more valuable and less stale, especially now that companies are cutting back on travel to shows.

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Red Hat Dismisses Consumer Desktop Linux (Again)

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Sometimes, you have to respect someone for sticking to an opinion and a vision. Other times, you have to wonder if a consistent vision becomes a fatal flaw. A case in point: In a New York Times article, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst (pictured, right) once again dismisses speculation that Red Hat will pursue the consumer Linux desktop and smart phone markets. Here's why.

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Linux Fest NorthWest is coming!

http://lunduke.com

Linux Fest NorthWest is happening April 25th and 26th (Saturday and Sunday) in Bellingham, WA. If you are a Linux nerd and you can find your way to Bellingham, I highly recommend it.

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Announcing the “We’re Linux” video contest finalists

http://www.linux-foundation.org

The journey that begin during last football season with the realization that Microsoft paid Jerry Seinfeld $10 million for his appearance in their ads is almost over. The judging for the We’re Linux video contest has been completed and I’m pleased to announce the finalists.

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Gnome sets sights on 2010 for 3.0 release

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With Gnome 2.26 safely out the door the Gnome development team is now planning for Gnome 3.0, a release it expects to make in March next year. Responding to growing criticism that the Gnome project lacks vision the team says that the 3.0 milestone release will have to have “big user-visible changes”.

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