Every six months without fail, a new release of Ubuntu arrives, carrying a number of new features. At the moment, this is great. Ubuntu improves at an extremely impressive speed and, each time, the release is a little better.
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Ubuntu Keeps Getting Better - Is There A Limit?
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First LibrePlanet was a Resounding Success!
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"...The LibrePlanet event was a huge success, and a great launch for our community activities at libreplanet.org. LibrePlanet featured a jam-packed schedule including a full day of speakers on Saturday and an Open Space Conference on Sunday..."
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The Year of the Linux Desktop
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I have heard every year predictions of each year being the year of the Linux desktop. I've got some bad news for you. It's not coming soon. Not this decade, probably not the next. The good news? We don't need a year of the Linux desktop.
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Wietse Venema and Creative Commons announced as winners of the annual free software awards
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"The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced the winners of the annual free software awards during the GNU/Linux conference LibrePlanet, held on March 21-22 at Harvard Science Center in Cambridge, MA. Creative Commons was honored with the Award for Projects of Social Benefit, and Wietse Venema was honored with the Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
Read more »Linus Torvalds has released Linux kernel 2.6.29
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It's out there now, or at least in the process of getting mirrored out.
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The Javascript Trap - by Richard Stallman
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"You may be running non-free programs on your computer every day without realizing it—through your web browser..."
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2009 and still in fear of using new hardware in GNU/Linux!
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When the GNU/Linux revolution started reaching the masses, around 2000, I predicted that by 2010 there would be full vendor support for the free operating system. Well, it’s 2009, and I have to admit it — I am feeling nervous....
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KDE Launches KDE Brainstorm
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Yesterday the KDE project launched their own version of Ubuntu Brainstorm, creatively called KDE Brainstorm. This new section of the forums allows users to vote and comment on ideas, just as Ubuntu Brainstorm does.
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #134
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #134 for the week March 15th - March 21st, 2009.
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In response to “Firefox may already be dead”
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The author has two basic argument to support his cause that Chrome is better - 1) it’s faster and 2) there’s enough rumbling on the web in some quarters that Firefox is not longer the open-source darling. Really?
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Studying in an institute
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It is very hard to study in most of institutes using only free software. Everything is sad and needs heavy reorganization to not to force students to use non-free software.
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Has GNU/Linux Won Pwn2Own Again?
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Just what is the big problem with Linux?
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A bunch of Microsoft Windows users were asked just why don't they use Linux. What's wrong with Linux? What needs to change to entice them? And I'll tell you!
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Das Boot
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Here's something silly. It seems like y'all are concentrating on boot times these days. Boot in 20 seconds! no, 15 seconds! no 10 seconds! Why the **** do I care?
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LibrePlanet 2009 Conference Begins in Cambridge
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This is the first year that the Free Software Foundation’s Board Meeting and Associate Member meeting has been significantly opened and now anyone from the public can attend and participate. The conference is called LibrePlanet 2009 and is now getting underway on March 21 and March 22.
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