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10 Years of Linux Training

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Linux training has changed a lot in the last 10 years. I have put together a summary of the training options and styles we have provided over that period of time. Many things have changed of course and now with as little as 3% of computer users running Linux on a regular basis, training is really in an infant state. The question is: “Where is Linux training headed?”

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Mozilla to EC: Microsoft Getting Off Too Easy

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As Microsoft and the European Commission talk settlement, Mozilla says it wants more detailed promises from the software titan.

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Developing Nations May Reuse More Electronics Than Thought

http://www.greenercomputing.com

What the researchers found suggests that, at least in one country, imported electronics are not immediately destined for meltdown or other polluting and poisonous dismantling practices, as has been shown in China and other countries...

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Signs show Linux moving into the driver's seat

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A steady stream of manufacturers are requesting Linux drivers for their hardware, suggesting growing adoption of Linux operating systems among enterprises.

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How the Attacks on Sites Like Twitter Can Help Promote Free Software

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If anything good came out of the deluge of DDoS attacks, it is increased awareness of Free software benefits

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Verona's University Migrates 4000 PCs to Linux

http://www.linux-magazine.com

Verona is about to become famous for more than just Romeo and Juliet and opera: the university of the romantic Italian city is migrating 4000 of its desktops to Linux and open source.

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55 Ways to Bring Open Source into Education

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Open source and education are natural fits-- open source encourages experimentation and exploration, and the opportunity to learn computing, rather just how to be a little cog in a giant data-processing machine. Cynthia Harvey gives us a taste of the possibilities with this list of 55 open source educational applications.

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Open Source Tools Help Earthquake Researchers Stay A Step Ahead

http://ostatic.com

As news that a series of powerful earthquakes were shaking the coast of Mexico in Baja, Calfornia, no doubt researchers all across the globe were keeping a watchful eye on the data as it rolled in. Many geological research facilities around the world use or are in the process of developing open source software and applications designed to interpret and share information with other researchers.

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Why Hackers Will Save the World

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The achievements of free software are already extraordinary. As well as running most of the Internet's infrastructure, and powering many of its leading companies, free software is beginning to find wide use in the server rooms of enterprises and on the desktops of general users. It is also increasingly deployed in embedded systems, and for mobile phones. But that's just the start...

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[Brazilian] Brazil schools go Linux, 26 thousand computer labs

http://portal.mec.gov.br

Google translate text: Approximately ten million students in basic education will benefit this year with the delivery of 26 thousand computer labs.

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Coverity Advances Software Integrity Research at Top Academic Institutions

http://www.coverity.com

Company Donates Industry-Leading Static Analysis Software and Expands Licensing Program

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Why aren't schools adopting open source?

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com

Recently I had a bit of a run-in with my daughter’s high school. She was undergoing an eShool class over the summer titled “Computer Applications” and it turns out the class only actually “covered” Office Suites - namely Microsoft Office. Now in our household we do not own a copy of Microsoft Office. Instead we use OpenOffice and have never had an issue - that is, until now.

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Firefox 4.0 Mockups

http://webupd8.blogspot.com

The pace at which Mozilla works can seem insane. It was less than a month ago when the the company released Firefox 3.5. Only three weeks later, Firefox posted screenshots of Firefox 3.7, which includes a change to the Tools bar and an Embracing Glass design.

But the ambition doesn’t end there. The Firefox team is looking even farther in the future: all the way to Firefox 4.0.

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(Free, libre and) open education needs humanities

http://flosse.dicole.org

Teemu Leinonen asks some important questions about the Open Education Conference, OpenEd 2009.
1) Why is the title “open education” and not “free and open education” or “libre education”?
2) Why there aren’t any talks/presentations about language learning?

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How They Built it: The Software of Apollo 11

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When Apollo 11's Lunar Module landed on the Moon 40 years ago today, the software that helped take humans to another celestial body was essentially built using paper-tape rolls and thick cardstock that was punched with special holes.

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