"There are three simple things you can ask Dell using their LIVE CHAT on the website but most of all by phone. Our ideal computer (desktop, laptop, subnotebook) has: ..." - Personally, I would like to hear from Mark Shuttleworth ;)
Read more »DELL, we want a free software computerDELL, vogliamo un computer libero
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Open Source, Less Labor, More Love
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Open source software is inextricably tied to the idea of "giving it away." Projects open their code for a number of reasons -- to better the codebase, or to allow others to bend an application to their own needs. Maybe the reasons are entirely altruistic, or maybe the altruism is the happy side effect of more project-centric decisions.
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Artwork for Ubuntu Jaunty Already Impressive
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Just before Intrepid Ibex came out, I had a few things to say about the new artwork. In a last-minute switch, things improved a little, but I was still never impressed with Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex in the way that Fedora 10 or Ubuntu Hardy Heron impressed me. It seems we are barely even started into the new release cycle, yet I can already say there are some very promising choices.
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DebGems announced as Proprietary Platform: Why the GNU Affero GPL is Freedom for Network Services
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"...copyleft is a tool designed to spread freedom in software, at any cost. The FSF, which wrote the GNU and Affero licenses, has the goal to make all software free as in freedom. Companies are ‘free’ to join the revolution, or to look somewhere else for their needs.
Read more »Disabling Firefox's yellow plugin bar
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"I hate Flash. But that is a rant for a different post. I don't have Flash installed, and I don't want to have Flash installed. That means I get Firefox's yellow "Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page" bar on many pages with Flash content.
Read more »Get The Gimp 2.6.4 .deb (for Ubuntu)
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GIMP or GNU Image Manipulation Program is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc.
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Why “open source” misses the point of Free Software
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"25 years after Stallman first set the GNU project in motion, what have these ideals achieved, and what can we do to ensure the future of free software? Linux Format spoke to him to find out..."
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Full Circle Magazine #Issue 20 December 2008
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This Month :
Command And Conquer :
The Daunting Terminal
How To:
Program in C - part 4
Web Development - part 1
Backup and Sync Your Music
My Story :
Making Money with FOSS
Book Review :
Ubuntu Kungfu
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Ubuntu Enrolls At Cornell College
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Cornell College of Mount Vernon, Iowa is the latest institute of higher education to embrace Ubuntu Server Edition, WorksWithU has learned. It’s not a huge deployment, but Cornell’s targeted Ubuntu use reinforces a growing trend at colleges and universities worldwide, according to the WorksWithU 1000 — a survey that aims to track one thousand Ubuntu deployments.
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Why I do not use Windows as my primary OS
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Reasoning and background information in regard to what motivated me in ditching MS Windows as platform. Deals with my hearty dislike of drm, Windows shortcomings, business practices of Microsoft, and the benefits of being a Free Software user, etc.
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Download and Install the Ubuntu Title Font
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I found a precious little gem quite by accident when I was using Synaptic (the package installer) today. The package ttf-ubuntu-title consists of the font used by Ubuntu’s logo...
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Going Loco Over the Ubuntu Logo
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Ubuntu is undoubtedly the most popular Linux distribution at the moment. It has millions of passionate users and tons of dynamic community members that can prove it.Speaking of passionate users, some people have taken their love for Ubuntu to the extremes.
Read more »Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" released
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Based on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, Linux 2.6.27, Gnome 2.24 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" comes with a brand new "Software Manager", FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mint4win (a Windows installer), tabbed browsing in Nautilus and a lot of other improvements.
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4000 Attendees at French Team Release Party
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Th release party, organized by ubuntu-party and the French loco team, ubuntu-fr, took place at the “Cité des sciences et de l’industrie” in Paris, 29-30 November 2008. .000 people attended the event
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #121
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #121 for the week December 7th - December 13th, 2008.
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