Alexander Dymo writes: "KDE 4.2 is going to be the first "real" release targeted not only at KDE developers and enthusiasts, but at general public - all the people who eagerly waited for the next KDE desktop to arrive. With this review I'd like to let people know that the KDE 4 is ready and to once again celebrate the hard work of all the people who put tremendous effort creating this great desktop."
Read more »KDE 4.2 Review From Inside Out. Part 1: Oxygen, KWin, Plasma and KRunner
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Why an Emacsification of the entire GNU system could help Mac Users to switch to GNU/Linux
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"A few weeks ago, I was talking to some people about the nerdy things I work on, and the nerdy things I like. The conversation inevitably turned to Emacs and Lisp, and someone asked why I liked them so much. There are a lot of reasons, but I think the main one is that it’s such a pioneering and influential language, and most people aren’t aware of it.
Read more »The Best PC Game Platform Ever (GNU/Linux)
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"...So when I speak of GNU / Linux as the ultimate gaming platform, what I mean is that games should all be made to work on a standardized software platform. This standard software platform should not be able to be controlled by any particular company..."
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Vista is a failure and GNU adoption is ramping up
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"Today is one of those days that starts with a sweet taste. The FSF has declared another victory for its BadVista campaign: Vista is a clear failure for Microsoft and for FSF it’s time to devote energy to something else. (btw: did you donate to FSF?) ..."
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Microsoft’s Highly Confidential GNU/Linux Share Figures (2003)
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Microsoft's own estimations of GNU/Linux desktop penetration across the world
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Badvista: We hardly knew ye (January 9, 2009)
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"On December 15, 2006, the FSF launched its BadVista.org campaign to advocate for the freedom of computer users, opposing adoption of Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free -- as in freedom -- software alternatives. Two years later, the campaign has nearly 7,000 registered supporters, the name Vista is synonymous in the public eye with failure, and we are declaring victory..."
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Is your firewall IPv6 aware?
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"If, like many people, you've started to experiment with enabling, configuring, and using, IPv6 it might not have crossed your mind to update your firewall. This could lead to surprises if you're unlucky. Read on for a simple overview. The standard userspace firewall tool upon Debian GNU/Linux is iptables.
Read more »Podcast 42 Daniel Robbins (Funtoo)
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"Interview with Daniel Robbins. Founder of Gentoo Linux and his current project is Funtoo..."
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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 »Why Mac users should switch to GNU/Linux, and Why Emacs and Free Software could help
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"...Daniel Fischer’s blog post did quite a bit to pique my curiosity and upon return from my holiday, I bought and watched the awesome Emacs peepcode as well. I’ve been trying to use Emacs continuously for the last couple of days (including at work) and even though I am still stumbling my way a little through the darkness, I am awed by how much power it has..."
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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 »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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GNU Users Groups (last updated $Date: 2009/01/02 16:20:47 $)
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"...On this page we list user groups that are centered on variations of the GNU operating system [...] We also do not list groups which focus on ‘open source’, since we are not part of the open source movement, but rather the
Read more »[gNewSense-users] live cd
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RMS: « ... The free software movement is a political cause, not a technical one. "Choose based on technical criteria first of all" is the opposite of what we say... »
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Opportunities Open Up for GNU/Linux as Apple Suffers
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Apple's difficulties as of late; crashing Macs and fresh rumours about the CEO
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