Jeremy Allison on free software, Samba clusters and world domination...
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KDE Software Installer - alternative package management for Kubuntu/Debian
Adept is the graphical package management program included with Kubuntu, which is also available for Debian and other Linux distributions that use the apt package management system.
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OLPC Mission Has Changed
Has the mission of OLPC changed so much? I say it has. No longer are the five core principals initially employed when the project started valid. The original Five Core Principles were:
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The Bizarre Cathedral - 3
The latest strip from the Bizarre Cathedral - Ryan Cartwright and Tony Mobily
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Funny Side of Linux
In all seriousness of being a linux user we sometimes forget the fun side of it all, here is an attempt to capture some of it.
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An update on the war against Microsoft's war against Linux
Regular readers will know that I've rallied against Microsoft's so-called "Get the facts" site for the last fortnight. Rather than give legitimate comparisons facing off Windows servers vs Linux options the site opts for bunkum and hogwash with sensational headlines that have no underlying substance. Here’s the state of play.
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‘Open Source software is the software establishment!’
It can be amusing when news articles or blogs are written about a report/study that has only been released or read in excerpt. Small snippets can be extremely controversial on their own, and are easily taken out of the context of the gestalt article.
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OpenArena 0.7.6
OpenArena 0.7.6 is out. (direct link to Win+Lin+Mac zip archive) More maps, more models/skins, more game modes and a new tagline!
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Summer of Code: Ogg Theora Port
"...As some of you Neuros old timers may recall, we were the first to port the Ogg Vorbis audio codec to a portable HDD audio player. Now it's time, hopefully, to do the same with the Ogg Theora video codec..."
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My New Favorite Distro: Gentoo Linux
"I had always wanted to try it since its thought of as a Distro for more advanced Linux users. And it couldn't have been more perfect for me."
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What Might Be Behind OpenBSD’s Attack Against Peers
Yesterday I attended an inspirational talk from Richard Stallman that contained many familiar bits, a healthy dose of humour and an interesting questions session, which touched on the AGPL, GPLv3 and other currently-debated topics that are more about the present than about the past.
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RMS Talk
"Yesterday, me and a couple of friends went to see a talk in Manchester by Richard Stallman (rms), the founder of the free software movement. I’m not sure quite how much the other two got from the experience, but I certainly found it very interesting - although I knew many of the things he said, it was the way he explained them, and it also provoked me to think about certain things..."
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PCLinuxOS Magazine May 2008 Released
PCLinuxOS Magazine, May 2008 (Issue 21) is available to download. You can find it at the new PCLinuxOS Magazine website.
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Richard Stallman at Manchester University
"...Richard also covered some of the important reasons why businesses, government and education establishments should use Free Software, preventing the support and development monopolies which are now becoming commonplace, along with the problem of proprietary vendors offering gratis or near-gratis copies of their software to schools in order to keep students reliant on their package and then carr
Read more »Ecuador: A Weekend of Free Software Throughout the Country
"Throughout Latin America the “Latin American Festival of Installation of Free Software” (FLISOL 2008) recently concluded. This event, which has been held since 2005, has as its main objective to promote the use of free software, presenting its philosophy, its scopes and development.
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