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Daniel Robbins: «my offer to resolve the most recent Gentoo leadership crisis»

http://blog.funtoo.org

"Here is my offer to resolve the most recent Gentoo leadership crisis, and is an offer I am making to the current Gentoo trustees, who are the ones who need to decide whether to accept or refuse it. [...] If I return as President, I will preserve the not-for-profit aspect of Gentoo. Beyond this, you can expect everything to be very, very different than how things are today. Here is a basic overview of the changes I will be making in how the Foundation operates, basically by refocusing on its core mission..."

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GNU IceCat - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org

"GNU IceCat, formerly known as GNU IceWeasel,[1] is a web browser distributed by the GNU Project. IceCat is a fork of Mozilla Firefox which is made entirely of free software..."

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The Fox And The Penguin

http://ventnorsblog.blogspot.com

While I am aware that there have already been numerous blog posts about how we are upping the ante for Firefox 3 for Linux, I'd like to take my own turn. I'm one of the people directly working on a lot of improvements to Firefox 3 especially on Linux and I would like to summarize in this post what I have done personally that you can all look forward to for Firefox 3.

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Another week with Windows Vista

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

Many moons ago I tried using Windows for a week to see how the other half live. Despite my thorough openness and fairness, I still got criticized! (Well, it wouldn’t be the free software community if people didn’t, I suppose!) So, when I needed I new PC I decided to take the plunge and buy one.

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RMS At UC College, Aluva

http://pramode.net

"RMS was at UC College, Aluva today to deliver a talk on `Free Software in ethics and in practice’..."

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A brief exercise in anti-Linux FUD dissection

http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com

Sometimes you stumble across an article that makes you wonder whether people are spreading FUD or whether they are really that ignorant. When you take it down, bit by bit, it becomes more and more obvious how ridiculous their statements are. This one is from Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. It is a well written article and it seems as if he knows what he is talking about. Well, since I have an unexpected free half hour as I wait for a call to be returned, let's take this baby apart.

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Good OS launches new cloud-oriented Linux 'Rocket'

http://www.betanews.com

While Linux remains popular among enthusiasts, its adoption among casual PC users lacks the power to really threaten Microsoft Windows. However a small handful of groups still create operating systems designed to make the transition over to Linux a little bit easier and less intimidating.

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Negroponte turns up the heat on Intel

http://www.zdnet.com.au

Intel has denied claims made by One Laptop per Child that it broke a "non-disparagement" agreement and hit back at suggestions that it did not even contribute "a single line of code" to the project.

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Torvalds sticking to his GPL2 guns

http://www.tectonic.co.za

Linux creator Linux Torvalds says that the GPL2 (GNU General Public License) is still the best licensing option for the Linux Kernel. Torvalds has consistently rejected the GPL version 3 licensing scheme, released last year by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), for the Linux Kernel.

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Migrating from Netscape to Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird

http://blog.netscape.com

"Now that we have recommended users adopt Firefox and Thunderbird for their browser and e-mail needs, some people have asked how to go about migrating their data. Thanks to the Netscape Champions we now have some FAQ on how to accomplish this..."

-- I think that Firefox is the best transition before migrating to GNU/Linux ;)

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You can support software freedom in 2008!

http://www.fsf.org

Dear free software supporter, At the 2007 annual Associate Members meeting held in March at MIT in Cambridge, the FSF board and staff gathered with members from around the world to discuss our activities and the tremendous successes we have had together in the past year.

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GNU and FSF News for January 2008

http://www.advogato.org

"Welcome to the new year and another monthly installment of news about the Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project. This month we have news from the FSF Europe, the latest numbers on GPLv3 conversions, the annual Gfortran report from the GCC folks, a GLib development release, Stallman commenting on the GNOME's alleged support of OOXML, GNU Hurd news, and more..."

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Web 2.0 and open source: We've already won

http://blogs.cnet.com

I've spent the last two weeks on the road, meeting with customers and prospects. It has been enlightening, to say the least. One primary theme has emerged: the Web 2.0 revolution is over. The web has already won. Its chief weapon? Open source.

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Why Isn't Linux Catching on?

http://www.cmswire.com

Let’s get right to it: considering the popularity of open source applications and utilities, why hasn’t the open source flagship - the Linux operating system - caught on with mainstream PC users?

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Is Linux the OS of Ubiquitous Computing?

http://gigaom.com

As Christian Einfeldt of Digital Tipping Point recently noted, when Amazon published its Christmas wish lists, Linux devices figured prominently.

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