The Debian Project is pleased to announce that the first Debian Mini Conference in Germany will take place on the 10th and 11th of June in Berlin as a subconference of this year's LinuxTag.
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Google helped fund an ARM optimised Theora free video codec
Ask most computer users what their preferred video codec is and they'll look at you as if you asked what sort of motor they'd prefer in their washing machine. ``We just want it to work!'' they say. In this regard, it’s exactly the same for content creators and publishers. Every visitor to a website that can't view a video is one set of eyeballs less for a message to get through to.
Read more »How 10 Popular Linux Distro Sites Looked When they Launched
This is how some of the popular Linux distro websites looked like when they launched initially. Thanks to the archive.org for all the screenshots. Redhat website looked pretty decent for a 1996 website. Which one of these websites did you like?
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Linux logo's are cool
Linux logos are often a expression of feelings. Often they express a sense of humor, or great feel for esthetics. One of the reasons people use linux is because it's possible to make it a personal experience.
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New Ubuntu look too destructive
Take a good hard look at your screen and ask yourself if it is possible to accidentally close an application while reaching for the File menu. In most cases the answer is a clear no, but for users of Ubuntu, it has become a very real and dangerous use case.
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Lowering the Bar So That Everyone Can Contribute
Lately, the trend of "Anyone can contribute" is taking a turn for the better as established developers and teams are looking at ways to help make it easier for kids to not only program, but contribute to the Free Software community at large.
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GNU's definitely too messy for my taste
I think the end result of GNU software is generally very good, I find the general code very messed up and pretty much unreadable and unusable.
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Parallels joins the Linux Foundation
Virtualisation maker and OpenVZ sponsor joins the Linux Foundation in the run up to the Foundation's Collaboration Summit
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OSHUG, new UK user group for open source hardware
Debut meeting will see presentations on the XCore XS1 microprocessor and a new
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A List of 5 New Free Software GNU/Linux Distributions!
This is a short list of five different completely Free Software GNU/Linux distributions. They are focused on being entirely Free Software, and are all built around the Linux-Libre kernel. They aren't "official" yet, but they're certainly worth a look.
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Google and Mozilla to Merge O3D and WebGL For 3D on the Web
Two related projects from Mozilla and Google, each with the similar goal of bringing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the Web, appear to be joining forces after a change in Google tactics.
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Help Get Coreboot Onto System76 Machines!
System76 is taking a look at getting Coreboot onto their machines. However, it is up to us to show them that we really want it. Sign the petition, and help out the Free Software community.
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What will come after Linux?
Lets face it. Nothing lasts for ever. As much as I like Linux and wish that it live long and prosper. I am also one who likes to think about the future. So I started wondering. What is there that can follow in Linuxs footsteps?
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Software Wars : Can u predict the winner?
I found Few pictures which shows the status of software wars which has been going for years…Actually these are maps depicting the epic struggle of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) against the Empire of Microsoft.
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Emacs & the birth of the GPL
Emacs is not so much a text editor, more a way of life - an "extensible, customizable self-documenting real time display editor" with thousands of ready made extensions that take you way beyond its original remit as a text editor
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