"Find out how closures and lambda functions make programming easier by letting you define throwaway functions that can be used in different contexts. This article details how useful closures are as a functional programming construct within PHP V5.3 code."
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FSFS.in 2008 :: Full Roundup
Three years ago Anand Babu lent me his laptop to blog live from Technopark, the venue for the First Free Software, Free Society Conference in Kerala and I promised my blog readers that I will do that same this time around. I wrote in a blog post announcing the event you bet! I am gonna do that again and I am happy that I have kept my word.
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pdfreaders.org: Awareness for Free Software PDF readers.
The Fellowship of FSFE has launched a campaign to promote Free Software PDF readers to provide alternatives to the "Download Adobe Reader" buttons found on so many web sites. Visitors of pdfreaders.org get some very brief information about Open Standards and Free Software, and why they matter - along with information about the Free Software PDF readers and links for more information.
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Furious! This describes the response of a portion of the Dutch free and open source afficionados when hearing about the idea that OpenOffice.org might get advertisements as part of the binary package. Jonathan Schwartz (Sun Microsystems), who launched the idea on his weblog (and already retracted it), was aware the idea could cause a furor.
Read more »Best Linux/FOSS Podcasts of 2008
One of the most fun ways to get your daily dose of Linux and other FOSS-related news is to listen to a podcast.
Read more »Stallman to visit community computing centre
"Richard M. Stallman, founder of Free Software Foundation will be visiting the Ambedkar community computer centre this Saturday..."
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Updating the Free Software Definition
"Yesterday, we made some changes to the Free Software Definition to help clarify a few points that had been confusing for people in the past..."
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Vista triggers Stephen Fry Twitter meltdown
He's known as a jovial comedian with a vocabulary wider than the Grand Canyon. But an afternoon with Windows Vista has seemingly turned Stephen Fry into a intemperate, foul-mouthed illiterate.
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FSFE adds Fellowship representation to General Assembly
Today FSFE is announcing its revised constitution, adding two Fellowship Seats to its General Assembly. This will give Fellows of FSFE a direct representation in FSFE's strategic decision making body.
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Imagine a Microsoft-Free Life
Has the time come at last to live a Microsoft-free life? That thought crossed my mind yesterday morning as I read an announcement from IBM that (with Canonical Inc.) it was offering a new Linux-based virtual desktop suite that, at user prices as low as $59, would compete directly with the iconic Microsoft Office.
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A look at free software in Ecuador
Marco Fioretti recently published an article (A look at free software in Ecuador) about his experiences at the Congress on Free Software and Democratization of Knowledge hosted in Quito, Ecuador. Rafael Bonifaz, a friend of North by South, is cited in the article talking about Elastix, a GNU/Linux distribution mostly developed in Ecuador.
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FSFS.in 2008 :: Day 1.1 Lunch
Catching up with friends and a gourmet lunch on the first day of Free Software Free Society Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase Looking for Artistic Ninjas
Ubuntu has once again opened up a call for submissions to anyone interested in being a part of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase. If you're a musician, artist, photographer, or all-around creative genius and would like to enter your work in the current competition, you've got until February 9, 2009 to submit something to the judges.
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FSFS.in 2008 :: Day 1.0
Photo blogging live from Mascot Hotel, the venue of the Free Software Free Society Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Free Software, Free Society conference live on giss.tv
Public can now listen to all the talks happening in the main hall at GISS.tv
Just point your media player at http://giss.tv:8000/fsfs.ogg (or just click on the link http://giss.tv/interface/?mp=fsfs.ogg ) and watch out the stream of all the talks. Check the schedule for what’s being heard right now, and don’t miss the opportunity.
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