"Hi everybody, We are getting closer to signing the Software Freedom Conservancy agreement (hereby attached). Before doing this, we will need to address the question of who is representing darcs to the Conservancy, and how do we change this representation should the need arise..."
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Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome
Gone are the days when Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the sole rival for Mozilla's Firefox. A new open-source browser, Google Chrome, has come to town, and it's from the company that provided $66 million of the Mozilla Foundation's $75 million in 2007 revenue.
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2nd International Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture
"Hello Friends, All of you must be aware of the next biggest event happening in Kerala on Free Software. Free Software, Free Society, the 2nd International Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture on 9th, 10th and 11th of December, 2008..."
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Moody on Gartner: Math Is Right, But Needs to Show Work
Matt Asay at CNET directs readers to Glyn Moody's take on the Gartner Group's findings that 85% of enterprises are using open source software.
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How to help Gentoo: Seeding ISO images
"...So - you've always wanted to help out Gentoo? A common way to help is by providing a mirror - either distfiles or rsync. We have a good list of mirrors, both rsync and distfiles. Setting up a mirror is a huge commitment and my thanks go out to all those who do. Due to the large requirements for diskspace, bandwith and cpu power, this is usually not an option for individuals.
Read more »Why Free Software is a Con-Trick
A number of sites have noted this interesting study of a particular kind of con-trick, known as "The pigeon drop". What really caught my attention was the following:
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Digital Tipping Point, a documentary on the free software and free culture movements
"Digital Tipping Point, a documentary on the free software and free culture movements, recently posted over 80 digitized hours (350 hours have been shot in total) of CC BY-SA licensed footage of 'leading politicians, CEOs, and software developers from all over the world.' ..."
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Ubuntu Linux Install Week at AIS Picture
It all started at the beginning of last week. I wanted my 11th and 12th Grade ICT students to start using Ubuntu Linux on their laptops/netbooks at the beginning of the second quarter. I knew it would take me nearly two weeks to get them working Ubuntu Linux systems on their laptops or netbooks...
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uptime: 36 years
Today’s theme is birthdays (namely mine), so i threw together an extended remix of the Happy Birthday Song for all of the other programmers out there who also have a birthday today…
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Share This: The Internet is a Right
“They order, said I, this matter better in France.” So wrote Laurence Sterne in his 1768 book A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. Alas, things have changed much since then, at least as far as the Internet is concerned. In the light of recent events, now he would we have to say: they order this matter worse in France.
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Dell’s Linux Ads: Microsoft’s Nightmare Before Christmas?
For at least the third time in recent weeks, prominent Dell newspaper advertisements feature the Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook running Canonical’s Ubuntu 8.04 (that’s a small Linux notebook, folks). The VAR Guy hears Microsoft “has gone postal” over the Linux notebook ads. You might even say this is Microsoft’s nightmare before Christmas. Here’s the complete scoop.
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Protecting sovereignty with free software is a good idea and the duty of governments, says Stallman
When journalists and FOSS advocates explain why governments and corporations in the developing world are rapidly migrating to free software, a lot of focus is put on cost savings from licensing and removing the potential for liability from piracy within their organizations.
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Progex 8.20 ScreenShots
Here is a fairly new Linux distribution and like many new ones out there this distribution is based off of Ubuntu Linux. The installation was just an easy 7 steps just as most other Ubuntu based distributions. What makes this distribution stand out is the fact that most of the necessary Media Apps and Codecs are already installed for you so you do not have to do that for your self.
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Help Spread Linux… Don’t Preach It!
What does using Linux mean to you? Do you simply use it because it works best for you? While at its heart Linux itself, is nothing more than a software kernel, to many people it is much more. It is a mission, a mission to show the big industry players just what the common user can do without their help.
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Buy a new anti-DRM t-shirt from the Free Software Foundation's online store
" Last year, we wrote about the fantastic anti-DRM t-shirt winners in TorrentFreak's contest. Now, you can buy one of those shirts..."
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