Three of the mayor Digital freedom groups around Boston metro(Free Culture Boston, Binary Freedom Boston and the Free Software Foundation) got together for a one day event in Encuentro5 in Chinatown Boston. We got a great
turn out with more than 90 people on our workshops,presentations and such.This was a great
Software Freedom Day in Boston a success!!
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Linux Only For Geeks?
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Cartoon depicting a conversation during a shift change at a Debian Phone Hotline
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Ubuntu: When 100% Isn't Good Enough...
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Funny screen shot of Ubuntu loading language packs. It appears that 100% isn't enough... reminds me of the "Our amps go to 11 man" routine from Spinaltap.
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Mozilla president kicks Ballmer, trashes DRM, quotes Spiderman
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Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe, is a disarmingly casual guy, especially over a good lunch in a high-class London restaurant. But despite the relaxed delivery, he doesn’t pull his punches.
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Promoting Linux by Silencing Microsoft
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Ok, I'll be the first to admit that I've given Microsoft more than enough harsh criticism over the years for their rather questionable antics and their overwhelming lack of ethics.
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GIMP UI brainstorm
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This is a visual brainstorm, the channel for everybody to contribute to the GIMP UI redesign process. It is moderated by the GIMP UI redesign team. We do not post mock-ups here ourselves, we ‘listen’ to what you show us and broaden our horizons.
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Open-Source Developers Speak Out About AMD
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AMD started delivering on their word of providing GPU specifications to the open-source community without a Non-Disclosure Agreement, and now with the 2007 X Developer Summit having come to a close, we asked several key members of the X.Org community on how they judge AMD's recent move.
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FOSS is better 'alternative' to pirated software--advocate
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"There is an alternative to pirated software. You don't need to pirate software to use good software. We often read raids of shops and businesses using illegal software. People want to use software, and FOSS is an alternative," said Dr. Giovanni Tapang, member of the Computer Professionals Union and Agham, an organization of Filipino scientists and engineers, in an interview last week.
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Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg flirts with Ubuntu
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When Walt Mossberg talks, people listen. He's the big tech writer at the Wall Street Journal, and ... having the WSJ report on Linux and Ubuntu is huge.
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We know you love music. We know you love free music.
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Freeculture.org is building a library of the best free music the web has to offer. And we need your help.
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Wide spread coverage for Software Freedom Day in Mainstream Print Media
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Widespread coverage to Software Freedom day Celebrations in Local newspapers, is a fresh change from sidelined coverage in developer planets, slashdot, digg & variants. Free software is touching the lives of common man now !!
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Famed `$100 laptop' now $188
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The vaunted "$100 laptop" that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept.
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Microsoft's plans for XP
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In yet another conspiracist theory, I explain how Microsoft plans to phase out XP and force upgrades to Vista.
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Happy Software Freedom Day!
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"...So here’s hoping you’ll install and use more free software! What programs could you use? There are too many free software programs to mention them all, but you can visit the FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory or try these favorites of mine (which happen to be on my computer as I type this)..."
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Thanks for sharing
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"...The Free Software Foundation, founded by the founder of free software itself, Richard Stallman, is one of the sponsors of Software Freedom Day..."
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