This is jumping the gun slightly, but look for this eBook, written by yours truly, to become available sometime in early Summer. Visit the blog to have a look at the cover.
Read more »Zombies are open source; humans are proprietary
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A college student at Champlain University in Burlington, Vt., posted two videos this week of one of his professors explaining open source this way. I found it quite interesting.
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Welcome to Techrights
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Techrights migration is complete and we need readers to kindly report errors if/when they find any
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New Site Launch: LinuxExchange.org
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I’m happy to announce that I just launched a new site: LinuxExchange
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Fedora 13 Beta Released
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The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 13. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading up to the general release of Fedora 13, scheduled to be released in the middle of May.
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EFF Proudly Presents the First Annual Defcon Getaway Fundraising Contest!
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As the winter snows begin to melt, revealing a landscape full of promise and hope, a hacker’s thoughts turn to flights of fancy: specifically, the thought of being in Las Vegas during the last weekend in July.
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Selling Ubuntu to the “Third World”
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Ubuntu adoption for communities in the "Third World" seems like it should be a no-brainer: how could a functional, free operating system not prove wildly popular in developing countries? Nonetheless, I believe Ubuntu use outside rich nations remains limited. Here's a look at some suggested explanations of that reality, and how to change it.
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Forking TangoGPS
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Fork of TangoGPS (easy to use, fast and lightweight mapping application for possible use with GPS) is being done with all possible respect, and hoping that it will be on the best possible terms -- like when EGCS forked from GCC, or when people "fork" the Linux kernel to work on new subsystems: a good-natured fork to do more "experimental" exploration that may not be immediately possible or appropr
Read more »< 2 hours left to vote for free codecs in YouTube and only 280 needed to be #1 again!
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YouTube is having a special vote where only partners are allowed to submit ideas which leaves out most FLOSS people but i have a partner account and am submitting on our behalf!
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Why Mozilla Needs To Go Into Survival Mode
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The writing is on the wall. While Mozilla and its Firefox browser appear to be a very solid institution in the browser market, it is the weakest link with an extremely attractive portion of the browser user base as well. Could Mozilla be squeezed out of the market?
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Google will release VP8 video codec under an open source license
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Google will soon make its VP8 video codec open source, we've learned from multiple sources. The company is scheduled to officially announce the release at its Google I/O developers conference next month, a source with knowledge of the announcement said.
Read more »Linux Users Group hosts free quarterly Installfest
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A room strewn with slightly worn, yet comfortable couches, donated computer equipment and a collage of CDs spelling out “UCLA” hanging on the back wall is a haven for the technologically savvy and the technologically inept alike.
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Google to Open-source VP8 for HTML5 Video
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Google will soon make its VP8 video codec open source, we’ve learned from multiple sources. The company is scheduled to officially announce the release at its Google I/O developers conference next month, a source with knowledge of the announcement said.
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Why Is Free, Open Source Software So Great?
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Since people wishfully read my previous posts criticising (part of) the GNU project as a wide-area attack on Free Software, I would like this time to post some positive thoughts on the greatness of Free Software altogether.
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Introducing the Ogg mascot
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Ladies and gentlemen, may the author presents to you the official mascot of OggCamp, the Ogg! He came up with this little fella because we needed something to decorate the merchandise for the event (OggCamp) and he thinks mascots are cool.
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