The community around GNU, Linux, and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in general frequently gets called "zealots." But let's look at another angle.
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Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos apologizes for Kindle ebook deletion.
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The FSF and Defective By Design, which on Monday called on activists to post reviews calling attention to the Kindle Swindle's arbitrary deletion of George Orwell ebooks from hundreds of users' devices, welcomed Bezos's apology, but said more must be done to remedy the problems exposed by Amazon's actions.
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Why are people attacking RMS?
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When the two main desktop projects catering to free and open source software - KDE and GNOME - held their annual desktop summit at the same place for the first time, they probably expected nothing but messages of peace and harmony to emanate. Instead...
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Linux & Open Source: 10 Concerns We Have About Google Chrome OS
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The hype over this operating system has been so heavy that failure would be a heavy blow. Google introduced Chrome OS July 7, promising a lightweight, Linux-based operating system for netbooks that will enable speedy Web applications. The move was a major shot at Microsoft, whose Windows desktop operating system Google intimated was antiquated.
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The Linux Kernel and Open Source Drivers
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There has been a lot of talk about the Linux kernel and Open Source drivers this week. Most of it was about Microsoft that released drivers under the GPL V2 for inclusion in the Linux kernel. As pointed out by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols this was planned for a long time and will benefit Microsoft as much (if not more) than Linux.
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Wikipedia push for Ogg Theora
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Wikipedia’s decision to support Ogg Theora for video uploads may be the last chance to break the proprietary video monopoly embodied in H.264. Microsoft, Google and Apple have all built H.264 support into their products because it readily adapts to Digital Rights Management, without which studios and other video rights owners have been unwilling to make content available online.
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Starting my internship at the FSF
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Sarah McIntire recounts her experience with free software and states her intentions for her contributions as an intern in the FSF. Sarah's recount is one of many examples of 'people with limited computer skills' that are living happily with our GNU/Linux systems.
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The Challenge of Change - Free Software Foundation
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Max Shinn is a high school student and is doing the FSF internship program. Max recounts his experience with free software and shares the story of how a school research assignment led him to discover the ideals of GNU and the free software movement. Max has been tasked with the project of reaching out and inviting the youth to get involved in free software.
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Hams, hackers, hobbyists... and model railways
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Bill gates once asked "What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product and distribute for free?". This article examines the roots of the hacker culture and goes part way towards answering that question
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Introductions - Free Software Foundation
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Holmes Wilson is the new campaigns manager at the Free Software Foundation. He shares his background and his goals as a member of FSF.
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Launchpad is now open source.
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We released it today under the GNU Affero General Public license, version 3. Note that although we had previously announced that we’d be holding back two components (codehosting and soyuz), we changed our minds: they are included — all the code is open.
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Video Goes Open Source on Wikipedia
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In a Beet.tv interview posted yesterday, Wikimedia deputy director Erik Moller gave a few clues as to the Foundation's train of thought when it comes to video editing and distribution.
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Double-plus ungood: give Amazon's Kindle a 1-star review
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Late last week, Amazon deleted purchased copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from the ebook readers of hundreds of users. They were able to do this because of proprietary software and Digital Restrictions Management. Amazon doesn't say anything about DRM on the Kindle's page, so it's up to us to write reviews to let people know about it.
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I rebooted my laptop today, to effect the latest updates to Karmic. After the reboot, new problems so far include:
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Would you like to know about 0day defects months in advance?
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There’s a lot of discussion today about a 0day Local Linux Root exploit. http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6820 For readers who aren’t security-savvy, that means that a user logged into a Linux system, with shell access, can bypass system security mechanisms and elevate his access to be equivalent to the system administrator (or ‘root’ user).
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