Mark Shuttleworth made some interesting comments recently about the role of the Wine compatibility layer in fostering the migration of Windows users to Ubuntu. Shuttleworth views Wine, and binary compatibility with Windows applications in general, as a distraction from the real goal of making the free-software world "thrive on its own rules,"; not those borrowed from the proprietary ecosystem.
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West Africa to invest in FOSS Study
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FOSSFA and OSIWA, in their Free and Open Source Software for West Africa and Beyond (FOSSWAY) project are set to invest in FOSS research in West Africa.
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Linux Users are Lazy
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Some one told me once that all of the good system administrators are lazy, I believe this but I also think that Linux users are lazy. While I’m not a full time systems administrator, I am a full time Linux user.
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What does open source community mean?
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Matt Asay is out with a post calling the whole concept of open source community overhyped. If by that you mean the Tom Sawyer concept of volunteers coming over to whitewash the fence for you, he’s right.
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FSF launches new free software activist internship program
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced a new internship program for free software activists, inviting students to apply for its first round of openings by Monday, May 25th.
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Opting in for better open source support
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As the Internet becomes more vast open source communities need to be not only educating potential users on the benefits of open source software but also encouraging them to become part of the community.
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How do open source projects develop?
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I am sure you all know that the open source model is vastly different to the closed source model. Sure there are many similarities, especially for large projects, however there are very important differences. The main one being that the source code is open to all :)
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Libre Planet Italia: the official FSF italian group
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"LibrePlanet Italia is the only italian free software activist group approved by the Free Software Foundation. Libre Planet is an FSF project to gather together all the people interested about digital freedom in the world..."
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Ubuntu 9.04: The Sizzle that Fizzled
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I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and am happy to say it's an overall success. Of course, I would say that because I love Ubuntu. However, I don't really see that big of an improvement over previous versions.
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Thinking about Refreshing the Firefox Icon
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As we get closer to releasing Shiretoko (Firefox 3.5) we are considering that this might be a good time to update and evolve the Firefox application icon.
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Is Ubuntu Elitist?
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Discussions of Ubuntu with people outside (and sometimes inside) the free-software community often devolve into criticism of Linux advocates as arrogant elitists, endlessly singing the praises of their operating system of choice but frightening away potential new users with their snobbish and intolerant attitudes. This reputation for pretension may be undeserved, but it's something the Ubuntu co
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What is disappointing to me about the current situation is that I do not believe there is a single company of note which makes software development with FOSS licenses it’s business.
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Comparison of Windows 7 and Ubuntu 8.04 Artwork Style
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Interestingly, Microsoft and most of the popular Linux distributions have taken a very different approach to Artwork. I don't intend to state an opinion. Instead, this is simply to point out and compare the two styles.
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Firefox hits 270 million users, without Linux
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The open source Firefox web browser from Mozilla now has some 270 million users. That's the figure that Mozilla staffer Aza Dotzler is now claiming, and it's not an easy number to calculate.
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The Best Linux Distribution Will Be Invisible
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No, I'm not talking about the fact that Linux is effectively invisible on the desktop right now. Rather, this is about how the best Linux on the desktop won't need to even call itself that.
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