I can’t help but feel that concentrating on one single aspect of FOSS (the cost) was rather missing a trick here. As we approach the BETT show next week and my head is firmly in FOSS-in-Education mode right now I think there are other really great features of FOSS that are in my opinion at least as, if not even more, important than cash
Read more »Australian FOSS Advocates Miss-a-Trick (IMHO)
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Install BSNL WLL Clarity phone in ubuntu linux
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Hello linuxians,
Failed to access internet through your bsnl clarity phone….
1. Here is a easy way
and
2. Here is the step by step method
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Artistic Representation of Linux Distributions
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If you sometimes wish that your favorite Linux distro should have a mascot, then you may like what I’m about to show you. But before that, let me give you a short intro. Some of you may have heard of the OS-tan. To those who haven’t, here’s a description taken from its wiki page: The OS-tans are an Internet phenomenon that started on Futaba Channel.
Read more »Ways YOU can contribute to Ubuntu!
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I thought I might make a list of ways to contribute to Ubuntu (or Linux in general), and provide my thoughts on them. I’ve tried to list them in rough order of “difficulty”, from easy to hard, where difficulty means how much effort it takes.
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #124
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #124 for the week January 4th - January 10th, 2009.
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The Green Penguin: Interview With Pat Tiernan of Climate Savers Computing
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The Climate Savers Computing Initiative is on the front lines of the battle against global climate change. Their mission? To convince you that saving power is good for both Mother Earth and the bottom line. The Green Penguin chats with Pat Tiernan, Climate Savers' new executive director, to see what the future holds for this green-IT organization.
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OLPC: Refocusing on our mission
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It pains me to post this, and we have striven to avoid this over the past few months, but it is unavoidable. We are streamlining our operations this month, cutting staff and contractors by roughly 50% (from every team) and laying out broad targets for the coming year.
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Linux Magazine and Novell: Conflict of Interests
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Novell brags about Linux Magazine honours, but a Novell employee is quite a chief there
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Linuxy New Year's Resolutions
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Bloggers took a moment to contemplate the upcoming year and what it means for open source software and Linux in particular. There were some New Year's resolutions and a few holiday gifts still floating around in the week between Christmas and New Year's
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WFTL Bytes! for Jan 8, 2009
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This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Thursday, January 8, 2009, with your host, Marcel Gagné. This is episode 43. In today's news, Apple gets it, a bit, Fedora is nameless, a review that isn't, Abiword gets some, the iceberg issue, convert them with these, pirates with law degrees, and the end of OLPC as you knew it.
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Why Dell Won’t Buy Red Hat
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Matt Asay, author of The Open Road — a popular blog on CNet — suggests two reasons why Dell should acquire Red Hat. Alas, The VAR Guy strongly disagrees with Mr. Asay. Here are seven reasons why Dell will never acquire Red Hat.
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Top 10 Linux Distributions in 2008
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The Rise of Linux and the Death of Microsoft
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I do realize it's a pretty provocative title, perhaps I should clarify. I don't mean to say that all users will start running Linux and Microsoft will go out of business. I mean the death of Microsoft as we know it...as "the only, dominant, choice for desktop PC computing."
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Fedora 11 release name voting
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As was just announced on the announcement mailing list*, the voting ballots for the Fedora 11 release name are now open. To vote, you just need to be a member of one non-CLA group in our Fedora Account System. Voting ends at 2359 UTC 2009-01-09, so get your vote in quickly! (There’s nothing wrong with campaigning for a name of your choice either, if you’re so inclined.)
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Saving the Planet with Linux
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This is supposed to be a political blog, but it's Linux Monday and that means it's time for a look at the politics of software. Nothing's a hotter issue these days, literally, than global warming, and today we'll see how Linux can save the planet.
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