This 50th birthday made me realize that you're never too old to learn something new. I was well into my forties when I first switched over to Linux. I've never regretted the move. It was easy to make the switch and when I did run into a minor bump or two in the road, I had the help and support of the Linux community to help me through it.
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Our Linux Dream 2008
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Considering that I have been writing daily posts basically without missing a day for around a year now, there is obviously a lot happening in the world of Linux and open-source software. The question is: what do you want to happen in this upcoming year? Last year I asked for reader's Linux dreams, and received a great response, so this year I am doing it again.
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Scottish Open Source Awards 2008: And The Winner Is... Everyone!
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I WAS honoured recently to be asked to help judge this year's Scottish Open Source Software Awards and, if I am being honest, more than a little daunted by the task.
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Mozilla Foundation and 2010 Goals
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In the past few weeks I’ve been involved in a lot of conversations about strengthening the Mozilla Foundation and a lot of conversations about the 2010 goals. I don’t think we’ve got the connection between the two quite right.
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Non-free “blobs” in the Linux kernel?
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Jack Wallen comments on the debate that’s broken out about the use of proprietary “blobs” in the “free” Linux kernel. How much “free” deserves the seal of approval from the Free Software Foundation? Does the expectation of 100-percent free software make sense?
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The Open Source Year 2009
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Every year Open Source technology is improved and extended. This post sheds some light on new technologies which might arrive in 2009.
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Fedora Project Taking Ideas For Next Release Name | OStatic
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Distribution naming schemes are one of the more humorous aspects of the open source community. Ubuntu uses an adjective followed by an animal name (Intrepid Ibex, Jaunty Jackalope), while Debian names releases after characters in the movie "Toy Story" (Sarge, Etch, Lenny). Fedora's method is a bit more obscure, but no less clever.
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Packing FOSS
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Just for a second, put yourself in the shoes of an average PC user. You use the software that came with your computer, plus perhaps some others that you downloaded, bought in a box or ‘borrowed’ from a friend.
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Rehire Adam Williamson!
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"...Mandriva's CEO should rehire Adam Williamson. He has been the PR and backbone of the mandriva's community and losing him will be a great loss to us all..." -- via http://linuxfr.org/2008/12/02/24753.html
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Let it snow on Firefox
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For the South Hemisphere and tropical countries it is not even cold, so white Christmas happens only on TV, movies and books… and Firefox. Here are three beautiful themes to make it snow on your desktop.
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MIT to Open Source Mobile Web Code
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Several months ago, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created the Mobile Web Project in an attempt to provide up-to-date university information for its faculty, students and visitors over mobile devices.
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Full Circle Magazine Issue 19
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* Command and Conquer - Lost and Found.
* How-To : Program in C - Part 3, Make a WiFi Access Point, Using GIMP - Part 8 and Create Mobile Multimedia.
* My Story - Ubuntu John
* Book Review - Beginning Ubuntu Linux 3rd Ed.
* MOTU Interview - Emilio Monfort
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FOSS: Price Is Zero, Value Is Priceless
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The main factor working against the growth of open source software in Asia has been the ready availability of pirated versions of Microsoft's software. However, open source advocates are gaining traction in places such as Nepal, where Linux is growing in popularity.
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Why is Linux THE FASTEST operating system today?
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No doubt about it. Linux is the fastest operating system in use today. And you can have it all for free. Ever since its humble beginnings, written by a guy crazed with the bite of a charging penguin, Linux has improved by leaps and bounds.
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Ubuntu and the ‘Average User’
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For years, free-software advocates have asserted that Linux is ready for the mainstream desktop. Critics have responded that, sure, Linux has come a long way since 1991, but it’s still not for ‘average users’.
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