On July 28th, 2008; a significant percentage of Felton will go Microsoft-free for one week...maybe an entire month. Maybe for good. The arrangements have been made and the news is going forth in Felton.
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The Vatican uses GNU/Linux
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"So i was in the Vatican gift shop earlier today just watching and I noticed their televisions all reseted and guess what...they are running Linux!"
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PCLinuxOS Magazine July 2008 Released
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PCLinuxOS Magazine, July 2008 (Issue 23) is available to download. You can find it at the PCLinuxOS Magazine website. If you'd like to be informed immediately about our releases, please signup for the Magazine-Announce mailing list .
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TWO BITS, HASTAC, and The Cultural Significance of Free Software
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"HASTAC is very proud to have helped to sponsor and support Christopher M. Kelty's important new book TWO BITS: THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FREE SOFTWARE [...] So what is TWO BITS about?
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Chris Kelty's Two Bits
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"Anthropologist Christopher Kelty, who specializes in science and technology studies, has now announced the release of the online version of his scholarly book about the Free Software movement, Two Bits!
Read more »We don’t want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer
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I hate to go all Bond villain on Mr. Ballmer, but the question of whether Microsoft talks to open source, about open source, or even engages open source is just not relevant any more.
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Ubuntu: Challenge the Mac
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It’s time to look past Windows, even with its huge installed base, as any sort of “gold standard” (as Mark calls it), especially for user interface.
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United States Leads in Linux Use
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In the past State of Linux articles, I began to explore the areas where Linux use was growing rapidly. Most interesting were the many facets of Linux and overall OSS growth in Asia. In my article on Linux in India I reported that OSS would soon become the key factor in how 500 million children are educated.
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Mandriva Survey - June 2008
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Ask them to rename their distro GNU/Linux and take a commitment to be 100% free...
Maybe they could work with the FSF for Hurd to be the next kernel for their GNU systems ;)
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Brian Proffitt Joins Linux Foundation as LDN Community Manager
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After a long search, the Linux Foundation has found its community manager for its LSB Developer Network. The Linux Foundation has tapped Brian Proffitt, longtime managing editor of Linux Today, Enterprise Linux Today, AllLinuxDevices, LinuxPR, and JustLinux.
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Patent violation, prosecution, acquisition: pick your top open-source project
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The world of open source gets the equivalent of an Oscar awards ceremony later this month when code-host SourceForge announces the winners of its second-annual vote on the community's top projects.
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What is so good about Linux?
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Whenever I have conversations with people about windows and Linux they always ask me what is so good about Linux. They see something that looks pretty (OK, OK, so I like my bling :) and gives them a wow factor but it is not enough. I can talk about Linux's superior multitasking and hardware support or security against virus's and spyware and I get the gazed donut look in pretty short order.
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Would An Ubuntu PC From Canonical Make Sense?
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Just a few days ago, the news appeared that there was a boxed version of Ubuntu being sold at Best Buy stores. While I, and just about everyone else, was excited, there is a reality, as a WorksWithU article pointed out, that just having the software hidden away on some shelf is highly unlikely to attract new Ubuntu users.
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UT3 Linux Client Is "In The Works"
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It's been 234 days (or just shy of eight months) since Unreal Tournament 3 had shipped for the PC. Most would have thought the Linux client for this title from Epic Games would have arrived by now, but sadly it hasn't and there is no sign of when it will arrive.
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LinuxChix-India aims at free software access for women
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Archana Raghupathy of Chennai started LinuxChix-India in 2005. It is the Indian chapter of the global women techies' network Linuxchix.org, and "tries to empower Indian women to use, develop and contribute to the world of free and open source software (FOSS)."
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