"At the beginning of this month I helped a programmer modifying a Perl program he had written, and gave some advice on the how and why of my modifications. When he asked me how I wanted to be compensated for my help, I asked for a copy of the sixteenth edition of the GNU Emacs Manual [...] But why Emacs, you might wonder? ..."
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Emms moves to git
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"The Emms project is moving to git to manage development. I'm happy about it because it will be an an opportunity for me to try git and find out what the big fuss is all about..." --
* http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EMMSDevelopment
* http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EMMS
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Red Hat trounces Microsoft in server operating system stakes
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Channel Insider has announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux has beaten off the competition in the 2008 Product of the Year awards to scoop the server operating system award.
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Advice for anyone who wants to put on a regional Linux show (video)
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The first Florida Linux Show, held in Jacksonville earlier this year, drew more than 300 people and made enough of a splash that its organizers plan to repeat the experience in 2009.
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Distro Rankings According to Alexa and Compete
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A website's popularity is often measured by its web traffic or the amount of data sent and received by its visitors. Alexa and Compete are two of the most widely accepted services in measuring a website's traffic data. What if we will use these two web traffic analysis services to measure a Linux distribution’s popularity?
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Canonical Announces the Ubuntu Netbook Remix
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Canonical has announced the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a version of Ubuntu designed for small computers with Intel's new Atom processor. These include: netbooks; (small laptops such as the Asus Eee PC), and MIDs; (small handheld computers).
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Linux: You Get What You Paid For (When You Bought Windows)
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If you've been an Open Source advocate for any significant amount of time, you've no doubt heard someone say, with a sneer in their voice, "You get what you pay for".
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Could the eeePC end up being Microsoft's trojan horse?
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It is rarely that one finds a hardware device, or for that matter a software package, about which it is extremely difficult to find a negative word. The eeePC fits neatly into this bracket.
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Why Pay a Premium for Preloaded Linux?
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Whether to buy a box preloaded with Linux -- even if it costs more -- was a question that captivated the FOSS crowd in the last week. Buying a Windows machine and reformatting the hard drive might be cheaper, but buying one with Linux preinstalled means your hardware is compatible and it sends a message to the vendor.
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Does Novell stand alone in the Linux desktop market?
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Ron Hovsepian, CEO of Novell, took an unwarranted swipe at Red Hat for failing to show up to the Linux desktop market, but by Red Hat's own admission, it's not really interested in the traditional desktop market.
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Microsoft Free - One year later
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In May of 2007 I wrote a post called Open Source and Microsoft Free. Little did I know that this post would show up on Digg, Slashdot, Craigslist, and several other popular web sites and become a platform for both the Linux and Microsoft camps to wage yet another flame war.
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FSCONS 2008, Gothenburg, Sweden
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"Three big names from the world of community movements: Free Software Foundation Europe, Creative Commons and Wikimedia come together under the banner of Free Society at this years FSCONS in Gothenburg Sweden.
The lectures and events surrounding the conference will range from modern Kernel design over citizen journalism all the way across to licensing in the 21st century.
Read more »5 Reasons Why Switching to Ubuntu is a Really Dumb Idea
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So you want to get with the “cool” crowd, drop Uncle Bill’s operating system, and switch to the very free and completely open source alternative Ubuntu Linux. Here’s five reasons why you should think very carefully before even attempting that installation...
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Confessions of an open source free rider
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The first time I did it, I didn’t even know what I was doing. In truth, nobody in the team really did. It was in the mid 80’s. The pre-copyleft era. We needed to write specialized compilers for a distributed LISP and a distributed PROLOG. They would compile for dual-core CPUs embedded in blade-like boards each connected to a fast bus and sharing memory. Lots of work; good pay though.
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Software Freedom Day 2008 Team Registration Open
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Get your team registered early first 300 teams get a SFD pack, loads of stuff to help spread the open software word. First go here and check out the interactive map. If no team is in your area consider starting up a team yourself. Check out what The New Mexico Ubuntu Team did last year.
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