"Hey everybody. Now that Miro has reached the big 1.0, we need to make the documentation better for our users. That’s why I’m asking everybody to please, take a look at the documentation at http://getmiro.com/documentation and lend us a hand..."
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An interview with 23meg
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23meg is an Ubuntu member and Forum Ambassador with a direct hand in bug triaging, idea collection, documentation and even moderating. An artist and a computer enthusiast with a history that dates back to 8-bit machines, 23meg is a perfect example of how someone can be involved in many different parts of the entire Ubuntu whole — and all at the same time.
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The Convenient Fiction of Distributions
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I am increasingly convinced all of the arguments between Linux distributions are going to become moot very soon. If they aren't there already...I think the distributions are becoming so similar in their construction, and the differences between them so subtle, the whole notion of distribution superiority is completely moot.
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Security Threat to Linux is coming? What kind of control an operating system should offer users?
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what kind of control an operating system should offer users? Say when we worry about traffic safety, most technicians try very hard to somehow arm the car to be a tank. A Economics Nobel Prize winner once argued that the safter the cars are, the more reckless people drive and the less safe a drive is.
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Why Firefox 2.0.0.11 Happened So Fast
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"Prior to the release of Firefox 2.0.0.10 a minor security issue was discovered in the drawImage method in the Canvas API. This particular method takes an image (in the form of an IMG DOM Element), extracts the image data, and puts it into the Canvas at the desired points..."
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Window Snyder: Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Metrics
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"Jeff Jones, a director of security strategy at Microsoft published a report today about counting bugs.
Read more »Sun bullied, used threats to gain control of open source project, former owner says
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Sun used strong-arm tactics and made threats to the owners of an open-source directory project to wrestle away control, according to one of the former owners and creators of the project.
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Free Software Research and Civil Society: Belgrade, 4th December 2007
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"The Free Software Foundation Europe would like to invite you to a workshop as part of the STACS project (FP6-2005-Science-and-Society-19-044597). The STACS project wants to explore the possibility of joint research projects between civil society and public research bodies.
Read more »As Wikipedia moves to S.F., founder discusses planned changes
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"Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia created and edited by the masses, is picking up its St. Petersburg, Fla., roots and replanting them in San Francisco, where it plans to grow its operation..."
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Debian meeting in Merida, Spain
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"Right now, some Debian Developers (and also not yet Developers, like me:), are on the work sessions in Extremadura, I am on the QA and release teams meeting..."
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Scandinavian Free Software Award Nominee
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"Free Software Foundation Europe has started the Scandinavian Free Software Award that is said to be 'for Nordic citizens, projects or organisations that make an outstanding contribution to the Free Software movement.' "...
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EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interference with Internet Traffic
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"San Francisco - In the wake of the detection and reporting of Comcast Corporation's controversial interference with Internet traffic, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive account of Comcast's packet-forging activities and has released software and documentation instructing Internet users on how to test for packet forgery or other forms of interference by their ow
Read more »ATTENTION FELLOWS!
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"Hi everyone. My name is Patrik, and I am a Swedish student currently doing a project along with six other peers. Our supervisor and FSFE representative is also another Fellow, Henrik Sandklef. The project aims to investigate if there is a need to improve the way Fellows communicate and distribute information.
Read more »Email Standards Project: Bring the Bling
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"Now that we’ve officially launched the Email Standards Project, we want to spread the word as far as we can, so the right people hear about it. Every person who believes that email standards are important needs a way to show it on their site or brochure or forehead..."
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Asus resolves Eee GPL violation
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In response to criticism from Linux enthusiasts, Asus has made additional source code archives available for download with code for the asus_acpi module, BusyBox, and several other components. The code released by Asus brings the company into compliance with its obligations under the GPL and should satisfy most of the critics.
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