"...If you have any kind of graphic design skills and want to support our effort to promote the Mozilla platform for developers, why not consider giving the Mozpad website a makeover..."
Read more »SVG and text/html
"...The other interesting thread is about an HTML compatible syntax for SVG. In other words, integrating SVG in text/html..."
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Tom Calthrop: Barnraiser Collaboration Software Born Out of Amish Tradition
One of the things I thoroughly enjoy about the Free Software community is the creative names developers give to their projects. Tom Calthrop's AroundMe and Barnraiser projects definitely fit the mold. Barnraiser was born out of Tom's experience in Kosovo and is a small, scrappy little project that just might surprise you.
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A lot of strange reasons for parties; Now Linux too!
We’ve all heard of people throwing things like “super bowl parties, birthday parties, wedding parties", but have you heard of Ubuntu release parties.
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Ubuntu's Hype is Misleading (Real Test)
I'm running a computer institute and I have new, middle and advanced users. People who know Linux very well and those who don't even know "L" of Linux. Recently, I've been trying different distros. Trying a distro is always based on the reviews I read on the web.
Read more »Parrot 0.4.17 Released
"On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.4.17 "Two for Finching." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages..."
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Tell Netflix: No DRM
" When it comes to online video distribution companies, Netflix is second to none. They ship over 1.6 million DVDs per day to over 6.7 million customers. They now also make 5,000 movies and TV Shows available for download.
Read more »PCLinuxOS vs. Ubuntu: Picking the Best Distro
First off, I'm by and large a full-time Ubuntu user. However, I'm also one of their most vocal critics for becoming so detached from their core market as well. In response, I have used both operating systems and it has been interesting to see how each deals with the issue of usability for the casual user.
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Interview With New Medsphere CEO Michael Doyle
Michael J. Doyle has a distinguished entrepreneurial career. He recently joined Medsphere as its new President and CEO, replacing Dr. Kenneth Kizer. Doyle has served as President and CEO of Advantedge Healthcare Solutions, a New York-based Software as a Service (SaaS) outsourced physician-billing company backed by private equity investors.
Read more »Calendars Test Day: New Date - Testday on THURSDAY THE 18TH!
"Join us on Thursday, October 18th for the 0.7 RC2 test day. Help us determine if there are any show stoppers that should be fixed before we release 0.7..."
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How I came to love Emacs
"...Several years and several thousand lines of config later, I've got a text editor that fits me like a glove. The people I've met, the things I've learned, the crazy ideas I've tried... What would my life be without Emacs? It's really kinda odd to say that about a piece of software, but yes: Emacs has changed my life..."
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Desktop Linux Is a Reality Now
In his Oct. 1 column, Michael Gartenberg claimed that Linux is still far from making it on the desktop. As someone who has tracked Linux’s progress since 1991 and the progress of the IT industry since 1979, I would like to offer an alternative perspective.
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Wikimedia Commons: Two million files and a bright future
"Wikimedia Commons, the multilingual free-content media repository managed by the Wikimedia Foundation, reached the milestone of two million uploaded files on October 8, 2007, less than a year after it reached one million. This makes Wikimedia Commons the fastest growing large Wikimedia project.
Read more »Debian preferred Distro for Linux Device Developers
9 Reasons that make Debian preferred Distro for Linux Device Developers. This post describes a comprensive list of why a Device Developer prefer Debian Linux distro to make their softwares.
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Why Linux is Ready, Not Ready for the Desktop and Why we Care in the Wrong Way.
I'm going to talk about the community's idiotic ... treatment of this subject. Too many other people have talked about what the problems are, and why they do or do not matter, to discuss that would be a waste of my time. I'm going to discuss why those people are all focusing on the WRONG thing.
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