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Read more »SELF News September 2007
"...SELF aims to be the central platform with high quality educational and training materials about Free Software and Open Standards. It is based on world-class Free Software technologies that permit both reading and publishing free materials, and is driven by a worldwide community."
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My Fabulous Geek Career
I consider myself to be a born geek. Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to do cool geek things...
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Advice For Ruby Beginners 1
"...Satish Talim of RubyLearning.com talked to Ruby Gurus from around the world, to get their views and opinions..."
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Help OpenMRS!!!
"...The folks behind the OpenMRS are helping to improve the health-care systems in developing countries. More in particular, they are fighting AIDS with this software. OpenMRS has certainly shown to be up to the task at hand: it is currently tracking the medical conditions of over a million people in 12 countries..."
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My Linux Broke -- Is It My Fault?
One of the adages about Linux that gets passed around a lot goes something like, "It's a great system, but you really have to know what you're doing.” The other day, I got a firsthand example of that -- I got bitten by a bug in a package that's readily available in Ubuntu's software repository.
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Ouch - negative Ubuntu press
Has anyone noticed the negative press about Ubuntu recently? There really has been some good reviews of Ubuntu, as well as editorials, but in the past week or so there seems to have been a mini-explosion of anti-Ubuntu articles.
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Linux "Unforked!" Mea Culpa!
After much deliberation and review, I've decided to recant my previous blog entry. I no longer believe that the Linux kernel should be forked.
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Ubuntu Popularity: Blessing or Curse?
According to the 2007 DesktopLinux.com survey, Ubuntu is the distribution of choice for 30% of GNU/Linux users. The exact figure is questionable, but Ubuntu's dominance is not. For an increasing number of people, Ubuntu is GNU/Linux.
Read more »Aptana RadRails Milestone 7 has been released to beta.
"That Aptana team is very pleased to announce that Aptana RadRails Milestone 7 (combined with the Milestone 6) has been released to beta..."
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Re: “7 Reasons Why Linux Won’t Succeed On The Desktop”
Last week information Week editor Alexander Wolfe asked readers to respond to his “7 Reasons Why Linux Won’t Succeed On The Desktop”. Well..if he’s trolling for readers, my thought is that getting a third regular reader wouldn’t hurt the discussions here either, so…
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Regulating Microsoft - New York Times
New York Times sees European Court ruling in the Microsoft antitrust case as a healthy step in the growth of the information economy
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Linux Sets Sail For Uncharted Waters
The Good Ship Linux, while her crew has been steadfast in keeping her ship-shape and gleaming, has been adrift in a rough and sometimes unfriendly sea. Little forward motion has been achieved and her course has, at times, been set in a circular path. The hands on the rudder have been many and not all have been knowledgeable in sailing her.
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Privacy International's June 2007 report
"This report has been prepared by Privacy International following a six-month investigation into the privacy practices of key Internet based companies. The ranking lists the best and the worst performers both in Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 across the full spectrum of search, email, e-commerce and social networking sites...."
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Dell and The Saga of Poor Linux Support
Certainly another reason to consider when buying your Ubuntu PCs from System76 over Dell, it seems to me. Having dealt with Dell 'support' in the past, it's clear. It is the over-sized anchor on an already sinking ship.
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