Filezilla is probably the most popular cross-platform FTP client around. Blue GNU caught up with Tim Kosse in the wake of the recent 3.0 release to take stock of this handy utility.
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Kernel space: Are Linux developers ignoring bug reports?
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Linux developers seem to be letting bug reports slip throught the cracks. With 1500 open kernel bugs in the tracking system, and 50 going unanswered on the mailing list, do developers need a better process or just new priorities?
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13 reasons why Linux won't make it to a desktop near you
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You're a marketer who finds an exciting new product developed by some really smart people. All you have to do is tell everyone about it, and the world will beat a path to your door. But when you look more closely, you find it's not that simple. In fact, you find a set of insurmountable obstacles. Here's a short list...
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A tale of three communities
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After having spent the past year and a half living and working in the commercial open source software world, I still marvel at how “the community” supports and makes possible the creation of high quality software.
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Ian Lynch Talks About INGOTS Certifications in Open Technologies
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Blue GNU interviews Ian Lynch, well-known in and beyond the OpenOffice.org and OpenDocument community, to learn about the INternational Grades with Open Technologies (INGOTS), how the certification system works, and how it is progressing.
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The "Windows World" Doesn't Get FOSS...(or maybe they do)
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I am sure that the title to this article is incorrect on some level...or at some level, but by and large, I don't think it can be argued against with any conviction. Then again, I am not sure if it's a matter of not "getting" it or if they "get it", it is from some long-held misconceptions.
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Django Web Framework for those who use Python
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"Determined to never code in PHP again, I set out to choose between Ruby and Python. Both have very powerful feature sets for languages that are for the most part scripting languages. Many things went into the decision - a topic for another blog post, but I decided Python was the language I wanted to use moving forward...
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Ubuntu and Red Hat praise IBM as it joins OpenOffice.org community
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IBM has announced that it is joining the OpenOffice.org development community, with an initial involvement concerning code contributions it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product. The code includes accessibility enhancements, and IBM is expected to make ongoing contributions to the feature richness and code quality of OpenOffice.org.
Read more »Chris Debenham On Lyricue: Technology Should Support, Not Control, Worship Services
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Blue GNU caught up with Chris Debenham, the primary developer behind Lyricue, to learn how the program upholds his IT philosophy.
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Inside the Mind of the Man Who Tried to Milk Linux
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Darl McBride has the unenviable reputation as the man who tried to milk Linux. As CEO and president of SCO Group, McBride has spent the last few years trying to collect billions in licensing fees from companies using the Linux operating system, earning the wrath of the world's open-source geeks.
Read more »Care to Ubuntu? Part 3
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my installation of Ubuntu’s Feisty Fawn (7.04) has been full of nothing but pleasant surprises. It just works!
Read more »Open Source Programmers, Developers to Hold First Power Powwow
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Power.Org will sponsor the first Power Architecture Developer Conference in the Austin Convention Center September 24-25. The vendor-neutral convention will gather Power.org's corporate members with developers, hardware and software solution providers, academics and designers to show how open collaboration can break down barriers to innovation.
Read more »Chuck Norris Week on Ubuntu Forums
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For the next week, most (if not all) of the UF.org staff have transmogrified into miniature renditions of everyone’s favorite superhuman being, Chuck Norris.
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80% on Novell...
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OK, so sometimes I'm wrong. Miguel de Icaza called out an error I made in criticizing Novell for its open-source strategy. I admit that I find it hard to see beyond Novell's patent pact with Microsoft but, as Miguel pointed out in a string of emails between us today (which he graciously allowed me to cite), this leaves out a lot that Novell does well.
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No other operating system has ever been this shaky.
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In the history of computing there has never been a situation like this. This year, this time, is the first time a widespread and almost universally used operating system is on the verge of collapse. I think that Microsoft have been taken by surprise at the speed of Linux adoption and especially at how quickly it has matured.
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