This past weekend (April 9th and 10th), I had the great pleasure to attend COSSFEST 2010 in Calgary. COSSFEST is the Calgary Open Source Systems Festival, a gathering of people whose passion is free and open source software, coming together to share information, exchange ideas, and otherwise talk about all things FOSS. Oh, and drink beer. And eat, too. Yeah, right . . .
Read more »COSSFEST; A Calgarian Tale of FOSS, Betrayal, and Murder
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Aaron Seigo on the Future of KDE
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No one is better qualified to talk about the state of the KDE desktop than Aaron Seigo. A former member of the board of KDE e.V, the German non-profit that oversees the project, Seigo is a lead developer on the desktop. Last weekend, I interviewed him at the Calgary Open Source Systems Festival, COSSFest, in front of an audience, on where KDE is today and where it is heading.
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OpenNMS User Conference Europe 2010
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This year's European OpenNMS User Conference will take place on the 6th and 7th of May, 2010 at the Le Méridien Parkhotel in Frankfurt and will feature talks from OpenNMS Group CEO Tarus Balog and NETHINKS CEO Uwe Bergmann
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DjangoCon Europe 2010
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This year's community-supported European DjangoCon conference will take place from the 24th to the 26th of May in Berlin, with sprints taking place on the 27th and 28th
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Allegheny first-years dive into Fedora
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Over the course of fourteen weeks, we've introduced them to the Creative Commons, blogging, and open source software in the context of social change, trying to get them ready for their dive into the Fedora project.
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MySQL Admin Cookbook
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The book is organized into 9 chapters, holding a total of 99 recipes in all. Each recipe introduces the task, tells how to prepare to perform the task, offers the specific steps, describes how the task is supposed to work, and lists any additional information related to the task.
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RE: 10 Linux commandments
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Enjoy, the 10 Linux commandments, Bible style (old testament)...
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One big thing Ubuntu can teach Microsoft, Apple
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Ubuntu has earned a reputation as the most user-friendly version of Linux on the planet, but I would argue that the secret of success for Canonical is not really about a great UI or an extensive hardware compatibility list.
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How Canonical Can Do Ubuntu Right
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So far, with only a very few exceptions, the comments and discussion around my criticism of Ubuntu has been respectful and on topic, even when people strongly disagreed with me. This says something very positive about the Ubuntu community.
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Open Source is a rubber ball
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We all know what a rubber ball is. Don't we? The harder you throw a rubber ball at something the harder it bounces back.
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Ubuntu Is A Poor Standard Bearer For Linux
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While Linux is a power to be reckoned with in the enterprise server room it continues to struggle for acceptance on the consumer desktop. On the desktop the most popular distributions, far and away, are Ubuntu and Fedora. Which one is more popular is an ongoing debate between the companies.
Read more »Using KDE software labels, An interview with the developer of Brewtarget
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In early March Stuart Jarvis wrote an article published here on the Dot which announced the winners of the poll results for suitable KDE software labels. Since then work has begun on coming up with suitable logos for these labels. This work is still underway and in need of volunteers if you have time and artistic skills.
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Linux's worst enemies? Linux fans
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Do you know why Unix failed to take off as a mainstream operating system? It wasn't because it was too hard to use. Mac OS X, the universally acclaimed 'easy' operating system is built on top of BSD Unix. It's certainly not because Windows is better. It wasn't and it isn't. No, I put most of the blame for Unix's failure on its internal wars.
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Brian Aker on post-Oracle MySQL
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Brian Aker parted ways with the mainstream MySQL release, and with Sun Microsystems, when Sun was acquired by Oracle. In time for next week's MySQL Conference & Expo, Aker discussed a number of topics with us, including Oracle's motivations for buying Sun and the rise of NoSQL.
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PS3 Owner Gets $100 Rebate for Losing Linux
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A European PS3 owner has claimed a partial refund because of Sony's decision to axe Linux support.
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