Consider: a large population of users who can report virii. Many people with the same "itch" (to be free of virii). A subsegment of both communities with the aptitude and interest in killing these virii. Should be a perfect market for open source, right? Architecture of participation and all that....ClamAV seems to make the argument that it is.
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Respectful Competition
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Any developers who thought Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin's recent advice to open sourcers to stop bashing Microsoft signaled some kind of rapprochement between the rival OSes should think again.
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Adblock Plus threatens the online revenue model
http://www.iht.com –
Adblock Plus, an easy-to-use free addition to the Firefox Internet browser that deletes advertisements from Web sites is still a niche product for the niche browser. But it is potentially a huge development in the online world, and not because it simplifies Web sites cluttered with advertisements.
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A Very Easy SSH Proxy/Tunnel
http://fosswire.com –
Whether your ISP is filtering content or you just want some privacy on the internet, there is always a quick solution, and it is surprisingly easy to set up. Basically, all you need to do is SSH to any Shell account that you have access to (it can even be your own PC from another location) with the option -D
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VectorLinux - The Pefect Installation and Setup
http://www.linux-tip.net –
The VectorLinux Website is promising: “Speed, performance, stability -- these are attributes that set VectorLinux apart in the crowded field of Linux distributions. VectorLinux is a lighterweight, fast, Linux operating system for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems and is based upon Slackware, one of the original Linux distributions…”
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Project Darkstar has gone open source!
http://blogs.sun.com –
Today is a very special day here at Sun Microsystems, and especially for the Project Darkstar team in Sun Microsystems Laboratories. Project Darkstar has been open sourced today and is available for immediate download!
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Trolltech Helps to Promote Linux Mobile Industry in Asia
http://www.huliq.com –
Trolltech®, the company that makes software faster to build and easier to use, is solidifying its role as a mobile Linux pioneer by co-hosting the “Linux Mobile Communications Conference: From Asia to Globalization.
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Command & Conquer For Free
http://www.linuxgames.com –
EA has released the original Command & Conquer for free to celebrate the pioneering real-time strategy game's 12th anniversary. Images for both of the game discs (GDI and NOD) are provided; I don't know how difficult they'll be to install/extract under Linux yet though.
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Envy - ATI/NVIDIA driver installer
http://www.albertomilone.com –
"Envy" is an application for Ubuntu and Debian written in Python and PyGTK which will: detect the model of your graphic card, download the right version of the proprietary driver for your ATI or Nvidia card from ATI or Nvidia's websites, handle the dependencies required to build the module, install/uninstall the driver, set up your xorg.conf for you, and then restart the Xserver for you.
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FSF - Hypervisors a no-op for GPLv3 compliance
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There's been a whitepaper making the rounds recently which discusses how a vendor can use virtualization to comply with GPLv3's anti-tivoization requirements, while keeping separate proprietary software locked down. Unfortunately, the headlines have had their usual sensationalist slant: "Can hypervisors circumvent GPLv3's 'anti-tivoization' clause?" they ask.
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Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case
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A lawsuit filed last year by TorrentSpy--a BitTorrent search engine--that accused the movie studios' trade group of intercepting the company's private e-mails, was tossed out of court last week.
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RIAA faces serious piracy lawsuit
http://www.variety.com –
A lawsuit recently filed against the RIAA asserts claims, under the "Computer Fraud and Abuse" and "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization" acts, detailing the RIAA's alleged use of "illegal and flawed" methods when investigating people for downloading or swapping copyrighted songs without paying for them.
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Villa Libre: Mandriva Linux en la nueva plataforma móvil de Intel (ES)
http://villalibre.blogspot.com –
La nueva plataforma móvil de Intel trata de diseñar dispositivos móviles cuya funcionalidad y tamaño está a medio camino entre un móvil y un ordenador portátil.
Los de Mandriva han realizado pequeñas modificaciones a su distribución orientada a memorias FLASH para que funcionara a la perfección en dichos dispositivos.
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http://club.mandriva.com –
This HOWTO is aimed at helping people who want to produce software packages which should integrate well in the Mandriva Linux distribution of GNU/Linux. In particular, it will stress in what way the packages are slightly different from the packages anyone would write for other rpm-based distributions. This document should be useful to Mandriva developers.
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Mandriva First to Demonstrate KDE/Linux Desktop on the New Intel MID platform
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Mandriva showcased the first prototype of the Mandriva Linux distribution with KDE running on the new Intel Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform at the aKademy 2007 conference.
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