A report on the use of free software and open standards by the European Parliament is being written. The parliamentarians are asking the EP's IT department to update them on the free software applications used in the European Parliament. They also suggest that IT department investigate the Parliaments' obligation to use free software and open standards.
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BSDCan 2013 schedule, May 15-18
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The schedule has been posted for BSDCan, a technical BSD conference held in Ottawa, Canada. This year it is on 17-18 May 2013 (Fri/Sat) at University of Ottawa. It will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on 15-16 May 2013 (Wed/Thu).
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Jobs: If You Don't Know Linux, You Better Learn Fast
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The 2013 Linux Jobs Report released today in partnership with Dice.com shows that demand for Linux talent is up for the second year in a row.
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Registration opens for LibrePlanet 2013: "commit change", a conference on software & social justice!
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LibrePlanet is a yearly conference where the global free software community comes together to learn from each other, face challenges and welcome newcomers. This year, the conference focuses on bringing together the diverse voices that have a stake in free software, from software developers to activists, academics to computer users.
Read more »How to setup Fast and Reliable Public DNS for Ubuntu Linux
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Fast and Free Public DNS Servers are available. It will increase the browsing speed.
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CoolShip Android all-in-keyboard computer
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But this one is unlike other Android units. It’s not in a USB stick, but in a keyboard with most of the connectivity of a standard desktop or notebook computer.
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Ubuntu Touch – SDK alpha and preview images released
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Ubuntu Touch is the umbrella name for Ubuntu for Phone and Ubuntu for Tablets. Both platforms were released this year, with the latter coming just a few days ago.
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Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.2 On A Headless Fedora 18 Server
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This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.2 on a headless Fedora 18 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment.
Read more »Dual-boot Fedora 18 and Windows 7, with full disk encryption configured on both OSs
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The dual-boot system will be on a single hard disk drive (HDD), GRUB will be installed in Fedora’s boot partition, and Truecrypt will be used to encrypt the Windows 7 end of the installation.
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Slate 7 Android tablet from HP for $169
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Announced at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, the Slate 7 Android tablet is HP’s first consumer-level tablet device since the failed webOS-powered Touchpad
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Kademar 5 preview
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Kademar is Debian-based Linux distribution, with KDE as the default desktop. The first beta of what would be Kademar 5 was released a few days ago.
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Why Android cannot sync multiple calendars via ActiveSync
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If you use ActiveSync on your Android device you are not able to sync more than one calendar. The reason is the missing support in the ActiveSync implementation of Android.
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Open Source Groupware checklists
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In the last months and years I had to deal with various requirements people have regarding groupware ecosystems. Open Source solutions have matured in this area and this article highlights some needs, but also some common pitfalls.
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LG acquires webOS from HP
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Now that LG has acquired it from HP, we’ll just have to wait and see what LG’s game plan will be. We do know, from the announcement, that LG intends to use webOS to power its smart TV’s.
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Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On Scientific Linux 6.3
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This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on Scientific Linux 6.3. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.
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