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Read more »Why Free Software Movement must get involved in Internet Privacy Workshop: 8 and 9 December 2010
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Apache Software Foundation hits its millionth commit
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The Apache Software Foundation reached its millionth revision milestone today with a commit by ASF Member Yonik Seeley on behalf of the Apache Lucene Project. The all-volunteer ASF oversees nearly one hundred fifty leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server -- the world's most popular Web server software, powering more than 130 Million Websites worldwide.
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Open source Brits charge BBC with foul play
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The UK's Open Source Consortium has filed an official complaint against the BBC and its partners in Project Canvas, the joint venture designing a proprietary standard for Internet media players.
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International Internet Treaty Proposed By Europe
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Europe has proposed an Internet Treaty to protect the net from political interference which threatens to break it up
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5 Things I Miss From Linux When Using OSX
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I have been a Linux user for over 10 years… until now. Recently I purchased a MacBook Pro. In the course of using it, I’ve come across a number of features of Linux and the KDE desktop that I greatly miss.
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The first english Issue of PET (our Python Magazine) is out!
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Hell yeah! It has been a lot of work but it's out at http://revista.python.org.ar
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Diaspora: The Review
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After a few days of experimentation, bug reports, and community interaction, I wrote a review of what I personally think of the Diaspora project.
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Iron Man using KDE?!
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I have just gotten around to reading through a pretty large back log of some of my favorite comics, and guess what I spied inside one? Well, just about what the title says.
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Celebrate Software Freedom Day with the LibrePlanet community
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Please join us in bringing some of the Software Freedom Day celebration and advocacy to the LibrePlanet wiki, to build a resource and meeting place that will last throughout the year. Saturday, September 18th is Software Freedom Day, a worldwide celebration of user freedom.
Read more »Debunking the 1% Myth
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It seems like almost every day someone in the tech press or someone commenting in a technical forum will claim that Linux adoption on the desktop (including laptops) is insignificant. The number that is thrown around is 1%.
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Kernel Log: Videos from LinuxCon and an end to maintenance of 2.4 and 2.6.27
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Videos and presentations from LinuxCon and the Embedded Linux Conference provide information about the development status of Btrfs and about problems between kernel hackers and the makers of Android. With the latest stable kernels, Linux 2.6.34 has reached the end of its life; furthermore, there are signs that maintenance of 2.4 and 2.6.27 will soon be discontinued or reduced
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Who is using free software?
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Free software is software you can study, modify and share without restriction. But unlike proprietary software, there is no big budget marketing campaign behind it. Rather, people discover it and come to value the freedom it provides. What are these people's motivations for working on free software? Why is community and sharing so important? Why should everyone be using free software?
Read more »Meet the free software community
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The free software community is a worldwide movement dedicated to the goal of freedom in the use of technology. This diverse community is made up of programmers, designers, writers and everyday advocates who contribute to make and promote software that respects our freedoms.
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Ohio LinuxFest Proves Real FOSS Diversity
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The annual Ohio LinuxFest is a genuine grass-roots community event. It is one of the most fun and most worthwhile Linux fests, and one of the most welcoming-- everyone from brand-new Linux users, people curious about Linux, to wizened gurus and everyone in between are welcome.
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Where is the elusive Open phone?
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If there was life on the other side of the galaxy, by now even they'd have heard that Android is Open Source and it runs on dozens of phones. But simply powering a smartphone with the crown jewel of Open Source software, doesn't make a phone an open phone. Remember Openmoko?
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