It is quite commonplace to talk about "the" FOSS community, but like I've stated so many times, there is no such thing as "the" FOSS community. As a matter of fact, there are many communities.
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A little respect, please!
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GNU Hurd, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"GNU Hurd (usually referred to as the Hurd) is a free software computer operating system kernel, released under the GNU General Public License. It has been under development since 1990 by the GNU Project of the Free Software Foundation. It consists of a set of servers (or daemons, in Unix terminology) that work on top of a microkernel; together they form the kernel of GNU. The Hurd aims to surpass Unix kernels in functionality, security, and stability, while remaining largely compatible with them..."
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OLPC: Won't miss Intel's 'half-hearted' laptop effort
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Intel's resignation from the One Laptop Per Child Project's board of directors will have "no impact" on the group's operations, since the chip maker contributed little to the project since joining last year, OLPC President Walter Bender said in an interview.
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Riding the open source Storm
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Open source guru Stormy Peters talks about the global initiative to count how much open source software is used by enterprise, and her upcoming keynote at Melbourne’s Linux Conference
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68 Linux Related Free E-books
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I have decide to make a comprehensive list of Free Linux related e-books.
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A fantastic result for Inkscape with Launchpad
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Mark Shuttleworth: "...A lot of my personal interest in free software is motivated by the idea that we can be more efficient if we collaborate better. If we want free software to be the norm for personal computing software, then we have to show, among other things, that the open, free software approach taps into the global talent pool in a healthier, more dynamic way than the old proprietary approach to building software does..."
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Free as in Freedom
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"Joomla! is free software. Anyone can use it, modify it, add to it, study it, extend it, or patch it. Anyone can share or sell what they have done with Joomla! so long as what they distribute is also free in these same ways..."
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Conspiracy theorists and free software
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No one can be involved in the free software community to any extent without stumbling across conspiracy theorists. Like the mad wife in the attic, they’re an embarrassment to the community, clinging to attitudes appropriate to the days when free software was new and vulnerable, and providing an easy means for outsiders to discredit the rest of the community.
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2007: That Was a Very Good (Linux) Year
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This once I wish I could attach an audio clip to the headline, so that you could hear William Shatner singing "It Was a Very Good Year", just to get into the proper mood.
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On the way to Liberty
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This web log entry notes the ongoing software liberation process of Scott Carpenter. Scott is still currently dependant upon some non-free programs but is learning of the ways of living in liberty.
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Chatting with Adrian Holovaty
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"As I promised after the Avi Bryant interview, here’s a great conversation with Adrian Holovaty, well known creator of the Django web framework written in Python..."
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5 Things Open Source Needs In 2008
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More hardware support and better communication from Microsoft are just two of the things the open-source community must get in 2008 to continue its momentum.
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It's going to be a good year...
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I am compiling a list of "specialized software". What we need is listings or url's pointing us to places where we can gather info on apps for fields such as:
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ESR: What a modern collaboration toolkit looks like
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RMS has expressed an intention to hand off the Emacs maintainership after 22 was released; he would like to hand over maintenance to one person or a small team. ESR doesn't want the job but has offered to put in the full-time effort required to clean up the tools situation in 2008. Some hackers are talking about git...
Source: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/
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Why are people still installing Windows on the EEE PC?
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If it’s easy to learn and easy to use, how come people are still installing Windows on the EEE PC?
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