Quite some time ago I wrote a blog post explaining why I preferred Mandriva over other distributions. But I have now switched to Debian GNU/Linux, so it is time for an update.
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Top tips for a successful open source project
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Damien Katz, whose Apache CouchDB recently hit 1.0, provides some excellent tips on creating a successful open source project in his blog Getting your open source project to 1.0.
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The Fanboi Stops Here
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Personally, I was hesitant to make the move on my home computer. Why? Well if it ain't broke, don't fix it. We were using Red Hat back then at my shops. My people were trained and after the obligatory bitching, things settled down and worked well for us.
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Life is good after Oracle
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There are alternatives to all this mess as Linux, FreeBSD, PostgreSQL, Firebird, C++, Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl, Lua , LLVM and much more the world is more wide and richer than Oracle draconian world with now the new Draconian Java.
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Free Software on the reservations
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In many ways the struggle of the North American Indian remains to this day one to simply be recognized as and treated with common human dignity, and there remains I think an interesting and potentially important role for free software in this process.
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There's more to FOSS than the Linux Foundation
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As a Canadian, I'm always irked by airy statements by Americans that they won World War II. With all respect, I feel much the same way about the recent interview on Wired.com with Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation.
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Tales From the Front: in Search of APT-GET UNDO
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I am currently in that level of hell reserved for people who upgrade their GNU/Linux system too quickly. I have for some time now been happily using KDE 4 with the plasma desktop enjoying the cute little animations and eye candy, and learning to use the task-bar and widgets. Then my bliss was interrupted by a simple mistake. I decided to upgrade.
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Call for Participation — Cyber-Surveillance in Everyday Life: An international workshop — May 12-15, 2011, University of Toronto, Canada —
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Software Freedom Day In The Free State!
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"Well it is that time of year again! Software Freedom Day is September 18th! This year the Ubuntu Maryland Local Community Team will again be holding a day of talks and discussions about Free Software at the Miller Branch of our co-sponsors the Howard County Library! ..."
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Emacs Starter Kit a Success
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«Next person to watch the Emacs Starter Kit on Github gets to be #1024: http://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit It could be you!»
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Slides and Videos from GNU Hackers Meeting 2010
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This GNU Hackers Meeting took place on Saturday 24 July and Sunday 25 July. We organised a hacking space on Monday 26 July and Tuesday 27 July and encouraged people to stay for the extra days. The main GUADEC conference was on Wednesday 28 - Friday 30. This meeting featured a workshop on GNUnet, free secure networking and decentralised applications.
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Delivering the ACTA petition: Sign before Thursday to have your voice heard!
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"A month ago, we published a statement against ACTA and asked for your signatures in support. Over 3,000 of you joined us in calling on ACTA negotiators to either dramatically change the agreement or drop it all together..."
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Q&A with Richard Stallman
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Free software is a different beast from gratis software. Free software activist, Richard Stallman, discusses the importance of freedom across all modes of computing.
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Debian celebrates its 17th birthday
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The Debian Project is pleased to mark the 17th anniversary of its start. As the official project history states: "The Debian Project was officially founded by Ian Murdock on August 16th, 1993. At that time, the whole concept of a 'distribution' of Linux was new. Ian intended Debian to be a distribution which would be made openly, in the spirit of Linux and GNU".
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Defending Free Software against Oracle's attack
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To me writing code is a means of Free Speech, and the Free Software movement is about preserving my rights of Free Speech in the face of the US patent system which is trying to cut down what I can say. Attacking the Oracle patent claims, and writing software to undermine their market position is the least I can do. If enough people think and do the same, I hope we can cause them trouble.
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