Following on from the success of the Google Summer of Code program, Google is pleased to announce this new effort to get young people involved in open source development. We've teamed up with the open source projects listed here to give student contestants the opportunity to learn more about and contribute to all aspects of open source software development
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The Google Highly Open Participation Contest
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Full Circle Issue 7 has been released
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Full Circle Magazine, the PDF magazine for Ubuntu users, has released another issue.
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I'll bet you are using Linux and don't even know it.
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I have said it before and I will say it again. Linux seems to me to be the fastest growing operating system in the history of computing. It has diversified so much that it is running more devices than any single operating system. Even if you are a devout windows, mac, BSD or UNIX advocate I will bet that you will be using a Linux device and not even know it.
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North and South Korea unite over Linux
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Bitter political foes South and North Korea are to jointly develop a version of Linux.
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The second update of GNOME 2.20.0, version 2.20.2, was released yesterday. The next update - 2.20.3 - should be launched until January 7 2008, being the last one for the 2.20 branch.
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Vista Incapable Stickers
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Funk up the look of your computer with one of these classy stickers... there's one for almost every occasion!
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The So-Called 'Incompleteness' Theory Of Open Source
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Sourceforge.net, the premier repository for open-source software, has more than 160,000 projects registered. Many of them will never reach the 1.0 revision marker. But is that really a bad thing?
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Why Linus Isn't "Competing"
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The recent interview with Linus Torvalds cemented a number of things I've believed about Linux for a while now. Linux isn't an OS, or even a kernel: it's an embodiment of a design philosophy. One aspect of that philosophy could be described as "ignore the competition."
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OLPC - First Day donor email goes out!
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Those of us who were "First Day Donors" received this email. I thought it would be nice to share it with everyone.
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Ten things you can do to help open source
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Most of us agree that open source is a good thing. But then, so is fresh fruit and exercise, and it's very easy to pay lip service to all these things without doing anything about it.
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ATTENTION ALL USERS: Malicious Commands
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I'd like to take a moment of your time to discuss a recent disturbing trend the staff has been noticing on the forums, and also take this as an opportunity to raise awareness of this situation through education.
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Calendar needs you!
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"As I’ve mentioned before, the Mozilla Calendar project, which includes the Lightning calendar extension to Thunderbird, is moving right along. It’s currently at version 0.7, heading towards a 0.8 release ASAP. I’ve asked the Calendar team how I can help, and the answer has been clear — they need more developers..."
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And the Best Community Linux Is…
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The three biggest community Linuxes are Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu. They're all popular. They're all good. But which is the best?
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PatientOS - an open source healthcare information system
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PatientOS, an Open Source (free) Electronic Medical Record (EMR) has released version 0.21 - a major update to physician office scheduling - custom appointment types, overbooking, rescheduling, multiple resource viewing, custom work schedules and more.
An online demo is available.
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Sneak peek at FSDaily's new site
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It's not done yet but our new site is nearly ready. In this screenshot you can see we have gone with a new look. I can't wait for you all to try it out. It won't be long now. :)
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