ownCloud is free and open source solution for a central place where you can store your files and documents. You don´t have to upload your personal data to central closed services like Google Docs, Dropbox or Ubuntu One. All the data is under your own control. You can access your files via WebDAV without a special client.
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First Release Candidate of KDE Software Compilation 4.5
In the month since the second beta the KDE community has fixed hundreds of bugs. Development of features has been frozen for a while now and the Software Compilation is at the point where it needs a good testing to shake out the last issues. The final release of KDE SC 4.5 is expected for August 4th.
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UFO: Alien Invasion 2.3 released
UFO: Alien Invasion's team -- a free software squad-based tactical strategy game in the tradition of the old X-COM PC games, that combines military realism with hard science-fiction and the weirdness of an alien invasion, is proud to announce the 2.3 release.
Read more »'GPL Compatible' T-Shirts and Accessories
'GPL Compatible' T-Shirts and Accessories - strong Copyleft licensed Free Software, this design is a reference to that.
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Proprietary technology is a waste of money
The first time that the European Commission's vice president talked about the Digital Agenda which was recently published. Neelie Kroes speech was the first time that she talked about the Digital Agenda in public, and she provided quite a bit of interpretation.
Read more »Danish ministry leaves out open source savings in report on police budget
In a report requested by the parliament on the Police budget, the Danish ministry of Finance has left out recommendations by its consultants to switch to open source, which would result in savings of a 100 million kroner (about 13 million Euro), Danish newspapers report.
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Making Movies with Free Software
I'm working on not one, but two animated science-fiction films using free software tools, intended for a free-licensed release on the internet under new distribution models. And, being a writer, I'm going to write about it. I think it will be both entertaining and useful.
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Richard Stallman wants users to have software freedom for all published computer software.
"Richard Matthew Stallman, founder of the free software movement recently gave a talk entitled “Copyright vs. Community” at Balamand University, in north Lebanon. He has given this talk many times before and there are recordings of previous talks available online.
Read more »Why the Free Software/Open Source Community Does Not Love Apple and is Already Ahead of Apple
In terms of market share, Free software beats Apple (especially thanks to poorer regions where Microsoft too is struggling to win)
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A Quick Look at KDE SC 4.5 Beta 1
The latest in the 4.x series of the KDE Software Compilation is due to be released in early August 2010. With the first beta of this release recently unleashed, I thought I'd download the openSuse packages and see what 4.5's got in store for us.
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Renaming Photos with digiKam
Giving your photos meaningful names makes it significantly easier to keep tabs on them. Of course, renaming each and every photo by hand is not particularly practical, especially if you take dozens or even hundreds of photos each day. This is when digiKam’s Rename feature can come in rather handy.
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Nokia to open Qt even more by opening up governance
Since the beginning, Qt C++ development framework has been a product that has collaborated with and embraced its developer community as much as possible. Nokia believes the time has come to take this model forward again and to empower the community even more by changing the way Qt is governed – by moving to an even more open governance model.
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Apple Spits on Software Freedom
Apple's action in the face of GPL violations speaks volumes about the company's attitude
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FSFE Fellowship interview with David Reyes Samblas Martinez
David Reyes Samblas Martinez is the founder of Spanish Copyleft Hardware store Tuxbrain, and attended the famous Open University of Catalunya. He’s also the subject of this month’s Fellowship interview, in which he answers questions on hardware manufacturing, e-learning and Free Software politics.
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What's new in GNU Compiler Collection 4.5
GCC 4.5 promises faster programs using the new link-time optimization (LTO) option, easier implementation of compiler extensions thanks to the controversial plugin infrastructure, stricter standards-conformance for floating-point computations, and better debugging information when compiling with optimizations.
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