Thomas Lord: «...The more urgent issue concerns the emerging W3C-based world: what will GNU have to offer there?» -- *
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The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement
"The hackers of the artificial intellegence lab did most of their programing in the lisp programing language [...] They began writing programs in lisp that were unrelated to their work in artificial intellegence.
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"I do not think it means what you think it means..." -- From Balzac's blog
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You keep using that phrase "operating system"...
I do not think it means what you think it means.
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On the savannah, where the gnu roam...
"There are many services that will host your project's source code, mailing lists and bug trackers. While very few of these services charge for their services, most of them are built on proprietary software. Worse, some of them have started adding adverts for proprietary software in their mailing lists, or refusing projects with certain free software licenses [...] So, what's the alternative?
Read more »Playing Ogg
"I like to listen to music while I work. In support of the Play Ogg! movement, I converted some of my audio collection into the patent-unencumbered audio file format, Ogg Vorbis.
To convert my audio CDs to Ogg, I use the friendly abcde package..."
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GNU Teseq 1.0.0 Release
"... Well, after roughly a month of work on it, including features for an “interactive” mode of operation, and a 30-page manual, it’s release-ready. It’s now called Teseq [...] , is an official GNU project, and has seen its official release as of 4 Aug..."
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GNU Coding Standards
The GNU Coding Standards were written by Richard Stallman and other GNU Project volunteers. Their purpose is to make the GNU system clean, consistent, and easy to install. This document can also be read as a guide to writing portable, robust and reliable programs.
Read more »Linux and the GNU Project
"Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project..."
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Free Software leader slams NZ copyright
"..RMS’s other mission here is to promote the Free Software Movement. The creator of the GPL...is at pains to correct misunderstandings of what the term free software means and to draw a distinction between it and the open source movement.
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GNU coding standards - last updated July 27, 2008
"The GNU Coding Standards were written by Richard Stallman and other GNU Project volunteers. Their purpose is to make the GNU system clean, consistent, and easy to install. This document can also be read as a guide to writing portable, robust and reliable programs.
Read more »GnuCash 2.2.6 released
"The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 2.2.6 aka 'Stay@Home v3', the sixth bug fix release in a series of stable releases of the GnuCash Free Accounting Software..."
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[FSF] Free Software Supporter Issue 6 - August 2008
– ## In this issue
* Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix
* Play Ogg!
* Pizza Party for friends of the FSF in San Francisco
* Portland associate membership meeting recap
* Give Apple the iPhone Challenge
* Help defeat Microsoft's OOXML format!
* Atheros releases free software wireless driver
* Yahoo Music -- the bad dream of DRM continues
* GNU spotlight with Karl Berry
GNU matters
Joshua Gay wrote a good article about the GNU/Linux naming controversey on Wikipedia [...] However, Gay's article brings up another environ: proprietary software companies. In particular those companies that use GNU software in their commercial activity -- legally and in compliance with the relevant free software licenses -- but don't mention 'GNU'..."
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Tramp 2.1.14
"Hello, The Tramp team is happy to announce the release of Tramp 2.1.14. This is mainly a bug fix release. For production systems, it is recommended to upgrade to this version..." --
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