Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth urged development of a Linux desktop to rival what Apple Inc. has done and aired a vision of software changing the world....
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Ubuntu founder urges Linux desktop to rival Apple
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Shuttleworth Sets Bar For Linux 'Beyond Apple'
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Mark Shuttleworth today urged development of Linux models to rival what Apple has done on the desktop and mobile devices. Certainly on the desktop experience, we need to...
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OSCON 2008 - Evening Extravaganza
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O'Reilly Media this afternoon held their Tuesday Evening Extravaganza to mark the end of their tutorial portion of this leading open-source convention and now turning to...
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Launchpad Source-Code Within 12 Months
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This evening at OSCON 2008, Mark Shuttleworth had keynoted and talked about driving innovation within free software, the Web, and Linux on mobile devices were among the...
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TECHNOLOGY-CUBA: University Opens Doors to Free Software
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HAVANA, May 17 (IPS) - After years of deliberation, the University of Havana has finally decided to switch over to free software on its network of computers, virtually...
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Thomas Thurman: I was going to post about my life, but I forget what was happening.
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My life has many parts, and one part is free software work. Most of that is Metacity. There are three main parts to my work on Metacity: fixing bugs, writing tests,...
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The Gnu Classpath Project has released IcedTea 1.7.
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The Gnu Classpath Project has released IcedTea 1.7. IcedTea "provides a harness to build the source code from OpenJDK (http://openjdk.java.net) using Free Software build...
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Fire up the grill! GC.NUG Annual Cookout
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It's time to give our brains a break!! We are hosting our Annual GCNUG Cookout in appreciation of your participation this past year. We won't take a break from some...
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Another cool time-lapse video
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Just a few days ago I slapped my phone onto the back of a toy train and recorded the journey. Amazingly it's already received nearly 1,500 views so I thought I'd have a...
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Good architectural layering, and Bzr 1.1
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I completely failed to blog the release of Bzr 1.0 last year, but it was an excellent milestone and by all accounts, very well received. Congratulations to the Bazaar...
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ReadAir - A desktop client for Google Reader
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Frustrated of having to launch your browser everytime you want to read RSS feeds in your Google Reader ? DailyApps points out to a cool new Adobe Air application ReadAir...
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You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
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It's been an educational week. We learned what happens when everyone tries try to activate their iPhones at the same time, what people will pay for free software, and...
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The Year of the Free Software Desktop
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Why is it that so many are focused on promoting the Linux kernel on the desktop as opposed to Free Software or Open Source Software on the desktop? Or, why does...
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Sprint Brings EV-DO Rev A to HTC Touch
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If you're using an HTC Touch or Mogul from Sprint and the launch of the iPhone 3G has got you thinking you're using yesterday's handset, an...
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Playing nicely with Windows
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Windows is a very important platform, and our justifiable pride in Linux and the GNU stack shouldn’t blind us to the importance of delivering software that is...
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Organize your music collection in 3 steps with 3 freewares
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Everyone loves to listen to music and collect music from all sources. And over the years this collection becomes very messy with some files having name as Track 01, some...
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The Gutsy Gibbon: New Release For Ubuntu
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Nik Butler writes: This month will see a new release from Ubuntu: Gutsy Gibbon is scheduled for release on the 18th October. Each Ubuntu release has improved upon the...
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LyX 1.5.5
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About LyX A document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It is released under a Free Software...
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Free software for a free society
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Our joint statement with Friends of the Earth International, the Green Party, People and Planet and the New Internationalist calling for a free society based on free...
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Windows' Genuine Disadvantage
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Recently it emerged that Microsoft is removing the "kill switch" from Vista. When you install Vista, Microsoft claims that you consent to being spied upon, through the...