The Monthly GNU Column
BRAVE GNU WORLD
This column investigates projects and current affairs in the world of free software from the perspective of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation. In this issue, I’ll focus on Mbox-Cleaner and report on the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre.
Welcome to another issue of Brave GNU World, written in sunny São Paulo this time, shortly after my trip to the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. Last month we discussed spam and ways of fighting it. I identified some tools that can help control the flood of unsolicited messages.
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News
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New TLS Attack Takes the S out of HTTPS
Vulnerability affects many Linux web servers
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Munich Adopts Kolab
The Bavarian capital shuns Microsoft, Google, and other alternatives to implement an open source groupware solution.
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Canonical Announces Ubuntu Smartphones
Phone vendor partnerships bring Mark Shuttleworth's dream of Ubuntu on a phone a step closer to reality.
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Piviti Seeks Funding
Donors will get to vote on new features for the free video editor.
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Debian Tech Committee Votes for systemd
Debian project puts init out to pasture and says no to Ubuntu's Upstart.
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The Mask: Scary New Face of Internet Intrusion
Ultra-sophisticated attack tool might have originated from a state-sponsored intelligence service.
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Epoch 1.0 Released
New alternative for init comes with a small footprint and minimal configuration.
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Wayland 1.4 Challenges X11
X marks the target for the next-generation windowing system.
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Red Hat Adopts CentOS
Super-clone CentOS Linux gets beamed up to the mother ship.
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W3C Promotes Media Source Extensions
HTML technology will enable new video editing and playback options.