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Ad-blocking and the compromises of conscience

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:53:33 GMT

If you use an ad-blocker, are you failing to suppport your favorite FOSS sites?

Video: A short walk around CeBIT Open Source 2010

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:18:40 GMT

At CeBIT 2010 Open Source was one of the main issues, prominently placed in hall 2. This video of Linux Magazine Online shows an extract of it.

Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation Announces Board

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:49:33 GMT

Among the prominent new appointees to the open source foundation from Redmond are Jim Jagielski of VMware and Apache fame. Promoted from within Microsoft are two other board members.

Oracle Goes with Own DB, SPARC and UNIX

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:26:00 GMT

In Munich, Wednesday, March 10, Oracle announced its upcoming strategy for the Sun takeover: the new couple will now sell complete packages and, next to Oracle's database, further develop Solaris along with Sun's SPARC and Flashfire server technologies.

Button Moving Script for Ubuntu 10.04

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:17:12 GMT

The new Ubuntu theme got a lot of community acclaim. However, a few commentators complained about a particular feature: the position of the buttons in the taskbar.

Opera Mini 5 Beta now available for Android

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:33 GMT

The Norwegian company has released the slimline browser Opera version Mini 5 for Android systems.

Where Winner #1: Akkana Peck

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:40:27 GMT

1 pass is now gone/wait! it's not too late to win!/but you must be fast

Win a free ticket to Where 2.0

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:58 GMT

If you want to win/you must submit a haiku/or a limerick.

Designerware: Linux Foundation T-Shirt Contest

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:22:06 GMT

The Linux Foundation is again beating its marketing drum by opening its own store on linux.com. One entry point is a new t-shirt design contest.

GNOME Developer Kit Slimmed Down

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:59:26 GMT

The GNOME Developer Kit is a Linux distro based on Foresight Linux. Its new release shows a somewhat reduced collection of software for GNOME developers.

Mozilla Personas Turn into Personas Plus

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:36:54 GMT

The surprising success of Personas, which Mozilla Labs released as a beta in Firefox 3.6, has led to the rededication of the browser tool as Personas Plus.

March 31, 2010: Document Freedom Day

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:23:46 GMT

International free software organizations have declared the last Wednesday in March to be Document Freedom Day (DFD). Activities and information events will take place all over the world, including Canada, United Kingdom and the United States.

Deadline in 7 days: Grace Hopper 2010 Call for Participation

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:10 GMT

Proposals due by March 16!

"How I discovered Ubuntu" Contest Winners Announced

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:21:03 GMT

Elvira Martinez and Karen Y. Perez win big, with honorable mention going to Jen Phillips

Now Serving Fresh Kernels: Linux.com Store Launches

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:17:43 GMT

Shop online, or submit your design.

StrongVPN on Ubuntu: Simple VPN Solution That Works

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:47:52 GMT

Ask any knowledgeable mobile user, and she will tell you that the best way to securely access the Internet in public places is through a VPN (virtual private network) connection. So if you enjoy sipping coffee at a local cafe while checking email and browsing the Web, a secure VPN connection is a good solution to protect the data traveling to and from your machine.

Swiss Canton Makes E-Government Solution Open Source

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:27:20 GMT

The Swiss canton Zug has put a collaboration solution called iZug under GPL licensing.

OpenSSH 5.4 Disables SSH Protocol 1

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:02:42 GMT

The new version of OpenSSH serves developers as a feature and bugfix release.

KDE OBS Generator Builds KDE Packages for Various Distros

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:01:00 GMT

Building distro-specific packages is not one of the strengths of most developers. The KDE OBS Generator should solve this problem with the help of openSUSE Build Services.

Sundown: Sun's Open Source Chief Moves On

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:57:28 GMT

Once responsible for all matters open source at Sun, Simon Phipps is leaving the company (which now belongs to Oracle) and confesses he has no specified goals at present.

CeBIT Open Source 2010 in Pictures

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:42:00 GMT

From March 2-6 CeBIT Open Source 2010 called open source projects, enterprises, and organizations to Hannover, Germany. Here's our photo gallery from the talks in the Open Source forum, the project lounge, and the Linux New Media awards.

Video: Interview with Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:43:57 GMT

During CeBIT Open Source 2010 Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, found the time for an interview with Linux Pro Magazine.

Happy International Women's Day!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:55:15 GMT

99 years of celebrating the "economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future."

Google Summer of Code 2010 in Starting Blocks

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:46:06 GMT

Search engine maker Google is again providing scholarships in 2010 for student open source works. Information is now first hand this week in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe.

CeBIT 2010: Recipe for Office Migration

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:40:45 GMT

In the Open Source Forum at CeBIT, Florian Schiessl of the Munich city council shared his experiences about their migration to OpenOffice.

Progress with openSUSE 11.3

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:14:52 GMT

The openSUSE project has released milestone 3 of its version 11.3 right on schedule. The update to GCC 4.5 has unfortunately caused a few problems.

Learned helplessness and the hacker mentality

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:27:25 GMT

Learned helplessness is normally found in victims of trauma. So what is it so common among Windows and OS X users?

TeamTasks: Managing Tasks the TiddlyWiki Way

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:04:44 GMT

TeamTasks is not your usual task manager. Based on TiddlyWiki, TeamTasks consists of a single self-contained HTML file, so there is nothing to install, and you can run the application on any machine as long as it has a Web browser.

Translate Text Snippets with ASTranslator

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:12:01 GMT

Google Translate is a really handy service for translating text fragments, but wouldn't it be nice if you could access it directly from your desktop? If the idea makes sense to you, then you'll appreciate the ASTranslator utility.

Soapbox Surfing About Swimming in Print

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:32:15 GMT

Print, Internet, Cave Drawings, and looking forward to what's next