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Security is always a tradeoff: Schneier
By: Sam Varghese
Security is essentially a tradeoff and the main question about it is not whether we are safe or not but whether it is worth it. Simple and to the point. That's the way Bruce Schneier, probably the world's foremost security expert, puts it.
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By: Sam Varghese
Security is essentially a tradeoff and the main question about it is not whether we are safe or not but whether it is worth it. Simple and to the point. That's the way Bruce Schneier, probably the world's foremost security expert, puts it.
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Time and tide don't wait for FOSS projects
By: Sam Varghese
Should free and open source software projects set a release schedule that adheres to the old geek adage: release when it's ready? Or should time-based releases become the norm?
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By: Sam Varghese
Should free and open source software projects set a release schedule that adheres to the old geek adage: release when it's ready? Or should time-based releases become the norm?
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At MySQL, it's business as usual
By: Sam Varghese
With Sun Microsystems announcing earlier this month that it had acquired the most popular open source database company, MySQL, there has been speculation aplenty, some of it grossly misinformed, on just how much change this will mean for staff at the small Swedish company.
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By: Sam Varghese
With Sun Microsystems announcing earlier this month that it had acquired the most popular open source database company, MySQL, there has been speculation aplenty, some of it grossly misinformed, on just how much change this will mean for staff at the small Swedish company.
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Each one, make one - the distro debate
By: Sam Varghese
Jonathan Oxer, the president of Linux Australia, is a brave man. Few people other than him would have even tried to bring together those who pledge allegiance to different Linux distributions - and within the framework of a conference at that.
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By: Sam Varghese
Jonathan Oxer, the president of Linux Australia, is a brave man. Few people other than him would have even tried to bring together those who pledge allegiance to different Linux distributions - and within the framework of a conference at that.
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Unbreakable Linux support - Oracle's claim
By: Sam Varghese
Oracle's push into the Linux space is gaining momentum with the company even taking the trouble to fly someone down from Singapore to present a talk today at the Australian national Linux conference.
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By: Sam Varghese
Oracle's push into the Linux space is gaining momentum with the company even taking the trouble to fly someone down from Singapore to present a talk today at the Australian national Linux conference.
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Why don't corporates love Debian?
By: Sam Varghese
The Debian GNU/Linux project needs more support - men, money and machines. But, apart from HP, big corporates don't offer the project much. This was the subject of a talk delivered today by two software engineers who work in research and development at Silicon Graphics in Melbourne.
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By: Sam Varghese
The Debian GNU/Linux project needs more support - men, money and machines. But, apart from HP, big corporates don't offer the project much. This was the subject of a talk delivered today by two software engineers who work in research and development at Silicon Graphics in Melbourne.
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linux.conf.au: Enter the no-suit zone
By: Sam Varghese
A conference without a single suit. At least for the first four hours of its existence, Australia's national Linux conference has been just that.
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By: Sam Varghese
A conference without a single suit. At least for the first four hours of its existence, Australia's national Linux conference has been just that.
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Next Debian release by year-end... maybe
By: Sam Varghese
The next release of Debian GNU/Linux, Lenny, is expected to take place before the end of 2008, senior developer Martin Krafft told a miniconference on the distribution at the Australian national Linux conference today.
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By: Sam Varghese
The next release of Debian GNU/Linux, Lenny, is expected to take place before the end of 2008, senior developer Martin Krafft told a miniconference on the distribution at the Australian national Linux conference today.
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linux.conf.au: The Beeb and the penguin
By: Sam Varghese
The BBC and Linux - when you see the two words juxtaposed together, one tends to be surprised. Simply because all the recent coverage of the Beeb has been about the iPlayer fiasco - how the biggest public broadcaster came out with a player that could cater to just one platform.
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By: Sam Varghese
The BBC and Linux - when you see the two words juxtaposed together, one tends to be surprised. Simply because all the recent coverage of the Beeb has been about the iPlayer fiasco - how the biggest public broadcaster came out with a player that could cater to just one platform.
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linux.conf.au: Peeping under the brim
By: Sam Varghese
Attending the Australian national Linux conference just once - in 2007 - was enough for Eugene Teo to conclude that he would like to get involved in some capacity.
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By: Sam Varghese
Attending the Australian national Linux conference just once - in 2007 - was enough for Eugene Teo to conclude that he would like to get involved in some capacity.
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Core developers to address Joomla event near Australian Linux Conf
By: Stan Beer
Two core members of the development team of Web content management system Joomla - Brad Baker and Sam Moffatt - will be talking to the Melbourne Joomla Community about a range of new features and progress with Joomla! 1.5 at a special event being held to coincide with the Australian Linux Conference in Melbourne next month.
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By: Stan Beer
Two core members of the development team of Web content management system Joomla - Brad Baker and Sam Moffatt - will be talking to the Melbourne Joomla Community about a range of new features and progress with Joomla! 1.5 at a special event being held to coincide with the Australian Linux Conference in Melbourne next month.
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linux.conf.au: Look Tux, no wires
By: Sam Varghese
When Kim Hawtin, like many other young Australians, went to London in 2000 to work. he never knew that he would be introduced to one of the abiding interests of his life while there. Then in his late 20s, he had gone over to the mother country after graduation. While there he got involved with Consume.net, a group aiming to build up community wireless networks.
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By: Sam Varghese
When Kim Hawtin, like many other young Australians, went to London in 2000 to work. he never knew that he would be introduced to one of the abiding interests of his life while there. Then in his late 20s, he had gone over to the mother country after graduation. While there he got involved with Consume.net, a group aiming to build up community wireless networks.
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linux.conf.au: What is Novell doing here?
By: Sam Varghese
A GNU/Linux system does not normally load modules that are not released under an approved licence. So why should Australia’s national Linux conference take on board a sponsor who engages in practices that are at odds with the community?
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By: Sam Varghese
A GNU/Linux system does not normally load modules that are not released under an approved licence. So why should Australia’s national Linux conference take on board a sponsor who engages in practices that are at odds with the community?
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linux.conf.au: Taking FOSS to the masses
By: Sam Varghese
Jacinta Richardson is one woman who admits to definitely being a geek. But that hasn't got in the way of her being the organiser of the only non-geek event of the 2008 Australian national Linux conference - Open Day.
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By: Sam Varghese
Jacinta Richardson is one woman who admits to definitely being a geek. But that hasn't got in the way of her being the organiser of the only non-geek event of the 2008 Australian national Linux conference - Open Day.
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linux.conf.au: The house full sign is up
By: Sam Varghese
There are 35 days left before Australia's national Linux conference gets underway in Melbourne on January 28 but tickets have already sold out.
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By: Sam Varghese
There are 35 days left before Australia's national Linux conference gets underway in Melbourne on January 28 but tickets have already sold out.
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linux.conf.au: Games Linux users play
By: Sam Varghese
Some people tend to take a fancy to something or the other after being exposed to the same at an early stage in life. In Tim 'Mithro' Ansell's case, it was exactly the reverse.
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By: Sam Varghese
Some people tend to take a fancy to something or the other after being exposed to the same at an early stage in life. In Tim 'Mithro' Ansell's case, it was exactly the reverse.
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linux.conf.au: Tying up all those loose ends
By: Sam Varghese
Every year, there are numerous technical conferences held in Australia where attendees have to make do without internet access. That doesn't happen when the topic is Linux and the meeting is Australia's national Linux conference .
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By: Sam Varghese
Every year, there are numerous technical conferences held in Australia where attendees have to make do without internet access. That doesn't happen when the topic is Linux and the meeting is Australia's national Linux conference .
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linux.conf.au: Bid to bring distros together
By: Sam Varghese
Distribution wars are common among Linux users - the assertion by those who use one distribution that what they use is superior to another distribution. The old mine-is-better-than-yours-routine. Never mind that most distributions feature more or less the same applications, each group of users appears to think that their distribution is the one that actually makes the cut.
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By: Sam Varghese
Distribution wars are common among Linux users - the assertion by those who use one distribution that what they use is superior to another distribution. The old mine-is-better-than-yours-routine. Never mind that most distributions feature more or less the same applications, each group of users appears to think that their distribution is the one that actually makes the cut.
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