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Lead, kindly light: Debian shows the way
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-02-02 05:51:24
There were several shining examples at the Linux conference of people not letting disadvantage stand in the way of moving to free and open source software but none better than that of Jason White .
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-02-02 05:51:24
There were several shining examples at the Linux conference of people not letting disadvantage stand in the way of moving to free and open source software but none better than that of Jason White .
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Talking security with Bruce Almighty
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-02-01 06:11:50
When the good folk at Linux Australia sat down with the organisers of the Australian national Linux conference and decided that Bruce Schneier would be the keynote speaker on the opening day of the main conference, they couldn't have made a more correct decision.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-02-01 06:11:50
When the good folk at Linux Australia sat down with the organisers of the Australian national Linux conference and decided that Bruce Schneier would be the keynote speaker on the opening day of the main conference, they couldn't have made a more correct decision.
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Hobart to host 2009 Linux conference
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-02-01 00:28:20
The next Australian national Linux conference will be held in Hobart, the first time the Tasmanian capital has been given the honour of playing host.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-02-01 00:28:20
The next Australian national Linux conference will be held in Hobart, the first time the Tasmanian capital has been given the honour of playing host.
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FOSS to electric cars: not such a big leap
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-31 21:12:55
Richard Keech was an early adopter of Linux on the desktop back in the 1990s. One could well say that he has a habit of looking at something and getting into it if he thinks it's going to be a future trend, one that could be useful and sensible.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-31 21:12:55
Richard Keech was an early adopter of Linux on the desktop back in the 1990s. One could well say that he has a habit of looking at something and getting into it if he thinks it's going to be a future trend, one that could be useful and sensible.
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Linux Australia chief bids goodbye
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-31 20:23:02
For Jonathan Oxer, the president of Linux Australia, today, the final day of the 2008 Australian national Linux conference is a day of fulfilment and also some sadness.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-31 20:23:02
For Jonathan Oxer, the president of Linux Australia, today, the final day of the 2008 Australian national Linux conference is a day of fulfilment and also some sadness.
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A conversation with Martin Michlmayr
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-31 03:31:22
Martin Michlmayr is one of those highly intelligent people who tend to make us ordinary humans feel like some lower form of life.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-31 03:31:22
Martin Michlmayr is one of those highly intelligent people who tend to make us ordinary humans feel like some lower form of life.
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Money, money, money... and FOSS
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-31 00:30:49
Open source software is developed for a variety of reasons, with the starting point often being the need to fill a need which the creator of a package faces. It's known as scratching your own itch.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-31 00:30:49
Open source software is developed for a variety of reasons, with the starting point often being the need to fill a need which the creator of a package faces. It's known as scratching your own itch.
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The Linux kernel: now and then
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-30 06:00:35
When Linus Torvalds was writing his kernel way back in the 1990s, he was working in a small bedroom in an average house in Finland and using hardware that wasn't exactly top of the range.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-30 06:00:35
When Linus Torvalds was writing his kernel way back in the 1990s, he was working in a small bedroom in an average house in Finland and using hardware that wasn't exactly top of the range.
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Making hardware vendors love open source
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-30 05:52:15
Reverse-engineering open source drivers for hardware devices will only reduce the pressure on manufacturers to provide such drivers, Dirk Hohndel told an audience at the Australian national Linux conference today.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-30 05:52:15
Reverse-engineering open source drivers for hardware devices will only reduce the pressure on manufacturers to provide such drivers, Dirk Hohndel told an audience at the Australian national Linux conference today.
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Security is always a tradeoff: Schneier
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-29 19:06:48
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-29 19:06:48
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
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-29 03:02:08
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-29 03:02:08
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
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-29 01:01:19
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-29 01:01:19
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
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-28 20:30:37
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-28 20:30:37
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
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-28 20:09:55
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-28 20:09:55
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?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-28 01:24:56
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-28 01:24:56
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
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-27 20:06:16
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-27 20:06:16
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
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-27 20:00:25
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-27 20:00:25
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
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-26 17:10:25
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-26 17:10:25
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
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-21 09:37:58
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-21 09:37:58
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
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-01-15 01:12:49
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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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-01-15 01:12:49
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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