items tagged with FOSS
Knoppix: live CD par excellence
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-19 20:08:20
While the bigger and better-known Linux distributions tend to get more than their fair share of publicity, there are other bright stars that light up the FOSS firmament and rarely get a mention.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-19 20:08:20
While the bigger and better-known Linux distributions tend to get more than their fair share of publicity, there are other bright stars that light up the FOSS firmament and rarely get a mention.
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A touch of sadness as Lenny emerges
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-12 10:23:29
The release of a stable version of Debian GNU/Linux is normally a time of rejoicing and celebration for the 1000-plus geeks who provide Linux users with one of the best distributions going.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-12 10:23:29
The release of a stable version of Debian GNU/Linux is normally a time of rejoicing and celebration for the 1000-plus geeks who provide Linux users with one of the best distributions going.
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Free software isn't freeware: why Linux and FOSS have a higher standard
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-08 06:48:25
Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-08 06:48:25
Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means.
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Spreading the FOSS message the Gandhian way
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-02 16:21:41
There are some among the FOSS community who pay lip service to Mahatma Gandhi when talking about this genre of software. There are others who actually put Gandhi's methods into practice to spread the message.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-02 16:21:41
There are some among the FOSS community who pay lip service to Mahatma Gandhi when talking about this genre of software. There are others who actually put Gandhi's methods into practice to spread the message.
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Tridgell to teach FOSS course at ANU
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-21 01:26:21
Free software luminary Andrew Tridgell will be returning to his first love - academia - for some time beginning in April.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-21 01:26:21
Free software luminary Andrew Tridgell will be returning to his first love - academia - for some time beginning in April.
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LCA2009: Publicising a FOSS project
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-19 02:20:50
Some years ago, when journalists made the switch to public relations, it was generally the case that their vocabulary underwent a dramatic switch.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-19 02:20:50
Some years ago, when journalists made the switch to public relations, it was generally the case that their vocabulary underwent a dramatic switch.
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Debian secretary quits over Lenny release vote
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-12-18 16:23:25
Long-time developer Manoj Srivastava has resigned as the secretary of the Debian GNU/Linux Project and is thinking of leaving the project altogether.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-12-18 16:23:25
Long-time developer Manoj Srivastava has resigned as the secretary of the Debian GNU/Linux Project and is thinking of leaving the project altogether.
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Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-12-15 16:13:42
At least two Debian women developers are reconsidering their participation in the GNU/Linux project following the posting of what they deem to be a sexist message to one of the mailing lists meant for developers.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-12-15 16:13:42
At least two Debian women developers are reconsidering their participation in the GNU/Linux project following the posting of what they deem to be a sexist message to one of the mailing lists meant for developers.
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Linux Hater’s Redux... dead? Long live... Oiaohm?!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-06 07:19:31
First the Linux Hater’s blog ended, and now there’s a claim that the Linux Hater’s Redux has gone to the great kernel panic in the sky. Now a mysteriously named person called “Oiaohm” is trying to re-incarnate some of the hate in a new “battle ground” but his sights aren’t set on Linux alone.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-06 07:19:31
First the Linux Hater’s blog ended, and now there’s a claim that the Linux Hater’s Redux has gone to the great kernel panic in the sky. Now a mysteriously named person called “Oiaohm” is trying to re-incarnate some of the hate in a new “battle ground” but his sights aren’t set on Linux alone.
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The evolution of a Linux user
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-11-24 16:57:15
Not everyone who uses Linux today has done so because of carefully reasoning that it is a better operating system than the others on offer. People enter the Linux fold due to different reasons and those who stay there go through several stages of growth.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-11-24 16:57:15
Not everyone who uses Linux today has done so because of carefully reasoning that it is a better operating system than the others on offer. People enter the Linux fold due to different reasons and those who stay there go through several stages of growth.
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BoycottNovell: just another website pushing a point of view
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-27 18:21:49
Four days ago, an article purporting to analyse the raison d'etre behind the website BoycottNovell.com appeared on the linux.com site. The author, Bruce Byfield, who styles himself as a "computer journalist", however, failed to tell his reading public that the piece was just a thinly disguised and veiled attack on the person who runs the BoycottNovell site.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-27 18:21:49
Four days ago, an article purporting to analyse the raison d'etre behind the website BoycottNovell.com appeared on the linux.com site. The author, Bruce Byfield, who styles himself as a "computer journalist", however, failed to tell his reading public that the piece was just a thinly disguised and veiled attack on the person who runs the BoycottNovell site.
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Mono 2.0 has been released. So what?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-13 17:24:44
Last week, the technology company Novell announced the release of version 2.0 of Mono - something which was described as an "an open source, cross-platform .NET development framework."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-13 17:24:44
Last week, the technology company Novell announced the release of version 2.0 of Mono - something which was described as an "an open source, cross-platform .NET development framework."
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What Wall Street can learn from FOSS
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-06 16:36:03
If you haven't been living under a rock in recent times, you would be fully aware of the serious financial crisis in which the US finds itself. And as the contagion spreads, in smaller measure, to the rest of the world, people's thoughts often devolve to cost-cutting.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-06 16:36:03
If you haven't been living under a rock in recent times, you would be fully aware of the serious financial crisis in which the US finds itself. And as the contagion spreads, in smaller measure, to the rest of the world, people's thoughts often devolve to cost-cutting.
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FOSS: time to stop the navel-gazing
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-25 18:00:07
Discussions about free and open source software can arouse strong emotions. That's something I've known for many years but one often tends to forget these things in the rush of daily life.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-25 18:00:07
Discussions about free and open source software can arouse strong emotions. That's something I've known for many years but one often tends to forget these things in the rush of daily life.
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Software Freedom Day 2008: Updated
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-09-13 02:06:41
Software Freedom Day 2008 will be with us next Saturday the 20th of September. More than 500 teams in over 120 countries are holding events to mark the occasion.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-09-13 02:06:41
Software Freedom Day 2008 will be with us next Saturday the 20th of September. More than 500 teams in over 120 countries are holding events to mark the occasion.
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Red Hat fesses up to Fedora FOSS security fiasco
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-08-24 06:45:35
A week or so ago, end users of the Linux-based Red Hat Fedora OS were warned to avoid downloading packages due to an "issue in the infrastructure systems" which waved big red flags suggesting a security breach to many industry observers. Now Fedora has admitted Red Hat OpenSSH packages were compromised by two separate server intrusions...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-08-24 06:45:35
A week or so ago, end users of the Linux-based Red Hat Fedora OS were warned to avoid downloading packages due to an "issue in the infrastructure systems" which waved big red flags suggesting a security breach to many industry observers. Now Fedora has admitted Red Hat OpenSSH packages were compromised by two separate server intrusions...
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It’s the law: open source doesn't mean no copyright
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-17 09:28:02
Open source software has long been accepted as a legitimate software license by tech-savvy crowds. It's become recognised by business. And even the courts are taking seriously open source software authors rights despite the fact no money has changed hands. This month an Artistic License was tested in court in the case of Robert Jacobsen vs KAM Industries, and upheld as enforceable copyright conditions. It was a landmark decision ratifying the philosophical basis behind FOSS.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-17 09:28:02
Open source software has long been accepted as a legitimate software license by tech-savvy crowds. It's become recognised by business. And even the courts are taking seriously open source software authors rights despite the fact no money has changed hands. This month an Artistic License was tested in court in the case of Robert Jacobsen vs KAM Industries, and upheld as enforceable copyright conditions. It was a landmark decision ratifying the philosophical basis behind FOSS.
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Eating Alfresco: the healthier FOSS alternative to SharePoint
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-13 10:05:47
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-13 10:05:47
I assisted a company today with a spectacular Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) crash. The experience showed some folly in the oft-claimed mantra that Windows-based applications are graphical and friendly. In fact, here’s a free Linux-friendly open source package called Afresco which makes a better SharePoint than SharePoint.
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Why lawyers don't like Linux
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-08-11 12:24:31
Professionals who work on the basis of billable hours rarely take the time out to write an article for publication unless they have a valid reason for doing so. That's why I'm generally a bit sceptical when lawyers come out with articles that attempt to make a case against the use of free and open source software.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-08-11 12:24:31
Professionals who work on the basis of billable hours rarely take the time out to write an article for publication unless they have a valid reason for doing so. That's why I'm generally a bit sceptical when lawyers come out with articles that attempt to make a case against the use of free and open source software.
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Linux in schools: a teacher speaks
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-07-12 01:24:28
Catching them young is a popular slogan and one that yields dividends too, no matter whether one applies it to the adoption of software or the learning of a language. And with a small window seemingly open for Australia's FOSS community to push for the use of free and open source software in schools, the question arises - how does one go about making the first inroads?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-07-12 01:24:28
Catching them young is a popular slogan and one that yields dividends too, no matter whether one applies it to the adoption of software or the learning of a language. And with a small window seemingly open for Australia's FOSS community to push for the use of free and open source software in schools, the question arises - how does one go about making the first inroads?
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