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Google holds back Android Honeycomb; Asus releases the source code

GPS, Or Why Men STILL Won't Ask for Directions...

New KDE project aims at tablets, mixed UIs

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On CentOS 5.5

Ubuntu Unity vs. GNOME 3: Which is Better?

Knoppix 2011 6.4 Review

The Major Open-Source ATI Improvements Over Two Years

VMware Launches Open Source Cloud Foundry

Turnkey Linux Uses Ubuntu as a Foundation

Wine 1.2.3 update fixes bugs

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Google holds back Android Honeycomb; Asus releases the source code

GPS, Or Why Men STILL Won't Ask for Directions...

New KDE project aims at tablets, mixed UIs

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On CentOS 5.5

Ubuntu Unity vs. GNOME 3: Which is Better?

Knoppix 2011 6.4 Review

The Major Open-Source ATI Improvements Over Two Years

VMware Launches Open Source Cloud Foundry

Turnkey Linux Uses Ubuntu as a Foundation

Wine 1.2.3 update fixes bugs

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Goodbye Linux Mint 8

Google cracks down on Android fragmentation

Problems Linux Enthusiasts Refuse to Address

How to get a career in open source

Webopedia Term of The Day: Linux on Windows

The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11.4 (GNOME)

Hercules launches new 10-inch Linux and A8 eCafe netbooks

Ten top Linux e-publishing tools

QR Code in Linux

Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold Find New Ways to Extort the Competitors, Using Patents

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Fusion 14 Thorium Review

Ubuntu Linux aims to give back with Debian Dex

Lessons Learned from Canonical, Banshee, and GNOME

Melbourne hacker releases open source Django apps

openSUSE 11.4 review ? KDE 4.6 and Tumbleweed shine

Biggest botnet takedown in history sees Rustock go offline

Pentaho Upgrades Open Source Business Intelligence Software

Embedding Ubuntu

Android violates Linux license, experts claim

3 Open source monitoring programs

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Fusion 14 Thorium Review

Ubuntu Linux aims to give back with Debian Dex

Lessons Learned from Canonical, Banshee, and GNOME

Melbourne hacker releases open source Django apps

openSUSE 11.4 review ? KDE 4.6 and Tumbleweed shine

Biggest botnet takedown in history sees Rustock go offline

Pentaho Upgrades Open Source Business Intelligence Software

Embedding Ubuntu

Android violates Linux license, experts claim

3 Open source monitoring programs

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Fusion 14 Thorium Review

Ubuntu Linux aims to give back with Debian Dex

Lessons Learned from Canonical, Banshee, and GNOME

Melbourne hacker releases open source Django apps

openSUSE 11.4 review ? KDE 4.6 and Tumbleweed shine

Biggest botnet takedown in history sees Rustock go offline

Pentaho Upgrades Open Source Business Intelligence Software

Embedding Ubuntu

Android violates Linux license, experts claim

3 Open source monitoring programs

View the original article here

Fusion 14 Thorium Review

Ubuntu Linux aims to give back with Debian Dex

Lessons Learned from Canonical, Banshee, and GNOME

Melbourne hacker releases open source Django apps

openSUSE 11.4 review ? KDE 4.6 and Tumbleweed shine

Biggest botnet takedown in history sees Rustock go offline

Pentaho Upgrades Open Source Business Intelligence Software

Embedding Ubuntu

Android violates Linux license, experts claim

3 Open source monitoring programs

View the original article here

Fusion 14 Thorium Review

Ubuntu Linux aims to give back with Debian Dex

Lessons Learned from Canonical, Banshee, and GNOME

Melbourne hacker releases open source Django apps

openSUSE 11.4 review ? KDE 4.6 and Tumbleweed shine

Biggest botnet takedown in history sees Rustock go offline

Pentaho Upgrades Open Source Business Intelligence Software

Embedding Ubuntu

Android violates Linux license, experts claim

3 Open source monitoring programs

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[ Thanks to James Maguire for this link. ]

"Is it feasible to drop Google for a period of time in exchange for unfettered open source alternatives?

"When I first pondered the notion of such an idea, I figured I must be losing my mind. Drop Google? The search giant, regardless of how well-intentioned it may be, has an octopus-like hold on the Internet ? its tentacles are everywhere.

"Oddly enough, though, it turned out to be easier than I expected. Let?s look at the mindset, software choices and habit changes needed to make this idea doable.

"Dropping Google

"Considering Google's contributions to the open source world, why would anyone want to stop supporting such a company? Well, the problem with Google is that despite their support of open source developers, their track record with privacy concerns is spotty.

"Perhaps even worse, the fact is that we are becoming entirely too dependent on Google products over those from smaller vendors. Everything from document management to revenue generation is almost entirely tied to Google these days. Ask anyone using the Web regularly and the odds are huge they're using at least one Google product."

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CyanogenMOD CM7: Teach your old Droid New Tricks

Building A Central Loghost On CentOS And RHEL 5 With rsyslog

Scribus: Manipulate and Place Objects in a Layout

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Deep System Discovery on your Linux Server With /proc

Webopedia Term of the Day: Enterprise Linux Defined

Apache resigns from Java Community Process - What's next?

The Web on the Console

St. Nick in the Nick of Time

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Tech Comics: "Our Daily (Tech) Symphony"

The Introduction of APACHE Wave

SAP Taps Novell for StreamWork Collaboration Service

'Tis the Season for Rolling Releases

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6 Excellent Linux/Open Source Web Servers
Dec 6, 2010, 19 :32 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (1116 reads)
(Other stories by Eric Geier)

"Apache isn't the only Web server in town, though it is by far the most popular. Eric Geier rounds up a batch of excellent Open Source Web servers for all occasions, from fully-featured to stripped-down yet capable of handling large loads.

"Here are six different web servers freely provided by the open source community for Linux, Windows, and other OSs:

"Apache HTTP Server

"Initially released in 1995, this is the most popular web server across the entire World Wide Web, currently used by around 60% of web domains. Its released under an Apache License, which requires preservation of the copyright notices and disclaimers, but doesn't require modified versions to be distributed using the same license. Though most prevalent on Unix-like operating system, it also runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and others.

"Common languages supported by the Apache server include Perl, Python, Tcl, and PHP. The core functionality of the server can be extended with modules to add server-side programming language support, authentication schemes, and other features. Popular authentication modules include mod_access, mod_auth, mod_digest, and mod_auth_digest. Modules are also available for SSL/TLS support (mod_ssl), proxying (mod_proxy), URL rewriting (mod_rewrite), custom logging (mod_log_config), and filtering support (mod_include and mod_ext_filter)."

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"In the past two decades, the open source community has evolved from an obscure grass-roots movement of wild-eyed crusaders, indigent grad students, and spare-time hobbyists to an unprecedented worldwide collaboration of full-time professionals and extraordinarily committed volunteers. We pride ourselves on our openness to new contributors, from any country or social background, and most often describe the power structure of open source projects as a meritocracy. Many of us believe that open source is inherently progressive - a way to level the playing field that operates across all social categories and class boundaries.

"And yet, here it is, the year 2010, and my female friends and I are still being insulted, harassed, and groped at at open source conferences. Some people argue that if women really want to be involved in open source (or computing, or corporate management, etc.), they will put up with being stalked, leered at, and physically assaulted at conferences. But many of us argue instead that putting up extra barriers to the participation of women will only harm the open source community. We want more people in open source, not fewer.

"In this article, we will first explore the current state of harassment in open source through interviews with ten women (including myself) about their experiences at open source conferences. Then we will describe some concrete, simple actions anyone can take to help reduce harassment for everyone"

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Open Source Desktops May Not Happen for Small Biz
Nov 12, 2010, 21 :05 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (883 reads)
(Other stories by Brian Proffitt)

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"For all the talk of how open source software is kicking butt and taking names in the cloud space (see: Red Hat, Ubuntu, Novell) and in embedded space (see Android, MeeGo), there's one area where open source has consistently fallen woefully short: providing solutions for small businesses.

"This is a weird sort of failure, too, because on the surface it seems like open source software products--with their collective low price tag, solid support, and better security--would be a perfect fit for the needs of smaller businesses, which often need superlative computing capabilities but can only afford the least-expensive hardware and software due to budget constraints.

"Yet, to date, there have been few serious efforts to push open source software into the small business space."

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20 Open Source Movies You Can Edit and Redistribute for Free
Nov 4, 2010, 18 :35 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (1184 reads)

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for this link. ]

"Open Source Movies, also called Open Content Movies or simply Open Movies are, as the name suggests, movies that enable the end user to view and edit the production materials. Philosophically speaking, Open Movies share the same notion that lies at the heart of open source softwares. However, they are not as popular as open source softwares. As a matter of fact, they are so rare that after a decade of their presence, there are roughly dozens of them available. Apparently, Free/Libre/Open source community, a community that is so proud of itself for producing quality alternatives to proprietary products has failed to realize the importance of open movie movement.

"So here we are, a blog post dedicated to open movies. I believe that open source advocates as well as movie fans will enjoy the creativity and freedom delivered by open films. If you haven?t seen any open source movie before, this is my general advice: Approach them with open minds. Do not expect too much as they are produced by limited financial and technical resources. Ergo, it?s kind of unfair to compare these movies with Hollywood commercial movies. Do not judge too quickly and try to look for the meaning behind them.

"1- Sintel"

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