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Thursday, 09 January 2020 09:39

Debian revisits systemd vote, relaxes things a bit

More than five years after the Debian GNU/Linux project voted to make systemd the default init system for its distribution, it has now decided, again by a vote, to also care about alternatives to the default init system.

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Monday, 17 June 2019 06:30

Move to pay Debian devs for project work rears its head again

The idea of paying developers to work on Debian GNU/Linux packages has reared its head again, with senior developer Raphael Hertzog proposing that project funds be used for the purpose.

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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:13

Freedom for the masses: plug servers from FreedomBox

Proprietary social media platforms are used heavily even by those attending a conference meant for free and open source software users and Bdale Garbee used this fact to kick off his talk on FreedomBox at the 13th Australian national Linux conference in Ballarat today.

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Monday, 18 January 2010 04:37

LCA2010 gets off the starting blocks

Wellington sported a grey visage this morning, a time of day when geeks are normally sleeping off the effects of late-night hacking sessions and the excessive intake of coffee.

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Monday, 02 February 2009 05:54

Our open source heroes are humans too

A great deal is being made of the fact that Linux creator Linus Torvalds has switched from using the KDE desktop to using GNOME, something he did many months ago, and something he mentioned in passing during an interview last month.

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Monday, 26 January 2009 04:36

A conversation with Bdale Garbee

It's difficult not to notice Bdale Garbee, the chief technologist for open source and Linux at Hewlett-Packard, when he attends the Australian national Linux conference.

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Sunday, 25 January 2009 04:28

Now, you too can shave Bdale's beard

One of the happenings at the 10th Australian national Linux conference that attracted the most attention was the shaving of Bdale Garbee's beard by Linus Torvalds.

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Friday, 23 January 2009 10:56

LCA2009: Torvalds turns barber for a while

One doubts whether there have ever been more people watching a man's beard being clinically removed, first by trimmer and then by razor, than there were at the Australian national Linux conference today.

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Thursday, 22 January 2009 07:20

LCA2009: Of beards and saving the Tasmanian devil

It all began with the auction of a painting at last night's Penguin dinner to raise money towards research aimed at saving the Tasmanian devil.

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Monday, 19 January 2009 10:47

LCA2009: Getting FOSS developers and companies to play nicely

When Bdale Garbee speaks, people in the free and open source software worlds stop and listen. Let me reword that a bit - when Bdale Garbee speaks, people in the technology industry stop and listen.

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Displaying items by tag: Bdale Garbee

Debian revisits systemd vote, relaxes things a bit

Move to pay Debian devs for project work rears its head again

Freedom for the masses: plug servers from FreedomBox

LCA2010 gets off the starting blocks

Our open source heroes are humans too

A conversation with Bdale Garbee

Now, you too can shave Bdale's beard

LCA2009: Torvalds turns barber for a while

LCA2009: Of beards and saving the Tasmanian devil

LCA2009: Getting FOSS developers and companies to play nicely

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