There are fireworks going off wherever the Linux community congregates and the champagne is being quaffed in unimaginable quantities.
The argument over dual-licensed code, which was festering between the GPL and BSD communities, has drifted off the radar for most - but certainly not…
Monday, 10 September 2007 22:22

Gutsy Gibbon swinging along

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There's a month to go before the next Ubuntu release, 7.10 aka Gutsy Gibbon, hits the download servers. A September 4 daily build shows a…
Thursday, 06 September 2007 22:27

GPL vs BSD: why are people fighting?

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For the second time in six months, a flamefest has broken out between those who release software under the BSD (Berkely Software Distribution) licence and…
Tuesday, 04 September 2007 04:43

Taking FOSS to the masses

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Since 2005, a small band of volunteers in many countries has been gathering together on one day of the year to give away free and…
This month, the GNOME project - one of two main choices when it comes to desktop environments for Linux - celebrates 10 years of existence.…
Monday, 27 August 2007 22:18

Feisty in wireless land

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Recently I've been reading a lot about how well Ubuntu works on laptops, particularly when it comes to handling wireless connections - something that is…
Thursday, 23 August 2007 04:42

Linux conference returning home

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Australia's national Linux conference, linux.conf.au , will be returning home next year, with the University of Melbourne playing host.
The topic of Linux on the desktop is one that raises its head every couple of days somewhere on the Web – and here it…
On April 1 this year, I wrote a spoof headlined "Ballmer joins Linux Foundation board." Considering the statements that were reported last week as emanating…

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