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Source: Linux Today Following the trend of open source adaptation in major cities worldwide, one of the major Korean cities, Gwangju Metropolitan City, successfully jumped onto the open source transition, receiving spotlight from related industry.
Source: Linux Today In which we conclude that no matter how loony the FOSS world appears, it's a bastion of sanity compared to anything else.
Source: Linux Today So regarding my infamous Acer Ferrari 1000 Windows Vista laptop (one of several sent to bloggers which are stirring up a quite a bit of controversy), I think the best thing to do at this point is auction it off on eBay and donate the proceeds from the auction to one of my favorite non-profits, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
Source: Linux Today One of the common (and leading) reasons for 64-bit processor owners continuing to use 32-bit software is due to some software not being available for x86_64 Linux. The key package that keeps many Linux users to running i386 software is for Macromedia Flash Player
Source: Linux Today "An open source advocacy group has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a Microsoft Corp. case asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate all software patents.
"The New York-based Software Freedom Law Center's (SFLC) amicus brief was submitted earlier this month in Microsoft v. AT&T;, which is scheduled for argument before the high court in February."
Source: Linux Today I've never seen a computer this slick and fast. And did I mention that Vista ROCKS?
Source: Linux Today First up: Desktop search My personal gripe with both programs: I can't get either of them to index my e-mail
Source: Linux Today " To open-source or not to open-source was never in question as far as Steve Shreeve, founding CEO and largest shareholder of Medsphere Systems Corp., was concerned. So, this summer, Steve, self-proclaimed open-source software leader, and his twin-brother Scott, released the company's matured code on SourceForge under the GPL.
"Their reward? They were then sued for $50 million by their company."
Source: Linux Today The Z shell (zsh) was designed with interactive use in mind rather than programming, so it incorporates a lot of functionality that makes using and running commands much easier. Examples include more extensive filename matching (globbing), multiple I/O streams for redirecting input and output, and a fully customizable command-line completion system.
Source: Linux Today Apparently airbags aren't just for cars anymore. Google is actively developing and open source multiplatform crash reporting system.
Source: Linux Today This tip will help you to disable a site for maintenance using mod_rewrite without redirecting url.
Source: Linux Today In the beginning, Linus created two floppy discs, called "boot" and "root
Source: Linux Today Nonetheless, open source software isn't mentioned in the manifest. This is done deliberately. Instead of asking for open source, the manifest explains what the goals of that 'open source' should be; making it harder for suppliers to abuse the term 'open software', and label their closed software 'open'.
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