Entries classified under foss


MSFT refuses to give 15 XP licenses for tsunami relief related work
- I almost puked when I read this. I hope there's just been a mix up or something.
To links microsoft sad linux foss tsunami ... on Wed 01/19/05 at 07:42 AM
A Sneak Peek at GNOME 2.10
- Looks like a nice little upgrade..
To links linux foss gnu ... on Tue 01/18/05 at 01:13 PM
MilkMint GTK2 Theme (for GNOME)
- A nice and simple theme for GTK2/GNOME desktop environments (click thumbnail image to see larger screenshot).
To links linux gnu foss ... on Mon 01/17/05 at 03:21 PM
CNet: Red Hat tries again with Linux enthusiasts
- Decent coverage of recent Fedora activity. Things should start kicking up here now that Fedora Extras CVS is available and Seth Vital is taking a more active role.
To links fedora linux foss ... on Thu 01/13/05 at 09:49 PM
Free Software Magazine
- This could be really cool.
To links foss freeculture rag ... on Thu 01/13/05 at 07:08 PM
Experimental Culture
- A look at the past, present, and possible future of GNOME culture.
To links linux gnu foss ... on Wed 01/12/05 at 10:30 AM
IBM Gives FOSS Free Access to 500 Patents - Rethinks IP Management
- Was this a typo or something?
To links foss freeculture patent ... on Tue 01/11/05 at 02:37 PM
New Voices
- $12,000 grants for people who want to take on building community based micro-local news projects.
To links foss coding journalism ... on Mon 01/10/05 at 06:58 PM
Commons-based Peer Production
- Ted Leung generalizes his involvement w/ free and open source software as being a simple contribution to the societal commons. Interesting viewpoint.
Bruno Souza to Sun: "Stop Saying That 'Our Implementation Is Open Source,' It Is Not"
- Right. The issue is the (lack of) redistribution rights, not whether the source is available. Free Linux distros cannot ship Sun's Java (or IBM's by extension). Lastly, Bruno needs a spell-checker.. bad.
To links coding foss java ... on Mon 12/27/04 at 08:02 PM
Torvalds: A Solaris skeptic
- Linus on Solaris going OSS.
To links foss linux ... on Tue 12/21/04 at 03:34 PM

Fedora Project Shaping Up

I've had a few conversations recently where someone expressed interest in GNU/Linux and asked about getting involved. I really wanted to suggest that they consider joining the Fedora project but I couldn't do that comfortably because, well, there are some pretty massive issues.

So I'm really excited to see that Redhat is finally getting around to really supporting the excellent volunteer community that has dedicated themselves to making Fedora, and by extension Redhat's commercial offerings, excellent distributions. Herewith some recent news that led to this post...

To linux foss coding weblog ... on Wed 12/15/04 at 10:37 AM

Optimize Me Harder
- "Nobody *really* modifies the source of open source software." -- somebody didn't get that memo; possibly all of australia..
To links foss linux ... on Sat 12/11/04 at 08:12 AM
Open Source Licenses Are Not All the Same
- Pretty good look at the four mainstream F/OSS license models.
To links foss freeculture gpl ... on Sun 11/21/04 at 02:37 AM