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Mobile Operating Systems: Firefox OS, Ubuntu, Sailfish
In Linux Land, every year seems to start with a wave of prophecies that this will be 'the year of the something', usually the desktop. These predictions almost universally turn out to be over-hyped. However, 2013 could be the exception. Read More »
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Move Over, Cisco IOS: Dawn Of The Industry-Standard Switch
Bring your own switch, load your own operating system, and save a bundle -- maybe Read More »
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Munich Declares Switch To Open Source Successfully Completed
Munich's switch to open-source software has been successfully completed, with the vast majority of the public administration's users now running its own version of Linux, city officials said Thursday. Read More »
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Municipal Fiber Network Will Let Customers Switch ISPs in Seconds
Ammon's open access network makes all ISP offers available at one website. Most cities and towns that build their own broadband networks do so to solve a single problem: that residents and businesses aren't being adequately served by private cable companies and telcos. But there's more than one way to create a network and offer service, and the city of Ammon, Idaho, is deploying a model that's worth examining. Ammon has built an open access network that lets multiple private ISPs offer service to customers over city-owned fiber...
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My Open Source Journey With C From A Neurodiverse Perspective
Gaming is a big industry. Some studies suggest neurodiverse kids may be even more focused on gaming than other kids. I would tell a neurodiverse high school or college kid that If you learn C, you may be able to learn the basics of, for example, writing efficient drivers for a graphics card, or to make efficient file I/O routines to optimize their favorite game. I would also be honest that it takes time and effort to learn, but that it's worth the effort. Once you learn it, you have greater control of things like hardware. For learning C, I recommend a neurodiverse kid to install a beginner-friendly Linux distro, and then find some tutorials on the net. I also recommend breaking down things step by step, and drawing diagrams of, for example, pointers. I did that to better understand the concept, and it worked for me. In the end, that's what it's about: Find a learning method that works for you, no matter what teachers and other students may say, and use it to learn the open source skill that interests you. It can be done, and anyone can do it.
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My Year Of Living Open Source
Sam Muirhead is a videographer who for one year is abandoning proprietary products and instead using and producing open source materials. Read More »
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NASA Opens It Open-Source Code Doors
The idea of this new Web-site is to “continue, unify, and expand NASA’s open source activities. The site will serve to surface existing projects, provide a forum for discussing projects and processes, and guide internal and external groups in open development, release, and contribution.” That’s all for the best since, while NASA started formally supporting open-source software in 2003, those efforts have usually not been very co-ordinated.
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NCSU Hosts One-Day Introduction to Open Source
It’s something of a grand experiment and it’s being being hosted this weekend on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh. What it is might be called a miniconference, but let’s not call it that. “Mini” indicates smallness, and there’s nothing small about this event, even if it is only a single day affair. Let’s call it a full fledged conference. The students attending will like that. It’ll make them feel important and so grown-up — which they are, actually...
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NHS Technology – Being Open To Open Source
For three years Wayne Parslow, vice president of Harris Healthcare EMEA, has called for the NHS to embrace open source technology. Now NHS England is promoting the benefits of moving in this direction but Parslow warns that we must walk before we try to run Read More »
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No Longer Why Open Source, But How To Do Open Source
Fifteen years ago I spent a good deal of my time evangelizing open source software...Today I spend more time educating perspective open source participants on how they can leverage open source to reduce development costs, improve operational efficiency and drive customization for their own purposes.
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Not Just The Tea Party: IRS Targeted & Turned Down Tax Exempt Status Tied To Open Source Software
...Yes, it seems that the IRS has it out for open source software. The 2010 BOLO list included “open source software” as a significant watch issue, noting “There is no specific guidance at this point. If you see a case, elevate it to your manager.”...
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Nothing Good Is Free: How Linux and Open Source Companies Make Money
We all know how popular and helpful Linux and open source products are, but since most of them are available for free, how do the companies that produce them make any money to pay their bills? As it turns out, lots of ways. Last week's article on Linux for older hardware set a new record for Linux-related articles, in that I did not get even one threatening letter. I did, however, get a bunch of email asking business-related questions about Linux and open source...
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Ochsner Health System Streamlines IT Operations with Open Source Graylog
Graylog, Inc., the company behind the popular Graylog open source log management platform, today announced that Ochsner Health System is using its open source log management and analysis platform to automate IT operations management for more than 17,000 desktops. Using Graylog, Ochsner is now able to identify the root cause of problems before systems and users are affected.
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One Small Step For NASA, One Giant Leap For Open Source
"Space: the final frontier." These may be the opening words of the Star Trek series so loved by geeks far and wide, but lately, they've been on the tip of more Linux bloggers' tongues than ever. Why? Because Linux recently scored a major victory some 230 miles up in the sky... Read More »
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Open Chemistry Project Upholds Mission of Unorganization, The Blue Obelisk
Chemistry is not the most open field of scientific endeavor; in fact, as I began working more in the area (coming from a background in physics), I was surprised with the norms in the field. As a PhD student way back in 2003, I simply wanted to draw a 3D molecular structure on my operating system of choice (Linux), and be able to save an image for a paper/poster discussing my research. This proved to be nearly impossible, and in 2005 a group of like-minded researchers got together at a meeting of the American Chemical Society and formed an unorganization: The Blue Obelisk (named after their meeting place in San Diego)...
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