Comment Adobe Reader is a huge BLOB - use Free software! (Score 1) 164
Use free open source software instead:
http://pdfreaders.org/
Comment SchoolTool? (Score 1) 120
From their features page:
Teacher Gradebooks
* Use SchoolTool’s gradebook for calculating point or percentage based grades.
* SchoolTool provides a spreadsheet-style gradebook for each class section.
* Each gradebook can be organized as multiple worksheets.
* Assignments and activities can be organized and weighted by categories, such as “Exam” or “Lab,” which can be customized for each site.
* Point-based scores can be converted to grades using flexible, customizable “score systems.’
* Scores are viewable by students, if they are given permission to log into SchoolTool.
* Scores can be exported to
Comment It's called and OpenPGP key. (Score 2) 85
OpenPGP, PGP and GnuPG / GPG are often used interchangeably - a common mistake.
OpenPGP is technically a proposed standard although it is widely used.
PGP is an acronym for Pretty Good Privacy, a computer program which provides cryptographic privacy and authentication.
GnuPG is an abbreviation for Gnu Privacy Guard, another computer program which provides cryptographic privacy and authentication.
gpg is the name of the binary executable file for GnuPG in Gnu/Linux- and Unix-nased operating systems.
Comment Re:Getting better on OS X (Score 1) 470
Which bug report ? Let me know and I can get more eyes on it. Optionally just come to #libreoffice on IRC and ask someone to take a look.
Comment LIbreOffice in Ubuntu (Score 3, Informative) 470
If you're using Ubuntu, and want to try LibreOffice, I wrote a few details here:
http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3
Most importantly *don't install
Submission + - 2D Unity Not on the Natty Plan Says Canonical (linuxpromagazine.com)
akgraner writes: “It's not on the Natty plan for now, but we'll be evaluating the progresses and will consider adding a 3rd session option if the development goes as planned,” said David Barth, Desktop Experience Team, Engineering Manager at Canonical.
Cell Phone Interception At Def Con 95
ChrisPaget writes "I'm planning a pretty significant demonstration of GSM insecurity at Defcon next week, where I'll intercept and record cellular calls made by my attendees, live on-stage, no user-input required. As you can imagine, intercepting cellphones is a Very Big Deal in the eyes of the law; this blog post is an attempt to reassure everyone that their privacy is being taken seriously despite the nature of the demo. I'm not just making it up either — the EFF have helped significantly with the details."
Comment Why three engineers ? (Score 1) 417
Triangulation FTW.
Verizon Charged Marine's Widow an Early Termination Fee 489
In a decision that was reversed as soon as someone with half a brain in their PR department learned about it, Verizon charged a widow a $350 early termination fee. After the death of her marine husband, Michaela Brummund decided to move back to her home town to be with her family. Verizon doesn't offer any coverage in the small town so Michaela tried to cancel her contract, only to be hit with an early termination fee. From the article: "'I called them to cancel. I told them the situation with my husband. I even said I would provide a death certificate,' Michaela said."
Comment English article and Digg link (Score 2, Informative) 172
Here is a link to an English article about this:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/quebec-microsoft-lawsuit.html
ASnd please digg it:
http://digg.com/business_finance/Quebec_broke_law_in_buying_Microsoft_Software
Comment Bravo to FACIL, Cyrille and his team! (Score 4, Informative) 172
No doubt the court decision documents will help many people understand what Free software is and how it can be considered for government use.
Full (French) PDF of the court decision is available here:
http://blogs.savoirfairelinux.net/cyrilleberaud/KMBT35020100602152155.pdf
English background information:
http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/03/17/gnulinux-integrator-complains-to-supreme-court-about-quebec-government-illegaly-upgrading-to-vista-without-proper-rfps/
Physics Platformer Gish Goes Open Source 58
An anonymous reader writes "After announcing plans to go open source due to the success of the Humble Indie Bundle, developer Cryptic Sea has released the source code of 2-D platformer Gish under the GPLv2. There's a mirror on github."
Comment Re:It's 10.04 LTS (not "10.04") (Score 1) 567
In fact I've done a few hundred for testing in every release, including for my main computers use at home and on the job (as a senior support analyst at Canonical).
All Canonical Staff are strongly encouraged to run the development release when it enters beta. I'd say once it's reached RC it's fairly safe for desktop production and server testing. If you follow a few known rules the chances it will go wrong are minimal. Of course I am highly biased and can only ask help to myself
Open Source Developer Knighted 101
unixfan writes "Georg Greve, developer of Open Document Format and active FOSS developer, has received a knighthood in Germany for his work. From the article: 'Some weeks ago I received news that the embassy in Berne had unsuccessfully been trying to contact me under FSFE's old office address in Zurich. This was a bit odd and unexpected. So you can probably understand my surprise to be told by the embassy upon contacting them that on 18 December 2009 I had been awarded the Cross of Merit on ribbon (Verdienstkreuz am Bande) by the Federal Republic of Germany. As you might expect, my first reaction was one of disbelief. I was, in fact, rather shaken. You could also say shocked. Quick Wikipedia research revealed this to be part of the orders of knighthood, making this a Knight's Cross.'"
Comment It's 10.04 LTS (not "10.04") (Score 4, Informative) 567
This Ubuntu release is 10.04 LTS (for "Long Term Support").
Getting the RC version or the latest daily ISO and upgrading from that is functionally equivalent to waiting for the final ISO to be released and installing it.
Anyone updating their packages from a recent enough beta or RC of Ubuntu will end up having the equivalent of the release.
In case it's not clear, it makes sense NOT to wait for the final release.
