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lisah writes:
Linux.com's Robin 'Roblimo' Miller will moderate a live debate Wednesday, December 5, between the GNOME Foundation's press officer Jeff Waugh and fair competition advocate Roy Schestowitz. Both have strong — and opposing — points of view regarding GNOME's involvement with Microsoft's OOXML standard and vehemently defend their positions, so getting them together in the same virtual room ought to prove quite interesting.
Although the broadcast will be archived as a podcast and available for free download, you can listen live as it's recorded and also call in to participate and ask questions.
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G Adler writes:
Linux Magazine's Editor in Chief cuts through the hype about Android and the fabled 'gPhone' to suggest that, though Google's announcement was a bit disappointing, it also gives FOSS a new — and perhaps better — market to slip into.
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Count Blah writes:
While Macintosh users are enthusiastically putting the new version of OS X through its paces, one problem has cropped up early: problems with Java and Adobe Flash. In fact, one formerly happy Java developer says Mac users ought to just run Linux.
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Anastasia Beaverhousen writes:
In what many will consider either a total change of heart (or complete BS), Forbes columnist Dan Lyons was caught on video at a recent conference professing his undying love for Linux. The words, "pry it out of my hands at gunpoint" were even used at one point. Oh, and he also let the world know that he isn't sleeping with Stallman. We can all exhale now.
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Count Blah writes:
Having trouble figuring out who all the players are and who's doing what with the patent infringement suit slapped on Red Hat and Novell? This playbook spells it all out for you.
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lisah writes:
Linux users who like FPS games are usually out of luck because precious few good games of that sort exist. Alien Arena 6.10 was released today and, according to a review at Linux.com, it kicks the competition's butt — and uses 10 different kinds of weaponry to do it.
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lisah writes:
Lots of countries have said they're interested in buying OLPC's XO laptops but none have ponied up the cash yet. Uruguay announced this week that OLPC's computers passed their litmus test and it looks like they're about to buy 100,000 units with an option on 50,000 more.
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lisah writes:
As people run around buying expensive video editing software like Final Cut and Premiere, they often overlook Kino, an open source — and free — tool that's just as good. According to a review at Linux.com, it may still have a few rough edges but unless you're creating the next multi-million dollar blockbuster, chance are it will suit you just fine.
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lisah writes:
When Eben Moglen took the stage at OSCON today, things heated up rather quickly. According to reports, 'At the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Eben Moglen threw down the gauntlet to O'Reilly founder and CEO Tim O'Reilly. Saying that O'Reilly had spent ten years making money and building the O'Reilly name, Moglen invited O'Reilly to stop being "frivolous" and to join the conversation about software freedom.'
