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
2D Unity Not on the Natty Plan Says Canonical->
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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."
Link to Original Source
Link to Original Source
Cell Phone Interception At Def Con 95
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Soulskill
from the can-i-hear-you-now dept.
from the can-i-hear-you-now dept.
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
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samzenpus
from the literal-charges dept.
from the literal-charges dept.
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
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from the good-stuff dept.
from the good-stuff dept.
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