Monthly Archives: November 2006

Free Software: Episode Released! | Questions please… Jon Roberts invited Jeremy Allison, Richard Stallman and I to answer questions from his readers about Software Freedom. We covered some of the issues du jour, but also a lot of the bedrock … Continue reading →

Primed for desktop Linux “For me, the fact the Linux idea was explicitly stated by the CIO and did not arrive via a pre-existing vendor relationship or sales pitch is a poignant one.” — Steven Deare about the Kennards deployment, … Continue reading →

Open source Java presents world of opportunities “Given that Sun [is] also open-sourcing Java ME (Micro Edition), that allows Gnome developers to create Java applications that can work across the desktop and embedded devices,” Waugh said. (tags: press java sun … Continue reading →

Fox News takes on The Daily Show “Fox News, a regular butt of jokes for Jon Stewart’s liberal-leaning The Daily Show, is developing a conservative news satire programme with the co-creator of 24.” — But conservatives just aren’t funny, and… … Continue reading →

Notes on Firefox Summit 2006 “The various distros can do a better job at [Linux builds] than we can, and they also happen to have most of the users, outnumbering Mozilla builds by more than 10-to-1.” — Hopefully, this indicates … Continue reading →

Live action =) Some eye candy for Maemo users =) This is so awesome, it even rhymes… It’s like Front Row on your Maemo! What looks like a delicious user experience, via the lickable delivery vector of the 770′s beautiful … Continue reading →

B1 Pictures – OLPCWiki Elite zero-day unboxing pics of the alarmingly desireable OLPC XO B1. Lap it up. (tags: olpc linux gnome gmae) An interview with Linux Australia’s cover girl “Australians should get over their cultural stereotype of women in … Continue reading →