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07 Mar

Red Hat High campers are bridging the digital divide

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One of the things Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik loses sleep over is the digital divide, especially when it comes to children. He wanted to do something about the disparity in the availability of computing resources and skills [...]

06 Mar

Classic Gasperson: FSF asks Lindows, “Where’s the source?”

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Bradley Kuhn, vice president of the Free Software Foundation, says the organization is contacting LindowsOS representatives because the company has not included source code with its “sneak preview” releases. Lindows CEO Michael Robertson says his company will [...]

11 Oct

Linux distro for women? Thanks, but no thanks

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The idea is floating around again: Let’s make a special Linux distribution for women! We’re smarter than that, aren’t we? I say, let’s spare ourselves and the world yet another pointless and less-than-useful version of Linux.

17 Sep

Software Freedom Day: Not just for geeks

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The third annual Software Freedom Day (SFD) will take place worldwide on September 16. Project organizers say the event, designed to raise awareness about the benefits of using [...]

12 Aug

Open source project may help end homelessness in Toronto

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Dr. Tomislav Svoboda spends a lot of time working to improve the plight of the homeless in Toronto. He began his residency by working at the Seaton House, Canada’s largest homeless shelter, which cares for about 700 men. [...]

17 Jul

Building a free software community in a PC Garage

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Four Debian enthusiasts in New York City got together in 2003 and created the Community Free Software Group (CFSG), a non-profit entity to promote the use of free software in the local community. Since the group’s inception, CFSG [...]

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