10.13.08
Posted in News Roundup at 10:44 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
GNU/Linux
- KDE Launches User Forums
The KDE Community today launches the new KDE Forum. The new forum uses the bulletin board software MyBB offering users, developers and people interested in KDE a place to help each other, discuss KDE-related topics and exchange ideas. The KDE Forum complements KDE’s UserBase, the home for KDE users as a valuable support resource.
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- T-Mobile G1 Android Phone already sold 1.5 million Units?
We already reported that pre-orders for the first Android smartphone are very strong. Now Fool.com puts a number on how well the T-Mobile G1 pre-orders are actually going. If the number is correct, early adopters already ordered 1.5 million T-Mobile G1 phones. It looks like the Google controlled Open Source Phone is off to a great start.
- How Linux Can Help Reduce Poverty
- Fighting the ‘legacy’ reputations of GNU/Linux, seventeen years later
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School
- Why Open Source is good for Academic Institutions?
Open Source with its promise of distributing source code and allowing anyone to modify it or derive other software from it, makes it an excellent choice for learning computer science, technology and engineering of software.
- Ministry says no as school opts for free software
The school is deploying the GNU/Linux operating system, aiming to have free software across the board by 2010, and the complete switch to Linux has been approved by the MoE, says the school’s principal, Nathan Parker.
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- Cool Ubuntu Screenshots
- 15 Weirdest, Coolest, and Funniest Tux Images
Tux, the world famous symbol of Linux, can be seen all throughout the interwebs. Some Linux enthusiasts are just crazy about this cute penguin that they posted images of Tux in all forms and sizes. So, it is only appropriate to give them proper credit by showing some of those images here.
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