They're on again - they're off again. Lets hope this is settled now.
Despite what appears to be a big-budget lobbying effort by the pro-patent fraternity, Hon Simon Power announced today that he wouldn't be modifying the proposed Patents Bill hence software will be unpatentable once the Bill passes into law.
The educational community has discovered open source tools in a big way. Analysts predict that schools will spend up to $489.9 million on support and services for open source software by 2012, and that only includes charges related to operating systems and learning management systems. Teachers, professors and home schoolers are using open source applications as part of their educational curriculum for a wide variety of subjects.
Nice video for newbies covering Ubuntu, showing the girlies can use computers.
The comments are amusing too - some claim Nixie Pixie's video is too sexy, but I did not see a single CPU or open case. But I'd better take another look ...
Introducing: The best Ubuntu yet?
The Free Technology Academy consists of an advanced virtual campus with course modules that can be followed entirely on-line.
The learning materials are Open Educational Resources that can be studied freely, but learners enrolled in the FTA will be guided by professional teaching staff from the participating universities. The full master programme can be concluded at one of the three universities.
Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 is a comprehensive beginners guide for the Ubuntu operating system. It is written under an open source license and is free for you to download, read, modify and share.
The manual will help you become familiar with everyday tasks such as surfing the web, listening to music and scanning documents. With an emphasis on easy to follow instructions, it is suitable for all levels of experience.
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Ubuntu Manual - Home Usually I just upgrade my machine to the latest Kubuntu releases using apt-get, but with the release of the 10.04 Long Term Support version, I thought it was time to get rid of all the experimental software I have tried, the botched themes, the fixes and tweaks and so on, and go back to a standard install - see what works out of the box.
Writer, broadcaster and campaigner whose new book, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, recasts some of the issues raised in her 1998 book, The New Feminism.
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Open source technologies already permeate most data centers, and their influence is spreading. However, data center managers
who wouldn't think twice about dropping a new Linux server into a rack feel very differently about building an open source
firewall as the main barrier between their own network and the great unwashed. Security remains outside the open-source comfort zone.
