Wisconsin Ubuntu fall-out
Bamboozled. That’s what I am. Bamboozled. For those who haven’t heard this story over the last week, a young woman in Wisconsin accidentally ordered an Ubuntu laptop from Dell and dropped some college...
View ArticleServer migration: the easy stuff
In gathering material for my series on migrating to free software, one thing immediately jumps out at me. If your server software uses industry standard protocols to communicate with your client...
View Article2009 blog links collection
Looking back on 2009, I wrote quite a bit on here which I would like to keep and reference for the future. This is a collection of my blog entries which gave, in my opinion, the most food for thought...
View ArticleLearning how to fund-raise from other non-profits
More and more we’re seeing organisations outside the free software world try to learn the lessons of our success, and integrate “open source” practices into their organisation. Whether it’s companies...
View ArticleLine-up pour Ignite Lyon finalisé
Je viens de finaliser aujourd’hui les présentateurs pour l’inauguration de Ignite Lyon. Les sujets sont assez diverses, du vache à lait à l’informatique bio en passant par la course à pied et l’art...
View ArticleCuring “Shy Developer Syndrome”
From the Neary Consulting blog: One of the most common issues I have seen with experienced professional software developers who start to work on community software is a reluctance to engage with public...
View ArticleMedia Training at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit
One of the things which is often lamented in free software projects is our marketing and press relations. While it’s important to avoid unfair generalisations, we have traditionally been reactive, not...
View ArticleGNOME News
Does everyone know about GNOME News? Since we moved gnome.org to WordPress, we have a news channel, syndicated “below the fold” on the front page of gnome.org, and updated regularly with news,...
View ArticleHumanitarian Software – Using technology to help humanity
Tomorrow, Friday September 23rd, the Humanitarian FOSS track at the Open World Forum will bring together leaders from some of the most important humanitarian software projects and case studies of the...
View ArticlePlayTerm
Via Simon Phipps, I discovered PlayTerm this morning. You can record and play back terminal sessions, which allow you to show commands and their expected output, played at typed speed. This may be the...
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