Three Reasons Open Source Will Save The Economy
December 4th, 2008

Nice article by whurley

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You buy the shovel, but you want the hole.

It’s amazing how easy it is to forget that software is just a tool. Companies purchase software so their employees can execute specific tasks. You don’t need a laser-guided shovel with built-in GPS navigation to dig your hole. A plain ol’ shovel will get the job done just fine.

So buck up, little campers, open source software even comes with a free pack of weenies and a bag of marshmallows. Seriously, folks, go take the money you save by going open source and invest it in keeping the people around who really run your business. They need those jobs now more than ever.
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more @ http://whurley.com/2008/12/03/three-reasons-open-source-will-save-the-economy/

Streaker scores
December 2nd, 2008

Support the Free Software Movement
December 2nd, 2008

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/support_the_free_software_movement

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf

Every generation has its philosopher — a writer or an artist who captures the imagination of a time. Sometimes these philosophers are recognized as such; often it takes generations before the connection is made real. But recognized or not, a time gets marked by the people who speak its ideals, whether in the whisper of a poem, or the blast of a political movement. Our generation has a philosopher. He is not an artist, or a professional writer. He is a programmer. Richard Stallman began his work in the labs of MIT, as a programmer and architect building operating system software. He has built his career on a stage of public life, as a programmer and an architect founding a movement for freedom in a world increasingly defined by “code.” “Code” is the technology that makes computers run. Whether inscribed in software or burned in hardware, it is the collection of instructions, first written in words, that directs the functionality of machines. These machines — computers — increasingly define and control our life. They determine how phones connect, and what runs on TV. They decide whether video can be streamed across a broadband link to a computer. They control what a computer reports back to its manufacturer. These machines run us. Code runs these machines. What control should we have over this code? What understanding? What freedom should there be to match the control it enables? What power? These questions have been the challenge of Stallman’s life. Through his works and his words, he has pushed us to see the importance of keeping code “free.” Not free in the sense that code writers don’t get paid, but free in the sense that the control coders build be transparent to all, and that anyone have the right to take that control, and modify it as he or she sees fit. This is “free software”; “free software” is one answer to a world built in code…

The simpsons on mApple
December 1st, 2008

Really nice… Matt Groening is always good in screwing up actual problems in the U.S. economy….

here he is spending ~6 Minutes on apple… you’ll love it!
IN DEPTH – Ultimate Home Media Center
November 27th, 2008

In Depth is a nice show on you tube showing different types of weird tech stuff ;)

They did show on the ultmate home media center. -> Of course all based on linux ;)
MontyPythons’ YouTube Channel
November 21st, 2008

I think this one is self-explanatory….
I wish you a nice weekend and a lot of fun of course =)

http://www.youtube.com/user/MontyPython
The Works With U 1000
November 21st, 2008

Brag About Your Ubuntu Deployment: The Works With U 1000 identifies businesses and organizations across the globe that have made the move to Ubuntu on servers, desktops and/or mobile devices. We are not suggesting that Ubuntu is the best solution for all companies and organizations. Rather, Works With U strives to help organizations identify how, why and where Ubuntu is gaining critical mass.

Goto http://www.workswithu.com/the-works-with-u-1000/ and take the survey if you do use ubuntu ;)
The matrix runs on Windows
November 19th, 2008

Why Barrack Obama has been elected…
November 13th, 2008

http://www.opensource.org/node/372

This article tells the truth… and the clip from cnn blowed me away ;)
Oxygen everywhere
November 12th, 2008

Imho the new KDE iconset called oxygen has some of the greatest icons I’ve ever seen. The set gives KDE4.x a modern and consistent look and feel. Combined with plasma, it is the base of KDEs’ sexy look and feel.

But there’s not only KDE using the oxygen icons… There are other projects I know where you can get your get your breath of fresh air!

I’ve already seen some more projects (not only open source!!!), using oxygen, but I can’t remember their names. This is great, because more and more users will get used to those icons which is a good opener for migrations in the future.

More information about the oxygen project – http://www.oxygen-icons.org/

Get an overview:

http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Wiki/Icons/Oxygen

Or just check the icons out via subversion:

svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/pics/oxygen

Oxygen project - a breath of fresh air

Oxygen project - a breath of fresh air

Update:The Elise Open Media Center Application also makes use of the oxygen iconset. Altough there’s a mix with GNOME icons, which is not really consistent but OK imho ;)