Video: Stallman on DRM, Patents and C #
Jul 09, 2009In another of our videos of the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, Richard Stallman declares his position on DRM, patents and C #.
more »Video: Keynote Conference at the Desktop Summit
Jul 09, 2009Keynote speakers have been facing the press at the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit. Richard Stallman, Walter Bender and Robert Lefkowitz discussed the birth process of free software.
more »Akademy Awards 2009 – Winners Announced
Jul 09, 2009The purpose of the Desktop summit on Gran Canaria is not only to improve cooperation and collaboration between the Gnome and KDE developers. As every year, a select few KDE developers will receive the project specific Akademy Award. We will introduce the winners.
more »World Robotic Sailing Championship Starts in Portugal
Jul 07, 2009The first world robotic sailing championship to be held on the open sea will start tomorrow in Matosinhos, Portugal. A number of the unmanned boats will be sailing on Linux systems.
more »Event report: Velocity 2009 State of the Web
Jul 07, 2009O'Reilly's Velocity Conference, held June 22-24 in San Jose, California, was one of the most relevant conferences on the state of the Web.
more »Gran Canaria: GNOME Zeitgeist Tracks What You've Done
Jul 06, 2009"Where are the notes I took online while at the library Tuesday night?" A question such as this might be best answered by the likes of GNOME Zeitgeist.
more »Gran Canaria Desktop Summit: Akonadi for the Integrated Desktop
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more »Gran Canaria Desktop Summit: Better Audio for Free Desktops
Jul 05, 2009On the second day of the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, Gnome and KDE developers have been focused on topics surrounding meta data, community, and infrastructure. Concerning multimedia, audio support for the open source desktop has proved to be a hot topic.
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