CeBIT News and Articles

Free software's lack of women leaders

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

11.12.2013
Want proof that women are under-represented in free software? Then look at the leaders.
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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Free fonts for the working day

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

30.11.2013
In the last decade, free fonts have thrived to the point that you hardly need ones with restrictive licenses.
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source , Ubuntu
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The Typography Toolbar Extension for LibreOffice

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

22.11.2013
The Typography Toolbar takes LibreOffice to its natural conclusion.
floss , free software , libreoffice , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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Which desktop will be the default for the next Debian release?

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

13.11.2013
Debian is considering Xfce or GNOME as the default desktop for its next release. But when you conisder the criteria involved, the choice seems obvious.
DEBIAN , floss , free software , Gnome , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine
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CeBIT Call for Papers

11.11.2013

One of CeBITs most successful forums opens the new year with a new name. The popular Open Source Forum continues in 2014 under the name Special Conference: Open Source. This year, the forum will be bigger and offer a wider range of possibilities for sponsors.

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My Wesnoth addiction

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

31.10.2013
If Steam has more enticing games than Battle of Wesnoth, I'm not sure I should know about them.
floss , free software , Linux Magazine , Linux New Media , open source
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Why is interest in free office suites declining?

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

25.10.2013
If cloud services are winning out over free software, maybe the reason is that cloud services are only giving users the features they need
floss , free software , libreoffice , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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Analyzing Ada: Who wrote the notes attributed to Ada Lovelace?

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

15.10.2013
Can a stylistic analysis prove Ada Lovelace wrote the notes credited to her? Newly updated.
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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Ubuntu, Knee-Deep in the Big Muddy

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

07.10.2013
Smart Scopes make the dash look a separate desktop environment from the rest of Unity
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source , Ubuntu
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The not-so-unchanging desktop

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

30.09.2013
Despite all appearances, the free desktop does evolve.
floss , free software , Gnome , KDE , Linux Magazine , Linux New Media
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