Software News and Articles

Community power and public shaming

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

14.04.2014
Public shaming has come to free software -- and the result is as ugly as you might expect.
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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The birth of SpinachCon

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

31.03.2014
Got spinach? Then SpinachCon can put you in touch with users who can help your software avoide the gaffe.
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source , OpenHatch
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Butterfly: Terminal in A Browser

Productivity Sauce

27.03.2014
A terminal and a browser are the most important tools of any Linux user. And Butterfly allows you to combine both.
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Mir vs. Wayland show why upstream projects matter

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

26.03.2014
Downstream projects benefit the community more than in-house ones.
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source , Ubuntu
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Using reader polls

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

19.03.2014
The reader polls can be trust - but only to a very limited point.
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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University Students! Earn money while coding on cool Free and Open Source projects!

Paw Prints: Writings of the maddog

19.03.2014
University students earn money and expertise with Linaro's projects for Google Summer of Code
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Dear President Rousseff, you are listening, but not enough....

Paw Prints: Writings of the maddog

17.03.2014
President Rousseff of Brazil is doing a little for security and privacy, but not enough
free software , privacy , Security
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MediaGoblin looks for sweet spot between coding and philosophy

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

12.03.2014
MediaGoblin nears general release in its attempt to save the web from the centralization.
floss , free software , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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Fast-Tracking Speech Recognition

The Open Speech Initiative Begins

10.03.2014

OSI seeks to bring advanced speech processing to free software.

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Why proprietary software isn't ported to Linux

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

28.02.2014
If there was ever a time for proprietary apps on Linux, it passed some time ago.
floss , free software , Gimp , libreoffice , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine
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