Voice of the masses Archive
Voice of the masses
There’s been plenty of furore about SourceForge in the last few weeks, and specifically its bundling of adware with installers for open source software. Which raises the question:
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The future promises to bring us many things: solar powerered hoverboards, giant underground cities on Mars, and slightly less painful dentistry. But what about in Linux? How do
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Is there a thawing in Microsoft’s approach to Linux and open source, or is recent manoeuvring another marketing campaign, capitalising on the current strength and success of Free
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Congratulations to the Debian team for getting Jessie out of the door. If the distro’s history is anything to go by, however, the next release will be around
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Imagine you could gather together the best bits of every Linux distribution, and create your numero-uno, top notch, bee’s knees distro to rule the world. What would it
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We often talk about programs missing on Linux that keep people using Windows or OS X, but how about the other way round?
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The Linux kernel now has its own Code of Conflict, stating: “if anyone feels personally abused, threatened, or otherwise uncomfortable [in mailing list discussions], that is not acceptable”.
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Elementary OS is an up-and-coming Linux distribution that has gained popularity thanks to its attractive and consistent user interface. Until recently, the downloads page for the distro asked
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Linus Torvalds recently rejected a patch that removes EISA support from the kernel – despite that technology being ancient by computing standards. Torvalds’ reasoning: “It’s not like it
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron has suggested that end-to-end encryption, which prevents the government from snooping on communication,
should be banned.
