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Free Software Daily is back!
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Online on: 2007-06-04
Hello, loyal readers and subscribers of Free Software Magazine...
We have a embarked on an exciting new project, and we want you all to be the first to know about it!
We couldn't help but notice the lack of news hub entirely dedicated to free software. Sure, there are other news hubs, but why shouldn't we have one where like-minded free software supporters can get together and share news and info without being bothered by those pesky Microsoft ads and yes-men?
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Top 10 Free Software Daily stories this week!
By admin
Online on: 2007-09-29
You get the best free software news at FSDaily... because YOU decide what's important. Here are the top 10 FSDaily stories from the last week as voted by the members. Don't like 'em? Think something's missing? Want to know more? Head to FSDaily and get voting!
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Interview with Clement Lefebvre
By Tony Mobily
Online on: 2007-09-29
This is the first in what I hope will be a series of interviews with major GNU/Linux distribution lead developers. This interview is with Clement Lefebvre the lead developer of Linux Mint and he talks with me about his project, development, the community, and his views on free vs open source software.
TM: Clement, first of all please introduce yourself to our readers! Where are you from? What do you do?
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Using PDFedit in Kubuntu
Online on: 2007-09-29
I’m over the moon. So far over, that I’m somewhere out near Neptune at the moment.
You see, I love books. Long ago I picked out PDFs as the best digital equivalent and I’ve collected tens of thousands of free books in my digital libraries. One of the only bits of proprietary (sort of) software on my computers is Adobe, simply because it’s the best reader.
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SSH beyond the command line
File servers made easy with SSH
Hacker's code | EasyOnline on: 2007-09-26
If you’re an experienced administrator, you’ve probably used SSH to remotely access a troublesome box or your personal computer. For those who don’t know: SSH it’s a great way to fiddle with a computer from miles away as if you were sitting at its keyboard, but it’s also just about the simplest and most secure way to configure your computer to let you access its files from anywhere. You can use SSH on nearly every operating system to transfer files to and from your computer over the internet or a LAN.
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The "alias" command
Alias: Speed Dial for your Shell
Hacker's code | EasyOnline on: 2007-09-24
You almost certainly have speed dial set up on your home, office and mobile phone. It saves time, ensures against a failing memory and allows you to work smarter.
Devotees of the command line don’t have to be left out in the cold. One of the crown jewels of GNU/Linux is that every user, be he ne’er so base, has at his or her fingertips the kind of power of which even Caligula could not dream. Alright, I’m exaggerating—a little.
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FSM Newsletter 24 September 2007
Published on web | Easy
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Online on: 2007-09-24
Hello readers, and welcome once again to Free Software Magazine's fortnightly newsletter, keeping you up to date with all things free software... AND the top 10 FSDaily announcements for this week! Enjoy!
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FSFE & Samba interview about Microsoft anti-trust
Online on: 2007-09-20
When Monday’s anti-trust verdict was announced, the FSFE and Samba team talked to the gathered journalists and then sat down for a group interview with Sean Daly.
That interview is on Groklaw now, and I think it came out very well. There’s Carlo Piana and Georg Greve for FSFE and Jeremy Allison and Volker Lendecke of Samba.
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Using third party schemes to install applications, codecs and drivers in GNU/Linux
Where there's an easy way, Phil will find it
User space | EasyBy Phil Thane
Online on: 2007-09-19
A common criticism levelled at GNU/Linux and free software by proprietary software companies is that installing applications, drivers and media codecs is made difficult. Well, it isn’t.
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Just peachy: free software, free movies
Online on: 2007-09-18
Apparently I’ve been living under a rock, because I only recently found out about the Blender project’s free and open source short movie, Elephants Dream, when I happened across Terry Hancock’s review of it last year on this web site. The motivation behind Elephants Dream was to create a great movie short using only free and open source tools, while at the same time finding ways to improve the quality of those tools and free software projects in general.
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This puppy rocks!
Puppy Linux is fast yet full-featured
User space | EasyOnline on: 2007-09-17
Fast, small, lightweight—and still a full-featured GNU/Linux: Puppy Linux combines a complete set of applications with great flexibility, yet it requires minimal hardware. This article introduces this increasingly popular GNU/Linux distribution.
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Top 10 Free Software Daily stories this week!
By admin
Online on: 2007-09-16
You get the best free software news at FSDaily... because YOU decide what's important. Here are the top 10 FSDaily stories from the last week as voted by the members. Don't like 'em? Think something's missing? Want to know more? Head to FSDaily and get voting!
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Kicking around the ol' soccer ball with Bygfoot
By Andrew Min
Online on: 2007-09-15
Programming free software is tons of fun. But every so often, it’s nice to get a change from the daily grind and have some fun. That’s where Bygfoot comes in. Bygfoot is a Windows or GNU/Linux (or Macintosh via fink) compatible football (or soccer, as us Yanks call it) management game in the spirit of Football Manager (Americans and Canadians know it as Worldwide Soccer Manager).
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How to create a GNU/Linux live USB stick with SLAX
By Andrew Min
Online on: 2007-09-14
One of the biggest things holding back GNU/Linux adoption is the fact that most people haven’t tried GNU/Linux. That’s where SLAX comes into play.
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Create your online project site, start to finish, with Sakai
A flexible Collaboration Learning Environment
Hacker's code | EasyBy Alan Berg
Online on: 2007-09-14
Sakai is an online Collaboration Learning Environment, CLE for short. Indiana University has proactively deployed it for 100,000 students, and over 120 other Universities are involved with their own local deployments or test beds. Clearly, this well received application is worth checking out and taking for a vigorous and thorough test run.
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And the luddites shall inherit the world (wide web)...
Online on: 2007-09-13
With the lay public now moving their businesses and lives online, everything they do has an electronic component. But, being lay people, they’re using the most antiquated, bug-ridden, security-deficient, poorly-implemented solutions and services possible. And this is despite being told better. They indulge in PayPal, eBay, FaceBook, DRM, MySpace, and on-line shopping. All of which suck...
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Fast programming with Rexx
Ease of use and power can co-exist
Hacker's code | IntermediateOnline on: 2007-09-12
Ever need to code quickly? You can code Rexx like water—yet it’s powerful. Here’s everything you need to start, by studying real-world programming examples.
Configure and use the Untangle Gateway
Facing the challenges with network administration, the right way
Hacker's code | IntermediateBy Dirk Morris
Online on: 2007-09-10
Connecting a network to the modern day internet can be challenging. Basic infrastructure, like routers, DHCP Servers, and DNS servers, are required to get the network online. The network must also be protected with a firewall and intrusion prevention, and the desktops need protection from viruses and spyware. Next will come a spam and phish filter to stop the continual flood of junk email. Most are then forced to implement some sort of internet usage control, like web filtering, to control what users are doing on the network. [...]
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