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People just don't willingly contribute enough money for long term support of Free, Open Source Software, or any free community projects for that matter. The numbers don't lie. Most free software projects put a PayPal link on their websites so their supporters can make donations (non coercive payments). But somehow, their bank balances retain double goose egg balances, or close to it, in absolute perpetuity. These freeloading dead-beats must be pushed into paying. A commercial, "paid for" (coercive payment) model, is the only way that we can ever really sustain GNU/Linux projects and distributions. Wake up and smell the coffee!

Small class size, great food and a beautiful setting make this not your ordinary training session.

I recently moved from Mozilla to Firefox 1.0PR for Web browsing on my Fedora Core 1 Linux desktop system. On that platform, Firefox doesn't do anything with mailto: links by default; it just prints an error message if you click on one. However, a Firefox extension called mozex allows you to use any external mail program for mailto: links in Firefox.

Discontinues sales of older Astaro IPSec Client software

"UserLinux is a Linux distribution with very high aspirations. Founded and backed by Linux luminary Bruce Perens, part of the UserLinux mission is to repair the economic paradigm of enterprise Linux. The recently released UserLinux Beta 1 is perhaps a tangible small step on the path toward achieving its lofty ambitions..."

IBM plans to announce two new top-end Unix servers Friday, sources familiar with its plans said, opening major new challenges to Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard.

On October 18th at 2 p.m. EDT, eWEEK.com's Steven Vaughan-Nichols joins a panel of Linux experts for an eduational eSeminar that will help you make the right choice.

The city of Paris intends to reduce its dependence on software suppliers with"de facto monopolies," but considers an immediate switch of its 17,000 desktops to open source software too costly, it said Wednesday.

One of the UK's IT training firms is seeing increasing demand for Linux courses, but experts say that there's a lot more going on in other parts of the world.

Based on Knoppix 3.6, "eduKnoppix is a live CD specifically targeted for italian schools." - eduknoppix.dmf.unicatt.it OSDir shows you what the 2.0.0 release of this great Italian distro has to offer, in their selection of eduKnoppix screenshots.

I recently installed a remote home camera security system using wireless Internet cameras and a fine free software application for Linux called ZoneMinder. The cameras are installed at a friend's house, and the application runs at mine. ZoneMinder is powerful, feature-rich, and sophisticated.

"The enhanced usability, hardware support and performance make this (10.1 Community) release a milestone on the way to widespread Linux adoption. Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community is designed for those who want the best and latest software and want it as soon as possible." - .mandrakesoft.com OSDir takes you on a tour of 10.1 Community in their 101 screenshot review.

NetSilicon will sample in November a low-cost one-chip network device SoC (system-on-chip) that will hit production in March, 2005, priced between $11 and $16 in 10K quantities. The NS9360 is based on a 200MHz ARM9 core, with an LCD controller and networking. It is supported under Linux by third-party partners, and targets cost-sensitive, space-limited applications such as industrial, building, and medical automation, instrumentation, networked displays, networked terminals, and industrial POS (point-of-sale/service) printers.

Data for the new maps is based on the number of computers running Linspire: The first time one of these machines connects to the Internet, that IP address is converted into map coordinates and a "lightup" (a unique, new desktop or laptop running Linspire) appears in the corresponding location on a satellite photograph of the Earth.

Last week, a NewsForge article about Dallas-based OSI Hosting discussed the company's goal of being a Web hosting provider dedicated to open source. However, it appears OSI may be guilty of the same indirect SCO support its founder criticized in that article, since OSI's own servers are currently being hosted through EV1, which paid for a Linux license from SCO.

Khronos announces a Linux Category for the OpenGL ES Coding Challenge. OpenGL ES is the 3D graphics standard for mobile phones, handhelds, gamepads and embedded devices. The OpenGL ES Coding Challenge is intended to kick start development of the next generation of high-performance 3D games, screensavers, animation, applications and user interfaces for mobile devices.

The warm-hearted Warthogs of the Warty Warthog Team are proud to present the very first release candidate of Ubuntu!

Recently I have been surprised to find out how many people don't seem to have DPMS setup on their Linux Desktops and it seems to be partially just cause they don't know how. So lets fix that.

Technological innovations around open source projects can help Linux gain even more market share according to this DesktopLinux.com article by open source advocate and author Tom Adelstein. With the release of Sun's Looking Glass 3D desktop technology to the community, projects have cropped up to foster development and today, notes Adelstein, Project Looking Glass not only supports Sun's JDS but also Fedora, Red Hat and SuSE distributions. Projects making it easier to interface and develop the software further are cropping up and Adelstein interviews the leader of an effort to make further enhancements to Looking Glass even simpler. Ricardo Wagemaker of GCCLinux.com talks about his advocacy and discusses how gaming played a central role in bringing him to the project, largely propelling his efforts and interests in advancing the technology. Oftentimes it is through this community process that a project destined for one use invariably discovers other applications.

Find out why Dave is so excited about this drum machine/rhythm programmer.