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March 18, 2005 Leave a comment
I'm happy to report that as a result of LQ sponsoring LinuxWorld Canada, I am able to offer free passes to everyone. Additionally, if you'd like to purchase a conference pass, you can get 25% off by using code A101. We're still finalizing whether LQ will have a booth, but if you're in the area you should attend – after all, it's free.
–jeremy
March 16, 2005 Leave a comment
I hate to use the word “Initiatives” actually. It sounds much too corporate and much too office space for what LQ really is. I couldn't think of a better word though, and it probably won't send LQ into a whirl of red tape and bureaucracy. One thing we've really been putting a concerted effort into recently is reducing the number of threads with 0 replies. Another goal that I have set is to reach 3,000 articles in the LQ Wiki. I haven't set a hard date for this, but “as soon as possible” sounds about right. Contributing to the LQ Wiki couldn't be much easier, and there is even a list of Most Wanted Pages, if you can't think of a topic for an article but would like to help. We've got a couple more things we'd like to do soon also, but I'll keep the list to two for now. As always, if you have any suggestions on how we can improve LQ, please let us know.
–jeremy
March 15, 2005 Leave a comment
I am happy to report that LinuxQuestions.org is going to be sponsoring the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Canada which will be held on April 18 – 20, 2005 in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. As of now it even looks like LQ may be exhibiting, so stay tuned for more details.
–jeremy
March 14, 2005 Leave a comment
I am happy to announce that Ubuntu has joined LinuxQuestions.org. Visit the Ubuntu Forum. Welcome aboard and thanks for your participation. On a related note, if you know someone at a distribution that doesn't participate at LQ but would like to, please contact me. All distributions are welcome. Currently, 23 distributions participate – a full list is available here.
–jeremy
March 14, 2005 Leave a comment
Is it just me, or do you get the feeling that the media really wants a Red Hat vs. Sun battle. Maybe it's because Jonathan Schwartz keeps equating Linux to Red Hat, but I'd guess that it's just because it makes a good story. For those interested, here's a look at Solaris 10 and a look at RHEL 4. On a side note, LQ should be starting the transition to RHEL 4 “Real Soon Now”.
–jeremy
March 11, 2005 Leave a comment
With Mozilla having an uncertain future and the Firefox development process being called into question, is the project doomed? One really has to hope not. With Firefox being so mainstream, for it to falter would be a huge setback for Open Source (whether deserved or not), at least from a mainstream perspective. SO, is it all gloom and doom? The good news is, I don't think so. The project grew fast and they are clearly going through some growing pains, but in the end I think too many people are too dedicated to this succeeding for it to fail. If you're a programmer and are looking to get involved in an Open Source project then SeaMonkey and Firefox are both fantastic candidates (you can view Asa's blog for some additional info on the process). Remember, OSS is about scratching your own itch, and I'd say the need for a non-IE browser is more like a rash than an itch.
–jeremy
March 9, 2005 Leave a comment
Looks the Canopy Cases that we mentioned in a recent LQ Podcast have now been settled. Here are some additional details. Looks to me like the counter suit had more merit than the actual suit. The details of the settlements have not been released at this point. Sad to think that a trust setup by Ray Noorda to help the LDS Church, two nonprofit charitable organizations, and a special needs child ended up funding the litigious bastards.
–jeremy
March 6, 2005 Leave a comment
It looks like Russ Nelson has stepped down as the OSI President, to be replaced by Michael Tiemann. I've had a chance to talk to Michael on several occasions and I'm sure he'll do a great job as interim president (it looks like his role is mostly going to be expanding the board to 9, so they can vote on a full term president). It's unfortunate what happened to Russ and I think it was much ado about nothing. He's been a member of the community for a long time and hopefully everyone can put this behind them and move on. It's good to see that he will stay on the board and continue to contribute to OSI.
–jeremy
March 4, 2005 Leave a comment
An interesting article about properly advocating Open Source by Jono Bacon has been posted to LinuxDevCenter. Some good points are made and overall it's an article that almost anyone can glean some useful info from. It's sometime easy to get overzealous and I think we've all seen some cases where a person trying to advocate has done more harm than good.
–jeremy
March 4, 2005 Leave a comment
An interesting perspective from a really smart guy who worked at Microsoft for 15+ years and now works at Google. From the post:
I would argue that Microsoft used to know how to ship software, but the world has changed…
An good read from someone who has seen both sides on the coin.
–jeremy
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