The US copyright lobby has long argued against open source software – now Indonesia’s in the firing line for encouraging the idea in government departments. Traveller on a beach, Indonesia. Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty
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February 25th, 2010
Using Open Source Makes You An Enemy Of The State
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February 19th, 2010
40 Linux Facts
1. Linus Torvalds developed the Linux kernel while still a student at the University of Helsinki in 1991. 2. Last year, 75% of Linux code was developed by programmers working for corporations. 3. In December 2009, IBM announced a new mainframe system designed for Linux. 4. IBM chose Linux for what is expected to be [...]
February 19th, 2010
A New Era for Videogame Graphics?
Videogames are about to get a whole lot better-looking. Thanks to a new algorithm created by Morgan McGuire, Williams College assistant professor of computer science, and Dr. David Luebke, senior research manager at Nvidia, videogames will achieve film-quality graphics in the near future, or so the pair promises. McGuire took a year sabbatical from Williams [...]
January 4th, 2010
Microsoft Office Alternatives
Microsoft will release Office 2010 in June but until then there are some great alternatives. In June Microsoft will release a final version of its Office 2010 productivity suite. Naturally many users will upgrade, at substantial cost, to the latest version of the popular Office suite, but for those not so eager to hand over [...]
May 31st, 2009
How to Set Up a Secure Chrooted Jail with RSSH
In this guide I will show you how to install and configure Restricted SSH (rssh) using the default port 22, create a chrooted jail for your users and how to properly secure it all afterwards. This method is tried and tested as I originally wrote this for my own benefit when building servers at work. [...]
