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Open Source elections: Can technology solve voting mishaps?

Many observers have suggested that the only means of guaranteeing that votes are fairly tabulated is to develop a system based on an auditable, Open Source software platform.

Weaseling a good idea

The recent announcement of the KDE League is a good thing. It would be even better if the KDE people hadn't lied about it months ago. Work had been underway on the KDE League, but the earthshaking announcement was to be saved for Comdex, even if it meant deliberately misleading the existing user base in the interim. So much for the open community.

MobiliX.org

This site is dedicated to Mobile UniX systems. It leads you to a lot of useful hands-on information about installing and running Linux and BSD on laptops, PDAs and other mobile computer devices.

Free source project management

Project management and engineering is a largely neglected aspect of free source development. Monty R. Manley addressed this issue in a recent article, but I have reservations about his particular recommendations. Nevertheless, it's an issue we need to tackle.

Germany leads in open source development

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Paul Jones, Director of ibiblio.org, studied the demographics of the Linux developer community. The research showed German contributions to open-source software were greater than people with .edu e-mail addresses, and also greater than the number of people with .org and .gov. e-mail addresses.

Germany leads in open source development

Email: 

Paul Jones, Director of ibiblio.org, studied the demographics of the Linux developer community. The research showed German contributions to open-source software were greater than people with .edu e-mail addresses, and also greater than the number of people with .org and .gov. e-mail addresses.

The real difference between Linux and freeBSD - a licensing primer

Unlike the GPL, the BSD license also allows developers to create proprietary software from modified code, without giving those modifications back as Open Source. By contrast, anything created with GPL code remains Open Source. The software can be sold, but the source code must be included, for free.

Internet C++ (ICVM) Alpha Release

The alpha release of Internet C++, an open

alternative to Java and C-Sharp is available. It features a high-speed virtual machine that is fast enough to run Doom with no JIT compilation. Internet C++ provides several standard

libraries such as X and Motif.

Internet C++ (ICVM) Alpha Release

The alpha release of Internet C++, an open

alternative to Java and C-Sharp is available. It features a high-speed virtual machine that is fast enough to run Doom with no JIT compilation. Internet C++ provides several standard

libraries such as X and Motif.

Linux shell scripting tutorial

This tutorial is designed for beginners only. This tutorial explains the

basics of shell programming by showing some examples of shell programs. A

manual may contain all the necessary information, but it won't have many

examples which are required to put the point across with greater clarity.