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GPLv3 is out

That will make some interesting reading
http://gplv3.fsf.org/

Posted 02 July 2007 † david § ‡ Comments (0)

Video conference, Mark Shuttleworth, HCMC and Hanoi july 6

Yup it is not exactly official, so we will keep you updated as we know more, but so far it there will be a video conference where the subject will be “Open Standards, ODF/OOXML and Ubuntu for Vietnam and the World” will be at 15h00PM and between 2-3 places (2 in Hanoi 1 in [...]

Posted 27 June 2007 † david § ‡ Comments (0)

The be very afraid tour

Worth watching :

Posted 22 May 2007 † david § ‡ Comments (0)

Linux Is Going To The Indianapolis 500!

The Linux community is going to put a Linux sponsored car in this year’s Indianapolis 500… and you can help! Today marks the launch of Tux500.com, a community-powered marketing effort!

I remember during the Asiasource II event, I was suggesting to place “Free Open Source Software” in movies, so instead of seeing a MAC or [...]

Posted 11 April 2007 † david § asiasource ‡ Comments (0)

Grassroot Open Source action exist in Viet Nam

And see it in pictures. In Ho Chi Minh City, the VNOSS (Vietnam Open Source Software) squad decided to crash the Microsoft Vista Party, and did a free linux cds give-away. Normally Vietnamese are rather frisky at the idea to demonstrate anything against something, I’m very proud of this action, this time they really showed [...]

Posted 27 March 2007 † david § ‡ Comments (0)

Will hardware manufacturers open the floodgates to free software adoption?

The Free Software Foundation has released a paper detailing the five actions major hardware manufacturers can take to foster a mutually beneficial relationship with the free software community: support free software drivers, end the “Microsoft Tax”, remove proprietary BIOS locks, support a free BIOS, and reject Digital Restrictions Management (DRM).
And it is not completely theoretical, [...]

Posted 06 March 2007 † david § Geek Ranting ‡ Comments (0)

Free and Open source for disaster management

Last june 2006, an application specially created to support disaster management became the “open source Application of the month” on sourceforge
Called Sahana, this application is a Free and Open Source Disaster Management system. It is a web based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems during a disaster from finding missing people, managing aid, [...]

Posted 04 January 2007 † david § ‡ Comments (0)

What if we could get rid of the banks ?

Imagine that you could zip (or better tar) a bill of 20 bucks, then send it over the internet and your recipient could easily use it without going through a bank or a third party taking its percentage (Think Western Union).
Ok that’s very idealistic point of view but eh, I’m sure you’re secretly thinking [...]

Posted 03 January 2007 † david § ‡ Comments (0)

Firefox extension for earthquake seekers

I just found out a Firefox extension for natural disaster professional. eQuake alert is for firefox, which alerts you - the name says it- with the basic information (date, location, and magnitude) of each earthquake. By default your browser will shake proportional to the earthquake magnitude. You can configure the alert methods and even you [...]

Posted 03 October 2006 † david § ‡ Comments (0)

Speeding up startup time of Open Office under linux

It is not fair, once you install OO.o on a windows computer it always start instantaneously, because it has a preloader. On GNU/linux it has to be activated :
Menu Tools >> Options >> select OpenOffice.org then memory in the left pane >> tick the quick starter box.
Voilà !!!
Truly that should be defaulted

Posted 20 September 2006 † david § ‡ Comments (0)