Posts about Open Source Software as of September 14, 2009

It’s the time of  year again! It’s time to raise your hands in cheer to celebrate Free and Open Source Software! Go shout it from the mountain tops! Go dancing in the street! Or… maybe not the dancing, shouting bit. Software Freedom Day is here again though, for sure, this time round spearheaded by the newly formed Free and Open Source Alliance . We speak to Tom Goh and Darrel Chua, founders of FOSA to find out more about what Software Freedom Day is all about.

Open your Minds: Software Freedom Day 2009 Reference: Rick Bahague Contact: secretariat@cp-union.com / 4134196 / 09178840096 www.cp-union.com/sfd09 Software Freedom Day (SFD), the largest ever grassroots event promoting and educating the public about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the Philippines, will be held on September 19, 2009 with registration starting at 8:00. This international event will be hosted by the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) 1.3.1 Final Release… Will be installing Ruby on Rails using Cool Stack… this is the first of sets of post.. Now downloading the packages from Sun.com Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) for the Sun Solaris Operating System(TM). Cool Stack is a collection of some of the most commonly used open source applications optimized for the Sun Solaris OS. By using these binaries you will enjoy the best levels of performance from your system, while also reducing your time-to-service.

Hey Guys! Don’t raise your eyebrows or fear by hearing the word Linux. It is as user friendly as windows. Just take a look at the articles below and all myths about Linux in your mind will disappear. Introduction to Linux: It’s a free operating system available to download but you have to pay a tiny bit to mail order it or buy it from a company. Linux came into being about 11 years ago- it was developed by Linux Tornados of Finland along with a group of programmers from the open source software movement.

The blogging platform wars are getting really interesting and much of the discussion I find myself in lately revolves around what is happening with various CMS systems. The market can essentially be defined into 3 major camps: remotely hosted, self hosted, and community based systems. I have used pretty much every blogging platform available and each of them has its ups and downs. In this article I will cover the best options for each area taking into account price, usability, market share and of course SEO potential.

On August 19, I had a heart attack. As the EMTs were muscling me into the back of the ambulance, a lot of things went racing through my mind as I struggled against a seizing heart. Amongst the expected themes of possible death, leaving my son and loved ones, meeting my maker, and such, a strange thought took center stage: “I’m going to miss the roll-out of the Make: Science Room!” It wasn’t a stray thought from a fear-driven brain on random access, either.

It’s an Active Directory world, but now Linux and Mac users can join in with new open source software.

As Google rolls out GFS2 – a major update to the custom-built file system underpinning its online infrastructure – the company’s former infrastructure don sees no reason why the open source world can’t follow suit. Famously, Christophe Bisciglia taught a course at the University of Washington meant to educate rising computer scientists in Google’s epic data juggling ways, and earlier this year, he brought his Big Data know-how to Cloudera, a star-studded startup that’s helping to mimic Google’s

These are my links for September 8th through September 14th: Jaakko Hintikka, Past, present and future of set theory | PhilPapers – What one can say about the past, present and future of set theory depends on what one expects or at least hopes set theory will accomplish…I begin with a quote from the inaugural lecture in 1903 of my mathematical grandfather, the internationally known Finnish mathematician Ernst Lindelöf. The subject of his lecture was – guess what – Cantor’s set theory.

LCA2010 (the conference usually known as “linux.conf.au”, but in New Zealand for 2010) has an initiative to sponsor diverse attendees. Google is sponsoring the LCA2010 Diversity Programme in which Open Source contributors who are members of a minority group, including women, can apply to receive up to NZD1000 towards attendance at LCA2010 in January in New Zealand. Applications for LCA2010 assistance from this program close on Friday 2 October 2009 .