Posts about Open Source Software as of October 11, 2009

In an attempt to improve performance and also consolidate some of this blog’s functionality I have been busy decommissioning a few plugins. As I have mentioned previously WordPress Plugins are excellent value and potentially give one’s blog that little bit of extra pizzaz. The self hosted blog of course, has the added advantage of being able to install and run the full collection of plugins as opposed to a hosted blog which has only a limited choice available.

October 11th, 2009 Posted by Jason Perlow @ 4:39 pmCategories:Business, Desktop, Enterprise Computing, Free operating systems, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Web TechnologyTags:Desktop, Desktop Linux, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Jason PerlowI personally do not fall into the group of people that can easily migrate away from Windows, but that doesn’t mean you or someone you know can’t make the switch.

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WorkRegistration Opens For LCA2010 By Angus Kidman on October 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM Registration for Linux.conf.au 2010, which takes place in Wellington, NZ, has now opened up, and the organisers of the region’s premier open source software conference are offering discounted early bird prices until November 13. It’s an impressive schedule, and Lifehacker will be attending; if you’re also heading over, get in now for the best deal.

In 1999, Eric S. Raymond published the essay “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” championing open source software development. The essay contrasts two different free software development models, the Cathedral model, where source code is available with each release but the code developed between releases remains restricted, and the Bazaar model where the code is developed over the Internet in view of the public.

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This topic has always interested me, ever since I first wanted to make a “real” Website when I was in middle school. I didn’t know much about how it all worked, except that you needed a big computer to be on all the time and hooked up to the ‘net. Well, while that is true in theory, I eventually learned that most people don’t host their own Web sites because it’s often always a very practical use of one’s time. On the other hand, if you’re interested in knowing more about running a server, even if it’s in mini scale, there’s a reason to try self-hosting.

This past week the 2009 Utah Open Source Conference was held October 8th thought October 10th. I was fortunate enough to attend both Thursday and Friday. This was the third year it has been held and the first year I attended. I definitely plan on attending next year, and I might even submit a few abstracts for presentations. So without further ado I’ll give you a run down of my experience. SWAG As you can tell I picked up ton of free stuff! For starters everyone received a nice laptop bag from Novell and a UTOS conference T-Shirt when they registered at the door.

“The GeeXboX is no more than an awing standalone media player. Why much a study ? Well, its important determine is to endeavor DivX movies and, as everybody commonly call this category of projects DivX boxes, we’ll meet prepended a “GeeX”, intend that’s for the geeks you every are. GeeXboX is a flooded operative system, livecd that crapper separate on some organisation and it is supported on the superior MPlayer. No requirement for a hornlike drive, you meet hit to place the GeeXboX bootable CD into the CD-Drive of some Pentium-class machine to rush it.

Big banks, big pharma, big problems , writes John Martin, MONEY has thrown society out of kilter. Banks that once appeared to have mountains of cash have collapsed. As a consequence of the global recession, governments now recognise that banking is too important to be left to the bankers. States have taken action, from wresting control of financial institutions to introducing new regulations. I believe the financial meltdown has implications for pharmaceutical research.