OpenSource

"Despite previous efforts to bring support for the ZFS file-system to Mac OS X, Apple has dropped the project. Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz several years ago publicly claimed Leopard would utilize ZFS instead of HFS+, although Apple only provided limited support for the new technology. Even the read-only functionality was dropped with the transition to Snow Leopard." - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet

Nate Aune's presentation at the Open Source Bridge conference. - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

put your idea here ..it can be worth $25000 - http://bit.ly/4BE1V4 - ideas4all

"The FreeSWITCH team is pleased to announce the immediately availability of FreeSWITCH version 1.0.4. (Source tarball available here.) This new version contains many improvements in stability and security as well as some notable additions." - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet

"BandwidthU: How does FreeSWITCH primarily differ from Asterisk? Anthony: “The biggest difference is that FreeSWITCH is a bit more modular than Asterisk. That is to say that FreeSWITCH is broken into much smaller pieces, which means you can hook into more things and combine several small components into exactly what you are trying to accomplish. From a higher perspective, the most obvious difference is that Asterisk is labeled as and designed to be primarily a PBX where FreeSWITCH is a soft-switch which is a lower level of abstraction on the telephony totem pole meaning you can use FreeSWITCH to create a PBX if you wish but you can just as easily use it for several other duties such as SBC or application media server.”" - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet

"As announced on the linux-kernel and driver project mailing lists here, Microsoft has released their Linux Hyper-V drivers under the GPL version 2, and have submitted them for inclusion in the main Linux kernel source tree. I've been working with the developers at Microsoft for a while now trying to make this happen, through the Linux Driver Project. Now, on one hand this is no different from any other company that I have worked with through the driver project. We are averaging about 2 new companies a month right now, working with them to get their code cleaned up and merged into the Linux kernel tree. Stuff like this happens all the time with new companies becoming part of the Linux kernel community every day. This is backed up with the statistics published for every kernel release on the LWN.net kernel pages. But, on the other hand, this is Microsoft, so it is a big deal. There are two major aspects of what they did here:" - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet

"In a Beet.tv interview posted yesterday, Wikimedia deputy director Erik Moller gave a few clues as to the Foundation's train of thought when it comes to video editing and distribution. In the interview clips, included below, Moller hints at the site's upcoming suite of editing tools and sharing options. He compares video to text and image content, subtextually posing the question: If other kinds of non-video content are so easy to grab, remix, and reuse, why not video, too? "The typical video that we see on the web is basically a black box format in a Flash container. I can't easily manipulate it; I need to buy proprietary tools to really do things with it or even to rebroadcast it." All these factors go harshly against the free-as-in-beer, Creative Commons grain of Wikipedia/Wikimedia, so it should come as no surprise that the Foundation's video player and tools are to represent a dramatic shift from current web video standards." - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet

"a free, cross-platform, under-development, 3D, historically-based, real-time strategy game." - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

Looks like AOE. Can't wait to try this out - AJ Batac

An interview with Daniel Risascher, Office of the CIO, Department of Defense, by Tanya Gupta - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

"Commoditized software often comes in the form of open source technology projects. I'm not saying all open source projects are commoditized technologies, but many open source software (OSS) projects spring up because a group of talented developers are tired of paying for services that can be cloned easily. Good open source projects have strong communities behind them, and in some cases, build better features and offer better support than the technologies they set out to reproduce. The key to picking an open source project is not basing it on the product's current features, but by the strength and viability of the community behind it." - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

"Canonical aims to improve the Ubuntu user experience by fixing a multitude of minor usability glitches. The project, which is called One Hundred Paper Cuts, will entail a collaborative effort by Canonical's new design team and the Ubuntu community to fix one hundred usability bugs before the release of Ubuntu 9.10." - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

"There are a couple of “beginner’s mistakes” when thinking about Free Software in general and its commercial application, in particular. One is to believe there was a substantial difference in the software referred to by the terms “Free Software” and “Open Source.” There isn’t. As far as the actual software is concerned, both terms are as synonymous as things get in real life, with experts debating about details around the fringes. The differences between the terms lie in framing and brand." - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

"Mono fans have been creating a giant ruckus in the Ubuntu forums, and even here have made some fur fly, and have not bothered to say why removing Mono from the Ubuntu installation CD and simply including it in the standard repos is not acceptable. It will be available for anyone who wants it, just like the majority of Ubuntu packages. The inability of Mono fans to answer that simple question has me a bit bothered, as though there is a deeper agenda." - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

No - that's wishful thinking - LPH™ and his dog P™

I think the focus on "beating" another OS is a wrong focus - just keep making it better, slicker, easier to use. And foster good apps. Oh, and the biggie: games. I will probably end up buying Win7 just to keep playing games... - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

"THERE is a great divide between those who are serious about moving their authorities to Free(dom) software and those who simply stand in the way. According to this short new report from Switzerland, people in government do not obey their own recommendations. But this probably misses the reality of the matter; it’s more likely that recommendations are made by one set of people and then get ignored by another set which is having lunch with Microsoft executives or simply knows nothing (but myths) about Free software." - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

Old habits die hard - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

"t has been a while since I have played with Apache, I will admit that. The last time I used it, version 2.0 was the norm, and version 2.2 was just coming out of beta. Today of version 2.2.11 is the current version. What got me thinking about Apache was partially nostalgia and partially head banging and continued frustration with government use of IIS, especially given the exciting events this week. First, we have reports of the theft and corruption of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Prescription Monitoring Program web site. The story is that the site had been hacked, the data encrypted or deleted or being held hostage, according to a variety of sites, and the FBI is investigating. As discussed on the latest Search Engine, almost no one is really taking the ransom demand seriously for a variety of reasons. The second topic that got me annoyed was a ComputerWorld article yesterday about new, serious bugs in IIS and Microsoft’s prevailing attitude about the risk. Finally I had to set up... more... - sofarsoShawn from Bookmarklet

My favorite one. - sofarsoShawn

Summary: Blackberry users should not be forced into using Outlook. Blackberry service can be easily integrated with Thunderbird or other non-Outlook email applications. Solution: Thunderbird is the primary email application that is used on a desktop to send, receive and file messages. Blackberry is a secondary email application that is used to send and receive email messages remotely. User needs to (1) use a single email address known to the outside world, (2) be able to receive and send email to and from this single email address from either the Blackberry or Thunderbird, (3) maintain a complete record in Thunderbird of all sent and received email (whether sent or received from the Blackberry or Thunderbird). Detailed Instructions: - sofarsoShawn

1. Select an External Email Address. Select an email address that will be used externally, i.e. the email address you provide to others on your business card or otherwise. For this example, we will use fred@flintstone.com. 2. Configure Domain-Level Email Forwarding. Configure your domain-level email forwarding so that all incoming email addressed to fred@flintstone.com is forwarded to... more... - sofarsoShawn

3. Configure Blackberry. Configure the dedicated Blackberry address so that the "Reply to:" address is fred@flintstone.com and the "Auto BCC:" address is fredthunderbird@gmail.com. 4. Configure Thunderbird. Configure Thunderbird to retrieve email from fredthunderbird@gmail.com; this will include incoming email sent to fred@flintstone.com as well as BCC email from the Blackberry.... more... - sofarsoShawn

The program provides opportunities for participants to work closely with FSF staff members for twelve-week terms in core areas of the FSF's work, including campaign and community organizing, free software licensing, systems and network administration, GNU project support, and web development. "We have provided internships on and off over the years, but we're excited to be able to offer these more permanent educational opportunities. We're looking forward to working with and learning from students, and I'm glad that as part of our continued growth we are able to offer a place where students concerned with free software ethics can help advance a cause they care about," said John Sullivan, FSF's operations manager. The internships are unpaid, but the FSF will provide the documentation needed for students to receive funding or credit from outside sources. A limited number of positions are available, and priority will be given to candidates able to work full-time on-site at the FSF headquarters in Boston. - sofarsoShawn

"Application instructions and further details about the program are available at http://www.fsf.org/volunte...." May 25th deadline. - sofarsoShawn

"Here are the multimedia recordings of the talks from LGM 2009. It is the fourth annual worldwide meeting of teams developing open source graphics applications. Designers, graphic artists and anyone involved in print production and/or web development are cordially invited to attend and meet the developers one to one." - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

The Amahi Home Server is more than what you'd expect from a GNU/Linux home server. We call it "Home Digital Assistant" or HDA. * Network backups Backup all your networked machines simply and easily * Shared network storage Access, share and search your files from any machine on your network * Secure VPN Automatically setup your own VPN so you can access your network from anywhere: safely and securely * Shared Applications Calendaring, private wiki and other shared applications at your fingertips ... and more - sofarsoShawn

Sounds very nice. But like 9000, I#m waiting for a stable Ubuntu version - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

A free software synthesizer inspired by the ideas of the Reactable. Psychosynth is part of the GNU project. - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

Is it like BuzzMachines? - Steve Lynch from twhirl

Watch the videos: http://www.psychosynth.com/index... - Michael R. Bernstein

"Though West Virginia may not be in the top national rankings when it comes to overall health, wealth and education, it is leading the way in electronic health record (EHR) open source adoption." - Michael R. Bernstein from Bookmarklet

"Recently the state chose to adopt EHRs the old fashioned way...by stealing from the federal government...sort of. By tapping into the Veteran's Affairs (VA) EHR system that is available to health providers at no cost, West Virginia became the first state to adopt the EHR system state-wide, implementing the software across its state-run hospitals and nursing homes. " - Michael R. Bernstein

"The VA medical record system, otherwise known as VistA, was developed in the seventies by MIT researchers in conjunction with VA physicians and is touted as a leader in EHR software in the market-and best of all, its free. Well, close to free. VistA is supported by our tax dollars and the users must pay for installation, training, and support, but it is a formidable basement bargain relative to its competitors." - Michael R. Bernstein

"The Cocotron is an open source project which aims to implement a cross-platform Objective-C API similar to that described by Apple Inc.'s Cocoa documentation. This includes the AppKit, Foundation, Objective-C runtime and support APIs such as CoreGraphics and CoreFoundation." - Jérôme from Bookmarklet

I don't agree. We should allow ANY language here. Or do you want the international open source community divided in rooms of different languages? - Ryo / Fuck Facebook