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  • Quickly Move an Executable Between Systems with ELF Statifier

    This looks like a cool tool to help with distribution portability...

  • The True Value of Nothing

    Glyn Moody has an interesting take on our paper released today...

  • Why Do We Release openSUSE on Thursdays--Or Why Do We Slip?

    A candid look at how one distribution is put together..."openSUSE 11.1 Beta3 is a bit later than expected (it should go out later today). Of course, this raised couple of questions why. So let me explain how a build of a Beta release works in general from release manager perspective and what are the reasons for the slip.

  • Why Microsoft Wants Us to Get All Mixed Up

    Mixed source is a term being bantered about a lot these days... “'What's in a name?' some bloke in the sixteenth century once asked. As Microsoft knows, quite a lot. What you call something can have a major influence on how you think about it. So how Microsoft talks about free software is important--not least for the clues that it gives about its latest tactical move to defang the open source threat.

  • Actual Chickens Win Plat'Home's "Will Linux Work?" Contest

    Well, Linux does have an affinity for birds... "First, there was a 'chicken sitter.' Gordon Smith of Lakewood, CO, wanted to do a Linux project and also had a chicken coop. Obviously they go together. His system is being built around an inexpensive webcam with IR capability to see in the dark, along with a computer vision library to count the chickens.

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