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Solidifying our Software Freedom
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced a “reboot” of its High Priority Projects
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The FSF high-priority projects list serves to foster the development of projects that are important for increasing the adoption and use of free software and free software operating systems. The projects on this list are neither run, controlled, nor maintained by the FSF, [...]
Exceptional Linux programs for Kids
There’s nothing worse than hearing how an entire school district is switching operating systems from Mac to Windows (or vice versa) because that’s what the “business” world relies on or some other blather. The costs associated with the transition are enormous and the whole ‘to do’ is unnecessary, because features on applications mimic one another. [...]
Geneva schools switch to Open Source completely
About 70,000 students and their 7,000 teachers in the Geneva school district will gradually be moving to Open Source.
“Moving to a complete Open Source system will cut the IT costs by a third.”
The decision to move to Open Source was taken by the Geneva Public School District (Département de l’Instruction Publique Genevois (DIP) in March [...]
Creative Commons Releases Free Content/Software with LiveContent DVD
The Creative Commons recently released LiveContent 2.0 a Free Live DVD. We checked it out and wanted to give you an overview of what it’s all about. Basically, it’s a Fedora Live DVD with free and open source content that comes loaded with Creative Commons’ (CC) licensed material. CC allows creators like artists, scientists, authors, [...]
