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How to Make People Love Linux

By Shawn Powers 

There are two kinds of Linux people in the world, those that will help people fix their Windows spyware problems, and those that will not. I land squarely in the former camp, and I think that it's important for us all to consider doing the same. more>>

Bob Frankston and Nicaragua

By Phil Hughes 

Yesterday, I read Doc's interview with Bob Frankston in the May 2008 Linux Journal. That, in turn, got me reading other things that Bob has written. Finally, that inspired this NicaLiving post. more>>

Helping the Needy Get Nerdy

By Carlie Fairchild 

Free Geek is a not-for-profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, Internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service. more>>

OpenOffice.org Extensions: Writer's Tools

By Bruce Byfield 

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When Penguins Fly

By LJ Staff 

Just a little something to end your work week with: more>>

EOF - Getting Real about the Ideal

By Doc Searls 
Nothing's perfect. That's why we'll never stop debugging everything. more>>

Home, Sweet Home

By Webmistress 

We're back in the office after having a great time in Austin, TX for the South by Southwest Interactive Conference. While there we met some pretty great people who are using open source technology to achieve greatness, entertain, take over the world and what have you. more>>

There’s a New Bird On The Scene

By LJ Staff 

Sometimes we get the bug to be cheeky. Enter TuxParty.com. more>>

Interview With Tyler Mitchell of OSGeo

By James Gray 

Linux Journal's James Gray recently spoke with Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director of OSGeo, about his organization's efforts to promote open geospatial technologies. more>>

Interview With Arjan van de Ven of Intel and Lesswatts.org

By James Gray 

Linux Journal recently caught up with Intel's Arjan van de Ven. Van de Ven leads Intel's green Lesswatts.org initiative and is the developer of PowerTOP, one of the most acclaimed power management tools on the Linux platform. more>>

Interview with Eric S. Raymond

By Glyn Moody 
Eric Raymond on the history and future of open source. more>>

Can We Avoid the Great Schism?

By Glyn Moody 

Choice is an important element of free software, so it's perhaps no surprise that even at the level of the desktop environment there is more than one offering. But the main alternatives – KDE and GNOME – represent more than just a way of placing icons on a screen. Nowhere is that more evident than in their respective views on Microsoft's OOXML document standard, which are very far apart – perhaps dangerously so. more>>

EOF - The Power of the Individual, Modeled by Open-Source Development

By Doc Searls 
Are Linux geeks leading the way to long-awaited business reform? more>>

Linux for Suits - The Usefulness Paradigm

By Doc Searls 
If you don't like the usefulness paradigm, submit a patch. more>>

Why GPLv3 Will Supplant GPLv2

By Glyn Moody 

One of the most important recent events in the world of free software has been the release of version 3 of the GNU GPL. There were fierce arguments about its utility while it was being drawn up, and although the rhetoric has abated somewhat, there is still a big question mark over its eventual success. more>>

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