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Tired of Patent Wars? Use Open Source Instead
August 24, 2011 – 9:00 pm | No Comment

Legal battles may be slowing proprietary innovation to a crawl, but open source software just keeps getting better.

It’s a Roll of the Dice for Linux Game Makers
August 23, 2011 – 7:34 am | No Comment

If you had the option to pick your own price for a computer game that only runs on your Linux rig, would you pay to play? Not if you are a typical Linux gamer. At least, that’s the popular perception of fans of free and open source software. Linux is available freely. So why pay [...]

A Look at Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab
August 22, 2011 – 1:27 am | No Comment

Linux.com: Those of us in the open source community depend heavily on Oregon State University’s Open Source Labs (OSUOSL), but may not even realize just how much.

Linus Torvalds’ Take on Android
August 19, 2011 – 8:54 pm | No Comment

During the recent LinuxCon convention in Vancouver, Linux creator Linus Torvalds took the stage to answer some questions about Android. During the past few years, there has been a lot of debate in the open source community over whether Android is or is not Linux.

Linux Foundation Releases Specification to Ease Licensing Headaches
August 18, 2011 – 1:51 pm | No Comment

The Linux Foundation and FOSSBazzaar on Wednesday released a new specification to ease the pain of license compliance for open source software.

SPDX spec standarizes open source compliance reporting
August 17, 2011 – 4:24 pm | No Comment

On the opening day of LinuxCon, the Linux Foundation’s SPDX workgroup announced the first release of a standard for sharing open source license information.

Benefits of the open source software market identified
August 16, 2011 – 2:19 pm | No Comment

A new article identifies the social-welfare benefits of open source software, despite the existence of free-riding that is inherent in the industry due to information-sharing. The market creates spillover benefits for both consumers and producers.

The Natty Narwhal netbook: Ultimate network admin toolkit
August 15, 2011 – 8:31 am | No Comment

You can be the coolest and best-equipped network administrator on the block with Ubuntu Natty Narwhal Linux on a netbook. Netbooks are lightweight and portable, have long battery life, and bright sharp screens — and, thanks to Linux and open source, you can outfit your netbook with all the software network troubleshooting and fixit utilities [...]