Exciting stuff, OpenOffice.org 3.0 release candidate 1 is available to download from the website. It is not recommended for production deployment at this stage but it is suitable for use for anyone who wants to help with initial bug reporting, issues or errors.
Anyone wanting to download OpenOffice.org 2 can do so here, it is a [...]

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Happy birthday GNU :) Thank you to all the GNU hackers that write free software, thank you for giving me so much freedom when I use my computer and thanks from my friends who I share it with :D
I’m not familiar with Stephen Fry though I enjoyed his video. Rather then repeat what others have [...]

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In January the Green Party and Greenpeace issued warnings about the tremendous threat posed to the environment by the disposable computer mentality promoted in Microsoft’s $500-million Windows Vista marketing campaign. Vista has steep hardware requirements which in turn means that to use it, most people will have to throw their current computer into a landfill [...]

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ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is a proposed enforcement treaty between United States, the European Community, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Mexico and New Zealand, with Canada set to join in the near future.
Although the proposed treaty’s title suggests that the agreement deals only with counterfeit physical goods (such as medicines), what little [...]

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This looks interesting.
Update:
You can watch Alternative Freedom and download Alternative Freedom.
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I was just about to jump into bed and thought I’d read the network news aka planet talo and saw Leighs post “More progressive action from New Zealand’s South Island“.

Just go read his post and leave a comment.

Otago Daily Times article: “School opts for free software“.

Sweet dreams.
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I’ve been looking at free software for hosting your own site similar to youtube. Im leaning towards Plumi and have also thought about using phpmotion. I spend way to much time looking at the sites using the software and watching lots of videos about all kinds of interesting things. I thought this one was pretty [...]

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Watch the Tux Paint video on Youtube. Or download high resolution(810×630) Tux Paint video in Ogg, Avi and Flash format.
Tux paint is Free software. Visit the Tux Paint home page and download your free copy today.
Bill Kendrick has lots of awesome software. Check out New Breed Software - Games and stuff for Linux, Windows, Mac, [...]

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I’ve been thinking about what other useful tools I can introduce to educators in secondlife. Builders Buddy is useful for people interested in building. I put together a small package with a tutorial, you can get a copy of builders buddy in sl. Watch the Builders Buddy video on youtube to see what it is. [...]

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Can we rescue OLPC from Windows?
Laptop Liberation
RobotCub, RobotCub Consortium
Ubuntu breathes new life into school’s abandoned hardware
MSN Music to shut down, leaving DRM customers in the lurch
Brazil migrates voting machines to GNU/Linux
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