OpenOffice.org 3.0
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 …
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Quebec government sued for buying Microsoft software
FACIL, a non-profit association which promotes the collective appropriation of Free Software, has filed a motion before the Quebec Superior Court contesting the purchasing methods of …
Happy Birthday to GNU
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 …
Linux netbook in demand
I recently wrote about Elonex laptops preloaded with Linux being made available at the Carphone Warehouse. They are in such high demand that thieves stole a …
Introducing the Webbook
I was taking a look at The Open Sourcerer website and was pleased to read that The Open Learning Centre has been working with a household …
Yo Frankie! the Open Game
You may remember project Orange’s open movie “Elephants Dream” and project Peach’s open movie “Big Buck Bunny“, they’ve continued with a new open project Apricot. This …
UK government blunder
The UK government have been running their new website on WordPress, they seem very keen on being viewed as supporters of open source software. However it …
Open source scripts in Second Life
I have found a couple of scripts which may be useful to educators and builders in Second Life. The Linked Prim Animator Lite (LPAL) is a …
Informal and Lifelong Learning
In recent years, there has been a growing surge of appreciation which supports the notion that learning in non-formal and informal settings is seen as crucial …
Inspiration by Serphonic – Jamendo
View, listen and download the album on Jamendo. My favourite track and one i want to use for something is track 11 Orchestronic.