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Rotterdam mental health provider implements 290 user LTSP suite

Posted on 22/02/2012 by woodsy

EZPress (Dutch) and Joinup report that at the end of last year Rotterdam mental health provider Riagg Rijnmond replaced its ageing proprietary desktop systems with a 290 user LTSP thin client system based on Xubuntu (that’s Ubuntu coupled with the … Continue reading →

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Greece: open source computer lab donated to children’s centre

Posted on 22/02/2012 by woodsy

Greeklug, the Greek free software advocacy group, has donated a free and open source software computer lab to a children’s shelter in the village of Filyro, north of Thessaloniki, Joinup reports. Apart from providing installation and hardware, the group is … Continue reading →

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Coming soon – Bath Digital Festival

Posted on 20/02/2012 by woodsy

12 miles down the road from Bristol, the first ever Bath Digital Festival is taking place at various venues around the city next month from 15th to 25th. Bath Digital Festival brings together an array of exciting events that will … Continue reading →

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Walmart Brazil – the best place to buy a Linux box online?

Posted on 20/02/2012 by woodsy

One the frequent criticisms made by lovers of free and open source operating systems is the great difficulty of buying hardware either with Linux pre-installed or that doesn’t involve paying the ‘Microsoft Tax‘ (i.e. a common complaint from those who … Continue reading →

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Bristol Dorkbot next Tuesday

Posted on 17/02/2012 by woodsy

After this week’s Botlab AGM (news passim), this coming Tuesday sees the celebration of February’s Dorkbot meeting. According to the Bristol Dorkbot site, all are welcome to come along whether that’s to say hello or bring along any project you … Continue reading →

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WindowMaker desktop manager development resumes

Posted on 17/02/2012 by woodsy

When the chief scribe first starting using Linux regularly some years ago, he ventured slightly further than the usual Gnome and KDE desktops, occasionally getting to grips with the slightly more esoteric WindowMaker window manager. Slashdot now reports that a … Continue reading →

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It’s that day of the year again, so show your love for free software

Posted on 14/02/2012 by woodsy

It’s February 14th and all over the world, swains are getting knock-kneed and tongue-tied as they profess their love to the objects of their desire (OK, it’s Valentine’s Day, you long-winded beggar. Now get on with it! Ed.). Right, now … Continue reading →

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Bristol Botlab AGM this Thursday at BV Studios

Posted on 14/02/2012 by woodsy

The item below was posted on the Dorkbot Bristol site a couple of days ago. Dorkbot Bristol and Bristol Hackspace share may links. Support from ‘BotLab’ the company that runs Bristol Hackspace and made the ‘Draw’ project possible for Dorkbot … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix announced

Posted on 13/02/2012 by woodsy

Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distro, has announced the introduction of the Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix. Based on Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix is now available for corporate and government institutions evaluating Ubuntu as a desktop … Continue reading →

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Dear Cabinet Office, what part of open standards don’t you understand?

Posted on 10/02/2012 by woodsy

The Cabinet Office has announced a consultation on ‘open standards’ for software interoperability, data and document formats in government IT. This is the second such consultation on open standards: in January ComputerWeekly said it had unearthed evidence that Microsoft and … Continue reading →

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