Category Archives: Open Source News

Bristol Wikimania 2013 bid fails

Posted on 23/04/2012 by woodsy

Bristol’s bid to host Wikimania in 2013 (news passim) has been unsuccessful.The following email was posted to the Wikimania mailing list yesterday: Dear all, It is my pleasure to announce that the jury has been able to come up with … Continue reading →

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CiviCRM training coming to Exeter in June

Posted on 17/04/2012 by woodsy

A CiviCRM training session will be held in Exeter from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm on Tuesday 12th June at Exeter CVS, King William Street, Exeter, EX4 6PD (map) This will be comprehensive hands-on training course covering the configuration, administration … Continue reading →

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Munich’s Linux desktop saves millions and is more robust

Posted on 17/04/2012 by woodsy

Joinup reports that figures provided by Munich’s Mayor, Christian Ude, reveal that switching to a Linux-based open source desktop reduces costs and results in fewer calls to help desks, and that replacing the current pool of almost 10,000 open source … Continue reading →

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Bristol bids to host Wikimania in 2013

Posted on 16/04/2012 by woodsy

Wikimania is an annual international conference for users of the various projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. Wikipedia and its sister projects). It includes presentations and discussions include Wikimedia Foundation projects, other wikis, open source software, free knowledge and … Continue reading →

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New e-petition

Posted on 05/04/2012 by woodsy

A new e-petition has appeared on the Government’s e-petitions site entitled ‘Migrate all government IT to Linux based systems’ (as it’s in a good cause, we’ll ignore the original petitioner’s woeful lack of a hyphen between Linux and based in … Continue reading →

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Regional supercomputing centre set to revolutionise research

Posted on 28/03/2012 by woodsy

The University of Bristol has announced it has joined forces with the Universities of Oxford, Southampton and University College London to form a Centre for Innovation to share state-of-the-art equipment and world-leading skills, speeding up the rate at which complex … Continue reading →

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Open standards for open government?

Posted on 23/03/2012 by woodsy

On Monday, 30th April 2012 the Policy Exchange think tank is organising an event entitled Open Standards for Open Government? at The Ideas Space, Policy Exchange, 10 Storey’s Gate, Westminster, SW1P 3AY (map). The UK Government is currently consulting on … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile back in the lab…

Posted on 22/03/2012 by woodsy

Bristol Wireless was donated* some redundant laptops yesterday that were surplus to requirements. Their arrival has encouraged volunteer Acesabe to try experimenting, as about an hour ago he tweeted: Think I’ll have a pop at installing ChromeOS on one of … Continue reading →

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A DFD free gift for politicians

Posted on 22/03/2012 by woodsy

Do you know a certain politician who should really learn more about Open Standards? This is the question that the Free Software Foundation Europe has asked in the last couple of days. The article goes on to ask readers if … Continue reading →

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Iceland’s public sector increasing use of free and open source

Posted on 21/03/2012 by woodsy

All public sector organisations in Iceland are increasing their use of free and open source software, Joinup reports, and the country’s government recently launched a one year migration project for all of its departments. Project leader Tryggvi Björgvinsson states: “The … Continue reading →

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