http://www.bristolwireless.net/news Bristol Wireless is a volunteer-run co-operative committed to social improvement through community wireless networking; we\'re in your aerial. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:01:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, 30th July 2010, the last Friday of July, is the 11th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. It's a day to appreciate those people who look after your IT from unpacking new hardware from its box, installing operating systems, configuring said systems, fitting cabling and other infrastructure and basically dealing ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1590 It's hard to make out what's going on with Ubuntu in the increasingly schizophrenic world of Dell, one of the UK's/world's largest suppliers of computer equipment. In June the specialist IT press was buzzing with an announcement from Dell that 'Ubuntu is more secure than Windows', whilst praising its 'fast boot-up ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1581 Who said the following? Many authorities have found themselves unintentionally locked into proprietary technology for decades. After a certain point that original choice becomes so ingrained that alternatives risk being systematically ignored, no matter what the potential benefits. This is a waste of public money that most public bodies can no ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1574 This morning my inbox was graced by an email from the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) headed: 'Bolzano, please don't waste your money'. It refers to a recent decision by the Province of Bolzano-Bozen in northern Italy to spend € 2.2 mn. over the next 3 years renewing existing Microsoft proprietary ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1555 Last week we write about the Ubuntu in Business event being organised in London on 13th July (news passim). News has just arrived via the blog of Canonical, the commercial sponsors of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, that more places have just been made available for the event. According to ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1546 I wonder if any lawyers read these posts (probably, given your scurrilous style. Ed. ;-) ). If you fit the description of legal eagle, it's time to take your hands out of somebody else's pockets and grab some reading matter as Volume 2, No. 1 (2010) of the International Free ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1530 News has arrived via Twitter (cheers ciderpunx), on the status of the next release of Debian, the distribution upon which other popular distros such as Simply Mepis and Ubuntu (and loads of others too. Ed.) are based and which is used extensively within Bristol Wireless. The Debian release team recently announced ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1525 An intriguing post has appeared on the blog of Sirius Corporation, one of the UK's foremost open source suppliers. Entitled 'Open Source: The Capitalists' Choice', Ben Bell, the author, first deals with the typical assumptions made about open source: I often hear people referring to Open Source and Free Software advocates jokingly, ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1518 On 9th June 2010 the inaugural meeting of the Bristol ICT Training Forum was held at Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC). The intention of which was to explore the possibility of starting an ICT training consortium, including collaborative bidding for funding. The following organisations were represented: John Sawbridge (City of Bristol), Jim ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1505 The Ubuntu UK community and Canonical, the commercial sponsors of Ubuntu, are currently inviting folk to a very different type of IT event being held on Tuesday, 13th July in London between 1 pm and 5 pm. The venue is The Brickhouse, 152c Brick Lane, London, E1 6RU (map). ... http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=1496