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NewsPilot 0.1

...You can easyli add your own site-file, some site file (slashdot, freshmeat, etc.) and an example site file is provided.This version is only... Read more

21 July, 2011

Comment: Not Your Garden-Variety GNOME

...in a number of well-known channels, the most popular being the freshmeat Web site. Everything from Apache to Samba to the Linux kernel itself... Read more

30 March, 1999 by Evan Leibovitch
Java Vs. PHP: Security Implications of Language Choice for Web Applications

Java Vs. PHP: Security Implications of Language Choice for Web Applications

...of the most popular languages for open source web applications found at freshmeat.net, Java has had a much better security reputation than PHP. This... Read more

14 January, 2010

Open source coders aren't lazy enough

...very similar to lots of existing projects. Read through a site like Freshmeat and you'll see lots of very useful projects like software build... Read more

24 April, 2009
Ten obscure Linux applications you need to try

Ten obscure Linux applications you need to try

...apps that more admins should know about. Search for Linux applications on Freshmeat and you'll get more than 11,000 hits. Of those thousands... Read more

18 March, 2009 by Jack Wallen

Free Software Foundation releases GPLv3

...is about 66 percent of the open-source projects tracked by the Freshmeat site, use the GPL. What changed?The core idea of the licence... Read more

2 July, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Schwartz swipes at the GPL

...used in 68 percent of the thousands of projects tracked by the Freshmeat indexing site. Representatives of the Free Software Foundation, which oversees the GPL... Read more

6 April, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

GPL to get a makeover

...the Free Software Foundation that Stallman established to promote it. According to Freshmeat, which calls itself "the Web's largest index of Unix and cross... Read more

23 December, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Open-source code finder aims to prevent lawsuits

...open-source projects and community Web sites such as Apache, Sourceforge and Freshmeat, according to Levin. Levin claims that the product has information on more... Read more

18 October, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Verify DNS records with Dlint

...in multiple distribution formats from common software repositories such as RPMfind and freshmeat. Simply select the appropriate package for your Linux system. Alternatively, you can... Read more

5 September, 2002 by ZDNet

VA Linux to sell proprietary software

The open-source company has reversed the direction of its focus to sell closed-source software modules Read more

24 August, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

VA Linux to stop making computers

Hammered by the slow economy, the once booming Linux company says it will exit the hardware business and cuts 153 jobs. It'll focus on software and other areas instead Read more

28 June, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

Andover.net launches open source Linux publication

...It also owns online open source and Linux resources including QuestionExchange.com, Freshmeat.net and Sourceforge.net. President and CEO of Andover believes that the... Read more

5 May, 2000 by Will Knight

The real meaning of LinuxWorld

...Linux's money, Andover.Net made out very well, indeed. With Slashdot, FreshMeat and other hot, but not-at-all profitable, news/information/gossip sites... Read more

7 February, 2000 by Steven J.Vaughan Nichols

Linux love: VA Linux buys Andover.net

...operate the Linux.com, Sourceforge.net, and Themes.org, Slashdot.org and Freshmeat.net sites and account for almost two-thirds of Linux traffic. Officials... Read more

3 February, 2000 by Larry Dignan

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

2 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

4 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

5 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

7 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

7 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

7 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

12 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

13 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

16 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

22 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

23 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

1 day ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report