Localisation: An Introduction
This article is aimed at language computing enthusiasts interested in using computing devices in their native language, developers interested in supporting localisation, linguists interested in understanding translation issues, and business managers exploring the…
An Interview with Richard Stallman on Freedom, Android, Amazon, Facebook, Steve Jobs…
Any government that tells people to teach proprietary software is essentially delivering the country into the hands of a company. Before you even speak a word before RMS (as Richard M Stallman is…
Hackers and the Open Source Revolution
This piece corrects the confusion created by mainstream media between “hacker” and “cracker”. It also considers the history, nature, attributes, ethics and attire of hackers, plus more. Interested in being one yourself, or…
Proprietary Solutions Can’t Milk Money from these Cooperatives!
The dairy cooperative societies in Kerala are gradually switching to open source in an attempt to cut costs and stay secure. While people are still contemplating whether to use open source in their…
An Interview with Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith
John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” Jared Smith,…
Locking Horns: Fedora 15 ‘Lovelock’ v/s Ubuntu 11.04 ‘Natty Narwhal’
The two titans of the free software operating system arena, Fedora and Ubuntu, usually time their distribution releases a few days apart. This makes the competition between the two fiercer than it would…
NIT-C Students Use PostgreSQL to Design Their Own Video Repository
The students of NIT-C, who were one of the winners of the EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL contest, share with the LINUX For You team how they created an internal database of MIT and IIT video…
Building the Cloud with Open Source and Open Standards
Open source software and standards are not just beneficial, but highly essential for a heterogeneous, shared and scalable environment such as the “cloud”. What’s more, the community has promptly readied the tools needed…
FreedomYUG: Go Forth And Copy Left
How To Successfully Earn a Living with FOSS — Part 1 Do you want to be an independent professional? More importantly, do you want to harness the tremendous business opportunities offered by Free…
Technology To Aid the Disabled
Using free software, an easy-to-program framework and inexpensive computer tools, Arun Mehta from Delhi has designed a communication system for a child suffering from cerebral palsy. The best part is, the technology can…
May 22, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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