New venue for Ontario Linux Fest 2008 puts the community into the conference.

The look and feel of Mac OS X appeals to many free software supporters. Mac4Lin icon and sound themes, in addition to the new Avant Window Navigator Dock clone, emulate this look. Also, the development team behind pdfsam offers a model for remunerating programmers of free software.

The legal backdrop for the free software movement is always changing. Court decisions and government actions con......
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The first community-driven version of OpenSolaris burst onto the distribution scene. In other news, Linux is now available on a modular system the vendors describe as an open hardware platform.

Split-ups, disputes, and flame wars repeatedly ripple through the open source community. So far, forks have benefitted the community, as illustrated by the reunion of Compiz and Beryl in the Compiz Fusion project.

A new status report on suspend and hibernate discusses the workings of, issues with, and future plans for power-saving modes in Linux.

Governments need a better understanding of the flexibility and security of open source software.

Linux is a community, and a community is a family, and a family is – well – not always a happy family. As vast a......
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