Looking through posts tagged ‘Debian’

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If there’s a Penguin inside, | 10th Nov 2008

Debian will be on it in a matter of days: Debian ported to G1.

Of Freedom and Trademarks | 9th Nov 2008

I read an article this past weekend that brought up some interesting issues that I tend to forget about concerning free software. Most people these days are familiar with Firefox. While Firefox is open-source and “essentially” free software, the key area that makes it non-free is in its trademark and copyright. [...]

Amazon MP3 now officially for Linux | 12th Mar 2008

I just saw that Amazon MP3 now officially supports Linux. Packages are available for the latest versions of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. Sweet! Even though it’s not an ideal free software solution, it’s still exciting to see a service selling DRM-free music to the free software community. Seems like a [...]

More From Debian | 23rd Oct 2007

From a related page:
Most software costs over 100 US dollars. How can you give it away?
A better question is how do software companies get away with charging so much? Software is not like making a car. Once you’ve made one copy of your software, the production costs to make a million more are tiny (there’s [...]

Inspiring Words from Debian | 23rd Oct 2007

I found myself on Debian’s website today for the first time ever, I think. This is weird considering I’m a big supporter of their philosophy. Nonetheless, they had some inspiring words on free software. The quote below is an example, but the whole page deserves a read to be honest.
Software that is [...]

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