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So, you've made the choice to try a GNU/Linux distribution or distro and have completed the installation. But now what? While doing some spring cleaning on my desk, I came across the notes from my last distro installation. Here are the key tips that made my last transition from Windows to GNU/Linux easier.
Why do we love O'Reilly so much? It's not just new, quality books like Learning Ruby by Michael Fitzgerald (coming out May 13). It's also the fact that O'Reilly have generously offered to send the first 10 copies off the press of Learning Ruby to 10 of our lucky readers! So not only will ten of our readers recieve a copy of this book, they will receive the first copies of this book! Go on, get in the running to be the envy of your friends!
Okay so our new forums are going well so far, but we decided we needed a forum dedicated to asking all those difficult questions. You know, the ones everyone has an opinion on. So here it is The big free software questions. Here's a list of the topics up for debate so far:
As you all know, we are now proud to have a Drupal 5 website, and we are happily installing features left, right and centre for your enjoyment. And our most recent new adventure in features is... FORUMS! That's right, ladies and gentlemen... want to know the answer to a free software question that's been bugging you? Want to help a newbie? Want to engage with likeminded individuals? Look no further than the third menu item from the left, just below the Free Software Magazine logo! It's that easy!
So, want to know what's on offer?
This week we are giving away a copy of Wicked Cool Java by Brian D. Eubanks AND a copy of Mapping Hacks by Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson & Jo Walsh.
Hello everybody, and welcome once again to the fortnightly newsletter of Free Software Magazine: keeping you well informed about the realm of free software! Happy reading!
Okay. We’ve been promising features with the roll out of our new and improved Drupal 5 website, and this fortnight, we are making good on our promise! And this is just the beginning!
This week we are giving away a copy of Beginning GIMP—From Novice To Professional by Akkana Peck AND a copy of Design Concepts with Code: An Approach for Developers by Stanko Blatnik and Kelly Carey.
All you need to do to enter is:
1) Read our terms and conditions.
Hi everybody, and welcome to another fortnightly edition of Free Software Magazine’s newsletter; keeping you up to date in the world of free software! And do we have some good stuff for you guys this fortnight!
As many of you already know, I founded Free Software Magazine in 2004. The idea was to create a printed magazine about free software. Our focus was on the paper version, and therefore the website was somewhat neglected. The way the magazine evolved showed us that that initial decision was a mistake. People clearly didn’t want another paper magazine—the popularity of our web site, and the lack of interest in the paper magazine, showed clearly that we needed to focus more on the online audience.
This week we are giving away a copy of BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting by Diana Peh, Alethea Hannemann, Nola Haque and a copy of Integrating and Extending BIRT by Jason Weathersby, Don French, et al.
All you need to do to enter is:
1) Read our terms and conditions.
Hello everybody, and welcome once again to the fortnightly newsletter of Free Software Magazine: keeping you well informed about the realm of free software! Happy reading!
It’s been a hard slog, but Free Software Magazine’s new web site is very nearly ready and that makes it all worth while! Tony Mobily is just about to finish porting our custom-made modules to Drupal 5. So once he’s done, you’re all going to start seeing lots of improvements! Thanks Tony!
Gary Richmond, one of the greats at Free Software Magazine (read him here), isn't satisfied with just being a fantastic blogger and providing our magazine and readers with great content. He also wants to provide one lucky Free Software Magazine reader in the UK with a copy of Linux Pocket Guide by Daniel J Barrett, published by our good friends at O'Reilly.
Why do we love O'Reilly so much? It's not just new, high quality books like Linux System Administration by Tom Adelstein and Bill Lubanovic (coming out in April). It's also the fact that they have generously offered to send the first 10 copies off the press of Linux System Administration to 10 of our lucky readers! So not only will ten of our readers receive a copy of this book, they will receive the first ten copies of this book! Go on, get in the running to be the envy of your friends!
This week we are giving away a copy ofAgile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and Eclipse by Anil Hemrajani and a copy of Red Hat Fedora Core 6 Unleashed by Andrew Hudson, Paul Hudson.
All you need to do to enter is:
Hello readers, and welcome once again to Free Software Magazine’s fortnightly newsletter, keeping you up to date with all things free software! Enjoy!
This fortnight we have been focusing on the back end—a major server upgrade, increased usability for magazine staff, administration upgrades. It isn’t something you can all see, but very important none the less in helping to smoothly produce and distribute quality content for the readers. And speaking of quality content...
When I first launched Free Software Magazine, I intended to have a "fiction" section. I've been writing short stories since I was quite young, and a fiction section seemed to make sense. For a number of reasons, the idea never took off.
This week we are giving away a copy ofThe Definitive Guide to GCC by William von Hagen and a copy of Pro Apache XML by Poornachandra Sarang.
All you need to do to enter is:
1) Read our terms and conditions.
Hello everybody, and welcome once again to the fortnightly newsletter of Free Software Magazine: keeping you well informed about the realm of free software! Happy reading!
Now that the dust has settled from our no-more-PDF statement and we have made our position clear, our main aim this fortnight has been ensuring the printer-friendliness of all of our articles. We appreciate all of the support we have had from our loyal readership, and thanks to all of you who have sent messages of support and donations.
You get the best free software news at FSDaily... because YOU decide what's important. Here are the top 10 FSDaily stories from the last week as voted by the members. Don't like 'em? Think something's missing? Want to know more? Head to FSDaily and get voting!
For the seventh time now, the Université Libre de Bruxelles [1] in Brussels, Belgium, is hosting FOSDEM [2].
The impact of meetings like these on the free software community as awhole is huge. Apart from the obvious attractions of the meeting, such asthe ability to go to different talks and learn about exciting newthings related tofree software or to see demos at different stands, FOSDEM also allowsyou to meet people from all kinds of different backgrounds.
