0 comments The JavaScript related Dart language has a compiler and IDE provided by Google. The project developers work on Ubuntu, and so in order to get these tools working on Fedora we have to make a couple of preparations. These instructions are designed for Fedora 17 64-bit, and were tested using Dart version 14167.… Read the rest
11 comments Last weekend on Software Freedom Day the Manchester FSFE Fellowship group, assisted by additional participants in Britain and Germany, spent the afternoon testing Free Software alternatives to Skype.
The 25 sets of results were recorded, and can be browsed, sorted, and searched on the news article edition of this post.… Read the rest
0 comments Secure Share is a very interesting project that aims to replace existing social networks with a far, far more secure platform upon which developers can build new distributes apps and services. Think of it a bit like a new version of Bit Torrent with an easy API for sending messages, relationships, streams, and status updates, and a prototype desktop client for bringing these together in a social networking interface.… Read the rest
1 comment Gtimelog is very simple. It provides no method of editing the log of how your time was spent.
Fortunately the program’s simplicity extends to its system files, which encourage easy manual editing, without the need for a separate interface for doing so.… Read the rest
1 comment Two thousand A2 posters of Stephen Fry advertising Open Standards and Document Freedom Day have arrived!
I will send these posters on to people who can use them all over Europe. Only 1.5 weeks remain before the big day – please let me know right away if you can receive some posters!… Read the rest
