RACHEL (Remote Areas Community Hotspots for Education and Learning) is a Linux distro designed to be used with a Raspberry Pi. The Pi is then used as a server in computer classrooms with bad or no Internet connections. Although RACHEL is very similar to the stock Raspbian distribution, it also sets up a web server and…
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The Swiss Wilhelm Tux (get it? Like “William Tell” but with Tux, the Linux mascot) Linux group is running a fundraising campaign to get electronic signatures integrated into LibreOffice. Most public administrations accept that digitally signed documents have the same validity as those signed by hand, with a pen; and courts around the world also…
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The AmayaOS team has just released version 0.06 of their free Unix-like (but not Linux) operating system. Apart from bug crushing and performance enhancements, the team have added a windows manager of sorts (that works in a text terminal) and a text editor called WAMA that can be run within the windows manager. The creators…
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Arty FX is a plugin bundle of artistic real-time audio effects. The aim of this plugin collection is to allow you to design your sounds just as you desire, using a fast and efficient workflow. Arty FX belongs to the OpenAV suite of sound utilities we talked about a few days ago and the creator,…
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Harry van Haaren is busy developing a modern suite of music software applications for musicians who use Linux and who want to use Free and Open Source software for their creations. So far Harry has developed Lupp, a music creation tool intended for live use; Fabla, an open-source LV2 drum sampler plugin instrument; Sorcer, a…
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Today we rolled out a new version of Pling with new features and a cleaner, easier interface. Probably one of the first things you’ll notice is that we have improved the search and browse experience with filters and the possibility of ordering projects alphabetically and by popularity. [Show slideshow] Distribute and Fund You can now…
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You can’t get a more politically correct foodstuff: a group of volunteer researchers in California are working on method to produce cheese directly in a lab, without any intervention of cows. The trick is to identify the “milk protein” in animal DNA and then recode the DNA of yeast to produce milk and, finally cheese.…
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Over at Linux Magazine, Bruce Byfield has published an interesting article on Open Source and crowdfunding. Go ahead and read it. It is a brief, insightful and well-reasoned article. He mentions the saturation effect as a potential stumbling block that may slow or even eventually kill this financing model for Open Source projects. But metaphors…
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The makers of the documentary “Raras, pero no Invisibles” (“Rare but not Invisible”) have joined Pling. “Raras…” is a documentary that explores the plight of patients with rare illnesses. While diseases such as cancer and coronary illnesses receive billions in donations and funding for research and treatment each year, conditions such Tarlov Cysts, Dravet Syndrome…
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Based on the FreeNOS Kernel, AmayaOS is a Unix-like microkernel-based operating system written in C++ that aspires to become a full-fledged and efficient system for old or underpowered hardware. The project, started by 14-year old programmer Daniel MartÃn, counts on a crew of enthusiastic developers located mainly in Spain, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela. This group…
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The very talented Nina Paley talks about copyright, Creative Commons and the free flow of ideas in her thought-provoking and entertaining talk at a PechaKucha 20×20 Night held in December 2013. Nina Paley is a cartoonist, filmmaker and general all-round artist. Her film “Sita Sings the Blues”, a retelling of the Hindu epic “Ramayana” from…
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Krita, the very excellent Free and Open Source painting application, has reached its crowdfunding goal with 10 days to spare. The team has managed to raise over $15,000. The money will be used to fund further development of the software. Thanks to the funding, developer Dmitry Kazakov will be able to work on Krita for…
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