Btrfs Free Tutorial

New Btrfs Free Tutorial and Request for End User Feedback on Btrfs

“Those who follow Linux have certainly heard of Btrfs, a relatively new high performance file system that has a lot of people excited about its potential. Two months ago during LinuxCon Japan, we were pleased to sit down with lead developer Chris Mason [...]

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Open source goes to high school

by Mike Esser

Before heading out to film this story on the Open High School of Utah, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had a lot of the same questions most people would have about an online high school: What kind of students go to high school online? How are teachers building their [...]

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Open Source for America

Andy Updegrove announced in a post on ConsortiumInfo.orgthe formation of a new group to advocate for the use of Open Source software in government. He also announced his appointment to the board of advisors.

A new web site has been created for the group, Open Source for America, or OSA.

The mission of OSA is to [...]

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VLC 1.0 officially released after more than 10 years of work

The open source VLC Media Player finally reached version 1.0 on Tuesday. The new version, codenamed Goldeneye, represents over a decade of development. The program offers support for playing practically every kind of video content in existence and has an exhaustive feature set that includes many advanced capabilities.

The software first emerged as an academic project [...]

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