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Fossnews 6
Fossnews 6
FossNews Weekly
Issue : 6
Team : T.Shrinivasan ( tshrinivasan@gmail.com ) , K.Balavignesh ( kbalavignesh@gmail.com )
Date : 02062008
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Contents
1. Firefox plans for Guinness record on Download
2. Full Circle Magazine Issue #13 Released
3. Novell Linux Certifications
4. vEnI Free Software Solutions
5. Free Software Business Model A Talk
6. Party with Ubuntu
7. "Big Buck Bunny" A movie by Blender
8. Via releases laptop design as open source
1. Firefox plans for Guinness record on Download
With Firefox 3 expected to be released in just a couple of weeks, in June 2008, the "Spread Firefox"
campaign is recruiting supporters to set a new record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours.
Firefox fans can “pledge” to download Firefox 3 on the date of its release by visiting the Download
Headquarters.
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/enUS/worldrecord/
2. Full Circle Magazine Issue #13 Released
Full Circle the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Community is proud to announce the release
of the thirteenth issue.
This month:
Flavor of the Month Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.
HowTo : Organize an Ubuntu Demo Day/Party, TV Feast for Ubuntu, Using GIMP Part 2, Create
Free Open Source Software News 2
Your Own Server Part 5 and Automatic Backup via Email.
My Opinion What is Web 2.0?
MOTU Interview Luca Falavigna
Letters, Q&A, MyDesktop, Top5 and more!
Download from:
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue13/
3. Novell Linux Certifications
Following RedHat's RHCE and LPI exams, Novell also introduces its own Certifications on SuSE
Linux.
The Novell Linux Certified Engineer (NLCE) For Entry Level Admins
The Novell Certified Linux Desktop Administrator (CLDA) For Desktop Engineers
The Novell Certified Administrator (NCA) For Network Administrators
The Novell Certified Engineer Enterprise Services (NCEES) For High End Administrators.
http://www.novell.com/training/certinfo/
http://www.linux.com/feature/136610
4. vEnI Free Software Solutions
Commercial Support is the big issue in Corporate Organizations to implement linux. Here, in
Chennai, a group of Open Source experts started a Commercial Support Venture for Linux and other
Free Open Source Software. They will assist the corporates to Migrate to Linux, Custom Software
Solutions, Installation, Configuration and Maintenance.
http://veni.co.in/
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5. Free Software Business Model A Talk
How to earn money by giving our software as Free and Open Source?
Mr. Abbas from DeepRoot (deeproot.co.in) explains at Bangalore.
Date and time:
Jun 8th : 3 p.m to 5.p.m
Christ College, Bangalore
http://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/freesoftwarebusinessmodelatalk/
6. Party with Ubuntu
Ubuntu Tamil Team gave a party at chennai to celebrate
1. Ubuntu Tamil Team has grown up to its Third Year.
2. Ubuntu Kaipidi Thozharkal (HandOver Friends) Inaguration
3. Release of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardu Heron
http://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/partywithubuntu/
7. "Big Buck Bunny" A movie by Blender
The shortfilm “Big Buck Bunny”, made with the Free Software program Blender is available for
download. It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. You can share the film
with everyone.
http://www.bigbuckbunny.org
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8. Via releases laptop design as open source
Via Technologies released the hardware design for a lowcost laptop with WiMAX support under an
opensource license, a move intended to make customization easier and shorten design cycles for
system makers.
The CAD (computerassisted design) files for the OpenBook reference design can be downloaded for
free.
http://www.viaopenbook.com/