FSFE's Education Team 2011 Summary
When I talk to people as a member of FSFE’s education team, there’s always the question what we are actually doing. It is not so easy to come up with something specific. I know we’ve been busy all the...
View Article12 reasons to love KDE
Here's why we love the world's most configurable desktop. TechRadar rain positivity onto the world's most configurable desktop and pick out some of its best functions and applications...
View ArticleTLWIR 31: Using GNU/Linux and Free Software to Bring Back American Innovation
Free Software is mainly about innovation. Free Software engineers find radical new ways of solving old problems. In doing so, they teach those whose minds have ossified how to think outside of the box....
View ArticleTLWIR BREAKING NEWS: GNU/Linux Petition Featured on WhiteHouse.gov!
On January 30th, 2012, I started a petition requesting that the U.S. government broaden their use of Free Software and Open Source software to save money. I deeply believe that this one step is PART of...
View ArticleFSF Announces JavaScript License Web Label
If you browse the Web today, your browser will probably download and run nonfree JavaScript software on your behalf. You should be able to say no to that software—but to date, that hasn't been...
View ArticleCalligra Suite, the Promising Not-An-Office Suite
Once upon a time there was KOffice, all full of unrealized potential. And then it was forked as Calligra Suite. The first release of Calligra was on April 11, 2012. Is this a contender, or another...
View ArticleThe FSF opens nominations for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU Project today announced the opening of nominations for the 15th annual Free Software Awards. The Free Software Awards include the Award for the...
View ArticleKDevelop 4.4.0 Released
The KDevelop team is happy to announce the immediate availability of KDevelop 4.4. As usual, this feature release comes packed with new features, bug fixes and improved performance. New in this release...
View ArticleSupport the FSF: Turn your dollars into decibels
Make a one-time donation to help us make your voice for software freedom heard. Please support us at whatever amount feels right to you. Every dollar helps us raise your voices one more decibel.
View ArticleA Vision of the Future of FOSS Collaboration
Participation and open access are key themes in Free software. It encourages dynamic community structures that blur the line between technology consumer and creator. This has been so successful that...
View ArticleFreedom on Buses, Computers and Everywhere
Today, I watched the president of the USA speak at the installation of the statue of Rosa Parks. She was an icon of the US movement for civil rights when I was just a child. In the world of computers...
View ArticleLibrePlanet software freedom conference announces line-up
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the line-up for its upcoming LibrePlanet 2013 conference, to be held in Cambridge, MA at the Harvard Science Center on March 23-24.
View Article2012 Free Software Award winners announced
Free Software Foundation president Richard M. Stallman announced the winners of the FSF's annual Free Software Awards at a ceremony held during the LibrePlanet 2013 conference.read more
View ArticleGNU and Linux: It's Not Just About Attribution But Also Philosophy
What the argument over the names often boils down to is philosophy, not just attribution or credit. GNU was created with software freedom in mind. Linux, in its genesis, was proprietary until it...
View ArticleKDE Releases Calligra Suite 2.8
The Calligra team is proud and pleased to announce the release of version 2.8 of the Calligra Suite, Calligra Active and the Calligra Office Engine. Major new features in this release are comments...
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