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A small fish in a big pond, Ubuntu/Linux has made a big splash, wetting our feet and appetites with a sense of freedom.
Ubuntu... [read more]
The most common one seen on desktops these days is FireFox (Open Source), by Mozilla. A great browser by any standards.
Another one is Opera, (Proprietary). Very un-like ‘IE’ and ‘FF’, and most likely to be of interest to anyone wishing for a new look and feel... [read more]
A compound called cannabidiol found to inhibit the development of the most aggressive types of cancer cells.
According to findings published in the November issue of “Molecular Cancer Theraputics”, researchers discovered CBD’s potential to significantly decrease ID-1 expression in metastatic breast cancer cells, hence down-regulating the aggressiveness of tumors ([Mol Cancer Ther 2007;6(11):2921-7]). One of the factors mentioned is CBD’s low-toxicity profile, and the importance and need for effective non-toxic therapies, as interventions for aggressive and metastatic breast cancers is limited.
Information and further links can be found at: medhunters.com, or Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.
When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.
– Dorothy Thompson
Protect yourself against acts of privacy piracy, –read this article, join the FSF, and stop agreeing to agree.
The Free Software Foundation’s membership drive is coming to a close at the end the month.
This is the No.#1 organization when it comes to the continued preservation of liberty in the software world.
The FSF is the foundation responsible for the GNU/Linux project, and the GPL (Gnu Public License).
They are an organization dedicated to freedom in computing, including, but not limited to, freedom from proprietary privacy piracy.
The organization’s main mission is the preservation of the computer user’s rights, and freedom to use one’s software without undue influence, or restriction, by proprietary vendors, and their agents.
Imagine that. An organization that actually believes your computers is yours to do with as you wish!...
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Open Source
is a term referring to software licensing agreeements, by which applications, and their source code are publicly and readily available for study, modification, and development. Though it is not a requirement of the agreement, open source applications are frequently made available for free (gratis) to the public, ‘Free’, in the context of the open source licence, refers to ‘free’ public access to the source-code, and not ‘free’ as in “free-beer”.
Mark Shuttleworth
is the founder of the Ubuntu project. He is actively involved in the ongoing and continuous development of the Ubuntu operating system.
Canonical Ltd
is Ubuntu’s commercial Sponsor. Based in Europe, the company provides technical support and helps ensure Ubuntu’s availability and accessibility to the public.
The Debian Project
is an organization of individuals with the common goal of creating a ‘free’ operating system, (Debian GNU/Linux ). GNU usually refers to applications for Linux systems, and Linux the operating system. There are several variants, or derivatives, of Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu being one of them.
The Linux Kernel,
the lines of code that constitute the actual Linux OS, was developed by Linus Torvalds in the early 1990’s. The entire kernel is comprised of over six-million individual lines of code, more than 2% of which Torvalds is credited as having written himself.
Minix
(for mini-unix ) is a microkernel, developed for small personal computers in the late 1980’s / early 1990’s by Andrew Tanenbaum. Derived from the earlier Unics operating system (1970’s), it is said to have inspired Torvalds to develop the now famous, and popular, linux kernel
Unics/UNIX
was developed by AT&T laboratories in 1969, and is the starting point of many modern operating systems.