Monthly Archives: September 2008

Rockbox brings portable music to blind

Posted on 25 September, 2008 by Stef

You gotta love the Free Software community, you have to.’  The crowds of the Rockbox project make the Archos Jukebox and other common mp3/ogg players (including iPods) “the only “off the shelf” hard drive based MP3 player that offers accessibility … Continue reading →

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Links for 2008-09-12

Posted on 12 September, 2008 by Stef

R.Stallman Copyright vs community : braking new media news 12-9-2008 ore 16:00 Accademia Belle Arti LABA via D.Vender 66 Brescia ingresso libero Richard Stallman copyright vs community in the age of computer networks Home – Software Freedom Day Wiki Register … Continue reading →

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Cross-platform and interoperability is the key

Posted on 11 September, 2008 by Stef

When it comes to connecting people, the first thing you need to do is use the same language.’  That doesn’t mean force everybody to use your language, because that’s what dictators do (and dictators are wiped out by history). To … Continue reading →

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It crashes, it crashes

Posted on 9 September, 2008 by Stef

The first time it crashed was when I first got it, brand new.’  I unpacked it, booted it, attached the Samsung OGG player… nothing showed up on the desktop, so I removed the player and BOOM! Then it crashed again, … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday to GNU — The GNU Operating System

Posted on 2 September, 2008 by Stef

Five years have passed already since I and another bunch of Italians put together a 7 days of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of GNU.We went around Italy in a van, giving speeches together with guest stars as Richard Stallman, … Continue reading →

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