Free Software Linux

– ## In this issue * It's not the Gates, it's the bars * Act on ACTA! * Fight the Canadian DMCA! * Rhapsody and Naxos go DRM free * Refusing Digital Monitoring Policies * 5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G * autonomo.us activist group to focus on freedom in network services * identi.ca is autonomo.us * GNU spotlight with Karl Berry * Richard Stallman's speaking schedule * Take action! AdvertisementYour ad here!

"The 5 real reasons to avoid iPhone 3G: ** iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to Apple, who becomes the sole authority over what can and can't be on everyone's phones. ** iPhone endorses and supports Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology. read more

"This project is for the use of the average bloke (yes, you), who would like to further help and promote the use of your favorite free format. The MailOgging is a strategy to get the attention of hardware and software vendors who do not know the Ogg family, do not care about it, or do not know how many people care about it. read more

In this guide I will try and cover as much as I can regarding the setup and basic use of Grip as a cd-ripper. We will explore various tweaks and settings I have collected over the past couple of years whilst using it, and I will try and simplify the setup process as much as possible. read more

"BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- May 14, 2008 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has marked a milestone in their PlayOgg.org campaign with the announcement that National Public Radio (NPR) news station WBUR Boston has begun worldwide webcasting in the free audio format Ogg Vorbis..."

## In this issue * Free Software Supporter exclusive: WBUR is streaming Ogg Vorbis! * DBD Action Alert - Libraries: Eliminate DRM! * Get DeltaH, gNewSense 2.0 * Get your next machine with gNewSense * Silicon Mechanics to ship servers with free BIOS preinstalled * Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? by Richard M. Stallman * End Software Patents: the Bilski hearing, heard. read more

"...As some of you Neuros old timers may recall, we were the first to port the Ogg Vorbis audio codec to a portable HDD audio player. Now it's time, hopefully, to do the same with the Ogg Theora video codec..."

"According to this, the ISO are now calling a "standard" the Microsoft Office format (which is cynically called "Office Open XML"). [...] What is interesting is that TeX, LaTeX, OGG/Vorbis, OGG/Theora, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, OCaml, are not standardized by any organization. read more

"According to this, the ISO are now calling a "standard" the Microsoft Office format (which is cynically called "Office Open XML"). [...] What is interesting is that TeX, LaTeX, OGG/Vorbis, OGG/Theora, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, OCaml, are not standardized by any organization. read more

"According to this, the ISO are now calling a "standard" the Microsoft Office format (which is cynically called "Office Open XML"). [...] What is interesting is that TeX, LaTeX, OGG/Vorbis, OGG/Theora, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, OCaml, are not standardized by any organization. read more

"According to this, the ISO are now calling a "standard" the Microsoft Office format (which is cynically called "Office Open XML"). [...] What is interesting is that TeX, LaTeX, OGG/Vorbis, OGG/Theora, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, OCaml, are not standardized by any organization. read more

"...'Ogg' is a wrapper that ties together 'Theora' encoded video and 'Vorbis' encoded sound. Together, Ogg Theora+Vorbis give users a way to see movies on your computer. Ogg Vorbis+Theora are not known to be encumbered by any patents (the only applicable patent on Theora’s predecessor, called 'VP3', was licensed for everyone to use in any way they want). Ogg Theora+Vorbis are implementable on nearly all modern computers. There is free software (zero-cost and freely to sharable and modifiable) to make and play Ogg Vorbis+Theora movies. Ogg Vorbis+Theora are a great basis for interoperability and a fine choice to recommend in any standard that uses multimedia files precisely because everyone can use Ogg Theora+Vorbis..."