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Last Updated: 2005-06-02 , Diary of an open source developer workshop: Independent journalist Frederick Noronha blogged his way through the Asia Source open source developer workshop in India earlier this year. Now he has collected all his writings over the entire workshop and released them as a small book which offers a fascinating insight into the state of open source software, not only in Asia, but throughout the world.

SA partners to participate in global free software study: The CSIR and the University of the Western Cape have been selected to participate in a two-year global study on free and open source software.

X Factor - understanding the X window system: Unix systems and their derivatives, including Linux, these days have one major thing in common. They all use the same system as the back end for their graphical interfaces. This system is called the X window system, or more commonly X.

Creative Commons launched in SA: Founder Larry Lessig joins African counterparts to launch South African chapter of organisation working to challenge and re-define the notion of intellectual property rights.

Skills deficit still dogs open source software in Africa - report: Bridges.org this week released the findings of its study on the use of free/open source and proprietary software in public computer centres in Africa. It found that where free software was well-implemented there were many advantages but FOSS still faces many challenges to widespread adoption. It also found that many of the preceived advantages of free software - such as cost - were not realised in Africa.

CSIR's open source centre evolves: Around R50 million a year to be pumped into growing the number , and quality of technical skills in South Africa through learnerships, increased research and new technologies.

BitDefender for small businesses and FreeBSD: The security conscious will be pleased with the decision by BitDefender to extend support to FreeBSD as well as introducing a small business-focused version that runs on most Linux distributions.

SA has skills to challenge global software market - Tax CIO: The South African IT sector has an unparalleled work ethic and the skills needed to be a major innovator in the global software market but needs to pick its battles carefully, South African Revenue Service CIO Ken Jarvis said this morning.

Obsidian gets Ubuntu deal: Shuttleworth signs up Obsidian as Ubuntu support partner in South Africa.

111 LPI exams written at LinuxWorld: The LPI certification event held yesterday at LinuxWorld South Africa saw candidates writing 111 exams.

Maddog rails against 'false' TCO debate: Long-time Linux advocate and a keynote speaker at the first LinuxWorld ZA conference, Jon "Maddog" Hall told conference delagates that the real value of open source is not captured in a total-cost-of-ownership calculation.

LinuxWorld kicks off with Shuttleworth: EduBuntu and a local support partner for Ubuntu topped Shuttleworth's opening address at LinuxWorld yesterday. He also gave some hints on what to expect from Breezy Badger, the next release of Ubuntu expected in October.

Managed Linux services on show at LinuxWorld: Synaq plans to showcase the "clear cut" advantages open source software offers businesses, irrespective of their size.

Web-based OpenOffice.org 2.0 training Local training company Intoweb to launch web-based interactive OpenOffice.org 2.0 training package at LinuxWorld.

News you might have missed LinuxWorld kicks off with Shuttleworth 2005-05-18 - EduBuntu and a local support partner for Ubuntu topped Shuttleworth's opening address at LinuxWorld yesterday. He also gave some hints on what to expect from Breezy Badger, the next release of Ubuntu expected in October.

Managed Linux services on show at LinuxWorld 2005-05-17 - Synaq plans to showcase the "clear cut" advantages open source software offers businesses, irrespective of their size.

Web-based OpenOffice.org 2.0 training 2005-05-17 - Local training company Intoweb to launch web-based interactive OpenOffice.org 2.0 training package at LinuxWorld.

Obsidian to unveil new look at LinuxWorld 2005-05-16 - SA Linux "veterans" Obsidian Systems plan to use local show to launch their new corporate identity.

Tangent to unveil Linux management tools at LinuxWorld 2005-05-13 - Distro-independent tools to make administering Linux as simple as possible.

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