FOSS devs can collect damages from license violators: "ars Technica: 'Robert Jacobson, the developer behind the open source Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) project, finally prevailed in a long-running open source software license enforcement lawsuit against Matthew Katzer, the owner of a company that sells commercial model train software.'"
How-To install Brother MFC 7340 Ubuntu 9.10
How to install the Brother MFC – 7340 on Ubuntu 9.10
Ok so I just bought a MFC-7340 and I had some trouble getting it to work on my ubuntu 9.10, but after some elbow grease, I managed to get it working. Here are the simple steps you will need to do, very simplified :)
Download all these files
Place them all in the same folder just to make things easier later.
Open a terminal window and move to the folder containing the files downloaded.
Install the drivers.
Check if the driver was installed correctly.sudo dpkg -l | grep Brother
you should see something about the lpr and cups driver you just installed
Install scanner drivers
There you go you have installed the Brother MFC-7340 drivers on your computer now you can go to
system->administration->printing. You can add new printer it should automatically find the MFC then when it asks to choose the driver you should see it on the list as “brother MFC-7340 cups” click on that one and that's it. You can now print a test page.
Note: to test the scanner you have to open xsane as root
sudo xsane
edit: ( I havent tested yet so don't quote me on it )
This is the solution to use the scanner as normal user.
Ubuntu 9.10
- 1. Open "/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules" file.
- 2.Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."): The lines to be added---------------------------
# Brother scanners ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
- 3. Restart the OS.
Inkscape used in schools
Inkscape used in schools: "In the Los Altos School District in California, they have a Digital Design program to teach the students about graphics software and programming. For the vector graphics course they are teaching the students how to use Inkscape. Here is a gallery of art created by approximately 175 4th grade students of the seven schools that this course is being taught at. There is a link next to each of the images on the following page which will take you to the corresponding sub-gallery."
Digg.com allows multigender users
Today I decided to join Digg. I have been too lazy to do that before, but today was the day. I went through the procedure to sign up and I was surprised ! after I got my email confirmation I could enter some of my private info such as name, gender etc... I was glad to see that for gender there was multiple options like Guy, Girl, Male, Female among others as well as Trangender and None of the Above I was amazed that Digg took the time to add those I have never seen that and it was great to know that they decided not to discriminate against people that have different gender views.
Do you know of any other websites that have this ?
Please let me know
Petition to stop software patents in Europe
Petition to stop software patents in Europe:
Our petition aims to unify the voices of concerned Europeans, associations and companies, and calls on our politicians in Europe to stop patents on software with legislative clarifications. The patent system is misused to restrain competition for the economical benefit of a few but fails to promote innovation. A software market environment is better off with no patents on software at all.
Nicaragua is Moving to GNU/Linux for Independence
Nicaragua is Moving to GNU/Linux for Independence: "
Summary: Schools across Nicaragua are the latest part of this nation which is being digitally liberated
WE already know that Microsoft loves to sabotage migrations to GNU/Linux globally, but recent examples from South America might include Argentina [1, 2] and Brazil’s schools [1, 2]. One of the hottest growth regions for GNU/Linux has been central and southern America, but Microsoft keep planning a coup or two.
We finally learn that Nicaraguan schools are poised to go for GNU/Linux, much like some neighbouring countries. It’s looking very real and it already materialises to an extent.
20,000 laptops for teachers with Guardabarranco GNU/Linux pre-installed will be deployed in the first phase of this project, followed by the installation of the system in computer labs in public schools using LTSP.
There are some other migrations to GNU/Linux in Nicaragua, with English references from the past year or so at the bottom. █
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[1] Nicaragua Builds An Innovative Agricultural Information System Using Open Source Software
An experiment in Nicaragua shows just how powerful Open Source software can be in leveling the playing field. The second poorest country of the Americas now has one of the best software solutions for displaying agricultural data in the western hemisphere.
[2] Flying on the wings of freedom
Guardabarranco is the national bird of Nicaragua. It’s also the name of a public school that migrated to GNU/Linux back in 2005.
[3] Nicaragua: Open Source Software in Public Institutions
The blogger LEOGG has been working with public institutions to take full advantage of these technologies in order to make them more efficient. In his post “Nicaragua Libre” (Free Nicaragua), LEOGG explains how they helped Jalapa, a rural town near the border of Honduras in the north of the country how to develop and use Linux-based software.
[4] Mandriva Linux Community Newsletter #129
One of the strengths of Mandriva has long been its popularity and strong community base all around the world, in areas not always considered by the mainstream Linux press. Continuing this fine tradition, June 14th saw a Mandriva installfest and conference in Nicaragua, arranged by the Nicaraguan Mandriva user community. The event was well-attended, and even had press coverage in a popular Nicaraguan newspaper (link in Spanish). Many people brought their systems to have Mandriva Linux installed, and many copies of Mandriva Linux Free and One were distributed to those who couldn’t bring their systems to the event.
[5] Nicaragua is using mandriva!!
We would like to have support from our friends around the world. Thank you, it would be good if you visit us, help us with new material and tell latin users that we have a portal in Nicaragua.
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While many today see Linux as a “just download it” or “just buy it” product, it hasn’t always been that way. Installfests were actually the norm. Well, that’s what is happening in Nicaragua. I received the following announcement in email—not from a geek mailing list but from the list of a social rights activists.
Insurer slashes $1m from costs with move to Linux
Insurer slashes $1m from costs with move to Linux: "The Australian: 'INSURANCE giant Allianz Australia expects to save more than $1 million by switching from Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Linux for key applications.'