Set of tools which aims to help the packaging of Python projects for Debian . lgp is mainly a wrapper around puilder that ease the creation of chroot-based environment in which lgp can build debian packages targeting several Debian or Ubuntu distributions. Source: Tech
Category: Open Source Software
Open Source Software
Fedora Council Election Results
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Ready to be published? LXer is read by around 350,000 individuals each month, and is an excellent place for you to publish your ideas, thoughts, reviews, complaints, etc. Do you have something to say to the Linux community? Publish it here. Source: Tech
Bug Accidentally Shut Down Military Open Source Software Portal
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A software bug inadvertently has knocked out the military’s system for developing open source software, according to the Defense Department. A data center supporting Forge.mil executed computer instructions that accidentally “corrupted all Forge.mil systems,” Defense Information Systems Agency officials said in a notice released early Monday. Source: Tech
USB Oscilloscopes Get Beta Drivers for Open-Source Hardware
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On November 5, Pico Technology made a small but significant announcement: the release of beta drivers that let its USB oscilloscopes communicate with BeagleBoneBlack and Raspberry Pi open-source controllers. Although it didn’t have much fanfare, the announcement made to the Pico Technology Linux community shows what could be a trend in using open-source hardware to…
Australian news agency joins open source project
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Open source software developer Sourcefabric has signed Australian Associated Press to help develop an end-to-end news creation, production, curation, distribution and publishing platform. The two parties are inviting other news publishers to participate in the project, called Superdesk. Source: Tech
Jolla crowdfunds tablet in a couple of hours
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Jolla, the Finnish outfit that launched a smartphone based on its Sailfish OS a year ago, started a crowdfunding campaign for its first tablet on Wednesday – and surpassed its goal in a couple of hours. Granted, it wasn’t the highest of goals – $380,000 – but the achievement is nothing to be sneezed at.…
Open Metrical Psalm project and Beginners Guide to GitHub
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It has been a little too long since I launched CMAA’s GitHub presence , and since then there has not been as much activity as I would have hoped. We’re all busy people, and I know it isn’t exactly apparent to everyone why or how GitHub or an Open Source approach to the creation music…
How to channel the spirit of farming into your open food code
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In the local food movement, open source principles are very much like the open pollinated seeds that farmers keep to grow next year’s crops. When farmers use their own seeds, they are in control of breeding and conserving for the future. Source: Tech
Groupon admits defeat in war over GNOME trademark
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In today’s open source roundup: Groupon backs off claims to the GNOME trademark. Plus: Nine of the best Linux distributions, and a proprietary Linux would have cost more than one trillion dollars Yesterday I covered Groupon’s attempt to seize the GNOME trademark for a tablet product. Source: Tech
.Net server-side stack going open source, new support for Os X and Linux announced
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Microsoft has made some big announcements today regarding .NET and the future of the platform. For starters, the company has said that the full server-side .NET Core stack will be open sourced, from ASP.NET 5 down to the Common Language Runtime and Base Class Libraries. Source: Tech