Tag: stallman

General Dec 14, 2010

Should You Be Worried About Chrome OS? Yes, Says Richard Stallmann

According to Stallman, Chrome OS means users losing control of their data. Although Chrome OS is based on GNU/Linux, it is quite different from other distributions in the sense that it does not allow users to install software and stores as much data as possible in the cloud - which are essentially servers located somewhere.

General Sep 28, 2010

OpenOffice Forked As LibreOffice

Today the OpenOffice community made a big decision to break away from Oracle and have formed The Document Foundation. Development for OpenOffice has been going...

Linux Dec 12, 2009

GNOME considering split from GNU Project

The GNOME community is considering a split from the GNU Project. The proposal for the split came from senior GNOME developer Philip Van Hoof who...