The History of Open Source Software [Infographic]

Open source is ubiquitous in today’s software market. Most major companies use at least some open source to run their business, and their proclivity for doing so is only rising as the years go on. Learn just how old the open source concept is and see where its bright future is headed.

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Funny Flow Chart for Choosing an Open Source Licensing scheme

If you are open source developer or thinking to start a project in open source you must have asked this question to yourself.

Which Open Source Licensing scheme shall I choose for my Project ?

There are many available choices of the license that can be very confusing and many people simply pick a license without really understanding the meaning or the clauses in the license. Some choose a license by the popularity. Some because a particular license is used in their favorite projects. Even worse, some even choose a license because it looks or sounds cool.

There are many resources on the Web that provide comparison of the available licenses. But here is one quick and funny way to make a choice of open source license for your projects.

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Flow Chart Via SourceNinja

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Zanata: Free Translation Management System for open source projects

Are you are an open source Developer? or a Documentation writer ? or simply a translator, then Zanata is a free Translation Management system for you.

If you are a developer or a content writer you can use Zanata to translate your software strings, your interface, your help files or your documentation translated and localized into different languages.

And if you are a translator, you can use Zanata to translate materials that Authors make available to you.

Zanata is a project from Redhat written in Java and uses modern web technologies like JBoss, Seam, GWT, Hibernate, and a REST API. It currently supports translation of DocBook/Publican documentation through PO files. Projects can be uploaded to and downloaded from a Zanata server using a Maven plugin or a Python client.

A public instance of Zanata is hosted at translate.zanata.org and is ready to accept content from open source projects for translation.

Here is a short video guide on how you can get a Zanata account.

And how to request a Project on Zanata

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Laptops/Desktops/Servers That Ready for Ubuntu - Ubuntu Hardware Certification

To ensure that Ubuntu runs smoothly in every laptops/desktops/servers, canonical has a program called Ubuntu Certification. Ubuntu certification is a program where ubuntu is working together with several laptops/desktops/servers and hardware providers to make sure that Ubuntu can work well on some product they produce.

Official Ubuntu (community) conducted some tests on every laptops/desktops/servers using predetermined testing and validation criteria before a servers/desktops/laptops or hardware awarded as 'Ubuntu Certified'. Some laptops/desktops/servers providers who have cooperated with ubuntu including Dell, Wipro, Lenovo, HP, IBM, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, System76, Intel, HCL Infosystems Limited, Citrix Systems, VMware, Sun, and Quanta.

List of  laptops/desktops/servers which have been certified by ubuntu can be seen here, at glance dell laptop series dominating the total of laptops that have been certified by Ubuntu.

So, if you've a plan to buy some new device (servers/desktops/laptops) and wondered if "can ubuntu works well there ?" , i think it is better idea if visiting this page first.

Besides of the project above, there are also Ubuntu community called Ubuntu Friendly which driven hardware validation programme for desktops, netbooks and laptops which running Ubuntu 11.10 and up, The aim of this community is to have a simple and quick way to look up how well machines work with Ubuntu releases. Ubuntu friendly now running in beta and planned to be  launch in April 2012. you can also participate in there, see following participation guide  or visit Ubuntu Friendly site. 

Reference site :
[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/certification
[2] https://friendly.ubuntu.com
[3] http://webapps.ubuntu.com/partners/certified-software/

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