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If you have used GNU/Linux before, and love playing games there, then you might love playing the same game on Windows too. Although most personally I think free software model doesn’t work well with games, but free and open source software games do exists on Windows!
Here’s the screenshot of some Open Source Windows games that you can get on the internet:
Get them at http://osswin.sourceforge.net/games.html
I’ve found a useful website which teaches you how to create Debian .deb files, an application package that has been used by various GNU/Linux distribution including Ubuntu, Knoppix, SimplyMEPIS, Linspire, Xandros and Debian GNU/Linux itself.
Hope that this information will be useful to you : Basic_Debian_Packaging
Other relatively useful website : HowToBuildDebianPackagesFromScratch
The Linux Device Driver Kit (DDK) release has been announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman on Wednesday. Linux DDK is created to fill the void of not having DDK with documentations and sample source code provided by other popular operating system.
The device driver kit was released in coordination with the FreedomHEC conference in Seattle, which aims to educate and encourage hardware developers about making their hardware compatible with Linux and other free operating systems. Attendees of the conference will receive free copy of Linux DDK on physical media.
The Linux Device Driver Kit contains Linux Device Drivers, third edition book, Linux kernel 2.6.16.18 source code, a set of Howtos and recommended procedures for submitting and patching device drivers, and a library of architecture- and device-specific technical references.
The Linux DDK CD image is also available for download at kernel.org, the CD image is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) for free redistribution.
from Newsforge,Greg Kroah-Hartman blog
OpenBSD 3.9 was released May 1st, 2006! I know it has been two weeks since its release, but I want to share with you the openbsd cd iso that I use to install it.
OpenBSD is a nice BSD-variant operating system that strongly emphasis on security and free software (according to their definition). You can download the custom made OpenBSD 3.9 ISO via bittorrent from http://torrent.fakap.net.
If you like OpenBSD, then please consider giving donations to keep the project alive !
GNU/DOS 2006 SR1 has been released with Vim 7, the much talked new release of Vi IMproved. For your information, GNU/DOS is a distribution of FreeDOS operating system. The project aims to provide a complete DOS-like operating system bundled with GNU software and developers tools (DJGPP gcc), while retaining the classic DOS feel.
GNU/DOS is built on FreeDOS project which has the objective of providing a free DOS operating system that is compatible with MS-DOS 3.3. GNU/DOS works on old hardware and emulator and can run DOS games with ease.
In addition to DOS 3.3 compatibility, GNU/DOS (via FreeDOS) also supports LFN (Long File Name) and FAT32 partitions and Large Disk Support which normally unsupported under MS-DOS without 3rd party application.
Those who are interested in trying out GNU/DOS (with Vim 7 and gcc) can download it from its project page : http://www.pikecountycomputer.com/gnudos/
Like the title said, Docvert is a webservice software designed to convert Microsoft Word document files (*.doc) to OASIS OpenDocument format (*.odt). It uses a simple REST-style interface, and it’s released under the LGPL.
OpenDocument requires PHP 5.0 with ZLIB, XSL and GD extension with OpenOffice 2.0 or Abiword with OpenDocument export plugin. You might also need libwmf0.2-7+ and librsvg2-2+, to convert WMF and SVG files.
Finally, Docvert is easy to integrate into other project as it use a simple REST-style interface. This means that you can host Docvert webservice software and provide a service to convert Microsoft Word documents file to OpenDocument whether for free or otherwise.