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The FSF is hiring: Seeking a full-time outreach and communication coordinatorview story

http://www.fsf.org – The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Boston-based 501(c)(3) charity with a worldwide mission to protect freedoms critical to the computer-using public, seeks a motivated and organized tech-friendly Boston-based individual to be its full-time outreach and communication coordinator. This newly created position, reporting to the executive director, will work closely with our campaigns, licensing, an (Software)

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Switching from AMD graphics to Nvidia.view story

https://bbs.archlinux.org – I'll be using the proprietary drivers.   This machine is used for gaming.  Having the nomodeset switch on isn't an issue, as that's the way my current setup is. Beelzebud https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=39190 2013-04-17T23:29:20Z (HowTos)

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[ubuntu] How to undo this install...view story

http://ubuntuforums.org – I have been trying to get haloce to work on ubuntu for over a year now, and I decided to take a crack at installing the ATI driver tonight. On a whim I followed this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JRCddtZLk It got up to the amd config and said It could not find any compatible adapters. (Hardware)

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Ubuntu stuck on bootview story

http://askubuntu.com – When I start up or restart my computer, I see the gray underscore in the top-left corner, flashing as it should. Sometimes though, it just keeps flashing, and the system doesn't start. If I try to boot in recovery mode, I can see the text log instead. From there, it gets stuck at a few common points. Again, it's just stuck there until I reboot it. Anyway, this only seems to happen on Linux. (HowTos)

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Survey says Samsung Galaxy phones are simpler than the iPhoneview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – There are a lot of people that think Android is better than iOS for many reasons, but most fans won’t put simplicity at the top of the list. Well according to a survey by Siegel+Gale, Samsung Galaxy phones are simpler than the iPhone. This survey was conducted with 400 people, and while both phones scored well, Samsung’s Galaxy line came out as the winner. (IT news)

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X.Org X Server driver or AMD proprietary driver?view story

http://askubuntu.com – I see that my machine (Radeon HD 6290) has the option to choose either the X.Org X Server driver or the AMD proprietary driver: I want to know which one is the recommended one in term of performance in general? Do one of them have an edge over the other? And apart from performance, is there any stability issue with them in general? How often are they updated? (HowTos)

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[ubuntu] Very slow bootview story

http://ubuntuforums.org – Hello all. I'm going to reinstall my Ubuntu with the new 13.04 release soon so I want to ask you which is the best option to recreate my partition scheme. My system boots really slow and I blame the hard drive for this. (Hardware)

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ProfitBricks Shows It Can Take On AWS With 2.0 Infrastructureview story

http://techcrunch.com – The infrastructure-as-a-service-providers (IaaS) market is starting to exhibit a deeper diversity. Call it the “Cloud 2.0″ era if you will. (IT news)

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Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Effortsview story

http://techcrunch.com – Educational publisher Elsevier is diving deeper into the world of open and social educational data: it has bought Mendeley, the London/New York-based provider of a platform for academics and organizations to share research and collaborate with others via a social network. The terms of the deal have not been publicly disclosed but we understand it is for a sum between $69 million and $100 million. (IT news)

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Clayton Christensen Talks Venture Capital, Crowd Funding, And How To Measure Your Lifeview story

http://techcrunch.com – Editor’s note: Derek Andersen is the founder of Startup Grind, a 40-city community bringing the global startup world together while educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs. There are few people whose impact on entrepreneurs and business in general you hear about as frequently as Clayton Christensen. (IT news)