One good thing about opensource development is the opportunity of learning to collaborate. Why doesnt RIAforge.com have a means of searching for projects that need developers, designers, documentors etc?

opensource programming framework needs a logoTotal Prize: $140we are looking for a fresh logo for our rapid development framework. Help us to keep software for free ;)

Die Ankndigungen dass sich hier was ndern wird klingen fast schon so wie das "Warten auf Godot". Und immer noch muss ich Euch vertrsten, denn ich habe auf die Programmierung der neuen Software leider keinen Einflu - bei OpenSource ist das eben immer von der Freizeit der programmierenden Leute abhngig. Ich kann nur sagen dass es weitergeht, langsamer zwar als auch mir lieb ist, aber eben kein Stillstand. Einige Zeit mt Ihr aber leider noch mit der alten, unkomfortablen Version leben.

Now this is what I call opensource

Artistic output made by the means of free software.

TTS

The first ever BBC Backstage podcast kicked off in fine style on Wednesday 7th February. We invited some of the most vocal backstagers in the long running debate over DRM, to come and join us at the BBC to discuss face to face what they felt about DRM and the BBC. The hour long discussion around DRM and the BBC included,

Tom Loosemore

Brian Butterworth

Ian Forrester

Michael Sparks

Dave Crossland

James Cridland

Michela Ledwidge

Miles Metcalfe

Matthew Cashmore

You can subscribe to the RSS feed here or you can download and remix the MPeg3 file or the Ogg Vorbis file. Both are licensed under creative commons attribution. So as long as you credit backstage.bbc.co.uk, your good to go. There is also a broadcast audio version which you can download if you really want better quality that 128k Mpeg3 or Ogg. The videos are also now up in low quality and high quality. We also have some great action shots from the debate...

Filed under: News, MicrosoftWith the holidays playing time burglar to my regular schedule of combing the web, I missed this gem which our sister Engadget jumped aboard. Linux is making its way on to the Zune, one baby step at a time. According to a forum post Mys Videl of Zune Boards has managed to build a boot-loader and compile a working Linux kernel for Microsoft's Zune, which eventually could open up a world of possibilities for the device.

Videl writes of her milestone, "The way to boot it to the Zune right now is very complicated, takes some time, and is risky if you don't know how to do it. I won't be releasing this until there is no risk to Zune users when they use Zune Linux. We are looking for graphics people who are willing to make logos [...] for Zune Linux, we also will be looking for Beta Testers when it comes to that point. "

If all the details can be reverse engineered, the Zune makes a pretty capable piece of hardware for a linux based personal media player. With the Zune's built in WiFi s

Russian (usu. pay) music site...