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Interview with Jeff Moe: BLAG, linux-libre and More

Jeff Moe is a 37 year old self-employed father. Better known as jebba, he is the main developer behind the 100% Free distribution BLAG (for BLAG Linux And GNU). He is also leading a couple of other Free software projects. He kindly agreed to give Blue GNU an interview by Jabber.


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Vala's Jürg Billeter on GNOME's Newest Development Platform

The GNOME project has a new tool coming into its own that enables developers to produce GObject libraries using the high-level Vala, as if they had used C. Blue GNU got Jürg Billeter to discuss the up and coming Vala platform.


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Meet Doxygen Maintainer - Dimitri van Heesch

Blue GNU interviews Dimitri van Heesch, founder and maintainer of the Doxygen project, to learn more about about how developers can manage their documentation.


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Tom Calthrop: Barnraiser Collaboration Software Born Out of Amish Tradition

One of the things I thoroughly enjoy about the Free Software community is the creative names developers give to their projects. Tom Calthrop's AroundMe and Barnraiser projects definitely fit the mold. Barnraiser was born out of Tom's experience in Kosovo and is a small, scrappy little project that just might surprise you.


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Kelley Graham of Toasterz Talks About Appliances, Migration and More

Blue GNU caught up with Kelley Graham, of Toasterz, to find out about his company's business appliances, migration and education work.


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Gustavo Mendes: Neoscopio Ahead of Expectations

Last year, I interviewed the team behind Neoscopio, then just a Free/Open Source Software business concept. Now, just a scant 3 months into their official business venture, they are well ahead of where they thought they would be right now. I asked Gustavo Mendez to bring us up to speed on where the fledgling company currently stands...


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Parley is the new KVocTrain

Blue GNU interviewed Frederik Gladhorn, of the KVocTrain Project. Frederik tells us about taking over the project and about KVocTrain's name change for KDE 4.


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Spread Open Media: Free Formats Benefit Free Software

Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves, Project Manager of the Spread Open Media project, discusses the project's beginning and goals, namely to help spread awareness and adoption of Free/Libre media formats.


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Tim Kosse on Filezilla

Filezilla is probably the most popular cross-platform FTP client around. Blue GNU caught up with Tim Kosse in the wake of the recent 3.0 release to take stock of this handy utility.


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Ian Lynch Talks About INGOTS - Certifications in Open Technologies

Blue GNU interviews Ian Lynch, well-known in and beyond the OpenOffice.org and OpenDocument community, to learn about the INternational Grades with Open Technologies (INGOTS), how the certification system works, and how it is progressing.


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Chris Debenham On Lyricue: Technology Should Support, Not Control, Worship Services

Blue GNU caught up with Chris Debenham, the primary developer behind Lyricue, to learn how the program upholds his IT philosophy.


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Bruno Coudoin on GCompris: 8.4 Release Imminent, Reorganization Underway for 8.5

GCompris is a fantastic educational program aimed at children. I installed it for a family some time ago, and found myself getting caught up in it as I showed them how it worked. I caught up with the lead developer, Bruno Coudoin, to ask him a few questions about the widely-used GCompris project.


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RenaissanceCore IDS Seeks to take Intrusion Detection to the Next Level

Blue GNU got Jim Sansing to talk about the fairly new RenaissanceCore IDS project, and what they have been able to accomplish. It's certainly a project you might want to consider, especially if security is your gig.


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AWFFULL: Bringing Web Analytics to the Masses

If your boss is awfully analytical, you'll be glad to know about AWFULL's web analytics capabilities. Blue GNU interviewed Steve McInerney, to find out how the project came about and what AWFFULL (A Webalizer Fork FULL of features) offers to the modern-day webmaster.


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FSF Latin America Experiences Revival

Blue GNU interviews Alexandre Oliva to learn about Free Software Foundation - Latin America. After a bit of a stuttering start, the FSFLA is definitely well under way and making strong progress.


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FSF India's Impact Far-Reaching

Sasi Kumar, a member of FSF India's Working Group, spoke with Blue GNU about the organization's past, present and future, and shares how they have impacted India.


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Interview With GNUe's Reinhard Mueller

Blue GNU caught up with GNUe' Reinhard Mueller to learn more about the ERP project. Mueller points out the project's shift in focus, thus highlighting the need for project developers to remain flexible.


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Binary Freedom: Fighting for your Digital Rights

We interviewed Chris Fernandez, of the Binary Freedom project to find out what they are doing to defend digital freedom.


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Ada Core Technologies: Free Software Business Model Is Viable

It has been said there is no such thing as a 'true' Free Software business. Blue GNU interviewed the Ada Core Technologies team to learn about the company that has been a 'true' Free Software business for over 20 years. Ada Core is one of a few businesses listed as such by the Free Software Foundation/GNU Project.


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Interview With GNU DDRescue's Antonio Diaz Diaz

Antonio Diaz Diaz, the developer behind GNU DDRescue, took the time to answer a few questions for Blue GNU regarding the GNU data recovery utility and how it compares to other projects.


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