http://www.cocoageek.com Open Source & tech blog by Andrew Nixon Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:30:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today the FSF is launching a second wave of letters regarding the switch to free software this time it is to 500 charities and non-governmental organizations around the world the full press release of this is as follows: Breaking the dependency on proprietary software: A call to nonprofits to refuse Microsoft Windows 7 BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA ... http://www.cocoageek.com/2009/10/free-software-foundation-launches-second-wave-of-windows-7-sins-campaign/ Ok i am a little late to the party with these wonderful Python packages.. however installing them in Ubuntu (or any flavor of Linux) couldn't be easier. All you need is the python-setuptools package. sudo apt-get install python-setuptools This package contains the easy_install command allowing you to install whichever egg you like ... http://www.cocoageek.com/2009/09/installing-python-eggs-in-linux/ The  FSF will start its Windows 7 campaign this week by launching the Windows 7 Sins website as well as sending 500 hundred e-mails to charities and non-governmental organisations about why they should use the Windows 7 launch as an excuse to review their open source policy instead of an ... http://www.cocoageek.com/2009/09/fsf-windows-7-sins/