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Ubuntu open week

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Ubuntu open week November 26, 2006 Next week is Ubuntu Open Week , a series of events and classes about Ubuntu Linux , and for people interested in getting involved in Ubuntu.

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Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. But here’s Ubuntu week 1, not edited or smoothed out. Because I’ve decided that no matter what, I’m not going back.

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Technology providers and Linux

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

One of the interesting dynamics of any technology provider of any stripe is the way they choose the technology they will focus on and support. I think this is something that many nonprofits, especially those without in-house technology expertise aren’t that aware of. But I think more is needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At Penguin Day, one of the issues discussed was nonprofit adoption of Open Source software and the issue that there aren't enough technology stewards, translators, documentation, and training available to the end user to make adoption easier. Thanks James!

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5 Questions: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors

NTEN

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?

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Happy Birthday, Gutsy Gibbon!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Happy Birthday, Gutsy Gibbon! October 18, 2007 Ubuntu Linux has a new release, version 7.10, called “ Gutsy Gibbon.&# (Really I don’t know where these names come from!) Be Helpful.

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Why all (major) operating systems suck

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Internet Explorer. Why Linux (in my case Ubuntu) sucks: I have to go through arcane (and luckily for me, fairly painless) procedures to get simple things to work ( like plugging a headset with a mic into my jack! And it takes FOREVER to boot, even with Soluto.

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