After we announced Conglomerate, we've had a lot of feedback, and a lot of it is from people who envision new areas of use for Conglomerate, areas we didn't even think about. A particularly common question is about editing source code as XML.

This is the fifth in a series of (mostly) weekly essays. This week, Advogato subjects us to a brief tutorial on standards.

As commercial WYSIWYG word processors are close to dying from bloat, free software projects scramble to catch up, going in the exact same direction. But it might be time for structured data editing to emerge from the cloud of hype.

This is the fourth in a series of weekly editorials. This week's topic is a survey of the ways that free software developers can make a living practising their craft.

This morning's Slashdot has a rather sensationalized headline about Gnap, the GPL'd client for the Napster protocol. Here's some more background information on the controversy.

A birdie has told Advogato that VA Linux has started sending out letters about free software community participation in their upcoming IPO. Details are sketchy now. Please post more info as it becomes available.

This is the third in a series of weekly editorials. This week's Advogato's number is a short rant on licenses.

With the release of a new version of XFCE about four days ago, all redone in GTK+, it's interesting to wonder if even other desktop environments could pop up using GTK+ and what good impact that could have for GNOME.

Linuxtoday radio... I think this is interesting, check it out.

This is the second Advogato's number. The major topic this week is Linus's keynote at Comdex, and thoughts on free software in the desktop.

Heise reported (in German) this morning that the German government has donated 250,000 DM to the GPG project, led by Werner Koch.

I think advogato is a great idea, and I would would like to contribute some ideas to it. Please read and give me some feedback.

Martí Maria Saguer recently announced lcms, his "little color management system." As such, it joins Graeme Gill's libicc as one of two free software libraries for handling ICC profiles.

Steven Young recently wrote an article in Slashdot on the basics of patents, with a special focus for developers of free software. He has graciously granted permission for the story to be reprinted here. A fine first article for Advogato's archive of useful information and resources.

While I actually am a fan of fleshing out the web of trust, I just can't resist injecting a wee bit of luddism into the mix...

This is the first in a series of editorials by Advogato. Topics this week include the DVD crack, ReiserFS, and the Debian freeze.

Colors are a good thing

Testers wanted for Gnomovision

I'm still testing the article system. It looks like it's in pretty good shape now. Even replies seem to work correctly.