Open Government Keeps its Heart in San Francisco with (Second) CityCampSF

San Francisco will hold its second CityCamp, CityCampSF 2011, this Saturday, June 18, and include municipal employees, journalists, developers and neighborhood leaders “working on solutions for better communities and government.”

San Francisco will hold its second CityCamp, CityCampSF 2011, this Saturday, June 18, and include municipal employees, journalists, developers and neighborhood leaders “working on solutions for better communities and government.” The event is hosted by SF Department of Technology.

We asked CityCampSF founder and organizer (and Gov 2.0 Radio host) Adriel Hampton to discuss its objectives and goals and share his thoughts on the state of San Francisco open government.

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Samba 3.6.0 Approaching: Second Release Candidate Now Available

A second release candidate means that Samba 3.6 could be weeks or months away. 3.6.0 will see the first full featured implementation of SMB2 but it will be turned off by default...

A second release candidate means that Samba 3.6 could be weeks or months away. 3.6.0 will see the first full featured implementation of SMB2 but it will be turned off by default

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1 Second Linux Boot - And It Is No Gimmick !

It is said a picture is worth a 1000 words. In this case, instead of a picture, the following video demonstrates Linux booting to a GUI in a mere 1 second.




And this is what the people who implemented this awesome feat have to say about this exercise (and I quote).
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