Free and Open Source in Healthcare is the main theme of the current InWent Alumni Newsletter (http://www.inwent.org/alumni) where the portal (http://foss-for-health.org/) and 2 PANACeA / IOSN members Alvin Marcelo and Ariel Betan (thats me 
) are currently featured in their articles. PANACeA and IOSN were mentioned in the article on Ariel Betan who was introduced/featured from the main website of InWent (http://www.inwent.org/index.php.en)
Posts Tagged ‘FOSS News’
FOSS4Health is current theme of the InWent Capacity Building Germany Alumni Newsletter and there’s an article on me :)
Saturday, August 7th, 2010Fast and Lightweight Peppermint Linux OS 1.0 Released
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Said to boot fast in just a few seconds and lightweight (about 500+ mb).
From: Linux Magazine http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Peppermint-Linux-OS-1.0-Released
May 11, 2010
The cloud-friendly, web app-centric Linux distro is now available.
Another day, another Linux distro. Peppermint OS 1.0 uses Mozilla Labs’ Prism technology to fully integrate with Cloud and web-based applications such as Hulu and Gmail. The OS is built on Linux Kernel 2.6.32, Xorg 7.5 GUI and Openbox 3.4.10 for window management.
Peppermint 1.0 uses Mozilla Labs’ Prism to create Web apps that run as single site browser windows (SSBs).Custom front end code integrates the SSBs into the desktop environment.
Session on FLOSS in health care (FLOSS-HC) being organized at the Open World Forum
Friday, April 30th, 2010The Open World Forum (OWF) is the new global summit on Free/Open Source. On September 30 and October 1 2010, it will bring together in Paris decisions-makers from across the world to discuss the technological, business and social impact of open technologies, and to cross-fertilize initiatives in these areas.
A session on FLOSS in health care (FLOSS-HC): How to foster community building is being organized by Thomas Karopka and Alvin Marcelo.
Those interested may register at the wiki.
Visit the Open World Forum wiki for more details.
Obama Admin uses Open Source CMS Drupal and gives back custom code to the public
Friday, April 30th, 2010The Obama administration using Open Source Content Management System Drupal and developing custom code for its Whitehouse.gov website announced that it will release these codes to the public.
This is not only a testimony of the growing belief that using free and open source software makes sense but giving back and sharing so that others may benefit as you do when using FOSS means the FOSS spirit is spreading!
Read more about it at: Technewsworld.com: White House Gives Back: Drupal Gets New Custom Code
Canonical’s Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop Edition features three years of support, an online music store, a new look and social network integration
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010From: http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-edition
Help spread the news! Ubuntu 10.04 Code Named: Lucid Lynx will be officially released April 29, 2010.
This is the latest news from: http://www.ubuntu.com/:
Long-term support (LTS) version of popular desktop operating system generally available on 29 April
LONDON, April 27, 2010: Canonical announced today the upcoming release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop distribution, which includes three years of support through free security and maintenance updates. It will be available for free download on Thursday 29 April and will be pre-installed on a range of machines from a number of manufacturers in Summer 2010.
The desktop edition of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will feature extensive design work, faster boot speed, social network integration, online services and the Ubuntu One Music Store.
“Ubuntu 10.04 LTS challenges the perceptions of the Linux desktop, bringing a whole new category of users to the world of Ubuntu,” said Jane Silber, CEO, Canonical. “Changes like the new look and feel and the addition of a music store, layered on top of our relentless focus on delivering an intuitive and attractive user experience for new and existing Ubuntu users — these are the bridging elements to the mainstream market that our community, our partners and our users really want. Long-term support makes Ubuntu 10.04 LTS very attractive to corporate IT as well.”
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FOSS Android running on iPhone!
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Android now running on iPhone. This is good news! I don’t have an iPhone and doesn’t plan on having one precisely because I prefer free-and-open-source-software-based phones. But now this may change .
Here’s the link to Programmer David Wong’s “Linux on the iPhone” blog showing a screenshot of the Android boot and some background on his project.
David Wong also posted on his blog: Android running on iPhone links to pre-built images and sources for those wanting to try running Android on the iPhone and the following youtube video:
Hope a lot like me will be interested in this and will benefit from this sharing.
Children hospitals saving money by using open source
Monday, April 26th, 2010From: Open Source Observatory & Repository Europe
[http://www.osor.eu]
http://www.osor.eu/news/it-children-hospitals-saving-money-by-using-open-source
by Gijs Hillenius — published on Apr 21, 2010
— filed under: [T] Deployments and Migrations, [GL] Italy
Italian children hospitals are saving money by using the ‘Smart Inclusion project’ using open source technology and offering access to for instance medical data and e-learning applications. According to a statement from the Ministry for Public Administration and Innovation, hospitals can save about 1000 Euro per PC and about 500 per thin client.
The project uses the Linux open source operating system.
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LPI and IOSN Introduce New Exam Proctor Program with IDRC and AKU during the 3rd PANACeA Meeting
Monday, April 26th, 2010From the email release
of lpi-discuss@lpi.org
LPI and IOSN Introduce New Exam Proctor Program
(Sacramento, CA, USA: April 22, 2010) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced a program of exam proctor training and exam labs undertaken with the cooperation of the International Open Source Network (IOSN: http://www.apdip.net/projects/2003/iosn). LPI’s affiliate in Korea, LPI-Korea (http://lpi-korea.org/), undertook training of 19 new proctors from the nations of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka to be followed by local exam labs throughout the next year–commencing on May 1 and 22, 2010 with scheduled exam labs in the Philippines. The IOSN was formed in 2003 as a network of Asian Pacific centers of excellence and is a long time collaborator with LPI. The IOSN is based at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Center in Bangkok, Thailand and this recent initiative with LPI was supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC: http:www.idrc.ca) and the Aga Khan University (http://www.aku.edu).
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Open-Source Data Network for Medical Research
Monday, April 26th, 2010From: iHealthBeat
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2010/4/13/new-technologies-spur-changes-in-health-care-research-delivery.aspx
New Technologies Spur Changes in Health Care Research, Delivery
Wall Street Journal recently featured several articles on new trends in electronic health tools. One of the articles discussed “a new open-source collaborative effort … aiming to advance medical research by allowing scientists to share disease data and models ..”
Open-Source Data Network for Medical Research
A new open-source collaborative effort called Sage Commons aims to advance medical research by allowing scientists to share disease data and models, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sage Bionetworks launched the project last year.
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CSIR open-source project for TB democratises research
Monday, April 26th, 2010From: Business Line
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/04/13/stories/2010041353180200.htm
The exercise is to cut short research time and work towards effective medicines to treat TB, which accounts for about 1,000 deaths a day in India.
…the OSDD initiative has made TB-related research available to any researcher across the world…
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