"Pebble is a lightweight, open source, Java EE blogging tool. It's small, fast and feature-rich with unrivalled ease of installation and use. Blog content is stored as XML files on disk and served up dynamically, so there's no need to install a database. All maintenance and administration can be performed through your web browser, making Pebble ideal for anybody who is constantly on the move or doesn't have direct access to their host."
"WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time."
An excerpt from the new textbook (which is free to view), Practical Ope Source Software Exploration. The text is licensed under a CC BY-SA-3.0 license.
Christopher Dawson of ZDNet Education contemplates One Laptop Per Child's founder, Dr. Negroponte, decision to move from Linux to Android and what that might mean for education and innovation.