Ubuntu always had a super challenging task of proving worthy to desktop users. This task is Ubuntu’s burden twice as heavy as any other operating systems simply because there weren’t enough believers in the world to back it up.

RMS (speaking in context of the Debian GFDL policy) : «Debian's policy is foolish and unfriendly to us. So we do not cater to it. If they don't like the results, they should change the policy. [...] Debian's policy starts from good motives, but they were too rigid in carrying them out, and reached a foolish conclusion.

Realizing that "What if" articles tend to bring out the best and worst in people, I thought it was worth exploring this mindset again, just for kicks. This time, however, there is a clear angle to the idea. One that I hope can crossover and inspire, if nothing else.

How to use the basic LVM commands to disable and remove your LVM logical devices.

Part two of a series of articles looking at learning the widely used GNU autoconf, automake and libtool utilities, by example. This installment covers adding manual pages to distributions, and the EXTRA_DIST target.

Trend Micro and Microsoft are both revealing their thoughts about a plan to fight Free software using software patents

A very long time ago, computers didn’t have mice, icons or fancy graphics. Instead of an Operating System with a Graphical User Interface, there was the Command Line Interface. With it, you would issue commands to your computer in a text only environment that is not seen so often these days.

Lately it seems there’s a lot of hatred directed at Linux. I hear it on certain podcasts, read it on certain blogs and read it in certain articles. Some of these haters are feeling the heat of more and more people switching to Linux. Most of them make their livelihoods sucking on the Windows tit. They feel threatened and scared. It’s the human reaction of your world crumbling around you.