"I've been silent for a long time. Life is funny - one minute you're trucking along, advocating Free Software, and the next you're being pulled in 4 different directions at once. Maybe I've been absent from running my site, but I'm still advocating Free Software. Just this past weekend I helped a lady whose previous vendor left her high and dry with her non-free software licenses.
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Old School Keyboard Control and HTML Character Entities On Linux And Unix
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Two somewhat interesting but unrelated topics. The antibiotics must be kicking in ;)
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Computer pioneer Richard Stallman gives UW talk on free software
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"WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009) -- An American computer software pioneer, Richard Stallman, will discuss the global free software movement during a public lecture this week at the University of Waterloo..."
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Richard Stallman is visiting Edmonton
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"The most important philosopher of our time — as measured by effects on society — will be in Edmonton on February 5th to deliver the 2009 Merv Leitch QC Memorial Lecture..."
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World March for Peace and Nonviolence - Richard Stallman
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« When businesses have special influence on politics it means that the democracy is sick. The purpose of democracy is to make sure that the rich do not have influence proportional to their wealth. And if those who have more have more influence than I do, that means that the democracy is dying. Laws created this way have no moral authority, but only the capacity to do harm. »
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Encrypt-Decrypt files using mcrypt on OpenSuse
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MCrypt is a replacement for the old crypt() package and crypt(1) command, with extensions. It allows developers to use a wide range of encryption functions, without making drastic changes to their code. It allows users to encrypt files or data streams without having to be cryptographers. Above all, it allows you to have some really neat code on your machine. :)
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Some Thoughts about a Django Template Mode for Emacs
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"I keep a Emacs mode for editing Django templates (specifically HTML Django templates) on Launchpad. There are more people interested in enhancing the support for Django on Emacs, and I'd like to help. But first, I want to discuss what is needed from a editing mode..."
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Open Season for Linux Contests
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Contests, at their best, can highlight creative thinking and originality. In the Linux community, there seems to be an serious overabundance of both. Four different contests — all starting this January — are doing their best to crowdsource and give out significant prizes to the winners. Vote, participate, or just soak it all in, these contests are great ways to get involved.
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Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference
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Available immediately, Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference (ISBN: 978-1440478291) is a uniquely compact guide to the world's favorite Linux. Written by award-winning Ubuntu author Keir Thomas, the book is available from Amazon.com for $9.94 (USD) and, in a ground-breaking move, as a free-of-charge PDF Edition that can be downloaded from http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com.
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5 Reasons Users Fail to Make the Linux Switch
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What drives users to try Linux, only to fail to make it work for them in the long haul? Once you get past the fact that there is no concrete way of tracking desktop Linux usership and all indications based on existing trends indicate that there are potentially millions of us worldwide, it would seem that while some fail to stick with it, others are making it work.
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Plug-in architecture on the way for the GCC
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"When Richard Stallman began writing Bison in 1983, he was only trying to build the bits of an operating system he would need to write an operating system. But that recursive goal was no stranger than the recursive name he would create for the software he would eventually create: GNU is Not Unix (GNU).
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"A new license exception will allow the entire GCC codebase to be upgraded to GPLv3, and enable the development of a plugin framework for GCC..."
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Winning the Gnu
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«... John Sullivan: Thank you for buying the GNU — as a result we have been enjoying listening in to your Microsoft dealings from the FSF office :) ... »
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Starting and sustaining free software businesses
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« Ian Lynch posted CC-BY-SA slides from a recent Manchester Free Software meeting. Lucy Bridges explained that “Ian spoke about The Learning Machine Ltd (TLM), an awarding body for the INGOTs accreditation. The INGOTs are an innovative award that teaches children about IT while also making money using and promoting free software.
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VirtualBox OSE 2.0.6 32 bit Debian Package download for Debain GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselAbout Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.
