Heat, Beer, and Geeks.
Was there every a more natural combination? Depends on where you expected to find it. Nothing like chilled Bawls, eh?
Author: Marcel Gagné
Ruggedly handsome science, Linux, & technology geek. Writer and Free Thinker at Large. The "Cooking With Linux" guy. Occasionally opinionated. Always confused. Loves wine, food, music, and the occasional single malt Scotch. Long time columnist for Linux Journal, LinuxPro Magazine, Ubuntu User Magazine, SysAdmin, and others. Author of six books including "Linux System Administration: A User's Guide" and the "Moving to Linux" series of books. Promoter, advocate, and evangelist for Free and Open Source Software on radio, television, and YouTube.
The Wines of 2001 (Cooking with Linux)
I’m trying to live up to my promise to create a list of all the wines recommended in my “Cooking with Linux” column these eight plus years. I managed to put together the 2000 list a few days ago. Now, Read More …
Notebooks. With Linux. Pre-installed.
Tomorrow morning, I’m giving a talk/tutorial at the IT360 Conference in Toronto. The subject is getting a Linux notebook (or laptop, if you prefer) to do it all. I should point out that I did not choose this topic. Evan Read More …
Moving to Windows
Yes, this was an April Fools’ story. I am not switching to Windows. After years of trying to convince others, and myself I might add, I’ve decided that Windows is in fact the superior operating system. Yes, that’s right. I’m Read More …
Microsoft Victorious. OpenXML ISO Approved.
It seems that being sneaky, slimy, underhanded, and not above a little friendly skullduggery has never hurt Microsoft. Hear ye! Hear ye! OpenXML is, apparently, now an ISO standard, according to the following from Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. Reports: OpenXML ISO Read More …
The Wines of 2000
Way back in 2000, I really didn’t think Cooking with Linux would last as long as it did. In fact, when Marjorie Richardson (Linux Journal’s Editor in Chief at the time) originally asked me if I could do a regular Read More …
Revvin’ Up Your Linux Box! (Cooking with Linux)
By Marcel Gagné Nothing says high performance like a good race. Got Linux? Got a good accelerated video card as well? Then get yourself these great racing games, get behind the wheel, and drive! Repeat what you just told me, Read More …
Drop Dead Simple Web Photo Galleries
Today, I’m going to show you a great little application for easily generating a Web gallery of images that requires no server side coding. Just generate your gallery with a simple command, then upload to your Web site. Of course, Read More …
Your voice, forever etched in electrons. (Cooking with Linux)
by Marcel Gagné You want to record a simple voice message on your Linux system. It seems like a easy enough thing. Until you need a special audio format, require complex edits, special effects, and other audio tweaks. At which Read More …
The WFTL Guide to IRC, Part Deux
In the first part of this series, I introduced you to the concepts behind IRC. The second installment is somewhat more practical in nature and focuses on the default IRC client used by most distributions running the GNOME desktop. This Read More …