by Marcel Gagné This article originally appeared in the September 2007 issue of Linux Journal. Why does a person install one Linux, then another, and then yet another? Because a person can, of course! Such is the nature of choice, Read More …
Internet Relay Chat, better known as IRC, is a distributed client-server system in which users can communicate with any number of other users in real time. IRC servers host channels that are dedicated to discussion forums on specific topics. These Read More …
So you’ve decided to give Linux a try using one of the many fine live CDs. You’ve downloaded a CD or DVD image and now you need to burn it to a disk. But how? I could try to be Read More …
On tonight’s show, I talked primarily about KDE 4, about what makes it special, and what it will offer users both in terms of experience and, of course, applications. I also mentioned that several major distributions are releasing (or have Read More …
I don’t really know what to say about this other than, “watch it“. Enjoy!
Well, I’m excited about this! My SF short story, Paper, will be published in the forthcoming Grade 7 Language Arts textbook (ISBN 978-0-19-542859-9) from Oxford University Press to be published in February 2008. I was contacted by an agent for Read More …
I’d like to share a bit of a marker with you (actually, I meant to post this message yesterday, but life intervened). Around noon, yesterday (Friday, September 21, 2007), I sent in the December 2007 “Cooking with Linux” to the Read More …
My friend, Rob Sawyer, once claimed (more like swore) that I was the spitting image of Monte Markham, the actor who played Barney Miller, the title character in an episode of the Six Million Dollar Man titled “The Seven Million Read More …
In the midst of Microsoft’s full-frontal patent-tipped FUD missile attack on Linux and Free and Open Source Software (aka, FOSS), it would seem strange that I could start a blog entry by admitting that I agree with Bill Gates. Yes, Read More …
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to the first episode of a BBC two-part series called, “The Codebreakers”, whose focus is FOSS, or Free and Open Source Software. Some fascinating stuff here and well worth watching. You Read More …