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Marcel Gagné

Writer and Free Thinker at Large: Musings on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Linux, FOSS, Science & Technology, Religion, Politics, Consciousness, Philosophy, VR, Gaming, and Whatever Else Comes to Mind!

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.

Marcel’s Linux App of the Month : Workrave

Posted onJanuary 19, 2006Leave a comment

Hey out there! You are working too hard! If that sounds like you, then read on . UnixReview has just published the latest of my “Marcel’s Linux App of the Month“. This month’s app is about a great little program Read More …

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Tuesday Night on Computer America

Posted onJanuary 17, 2006Leave a comment

Tomorrow night (Tuesday, the 17th), I’ll be appearing live on the Computer America radio show and you can too! Details in the next paragraph . . . the show is Tuesday night, at 10:00 PM Eastern time (7:00 PM Pacific). Read More …

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Big network changes coming up!

Posted onJanuary 13, 2006Leave a comment

Yes, this is just a bit of administrivia, but I think you are all going to like it. As those of you who were there for Tuesday night’s chat already know, I am in the process of moving all of Read More …

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Marcel’s Linux Game of the Month : eboard

Posted onJanuary 10, 2006Leave a comment

How about a nice game of chess? For some, that question will bring back memories of the 1983 movie, WarGames, starring a young Matthew Broderick and the amazing Dabney Coleman. Somehow, it seems that chess games and movies just go Read More …

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Marcel’s Linux Walkabout: Easy Software Installations with klik

Posted onDecember 17, 2005Leave a comment

When people look around for reasons to say that Linux is just too hard, they will invariably arrive at software installations. The classic refrains include the difficulty of building from source, the problems with dependencies, and so on. Although there Read More …

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Tonight, Live on Computer America.

Posted onNovember 28, 2005Leave a comment

It’s not my usual slot and it’s amazingly short notice but I’ve been asked to appear on the Computer America radio show, tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern time (8:00 PM Pacific). Now, this is a really a tough time for Read More …

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Two, Two, Two New Articles Online!

Posted onNovember 28, 2005Leave a comment

Today, I’m going to alert you to two different articles of mine that have just been published online. I’m actually a little late posting this, but I’ve been a little overwhelmed lately. My apologies. One of these columns is very Read More …

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The Occasional Blogger

Posted onNovember 18, 2005Leave a comment

Let’s start with an up front confession. I pretty much suck at this blogging thing since I can’t seem to find the discipline to update this thing on anything resembling a regular basis. In fact, the only reason I’m updating Read More …

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Slashdotted! My faith in humanity questioned.

Posted onOctober 29, 2005Leave a comment

On Wednesday, October 27th, I discovered for the first time what happened to my Web server when it was hit by the Slashdot effect. The server stayed up and mail kept being processed, but everything was happening pretty darn slowly. Read More …

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Logo Contest Winner

Posted onOctober 21, 2005Leave a comment

And the winner is . . . Lew Pitcher with his winning “LUG Nuts” entry! On Wednesday, October 19th, I met Lew for lunch and gave him his copy of the new second edition of “Moving to Linux : Kiss Read More …

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