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So, I was contacted by Kevin Harriss (specialKevin) today about a Free Software conference in Chicago that they’re hoping to pull off around November. Gosh, that sounds like a good time! I’ve heard of a lot of “open source” conferences where businesses all get together and disingenuously show off how much they love [...]

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Hey everybody, it’s summer, and as much as I love to share the software, I love to share a fantastic dessert recipe, too. Free Software, Free Recipes. Oh hell yeah.
So what I’m going to tell you about today is my grilled pineapple à la mode. This is particularly good with lighter dishes, [...]

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So I just remembered that I have a treasure-trove of photos that I took while I was in Spain at UDS-Sevilla that I never shared with you all. Let’s take a look, shall we?
So this is the first view I got when I started getting settled into the hotel room for the evening. [...]

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Hey folks, so I don’t know how many of you lovely happy people have been running the latest development version of Ubuntu, codenamed Gutsy Gibbon.  Gosh, I’ve been running it since its second week in existence, and I must say I’m well pleased.
One of the first thing I noticed when I switched over was that [...]

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So I don’t know about you folks, but I’m stoked about GPLv3. I’m very excited that we’ve gotten to a new point where we’ve taken new steps to protect user freedom.
My only question to the FSF is where is my new version of GNU Emacs? We’ve been waiting for a new, more modern [...]

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UPDATE: Visit the Free Software for Win32 page for a more extensive catalog catalog, including some of the suggestions in the comments below..
Some of you may know my terrible secret, and some of you may not, but I run an employer-provided Window Vista PC in order to test our custom software. As a Free [...]

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Anyway, we’re talking about a lot of things. The neatest things that I’m seeing are the stuff going into Edubuntu. We’ve got a lot of folks here who are focused on international use of GNU/Linux in educational settings. There are two of those little tiny childrens’ laptops here, both the MIT OLPC [...]

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So you have all probably noticed that I haven’t made any posts to my blog since I mentioned that I would. Well, boy are you in for a treat today! We’ve been discussing all of the lovely things that make up Ubuntu, and how we can make them better. I, obviously, [...]

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Wow, so in order to make the flight seem shorter through the magic of sleep, I’m only on three hours of sleep right now as I write this. I’m really tired, really bored, and sitting in a regional airport in Champaign, IL waiting for my flight to leave around noon. It’s raining a [...]

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Howdy folks. So now I’m going to open my mouth and stick my foot into it with respect to Free Software, and seeding Free Software over bittorrent. Enjoy.
So, just a show of hands: how many of you were frustrated when the new version of $YOUR_FAVORITE_DISTRO came out, and the download sites and mirrors [...]

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