Archive for category Free Software
InformationWeek on RMS
Posted by Jason in Free Software on January 6, 2010
Synchronicity on the intertubes today! David Berlind has an article up today about his recent interview with RMS over at InformationWeek.com. Behold this shocking reporting!: After the interview’s conclusion, Stallman said I was particularly nasty in the way I started to ask my question to which I responded that I understood the issue well, that I have [...]
GPL Barter Cycle
Posted by Jason in Free Software on January 6, 2010
To wash the taste of 180 proof ignorance out of my mouth that the last post left, I was happy to find a nice discussion of the GPL Barter Cycle on Groklaw. What’s so great about the image is the discussion it breeds. Everyone can benefit Several people pointed out that the blue arrow should [...]
Better to remain silent…
Posted by Jason in Free Software on January 6, 2010
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. – Abraham Lincoln Some people don’t grok Mr. Lincoln. Anyway, check the link to hear how one brave soul calls out the GNU Project as “failures as developers and as free software idealists”. It’s also painfully ignorant how [...]
2010: Open or Free?
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Microsoft, Propriatery Technology on January 5, 2010
Terminology An old and reliable debate trick is to chose the terms. Prime example: “pro-life”; if you disagree you must be either “anti-life” or “pro-death”, right? Chosing a nice fat loaded term attempts to win the debate before it has even started. It’s a good strategy, because it is effective. If you want to control the [...]
VideoLAN Movie Creator
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Novell on December 28, 2009
I’m excited about the upcoming VideoLAN Movie Creator! I’m also excited about making bulleted lists lately! 1. Pedigree The related-project VLC Media Player is a well-known cross-platform project that inspires confidence in the VLMC. I’m not sure exactly how to quantify “name-brand” power as a factor of success (or even if such a thing can [...]
The Phoenix Interviews RMS
Posted by Jason in Free Software on December 24, 2009
The Phoenix has a quite good interview with RMS, including a surprisingly clear recognition of the on-going rift between “Open Source” and “Free Software”. (Bonus: a nice sidebar, “GNU and the Free Software Movement” as well) Kudos to the author, Mike Miliard. I like several things about this article. For one thing, the author obvious took [...]
Review: qBittorrent
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Reviews on December 22, 2009
It was a little rough getting there, but KDE 4 has reached a point where I’m using it on all my machines. The pain was worth it (barely) and KDE is by far the most satisfying desktop environment for my personal use. That being said, I was running into quite a few strange problems with [...]
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