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Synchronicity: Amarok in the Field
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on October 19, 2010
I recently had an opportunity to put Amarok to the test: at a 2-day outdoor rock festival I promote, I dragged out bits of my mini-home studio to provide backstage BBQ and after-party tunes. The Gear You can see from my awesome photography the basics: a laptop (running KDE on Arch), a couple of Mackie [...]
Patent Madness
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 7, 2010
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/whos-suing-whom-in-the-telecoms-trade/ I am sure, it’s all about innovation and NEVER hindering your competition…
Shuttleworth: Open Textbooks
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on August 27, 2010
Mark Shuttleworth chimes in on the Open Textbook topic. “Open Textbooks” is a powerful idea; in some ways I think it even exceeds Free Software. “Open Source” has shown remarkable efficiency in the market, even to those antagonistic to the principles that make it so. If the idea of “Open” – and the more important, [...]
On Having a successful GNOME event
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on June 25, 2010
A successful GNOME event involves everyone having fun. If someone in your audience is uncomfortable with something you’ve said, you’re not doing your job. Apologize to them as soon as possible, and try to avoid the topic that triggered this for the rest of your presentation. Is it just me or is this an absurd [...]
Upstart woes
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010
Sigh. Has anyone implemented a pure Upstart system? I’ve spent several days now trying to do so, and with little success. First, let me say, I really like the idea of Upstart. I dig the concept of an event-based init system. I dig the idea of a faster boot. That, and I’m motivated to try a [...]
Guitar Pro 6
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on April 10, 2010
Oh my, Guitar Pro 6 has native Linux support! Guitar Pro is a very common format for guitar tablature online (review here)- I’m not sure if Guitar Pro was the first format to suport text-based tablature with MIDI playback, but it was the first I (and many others) encountered. Linux has generally had difficulty making [...]
Linux and Crapware
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on April 1, 2010
Shawn Powers has a new article up on the Linux Journal site, “Linux, Where Crapware Goes to Die“. It’s a good article all around, but he makes a brilliant point that somehow had never struck me: Linux Apps Come Pre-vetted! Go ahead, try to run ‘apt-get install BonziBuddy’ — it won’t work! Linux distributions come [...]
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