Category: Technology
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Theo de Raadt defends GPL violation
On April 4, 2007, Linux software driver developer Michael Buesch revealed that other programmers working on the OpenBSD operating system had copied code licensed under GNU Public License v.2 (GPL), incorporated it into their own code, and released the result under the incompatible BSD license without asking permission. In addition to violating the terms of…
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Vista or Linux?
Once again Microsoft is in court. No, not another antitrust case, but over the alleged misrepresentation in the marketing of Windows Vista; specifically, the “Vista Capable” stickers applied to a number of PCs. These computers are, in fact, able to run Vista — but only the most stripped-down Basic version that lacks the highly touted…
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Enabling MMS streams in Firefox
If you’re sick of seeing “MMS is not a registered protocol” when trying to view streaming content, here’s the fix (compiled from a few half-correct or half-clear descriptions from around the net). I use Debian Linux with the KDE desktop, but this should work so long as you’ve got Firefox and Kaffeine installed. Mplayer or…
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Novell mocks “I’m a Mac” ads
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How much would YOU pay for Debian?
Total estimated cost to develop Debian Linux 3.1 (“Sarge”)? 191.6 billion dollars. Yes, SLOC can be a somewhat contentious measurement seeing as it can be hard to agree what ‘a line of code’ is, especially when you compound the fact that identical functions can be done in different programming languages with varying amounts of code…
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Console Applications for the X-less
No X? Hate X? Laptop runs on coal? Here’s a list of console apps I’ve compiled from various articles and discussions around the net. Some of these are included with distros, some not. Some are actively in development, some not. Feel free to make additions or comments. Audio: abcde (CD Ripper) http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php lame (MP3 Encoder)…
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Enabling mailto: in Firefox
As of Firefox 1.0.6 (Debian), FF still does not respond to email links in webpages. I have no clue why configuration of an external email program isn’t built into FF’s preferences yet, but it’s simple enough to configure if you haven’t already done so. (1.) Open Firefox, type “about:config” (no quotes) in the address window,…
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How to make a Favicon for your website using Debian Linux
To make a favicon (that icon that appears before http:// in the address bar of your browser): (1.) Install xpm2wico (xpm to Windows ico converter) using APT. (2.) Capture and shrink or create/edit a 16×16 graphic in GIMP, KIconEdit, etc. (3.) Save your image in X PixMap Image (xpm) format. (4.) Open a console to…
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Deskshot: September 25, 2005
Here’s a shot of my desktop today, still running Debian Linux with the KDE desktop. The open window shows protein folding in progress for Stanford University’s Folding@Home project: