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Here I am at the end of a few whirlwind days visiting our Neighbor to the North, O Canada! I’ve been visiting Toronto for both the 2008 Free Software and Open Source Symposium and the Ontario Linux Fest. My only travel difficulty thus far was the fact that I absent-mindedly …
“Can China have its own software?” one angry poster writes in response to Microsoft replacing their desktop view with a black screen and (presumably) an offer to buy completely unaffordable genuine Windows software. The answer is yes, yes you can. It’s called Fedora, and it’s free for everyone to use …
Wikimedia helpfully posted a FAQ to set the record straight about their recent server standardization. This is helpful, since a lot of people (including overzealous joinalists) were somehow under the impression that this was a sudden move that involved ripping out hundreds of installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS …
Today is the last day to pre-register for the upcoming Free Software and Open Source Symposium in Toronto next week. The conference will be taking “at the door” registrations, but you can save some money by doing it a bit early. Greg DeKoenigsberg, Jack Aboutboul, and I will all be …
Thanks to my friend Jesse for bringing this up last night at dinner. In the middle of all the market mayhem here in the US, did you know that we now have a Pirate Czar? (Yarrr!) All thanks to the Pro-IP bill signed into law on Monday. Another “triumph” for …
Yesterday I was scarce because after a weekend at Ohio Linux Fest it was time for a brief respite with my family. We went out to Belvedere Plantation for a day of fun in the sun during their Fall Harvest festival. (Quite a bit of sun, as a matter of …
I forgot to mention in my last post that the after-party entertainment at Ohio Linux Fest was provided by none other than Dual Core. Clint tells me that these guys freestyled a Fedora rap at their table yesterday afternoon that at least two different people caught on tape. If any …
Started today early with epically bad hotel coffee and a courteous curbside pickup by Jeffrey Tadlock. We drove over to the Convention Center and started setup of the Fedora booth early. We were in a great location, right by the entrance to the hall. We quickly set up a metric …
All my travel on Friday went smoothly — the only troublesome part at all was driving on the DC Beltway where even after 10:30 in the morning, traffic was stacked up around I-66 on my way to the Dulles Toll Road. This is a short trip, so once I got …
Today I’m at the Red Hat Government Users and Developers Conference in Washington, D.C. As one would expect, the Ronald Reagan Trade Building has completely failed to deliver a working wireless connection without severely cracking the folds of my wallet. And of course I can’t live without connectivity, so here …