In 40+ years of computing, there is bound to be software and tools that people are simply not aware of, or have forgotten about, or have moved from the forefront to behind the scenes—there are actually lots of these.  One of the reasons that I watch Freshmeat for software releases is to constantly look for things [...]

Windows 7 Sins.  It is the name of a campaign and Web site launched by the Free Software Foundation in a misguided (IMHO) attempt to publicize some of the issues in software choice.  Right from the start and without reading a word on the Web site, it says two things very strongly: Windows 7 commits [...]

Since 1996, when I was introduced to the concept of free software and the GNU/Linux operating system (in the form of Slackware), I started to take a look around and found myself amazed at what was the free software community then. Watching it build massively amazing pieces of software that are second to none in [...]

I don’t really like fundies that much, no matter where they come from. The thing with fundies is that they often put out FUD, which serves only to confuse people. First, the article doesn’t mention Midnight Commander or GNOME. Both were written and influenced by Miguel de Icaza, and both are excellent—beautiful, even—pieces of software. [...]

Jon wrote “For Me, It’s Linux, Not GNU/Linux” today. I notice that every so often, this issue crops up again in some circles. Many people feel that saying “GNU/Linux” is confusing and shouldn’t be said at all… and, I would even agree with them—but not in the usual “let’s just call it Linux” way. See, [...]