So, I have someone on Identi.ca (@flameeyees@identi.ca) discussing with me me about my views on FatELF. No biggie, but trying to continue the argument (pointless as it is) there is just too much work: the character limit does not permit real discussion on such a complex issue. So, permit me to address each of the [...]

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 [...]

So, one of the things that I have wanted to do for a long time is setup the network at home such that it could become easier for us to use, and for me to manage. For some time now, Kerberos, LDAP, and NFSv4 is a combination of things that I have wanted to get [...]

The timestamp resolution is cool, the fractional part isn’t all zeroes anymore (see a file not yet touched and a file touched with touch after my upgrade): File: `workspace’ Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 806h/2054d Inode: 3228229 Links: 4 Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 1000/ mbt) Gid: ( 1000/ mbt) Access: 2008-10-23 [...]

So, I was dinking around in Google Reader yesterday and reading my Daily WTF, when I came across this wonderful post. Of course, upon seeing the code listed in that post, I nearly excremented bricks, the code listed there being obviously stupid (I would so fire anyone that used 14 levels of nested if statements [...]

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, [...]