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Sid is the unruly kid in "Toy Story" who breaks toys for the fun of it. Sid might not make a good first impression, but Sidux ‘Ourea’ does. Sidux 'Ourea' is based on Debian 'Sid', (named after the Toy Story character), the unreleased development version of Debian Gnu/Linux, and is very much on the leading edge of Gnu/Linux. [read more...]

I had the good fortune of discovering the ‘Microsoft Genuine Advantage’ about a year ago, and I'm pleased as punch. Why? Because the "Genuine Advantage" caused me to take a closer look at GNU/Linux operating systems. Specifically, Debian and Ubuntu.
Ubuntu's current release, the Hardy Heron, has been in use for just over six weeks, and the silence in the media is deafening.
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The feeling that best describes the reaction to AMC's new comedic socio-drama, "Breaking Bad", is one of instant jealousy. What a great idea! The timing is perfect. Why the hell didn't I think of that! It's one of those shows that as soon as you see it, you want to be part of it. It has the nasty effect of making you feel like you just missed out on one of the greatest opportunities of your life. It's like nothing else on the tube. It's sharp, cutting, comedic social docu-drama; Perfectly cast, and impeccably delivered.   [read more...]

Open source and free software utilization has grown exponentially.
Not surprising, considering the achievable degree of excellence being demonstrated by free and open source software developers around the globe.
Millions of computer users are showing a preference for open source and/or free software. Many more are switching because free, or open source software often not only costs less, but in many instances performs better than available proprietary equivalents.   [read more...]






Today the Government of Canada apologized to the First Nations community of Canada.
Each in turn, the leaders of Canada’s most prominent political parties addressed the Speaker of the House, cameras, and the very large crowd of assembled witnesses, and apologized for a program instituted by government years before any them were even born. – The Residential School Program.
Anybody with even the slightest inkling of the misery caused by those places, couldn’t help but agree with Prime Minister Harper’s expression of regret. (I personally wish he hadn’t slipped in an excuse by suggesting that the policies were “well intentioned”. – Hopefully the only well intentioned part of this fiasco was the apology). [read more...]






Linux for Human Beings is the slogan for this twenty-first century operating system.
Ubuntu/Linux has made a big splash, whetting appetites with a sense of.., well,.. Ubuntu!
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When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily, by default, it can never be recovered. – Dorothy Thompson

The Free Software Foundation’s membership drive is in full swing. This is the No.#1 organization when it comes to the continued preservation of liberty in the software world. The FSF is the foundation responsible for the GNU/Linux project and the GPL (Gnu Public License). They are an organization dedicated to freedom in computing, including, but not limited to, freedom from privacy invading DRM technologies.
The organization’s main mission is the preservation of the computer user’s rights and the freedom to use one’s software, without restriction...[continue reading]