Linux is whatever you want it to be
Normally the Linux Magazine has great articles. Impartial, informative and highly technical. Unfortunately, not always. In a recent article, some perfectionist zealot stated that Ubuntu makes Linux...
View ArticleBarrelfish
Minix seems to be inspiring more operating systems nowadays. Microsoft Research is investing on a micro-kernel (they call it multi-kernel, as there are slight differences) called Barrelfish. Despite...
View ArticleHumble Bundle
I’m not the one to normally do reviews or ads, but this is one well worth doing. Humble bundle is an initiative hosted by Wolfire studio, in which five other studios (2D Boy, Bit Blot, Cryptic Sea,...
View ArticleThe Ubuntu Way
It’s been five years now that I switched from Debian to Ubuntu, primarily for the updated software and radical changes in the user interface, and there are quite a few things that were constant all...
View ArticleWhat I don’t miss about Java
Disclaimer: This is not a rant I spent my last year working with Java, and it was not at all bad. But while Java has its moments and shines, I always felt a bit out of place when using it. In fact,...
View ArticleFool me once, shame on you… fool me twice, shame on me (DBD)
Defective by design came with a new story on Apple’s DRM. While I don’t generally re-post from other blogs (LWN already does that), this one is special, but not for the apparent reasons. I agree that...
View ArticleiPad
I got an iPad for Christmas. Didn’t buy it, got as a gift, and I have to say that it didn’t change my point of view on Apple a single bit. A few years ago, while getting an iBook for my sister, I had...
View ArticleWhy no MMORPG is good enough?
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) are not new. The first I remember playing is the Legend Of the Red Dragon (LORD), but before that, of course, I’ve played other (real-life)...
View ArticleUno score keeper
With the spring not coming soon, we had to improvise during the Easter break and play Uno every night. It’s a lot of fun, but it can take quite a while to find a piece of clean paper and a pen that...
View ArticleAmazon loves to annoy
It’s amazing how Amazon will do all in their power to annoy you. They will sell you DRM-free MP3 songs, and even allow you to download on any device (via their web interface) the full version, for your...
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