Monthly Archives: January 2006
Gaim 2.0 beta 2 - package for Ubuntu Breezy amd64
In case you're interested in banging on Gaim 2.0 on amd64 without having to build your own package, I've whipped up a package using CheckInstall.
As always, be careful using beta software, it could eat your data. Make a back up of your .gaim directory before installing.
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A twisty maze...
I should learn, one of these days, that no project related to compiling and installing new package is going to be simple or "just five minutes." Wanted to check out a program for Distributed Proofreaders, to see if there's a better way than using the browser interface. That program needs, apparently, about 1/4 of CPAN. [...]
Posted in Linux, Open Source 5 Comments
Analysis of the GPLv3
The Free Software Foundation is moving forward on the GPL 3.0, a pretty major event for the free software community. The process is scheduled to take about 12 months, but the first draft was released on Monday. We wrote up an analysis of the first draft and the changes. All in all, nothing really shocking [...]
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Comparing Apple hardware
For a long time, it was comparing (ahem) Apples and oranges when you'd do a price comparison between Apple hardware and PC hardware. The Apple enthusiasts would invariably bring up the Apple chip du jour as a reason why the Apple computer was oh-so-much better and worth the additional cash, or argue that whatever the [...]
Posted in Hardware, Writing 2 Comments
The new Macs
Well, Apple has finally trotted out its new Intel-based models, a couple of laptops and iMacs with the Intel Core Duo chips. Last year, when Apple announced its move to Intel, a lot of people said that would be a major blow to Linux on the desktop -- because Apple could sell Intel machines cheaper, [...]
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Security is more than raw numbers and statistics
The latest US-CERT security bulletin is getting a lot of press lately, most of it misguided. Joe Barr and I wrote a short piece (Joe Barr deserves most of the credit, I just added a few grafs...) trying to set the record straight when it comes to security vulnerabilities, which seems to have actually penetrated [...]
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Secure shell is (nearly) an IETF standard