Monthly Archives: July 2006

What a week! Back from OSCON

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/31/2006
Last week I had the privilege of covering the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon. The first time I've been to that particular conference, and I hope it won't be the last. I did the whole schmear — Monday through Friday, start to finish. Aside from being very tired after spending five days [...]
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Open Graphics Card on the way

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/22/2006
Closed source drivers for video cards have been a vexing problem for free software enthusiasts for some time. Open source drivers for most video cards exist, but fail to take full advantage of the cards' ability, leaving users with a choice between free and high performance. The good news is that the Open Graphics Project [...]
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See you at OSCON?

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/22/2006
Tomorrow afternoon I'll be flying to Portland, Oregon to cover OSCON for Linux.com and NewsForge. I've been to tons of Linux and open source events, but this will be my first OSCON, and I'm definitely looking forward to it. Almost as much as I'm looking forward to the Ohio LinuxFest this year... I'm also looking forward [...]
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A look at the Levanta Intrepid M

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/18/2006
I spent a fair amount of time playing with an interesting hardware/software combination a few weeks ago, the Levanta Intrepid M. It's a really, really cool solution -- a bit on the expensive side, but very well designed. I've got a review up on Linux.com if anyone's curious.
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Serendipity now!

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/18/2006
Over the past few years, I've become a fairly devoted fan of WordPress -- it works well, it's so easy to set up I could practically do it in my sleep, and it's free as in speech and as in beer. But, I also like to check out the competition. A few weeks ago, I [...]
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There's still time! Ohio LinuxFest still accepting presentation applications

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/15/2006
The Ohio LinuxFest call for papers was supposed to end a few days ago, but we've decided to extend it until July 31st to maximize the number of really awesome speakers for the show. In case you're not familiar with the LinuxFest, it's a one-day free conference in Columbus, Ohio every year. It's a totally [...]
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Note to SUSE, please make up your mind

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/13/2006
Okay, I've been in the business of writing about Linux for a while now, so change over time is to be expected... but, look, this is getting silly. The distro now known as SUSE started off as S.u.S.E., and then morphed into SuSE, and then finally became SUSE. Then, they launched the openSUSE project, and [...]
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