Got into Columbus last night for Ohio LinuxFest. I’ve been looking forward to this show for a long time, and it’s finally here — and should be a blast.
This year’s line-up of speakers is top-notch: Jon ‘maddog’ Hall, Jeff Waugh, Jorge Castro, Chris DiBona, Michael Johnson, Jay Pipes, Ted Haeger… the list goes on and on. (I’m speaking too, but Ted Haeger and Chris DiBona are speaking at the same time, which bums me out a bit. Hard to go to their talks while I’m doing mine.)
It’s not too late to sign up, so if you’re within driving distance of Columbus, head over to the OLF site and register today!
News.com is running an article titled “Microsoft sues over source code theft,” which relates to Microsoft filing suit against the John Doe hacker who has been putting out a program to disable Microsoft’s Digital Restrictions Management.
If you read the article, though, it seems clear that it’s in doubt whether any source code from Microsoft has actually been stolen. It seems entirely possible that the hacker is reverse-engineering the DRM, not working off of stolen Microsoft code.
So, wouldn’t it be better to have a headline that reflects this? Like “Microsoft claims source code stolen” or something similar?
I like to see the changes between versions of articles, and diff just wasn’t cutting it. I happened to stumble on dwdiff a bit ago, and wrote up a short CLI Magic on using dwdiff for Linux.com. It’s good stuff for writers who work in plain text or HTML.
Today some of the Linux kernel developers released a position paper that takes a very dim view of the GPLv3 so far.
We’re not too far off from the final draft of the license. I am very curious to see what’s going to happen once the GPLv3 is released, and how many non-FSF projects choose to adopt it.
Once again, I turn to the lazyweb for help.
Got a solicitation for Comcast digital voice the other day… and I was seriously considering giving it a try, as I’ve never been too thrilled with Qwest, and I suffer from a bit of line noise from time to time here.
Anyone have any experience with this? Sound quality okay? Better or worse or the same as a normal phone line?
At least one of my colleagues in Florida has serious reliability issues with Comcast, but I haven’t really had any major problem in that regard. Any advice or info would be appreciated.
Just a quick note, the article I wrote a few weeks ago about Konqueror is up on Linux.com. Konqueror is a great browser, but it tends to be overlooked time and again — so I thought it’d be a good idea to point out what a fantastic browser it is. It has a few warts as well, but it’s well worth a look for all the KDE fans out there.
A side note, yes, I do know about browser identification. (It is mentioned in the article, but apparently not prominently enough…)
Yes, that’s right. Ohio LinuxFest will have live nude penguins in addition to the fine lineup of speakers that we have scheduled.
If you live within driving distance of Columbus, Ohio, I’d recommend registering for the conference and making plans to be at the Ohio LinuxFest this year. The event takes place on Saturday, September 30, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in beautiful Columbus, Ohio. (Okay, “beautiful” may be stretching it a bit, but it’s a nice town. Really.)
SIgn up to attend today!