Category: Computer Floss series
20 years of Linux
| August 25, 2011 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series, News |
I’ve seen a few messages wishing happy birthday to the Linux kernel. I’m not sure how software can have a “birth”-day, but whatever. The Inquirer reminds us that today is the 20th anniversary of Linus Torvalds’s announcement to the world that his kernel was in existence and under development. Which reminded me about the video… read more
YouTube videos still trickling along
| March 31, 2011 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series |
Information is both hard and easy to get hold of on the Internet. Getting it is easy; verifying its veracity is hard. The Internet is a double-edged sword in this respect. It’s a free and open forum, where anyone can post information in order to educate. There are very few obstacles, like fickle publishers with… read more
The Penguin and the Gnu
| January 21, 2010 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series |
Another episode of Computer FLOSS, a YouTube series aimed at educating about FLOSS. This episode is about two flagships of the FLOSS movement (GNU and Linux), how they came to be and how they relate. The Penguin and the Gnu Yes, all right. No series about free and open source software would be complete without… read more
What's in a Name? Free vs. Libre vs. Open Source
| June 2, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series |
The next episode of Computer Floss, a YouTube series aimed at educating about FLOSS. This one attempts to clear up the naming issues and the so-called differences between Free/Libre/Open Source. Here’s a transcript: read more
Myths and Misconceptions: What Open Source ISN'T
| March 3, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series |
The Computer Floss series continues over at YouTube. Here’s what was talked about in episode 2, “Myths and Misconceptions”: A few myths and misconceptions have arisen over the years about what free and open source software actually is. This edition of Computer Floss addresses some of these and spells out what open source isn’t. Myth:… read more
What is Open Source?
| January 27, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series |
Computer Floss, the video series that aims to enlighten the general audience about free/open source software. Here is a transcript of the first episode: Welcome to Computer Floss, a series of videos all about the the open source software movement. In this series I’ll be trying to enlighten and inform you about what open source… read more
In The Beginning…
| January 21, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series, Research, Research methods and tools |
Why write a blog? Well, why not. It seems like everyone else is. I’ve been racking my brains to decide what I have to blog, or rather what is interesting enough to share with people. My field is computers; specifically research. I’ve been spending a few years researching free/open source software now, and I think… read more
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