Computer Floss » Computer Floss series http://computerfloss.com Delightful digital distractions in free/libre/open source software Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 20 years of Linux /2011/08/20-years-of-linux/ /2011/08/20-years-of-linux/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:52:15 +0000 /blog/?p=988 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 […]

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]]> /2011/08/20-years-of-linux/feed/ 0 YouTube videos still trickling along /2011/03/youtube-videos-still-trickling-along/ /2011/03/youtube-videos-still-trickling-along/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:38:20 +0000 /blog/?p=850 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 […]

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]]> /2011/03/youtube-videos-still-trickling-along/feed/ 0 The Penguin and the Gnu /2010/01/the-penguin-and-the-gnu/ /2010/01/the-penguin-and-the-gnu/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:20:04 +0000 http://computerfloss.wordpress.com/?p=323 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 […]

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]]> /2010/01/the-penguin-and-the-gnu/feed/ 1 What's in a Name? Free vs. Libre vs. Open Source /2009/06/whats-in-a-name-free-vs-libre-vs-open-source/ /2009/06/whats-in-a-name-free-vs-libre-vs-open-source/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:38:49 +0000 http://floss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/?p=170 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:

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]]> /2009/06/whats-in-a-name-free-vs-libre-vs-open-source/feed/ 0 Myths and Misconceptions: What Open Source ISN'T /2009/03/myths-and-misconceptions-what-open-source-isnt-computer-floss/ /2009/03/myths-and-misconceptions-what-open-source-isnt-computer-floss/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:28:31 +0000 http://learninglab.lincoln.ac.uk/blogs/kbeecher/?p=48 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: […]

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]]> /2009/03/myths-and-misconceptions-what-open-source-isnt-computer-floss/feed/ 0 What is Open Source? /2009/01/what-is-open-source-computer-floss/ /2009/01/what-is-open-source-computer-floss/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:10:54 +0000 http://learninglab.lincoln.ac.uk/blogs/kbeecher/?p=10 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 […]

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]]> /2009/01/what-is-open-source-computer-floss/feed/ 1 In The Beginning… /2009/01/in-the-beginning/ /2009/01/in-the-beginning/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:03:40 +0000 http://learninglab.lincoln.ac.uk/blogs/kbeecher/?p=7 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 […]

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