An interview with Linus Torvalds on CNN, this is from 2000 and I recorded it from a vhs tape. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Portion of the raw audio from the interview with Linus Torvalds for Software Wars, the movie. The video has unrecognizable audio, so it is better to hear than see. Linus talks [...]
[Recorded Sept 19, 2001] Linus Torvalds, the creator of the operating system phenomenon Linux, tells the story of how he went from writing code as a graduate student in Helsinki in the early 1990s to becoming an icon for open source software by the end of the decade. Video Rating: 4 / 5 More videos [...]
Roughly ten years ago I obtained and installed my first copy of Red Hat Fedora Linux. It was during that same time-frame that I officially became a Libertarian. Since then I have read many opinion pieces comparing Linux to both Libertarianism and Communism. In a way, I think it is both. First let’s consider the [...]
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. [...]
Managed Hosting Provider ServInt Joins Linux Foundation San Francisco (PRWEB) May 4, 2010 The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that managed hosting provider ServInt is its newest member. ServInt is joining [...]
Linux Plumbers Conference 2009 Announces Speakers and Conference Program Portland, OR (PRWEB) August 20, 2009 The Linux Plumbers Conference today announces the speakers and conference program for the 2nd annual conference to be held September 23-25 in Portland, Oregon immediately following LinuxCon Portland [...]
I was driving down the road thinking about writing a bit about reliable and inexpensive backup solutions, and my thoughts kept getting interrupted with a “giant elephant in the room”, or perhaps we should call it a “Giant Penguin”? So yeah, it became clear to me I needed to tackle the giant elephant first. Clear the [...]
