I have always fancied myself as a small-time free software contributor, fixing a line of code here, filing a useful bug report there, and occasionally jumping into discussions. But finally I got around to putting in a concrete contribution that is worth mentioning. The latest version of Dia is about …
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Discovered today that KT has gone inactive now. I had stopped visiting the site after I noticed it hadn't been updated for weeks. Zack says he's taking a break, but the last sentence sounds rather ominous ... "Hopefully Kernel Traffic will not be missed too …
Ok, so a lot of people in KReSIT have started using Debian. But havn't managed to get Prof. Arya to shift over to it yet! Where do we go from here? Liberating the whole institute from an infestation of Dead Rats, Salamanders, Magicians ... ;) Kinda sounds like the borg, doesn't it …
Keeping politically correct nomenclature aside, here's a very nice comment on the community that powers free software and its cousins:
... The community that has gathered around Linux gathered not because it was a quick fix or an easy toy. They gathered because it was an intricate maze that offered constant …
Finally, Debian begins to get counted among the "respectable" Distros used in KReSIT. The DEP intends to use customised Knoppix CD's for the Foundations Lab course, while more and more people opt to use Debian GNU/Linux on their machines. Best part was getting Prof. Arya to agree to use …