Monthly Archives: September 2008
Big Buck Bunny
What is common to The Gimp, Python, Inkscape, SVN and Ubuntu ? They are all part of Big Buck Bunny‘s subtitles. I was very amused finding free software programs/projects in the subtitles (although expected in an open source movie). Except … Continue reading
Filed under Israeli Community, Proud to use free software
Thanks to free software – Google uses Microsoft’s code
Scott Hanselman noticed in his “The Weekly Source Code” that Google’s new Chrome browser uses Microsoft’s Windows Template Library (WTL) licensed under the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL). Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome. A list of the libraries … Continue reading
How to know you’re dating a free software guy?
You can recognize you’re dating a free software guy by: You know what Linux is (and not from reading the newspaper). You start to recognize names of free software projects. He can chat with you in whatever AIM you use … Continue reading
Filed under Proud to use free software
Kaltura
During the organization of August Penguin 2008, I got in contact with Kaltura, an Israeli startup which works on open source video platform under the GPL. I didn’t investigate the technical level in depth, but I know they now work … Continue reading
Filed under Free software applications
“apt-get install love” – what more do we need?
Going over the NEW queue, I found a package named “love”. The first things I could think about is the line “apt-get install love” and the related jokes. Seems that the love package won’t do what you think it will … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux
Is building packages like riding a bicycle ?
It has been 3 months since the last time I handeled a debian package. I got a few days of, and want to return to care about my packages (some got new bugs, others have new upstream versions). I found … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux
