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CyanogenMod user
Enough is enough. I got sufficiently annoyed by Samsung Android to install an unofficial port of CyanogenMod (no better alternative) on my phone. What are the first impressions? The system installed without problems and has been running reasonably well. The user restrictions are gone: I got rid of many useless proprietary applications wasting the very […]
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The end of open Web this year?
Now, when the Motion Picture Association of America has joined the W3C, we can expect the pro-DRM W3C coalition of Netflix, Microsoft, Google, and Apple will get strengthened by another ally. Apparently there is the only real opposition there, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and it alone can hardly stop them from making DRM (Digital Restrictions […]
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Absurdity of patents
I’ve been thinking about patents a bit recently. I thought about alien invasion, from a far world with a strict patent system. What would the aliens tell us? “We can see you have been using a lot of our patented inventions, from the wheel to the rocket science, without paying us licensing fees. These are […]
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My pump.io stream
I started my pump.io stream. pump.io is one of the free software social networking alternatives, somewhat similar to Twitter. BTW, pump.io FAQ may help a little when you start using pump.io.
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EFF supporter
The Electronic Frontier Foundation does a lot of good for online and software freedom so I decided to donate to it. If you care about software freedom (and you should care about it today if you care about freedom generally), please consider contributing to organizations which defend it. One of the most important ones besides […]
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Fairphone
This smartphone project looks interesting.
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CyanogenMod removed from Google Play Store
CyanogenMod installer application was removed from Google Play Store on Google’s request. Not much issue itself as it can be installed from elsewhere and without using the proprietary Play Store application. The more interesting part is the reasoning about the issue. According to Google the installer encourages users to void their warranty and thus is […]
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LinuxAlt 2013
I managed to attend this year’s LinuxAlt. It was a great event with a lot of interesting presentations about free software and related activities. It’s amazing and encouraging that numerous volunteers, sponsors and attendees can make the gathering happen each year.
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OS X upgrade
I upgraded OS X on my work computer to a new version. It required two system restarts and made the computer (with an SSD drive!) unusable for about half an hour. This is the so called “world’s most advanced desktop operating system”.
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Smartphone user
I can no longer ignore smartphones, for various reasons. So I bought one, an Android based Samsung phone. One of the reasons I’ve avoided smartphones so far is they run on non-free software. While the underlying operating system is mostly free, phone vendors are active in putting special restrictions on it. Samsung installs its own […]