This smartphone project looks interesting.
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…
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.
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”.
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…
Tim Berners-Lee has officially overridden the formal objection by EFF against inclusion of DRM support into official W3C standards. We were unable to make strong enough opposition and to find some solution. This is bad news for open Web and free software.
There is double celebration here today: the feast day of Saint Wenceslas, the most famous Czech saint and martyr, and GNU 30th anniversary.
Does anybody know about any activities in Czech Republic related to GNU 30th anniversary? If there is anything planned, please let me know.
This short YouTube movie illustrates in a nice way what I wrote about in my recent post about smartphones.
Debian has celebrated its 20th anniversary last week. IIRC, I’ve installed Debian in 1995 for the first time, version 0.93R5. My very first GNU/Linux distribution was SLS (who knows today what it was?). I switched to Slackware soon and after some time I decided it might be a good idea to try something else once…