You know, I've never found any real use for a shell script. Recently, I found an actual reason to write one for moving and converting audio files using a few less keystrokes.

Productive and Amicable Negotiations Lead to Settlement of Copyright Infringement Case

NEW YORK and SAN MATEO, Calif., October 30, 2007 -- The Software

Blue GNU interviews Dimitri van Heesch, founder and maintainer of the Doxygen project, to learn more about about how developers can manage their documentation.

This document describes how to set up a Linux Mint 3.1 full edition desktop. The result is a fast, secure and extendable system that provides all you need for daily work and entertainment. Linux Mint 3.1 builds upon Ubuntu Feisty and is compatible to its repositories - about 22.000 packages are available.

I think the Free Software community ought to share in celebrating with Microsoft their wondrous success in selling 88 million copies of Windows Vista... albeit from a different perspective.

Since version 5, MySQL comes with built-in support for master-master replication, solving the problem that can happen with self-generated keys. In former MySQL versions, the problem with master-master replication was that conflicts arose immediately if node A and node B both inserted an auto-incrementing key on the same table. The advantages of master-master replication over the traditional master-slave replication are that you do not have to modify your applications to make write accesses only to the master, and that it is easier to provide high-availability because if the master fails, you still have the other master.

This past Summer, the news broke that the KDE project has plans to re-merge KHTML and Webkit. It appears the KHTML team is not going gently into that good night. (Updated 12:23 on Fri 26-Oct-07)

After marathon workweeks since returning from Columbus - weeks of 65-76 hours (not counting my Blue GNU time) - I'll be taking the night off tonight. Please don't hold it against me. Unfortunately, I the community hasn't chipped in to enable me to do this full-time, so I have to put the time in where the money pays.

Looks like Comcast has joined Verizon Wireless, et.

Just in case you're wondering why Microsoft 'folded'...
Just read it and weep. Grrrr....

When the idea of sharing software comes up, people frequently break out in debates over Capitalism vs. Communism. It doesn't take long before someone starts equating - derisively, no less - sharing software with Communism. But since when did the Communists corner the market on sharing?

Gold Coast, Australia, October 21, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Babya today announced that it has become an official member of the OpenDocument Format Alliance.

GnuTLS, which released version 2.0.2 last week, removed the TLS Authorization capability, due in part to an effort to circumvent the IETF standardization process.

Mark Pilgrim recently blogged about Gobuntu's rentention of Mozilla's Firefox web browser, including the non-Free files that led to the removal of Firefox from Debian's distribution. Maybe I'll wait a while before testing out Gobuntu myself.

Richard Stallman, in receiving an honorary Doctorate from Italy's University of Pavia, brought back memories of the basic primary school principle that students bringing cookies to class should bring enough for everyone.

I highly recommend you read the latest request from the Free Software Foundation, and encourage Blue GNU readers to act before October 23rd. Essentially, they are asking the community to join them in opposing an attempt to sneak a patented technology through a back door, as a so-called "experimental" standard.

You will also want to keep an eye on Andy Updegrove's blog, as he may comment on this as well. We'll see.

In the wee hours of the morning, while I was sleeping soundly, all snuggled up next to my wife...

Mozilla Corporation announced the release of Firefox 2.0.0.8 today.

This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 10.3 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version of OpenSUSE 10.3, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well.

One of the things I thoroughly enjoy about the Free Software community is the creative names developers give to their projects. Tom Calthrop's AroundMe and Barnraiser projects definitely fit the mold. Barnraiser was born out of Tom's experience in Kosovo and is a small, scrappy little project that just might surprise you.