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by Jelle
Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:00 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: SimplicITy is a Linux PC for the elderly
Replies: 5
Views: 5830

Re: SimplicITy is a Linux PC for the elderly

My stepgrandpa uses a pc like this ( http://www.simpc.com ) and he never used a pc before, but now he even does online banking, so I think it's a pretty good idea. They used Gentoo as the base os and it works lovely. I don't think he'd use a pc if this one wasn't out there, it would have been too bi...
by Jelle
Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:18 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: MS patents "sudo",,,,,
Replies: 3
Views: 4613

Re: MS patents "sudo",,,,,

Exactly, they may try to put on sheep's clothing, but when something like this happens it's immediately obvious where their intentions really lie. There's been a lot of discussion about ms trying to be nicer to the floss community, but their business model simply doesn't allow them to be any shade o...
by Jelle
Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:24 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: MS patents "sudo",,,,,
Replies: 3
Views: 4613

Re: MS patents "sudo",,,,,

Sheesh, the common things you're able to patent never stop amazing me. I really hate software patents and all companies that make a business strategy of collecting and enforcing them...
by Jelle
Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:48 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Rotating cubes coming to a phone near you
Replies: 4
Views: 5344

Re: Rotating cubes coming to a phone near you

I'll be happy when I finally get a laptop that can do the whole cubyflipsythingsy in Linux properly :)
by Jelle
Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:58 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Raising more Linux women by using epigenetics
Replies: 6
Views: 6766

Re: Raising more Linux women by using epigenetics

My girls excell at math and science consistently. They may not do as well in spelling, handwriting, or grammar. That is not to say they are not doing well there, but their math skills seem to be better. Quite the opposite of my wife, which is interesting. Yeah, it's really interesting how such thin...
by Jelle
Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:12 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Raising more Linux women by using epigenetics
Replies: 6
Views: 6766

Re: 'Breeding' more Linux women by using epigenetics

Did not Adolph try something like that? I applaud women who take up technical (as well as any other) careers, but not everyone is meant to do it no matter how much you push it, I have spent too much time doing tech support with the common sense challenged people. I didn't mean it in such a 'boys fr...
by Jelle
Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:25 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Raising more Linux women by using epigenetics
Replies: 6
Views: 6766

Raising more Linux women by using epigenetics

You all probably heard about Mark Shuttleworth making some sexist remark, but I won't talk about that, however, it did make me think. How can we make more women interested in Linux? I saw this video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBqfqcm_BCU , and it describes how we can transform our da...
by Jelle
Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:56 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Doug McIlroy interview in ep. 321
Replies: 4
Views: 6137

Re: Doug McIlroy interview in ep. 321

I couldn't agree more. Very nice! Reminds me of one of my customers who wanted a quotation for an intranet solution, but he only wanted to work with 'proven technology'. He meant: Windows Server. I should let him listen to that part, it can't get more proven than Unix :D
by Jelle
Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:26 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: show 321, where to find "distro from text"
Replies: 0
Views: 3543

show 321, where to find "distro from text"

Hiya everybody,
I listened to episode 321 and especially the part about the 'distro from text' caught my attention. I'd really like to transform a standard slackware install to serve my audio-editing-needs. Does anybody know the url where I can find the tutorials, or the guy's blog?

Thanks,
Jelle