About the title of this blog
The first title was "Another blog about free software". Later I changed it to "The bright side" as a tribute of Monty Python's "Always look at the bright side of life" (from Brian's Life film). The background philosophy of free software and its communities also make me feel these good vibrations coming from the bright side of life.
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Debian meeting in Madrid, GPG keysigning
Yesterday some Debian people in Madrid we met to have a drink together and GPG keysigning.I have received 2 signs already #oleole! :)Some minutes ago, I signed all the keys and sent the corresponding emails. Since I have to dedicate … Continue reading
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Tagged Communities, Debian, encryption, English, gpg, social networks
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Some experiences, and TODO, about fonts
TL;DR I don’t know much about fonts, I just use the stock ones that come with my system. From time to time I have issues with docs that others create, and use other fonts. This post is about my plans … Continue reading
Posted in My experiences and opinion, Uncategorized
Tagged Debian, English, Fonts, Free Software, LaTeX, libre software, LibreOffice, Moving into free software, pump.io
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Hello, world! I’m a Debian contributor
My blog is included now in Planet Debian, so this post is to say hello 🙂 And what can be better to explain who I am, that saying that I am a Debian Contributor? What does “Debian Contributor” mean? There … Continue reading
New year plans on libre software
Happy 2013 everybody!! Well it seems I’m not a University student anymore… Last June I finished my master on libre software and I decide to give a break on ‘official’ studies for now, but keep on reading, studying, researching and … Continue reading
Using Git for translations
Git is a distributed control version system, and it is widely used for maintaining source code in libre software projects. Git can track changes to any text file (not only source code), so may be used also to maintain text-based … Continue reading
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Tagged Drupal, Free Software, git, GNOME, LibreOffice, mswl-devtools, mswl-thesis, Ruby, translations
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Video link: Linus Torvalds on The origins of Linux
Linux kernel is 20 years old. Congratulations to all the people contributing to this amazing part of the libre software history. In this mini-post I will introduce a talk given by Linus Torvalds on September 2001 (wow) about the origins … Continue reading
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Tagged Linux, mswl-intro
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How to make money from open source (by Con Zymaris, Builderau.com)
I found this article from Builderau.com, a site dedicated to software development in Australia, and although it is a bit old (2005), I think the tips given on it explain well how a small business around libre software can be … Continue reading
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Tagged Companies, Economic Aspects, Free Software, Moving into free software, mswl, mswl-eco
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New markets, new products, new business models
Thanks to the subject Economic Aspects of the Master on Libre Software that I am attending at URJC, and also to several readings and videos, I am beginning to understand how it works the economic world around libre software, and … Continue reading
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The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software (by Dirk Riehle)
When someone begins to learn about the existence of libre software and discovers that nowadays many successful projects are driven by companies, new questions arise: How open source software business can be economically sustainable? Which are the motivations of companies … Continue reading
Upgrading a customized Linux kernel
Last week I could not attend to my Case Studies I lesson (I am studying the Official Master’s Program on Libre Software at Universidad Rey juan Carlos), and it was about compiling the Linux kernel. What a pity! I’ve never … Continue reading
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