Author: Jeff
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Understanding the Rotschild vs GNOME case in 12 minutes
What’s the deal with the Rothschild vs GNOME Shotwell patent litigation case that the GNOME Foundation must defend against, and why does it matter for protecting the Free & Open-Source software community at large? Here’s my personal attempt at explaining the matter with a short video. Please note that this video represents my personal opinions,…
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I have added an email notification list for my blog.
If you’ve come here from somewhere else and want to subscribe right away and don’t care to read about the whole “why” context, here’s a form for this (otherwise, keep reading further below; the rest of this blog post explains why I’m offering this, and answers various questions you might have): Note: if you’re interested…
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Open-source-savvy CMO available for hire
Hey folks, I’m back and I’m looking for some new work to challenge me—preferrably again for an organization that does something good and meaningful for the world. You can read my general profile on my personal website (or my CMO services offering), or keep reading here to discover about what I’ve been up to in…
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Awakening from the lucid dream
As I entered the Facility, I could see Nicole sitting on a folding chair and tapping away frantically on her Gemini PDA, in what looked like a very temporary desk setup. “That looks very uncomfortable!” I remarked.
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Mon avis sur Fizz, une première offre de téléphonie mobile et data raisonnable au Québec
Vidéotron a récemment lancé une flanker brand pour combattre les opérateurs à bas coût, nommée « Fizz ». L’offre est clairement conçue pour les gens qui cherchent « la base, sans les trucs dont on se sert pas ». Et pour une fois, y’a pas de bullshit avec douze forfaits incompréhensibles: c’est à la carte…
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The Longest Debugging—The journey towards a reliable Linux workstation
I have this curse where I keep finding heisenbugs not only in the software I use, but also in hardware… The difference being that, unlike software misbehavior, hardware issues take me months to figure out. But hey, they say I’m a persistent bastard. This blog post is mainly a tale about computer hardware, which is…
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Liberté logicielle et matérielle, compte rendu de l'émission La Sphère du 16 septembre
Le 13 septembre, je reçus un curieux courriel m’invitant à participer à l’émission « La Sphère » pour un épisode dédié au logiciel libre, sur la principale chaîne radiophonique de Radio-Canada le samedi 16 septembre. L’épisode dure environ une heure, et la version baladodiffusion est divisée en divers segments, mais comme on m’a amené à commenter à…
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Painting two old friends—Tintin vs Sephiroth
A little over a year ago, I wrote about my humble restoration of an old drawing of Cubitus and Sénéchal, which was a straightforward operation. Shortly after, I began working on another piece of artwork to decorate one of my walls, this time my own bespoke painting, made 100% with free software. I did not want…
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Defence against the Dark Arts involves controlling your hardware
In light of the Vault 7 documents leak (and the rise to power of Lord Voldemort this year), it might make sense to rethink just how paranoid we need to be. Jarrod Carmichael puts it quite vividly: I find the general surprise… surprising. After all, this is in line with what Snowden told us years…
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Reviewing the Librem 15
Following up on my previous post where I detailed the work I’ve been doing mostly on Purism’s website, today’s post post will cover some video work. Near the beginning of October, I received a Librem 15 v2 unit for testing and reviewing purposes. I have been using it as my main laptop since then, as…