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GNU/Linux software to control Roomba

03-Jul-08

I’m sure there are quite a few GNU/Linux users who own this great gadget (read: slave). I was wondering what do you guys use to control the robot?
I have mine equipped with a RooTooth, and it works great when I control it using my wife’s cellphone. I haven’t, on the other hand, found a good [...]

Be nice, asshole!

27-Mar-08

Like I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I started to get involved in GNU. One of the things I noticed (I won’t mention names or teams) is how people (the ones responsible) talk to the ones trying to get involved.
Remember something:
- No one is obligated to do anything for any free software project! [...]

GNU users who have never heard of GNU

17-Apr-07

I stand by GNU/Linux on the whole naming controversy. This is a personal opinion, so there isn’t any ’space’ to tell me that I’m wrong (I’ve heard it allot) nor that I’m right.
It’s just my way of seeing things on the FLOSS world.
Browsing through the GNU project website, I found an interesting article I thought [...]

GNU/Linux SHOULD be free!

12-Dec-06

All the distribution wars make me sick. The fight for users is starting to get really annoying…
When a group of skilled people decide to start a new distribution, in order to make intuitive that are several things that can be done, for instances:
- eye-candy (allot of people go for it)
- good package manager
- good hardware [...]

GNU/Linux naming conventions

29-Nov-06

The problem of not referring to GNU when talking about the GNU/Linux operating system has been discussed several times over the last years. For a relatively new GNU/Linux user I did some searching of my own, to know what should I say when referring to my Operating System choice.
I started with the definition of OS. [...]

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