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Archive for April, 2006

Freedom Days

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Yesterday was Freedom Day, a national public holiday in South Africa. It’s an anual tribute to our first democratic elections that happened in 1994. It’s also a good time in the year to start thinking about another freedom day that’s creeping ever closer, and that’s Software Freedom Day. This year it’s taking place on 16 […]

Easter Egg Hunting

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Happy Easter!
Time for some easter egg hunting. If you’ve been using Ubuntu for a while, you’ll probably be familiar with these Eggs. Whether you are or not, there’s sure to be many more that haven’t been found.
1. Supercow powers!
Anyone who has used a Debian based system is probably aware of APT’s supercow powers. If you […]

Volunteerism

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Volunteerism has been a hot topic the last few years, especially if you work for a non-profit company as I do. I’ve always believed in the concept of volunteerism, and the past few years of working in the tuXlabs project have re-affirmed what a change volunteerism can make. I’ve seen change in […]

I want one!

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Russell pointed me to some really cool Ubuntu stickers . I immediately wanted one. It was a strong demanding urge. Luckily, Russell has already ordered some and I’m going to buy over a bunch from him. Yay!
Pity it says Linux and not “GNU/Linux”, but I suppose that’s an Ubuntu thing :/