Mar 3, 2008Linux on Palm TXHere are the steps to get Linux running on a Palm TX. For the approach described, you'll need an SD card, an SD card reader and a Palm TX that you can hopefully live without.
Jul 1, 2007GPLv3 LaunchGPLv3 was launched on Friday after close to eighteen months of public involvement in it's drafting process. This has been an important milestone in the free software world as an upgrade to the GPL to address some of the more modern concerns have been a long time coming.
Mar 25, 2007Sahana receives FSF awardI attended the 2007 FSF members meeting today, codenamed Year of the upgrade. Four members from the Sahana team were present at the meeting to receive the Free Software award for Project of Social Benefit.
Jan 18, 2007It all comes down to that, really.The Sony Reader that I ordered last week has finally arrived and I'm quite impressed with the little gadget. The best feature of it is probably the screen.
Oct 22, 2006Mahavilachchiya — day twoYesterday was the second day of the FOSS-ed on Wheels at Mahavilachchiya. The kids were some of the brightest I've met and they pick things up in a flash.
Oct 21, 2006From Mahavilachchiya, with loveI'm at Mahavilachchiya right now, at the Horizon Lanka Foundation, with the FOSS-ed on Wheels troupe. So far the experience has been breathtaking.
Sep 29, 2006QuiltQuilt is a great tool to maintain patchsets. For those new to quilt, let me brief you on how it works.
Sep 25, 2006Messing with the ColonelI've been reading Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love recently, and it's exactly the book I've always been looking for.
Aug 24, 2006Dukes and KingsApacheCon Asia was last week, and it featured some very interesting talks. The BSF4Rexx talk sparked an interest in Rexx and I was around looking for open source Rexx interpreters when I stumbled upon Regina!
Aug 8, 2006The Magic WordOnce in every three years or so, I fire up an editor that I can't exit. First it was vi, many many moons ago. Then came emacs.
Jun 2, 2006Way to blueBeen playing Nick Drake on endless repeat the past few weeks and it amazes me how it never gets old. I've been nursing a Drake obsession for more than three years now, but then I've been known to hook onto particular works for exceedingly long periods of time.
May 30, 2006FOSS-ed for Hackers, a footnoteFOSS-ed for Hackers ended last week, and the entire geek blogosphere has been brimming with posts on the subject so I won't delve much into it. Overall, it was a success.
