http://www.wired.com/2016/06/microsofts-open-source-love-affair-reaches-new-heights/ OK, wired is not such a prestigious source for an hacker but this means that’s it has really reached prime time. Microsoft has really released it as free-as-in-freedom software. This time is for real. And even people like me who has often cried at “timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” shall acknowledge that it can’t…
Month: June 2016
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On the shores
Hacking on the shores of Lake Como during sunset, in low bandwidth mode… ☺
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Oh, with great sadness I read that Salvatore Aranzulla cancellato da Wikipedia: il “maestro Manzi” dell’informatica considerato non enciclopedico
I may be wrong but AFAICS he is the same Aranzulla that fifteen years ago were writing colossal, gross lies about GNU Linux.
If that’s the case I don’t cry
Fedora - RedHat
Debianisms
I was going to enable mod_rewrite on the new work box, discovering that CentOS doesn’t have a2enmod. So reading apache 2.2 – CentOS“-bash: a2enmod: command not found” – from Server Fault I discovered that a2enmod is a debianism, on CentOS you will need to do this manually. Please refer to the Apache documentation to find…
Documentations, Web
Little, hidden gems.
I was looking for a Tiny Core image with Firefox preinstalled, found this spartan web page: Marketplace – Firefox – GNS3 That has a hidden gem in it: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gns-3/Qemu%20Appliances/linux-tinycore-linux-6.4-firefox-33.1.1-2.img A bootable image with a pretty recent web browser. It’s always useful.
Android, Smartphones
Stonex One real identity
I’m an happy owner of an aging Stonex Ultra. I live near Stonex, less than 5km and I’m pretty biased toward them. So it hurts to discover that their latest phone Stonex One is actually an AMOI, rebranded phone (article in italian). I knew they were china-phones, I just thought they sold it with support.…
Liberty Eiffel, Mood
NOW, I’m ready!
If you don’t notice the horrible gamma it has…. 🙂
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FB or G+?
How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook’s War to Crush Google Plus In Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg built not just a business, but a company culture with the fervor of a messianic sect. Quite frankly I don’t know who may become the next dark knight. Together with Apple, I mean.