Linux + GNU = Humans Enabled

GNU/Linux - The Exceedingly Vibrant, Future Enabling, Technological Liberator for Humankind.. Score: All Time High As a GNU/Linux aficionado for years now, I marvel with delight at the specter of this glorious phenomena of technological freedom and advancement that is GNU/Linux. The profound effects of this philosophy of GNU/Linux has brought our Technological world a vehicle with which to collaborate, evolve, adapt, overcome, celebrate, and advance at a rate previously unattainable. Did these wizards of free open source software (i.e., Richard M. Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Ian Murdock, Mark Shuttleworth, and the so many who have similar histories of contributing to Free Software and GNU/Linux) ever fathom the effect their humble, yet magnanimous, efforts would bring to our world (and for 20 years now)? Unreal. GNU/Linux is all around us.. It’s truly amazing just how much is done by this remarkable operating system, and often, without mere mortals even knowing it! Time...

UPDATE 10/2014 - Netflix streaming now works perfectly in Ubuntu GNU/Linux on Google's Chrome browser!! Hooray!! Thank you Netflix for embracing HTML5 and cross-platform-compatibility!  Every so often, you have to rearrange things to keep them working right. It's kinda like the fork of OpenOffice to LibreOffice . Well, up until tonight, I was streaming Netflix to my Roku box . Not anymore. Tonight, I cancelled my Netflix account and opened Hulu Plus account instead. I know that Hulu Plus is more geared towards providing TV shows whereas Netflix is movies and TV shows. And I pretty much liked Netflix, except that they refuse to even acknowledge the desktop GNU/Linux operating system. Here's where  Hulu.com is so much better than Netflix. Unlike, Netflix, Hulu.com provides their " Hulu Desktop " application for GNU/Linux. To me, Hulu.com's actions of providing a GNU/Linux client for their streaming service shows their good corporate citizenship, respect ...

UPDATE 10/2014 - Netflix streaming now works perfectly in Ubuntu GNU/Linux on Google's Chrome browser!! Hooray!! Thank you Netflix for embracing HTML5 and cross-platform-compatibility!  Netflix Supports Open Source? Really? Could have fooled me. Because, despite the recent blog entry entitled " Why we use and contribute to open source " by Kevin McEntee, VP of Systems & ECommerce Engineering at Netflix, Linux users everywhere are still left out in the the cold, clientless, and not able to enjoy Netflix like everyone else. How can Netflix claim support for open source software while not providing a Netflix client for the most widely used open source operating system on the planet? If they're backers of open source, how is it that can Netflix shun the crown gem of open source projects, the most versatile, universal, dynamic, and successful GNU/Linux operating system? I'm truly at a loss for what to call it, other than FAIL. It's simply not possible...

Amidst the great success of GNU/Linux and FOSS, now is the time to band together and protect the community that provides the future of technology for all of us. There are companies out there, including coercive monopolists that aim to put an end to the "community FREE software" that is GNU/Linux/FOSS. Why? Because it obliterates their business model by being better. Certain companies, especially those who are THE ONLY CHOICE at your local computer store, are busy forecasting that the wave of planetary-scale of community driven, FOSS/GNU/Linux software will crush their restrictive ways forever. These closed-minded, greed-driven control-artists are using last ditch efforts to SUE their way to success and remain in monopoly control of certain markets. It's a signal for the rest of us, who are steadfast in our dedication to Technology and the future of humankind to stand united in the fight against restriction. Now is the time to act! Now is the time to band together, a...

According to this article on wikipedia.org , "As of the end of August 2010, Windows XP is the most widely used operating system in the world with a 53.1% market share". Now that's a lot of computers! And as a technology expert, I know my way around computers, and I also know Windows XP. And something else I really know, is how SLOW any Windows computer gets over time. It's like this disease sets into the Windows(often in a matter of just months) that just sucks the life out of it. This is a very nasty, and terribly debilitating disease. It can slow your progress to a stand-still, and it can add excruciating pain to your digital life. Logging in takes forever, programs are slow to start, the task-bar and startup process become riddled with junk, and your system becomes a real dog. While often this terrible performance is just the rot that Windows suffers over time, in a significant number of cases - the slowness can be caused by other means - like malicious activit...

First Things First The first article I wrote about this subject was for Tethering your GNU/Linux machine to the Internet via your Android . That article has been visited and proven to be useful by many, many visitors, including callout  from this story at hak5.org .  As for this entry, I decided to write it for two main reasons. 1.) I wanted to see how easy it would be to use FOSS tools to connect windows to the Internet via the Android, and 2.) Some friends and co-workers of mine have asked for the windows version of the tethering instructions. By documenting this process, IN NO WAY do I endorse using windows as your primary operating system!  Let me be clear... My suggestion is that you use GNU/Linux instead of any other operating system! I say this because GNU/Linux is the only truly Universal Operating System and therefore it’s vastly superior to other operating systems that are available today. And now that I have your attention, please take some...

After many feedback submissions and having to use hulu.com as the alternative GNU/Linux users are now finally no longer 2nd-class-citizens in terms of being able to watch Full Episodes of their favorite TV shows on ABC and FOX websites. Thanks to Firefox and the Adobe Flash Player - GNU/Linux users can now enjoy the full episodes from ABC and FOX just like everybody else. ABC Full Episodes Example(click to go there): FOX Full Episodes Example(click to go there): ABC and FOX are amongst the newest media providers that have seen the light of GNU/Linux and others should follow suite. Update(08-14-2010) After a concerted effort from Jeff Hoogland (another GNU/Linux supporter), and others, CWTV full episodes are now also working with GNU/Linux as well! Great job on providing feedback and bringing the CWTV forward into the modern age! Together, we will make it happen! CWTV Full Episodes Example (Click to go there) One by one, the barriers for mainstream adoption of GNU/Li...