open source Archive

  • The FREENAS Experiment

    The FREENAS Experiment

    Posted on February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
    The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy "For thinking laymen." In November of 2007, I built a file server using the FreeBSD based FreeNAS. I have blogged about it many times. However, I think my experiment is coming to an end. Back in...

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  • eyeOS on Opera

    eyeOS on Opera

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    There’s a new version of eyeOS… oops, I mean eyeos as they call it now. It claims to be compatible with Opera, but I’ve tried it with the 9.x and the 10 series and the scroll bars still don’t work. So, not exactly sure what...

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  • Free Tools for Developers

    Free Tools for Developers

    Posted on August 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Here are some free tools (mostly open source) that I use to help in my job as a software developer. Winmerge – an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files. PSPad — this is a nice code editor....

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  • gimp

    Pimp Your GIMP

    Posted on June 10, 2009 | No Comments
    One application I use is the GIMP. It’s a graphics editing program. As a semi-professional photographer, I’m well aware that the free, Open Source GIMP application lags far behind Adobe Photoshop. The two biggest problems with GIMP are its lack of color management and support...

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  • OpenGoo Logo

    eyeOS and OpenGoo

    Posted on June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Previously, I have written about eyeOS which is an open source cloud computing platform. I’ve been using it for close to a year. It has some nice features, but it has been frustrating that is doesn’t have full support for my preferred web browser (Opera)....

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  • freenasbook

    FreeNAS Book

    Posted on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments
    Well, looks like some nice things are happening with FreeNAS these days. [Translate]

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