Understanding Debian Releases
The cycle of Debian‘s releases is not an usual one. Most Linux distributions follow two paths. Some of them follow a strict periodicity, and we see a new version being… Read more »
Author Archives: Francisco
A quick update
It has been a long while since I’ve posted anything here. After coming back from Germany things went completely crazy, so I ended up neglecting the blog a bit. It… Read more »
Headbanging: GNU versus Linux
One of the oldest flamewars in the non-Windows world is the one between people who call the operating system based on the kernel developed by Linus Torvalds “Linux” or “GNU/Linux”…. Read more »
Wikis and other annoyances
Wikis are cool! I had installed MediaWiki on my server some time ago, but it remained 99% of the time idle because to be honest I had no idea what… Read more »
Mnemonic
This post is not a post. It is more a reminder to myself of stuff I want to write about, and to which I’ve been giving some thought. All I… Read more »
Why I closed down my Facebook
This week I closed down my Facebook account. It was not an easy decision to make. I’d been thinking about it for the last few months, after realizing that the… Read more »
Graphics!
I have a confession to make: I bought a new graphics card. I know it doesn’t sound like a big deal. Especially when you check prices for these things on… Read more »