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Linux Counter

Monday, February 8, 2010 2:25:29 AM

Just the other day, I received an e-mail notifying me that I hadn't updated my record in the Linux Counter in a while. So, I did what the mail told me and they remind me of my Linux user number. I've been a Linux user since 2002 and here is the proof

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Mandriva 2010

Thursday, February 4, 2010 5:22:17 AM

Linux

I recently downloaded Mandriva One 2010 for free from their website. I am testing it over a virtual machine and I gladly see that Linux has come a long way since the last time I used it.

Mandriva 2010 is beautiful and easy to use (and update). It's fully packed with web browsers, OpenOffice.org and Amarok. For the first time, I'm able to play MP3's right out of the box. I think it's a great system for personal computers.

Give it a try if you have the chance.

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Some serious hardware

Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:53:40 PM

Linux, Software

Today is Software Freedom Day and Independence Day in MX, so I was thinking about free software (both as in speech and b33r). Along with this day, came an invitation from Sun Microsystems to buy one of their very versatile desktop systems. This invitation came along with one for a free Solaris class next Thursday.

I'm a Mac user but I think that the Sun desktops are a very good option, given the fact that they can run any operating system available (except for OS X). Wouldn't it be great if you bought one of this cool -64 bit- workstations for 900 usdl and load it with Linux? If you want it so bad, you can also load Vista. Never before was a Sun computer so easy to aquire.

It is really interesting because other vendors only distribute Windoze with their computers, but Sun ships them without any OS installed (or you can choose Solaris), so you can choose what to do with your desktop from the beggining without any bundled or unnecesary software.

If you choose to buy a copy of Vista, download Linux or simply get a Mac, you still don't have to spend a lot of money in software. There are great Open Source and free software options out there like OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Opera, The GIMP, etc... all of them available for download.

If Mac isn't an option for you, drop away your Vaio, Acer, HP or Dell computer away and get a Sun Ultra 20 workstation, load it with your favourite OS and software and break the boundaries of OEM computing. Keep celebrating Sotware Freedom Day by installing OpenOffice.org in the computers of your unaware users ^.^

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Occupational Therapy :: Podcasting (espo-radio)

Friday, July 27, 2007 8:45:43 PM

Software, Apple, Java, Linux ...

Espo-Radio is the latest podcast of Fundación Espolea, who I serve as webmaster.

A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. A podcast is a specific type of webcast which, like 'radio', can mean either the content itself or the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.

Being a podcast, Espo-Radio resides at http://espolea.org/podcast.xml. You can "subscribe" to this feed by submitting the address to an aggregator (like iTunes or ThinkFeeder). ThinFeeder is Java powered, so it doesn't matter if you're Windows, Linux or Mac. When a new "episode" becomes available in the podcast they will be automatically downloaded to your computer or at least you'll get a direct link.

Alternatively, you can subscribe by adding the feed address to you MyOpera links as a newsfeed, like I have done in this blog (I've also added it to my side bar for you guys to see).

Unlike radio or streaming content on the web, podcasts are not real-time, I have been recorded (so far) a couple of episodes (being those 2 and 3) and my band is featured on episode 1. On episode 2, I talk about blogging, podcasting and ciberactivism and in episode 3 about cibersex.

Although we're just newbies learning about podcasting, this files were recorded in a studio and have a nice production, despite the fact that in episode 1 the name if the song is wrong, in episode 2 I was interrupted and was told that it would be edited later and that I gave a wrong address to my blog.

I loved participating in this programs, now I have to get back to working on their site

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How to block an unwanted host

Monday, July 9, 2007 4:43:50 PM

Apple, Linux

There are certain websites that because of their poor (or malicious) coding, such as cracks and porn sites, create a conflict in your browser sometimes causing the computer to hang. You don't want your sons or employees to be browsing this sites, do you? You can solve this problem by blocking them directly from the /etc/hosts file of your Mac. Because OS X is basically Unix, this should work as well for Linux.

Open your terminal aplication
Type sudo vi /etc/hosts
Type your super user password
Type i to enter edit mode in Vi
Add 0.0.0.0 unwanted.site.com to the file (one entry for every site you want to block)
Press the Esc key
Type :wq and press enter

And that's it, your file should look like this:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
0.0.0.0 seriall.com
0.0.0.0 unwanted.site.com

If you have personal web sharing enabled on your Mac, you will see the Apache testing page, otherwise you'll see get a 404 error.

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