These posts focus towards technical audiences. They are broadly about technology, such as how-to articles or an overview of Linux packaging. Some articles are related to culture and contemporary issues in the technology industry.
- What's New in TeleIRC V2.0.0
There are many new changes in TeleIRC v2.0.0. This post explains major changes for TeleIRC v2.0.0. Read on for the release highlight reel.
- FOSDEM 2020, Pt. 2: Can Free Software Include Ethical AI Systems?
This post is a follow-up to FOSDEM 2020, pt. 1: Play by play. This post summarizes the talk given by me and my colleague, Mike Nolan, at FOSDEM 2020. FOSDEM 2020 took place from Saturday, 1 February, 2020 to Sunday, 2 February, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium (shortly after Sustain OSS
- How Did Free Software Build a Social Movement?
The Free Software movement is rooted to origins in the 1980s. As part of a talk I gave with my colleague and friend Mike Nolan at FOSDEM 2020, we analyzed how the Free Software movement emerged as a response to a changing digital world in three different phases. This blog
- TeleIRC V2.0.0: March 2020 Progress Update
The RITlug TeleIRC team is working on TeleIRC v2.0.0. This is an update on what is coming in TeleIRC v2.0.0, our progress so far, and what to expect next.
- CHAOSScon EU 2020: Play by Play
CHAOSScon EU 2020 took place on Friday, January 31, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. This event report is a play by play recap of the sessions and conversations.
- DevConf CZ 2020: Play by Play
DevConf CZ 2020 took place from Friday, January 24th to Sunday January 27th in Brno, Czech Republic: DevConf.CZ 2020 is the 12th annual, free, Red Hat sponsored community conference for developers, admins, DevOps engineers, testers, documentation writers and other contributors to open source technologies. The conference includes topics on Linux,
- Why FOSS Is Still Not on Activist Agendas
In 2006, Bruce Byfield asked why open source was not on activist agendas. Have things changed in 2019? What did Byfield get right? What did he leave out?
- HPC Workloads in Containers: Comparison of Container Run-Times
Containers are slowly taking over the world. Does this include the high-performance computing (HPC) world? As of July 2019, the answer might be yes!
- TeleIRC V1.3.1 Released With Quality-of-Life Improvements
On April 20th, 2019, the TeleIRC developers released TeleIRC v1.3.1. This explains what's new and offers a development sprint retrospective.
- Roadmap for TeleIRC V1.4
The RITlug TeleIRC developer team celebrated the v1.3 release on March 3rd, 2019. Looking ahead, the team is mapping out next steps for quality-of-life improvements in v1.4. What’s coming in TeleIRC v1.4 TeleIRC v1.4 is the next feature release of TeleIRC. The targeted release date for v1.4 is by the