Category: Linux & Open Source

  • Linux as a Standard Compared to OOXML

    A small analysis of Linux mindset and ecosystem compared to OOXML versus ODF mindset and ecosystem.

  • Basic Subversion Repository Management

    (This is a shared personal note, suggestions are welcome.) Create a Subversion repository for a project, say The SVG Blog Icons: Create the repository on the hosting panel with a project name (e.g. Blog Icons) and project ID (e.g. blogicons). Import the files: bash$ cd src/ bash$ ls blogicons bash$ export EDITOR=vi bash$ svn -m…

  • San Francisco Linux World Day 3

    Browse the full album.

  • San Francisco Linux World Day 2

    Second day started with Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian presentation. He made it light talking about Lenovo Thinkpads will ship with SUSE Linux, mixed [open and closed] source challenge for enterprises, how is easy to make security with their AppArmor, the role of virtualization on reducing power consumption in data centers. He put Linux application availability…

  • San Francisco Linux World Day 1

    1999 was the year I went to a Linux World & Expo event (blog notes in portuguese) for the first time, in Raleigh, NC. The small capital was chosen probably because of the strong Red Hat presence in that region. A lot of things have changed since then. Red Hat doesn’t have a booth this…

  • How to Get Attacked

    I noticed Oded’s blog was attacked which makes me remember some things: I was once invited to analyze a Linux machine that was invaded. I ended up writing an article about it to the brazilian Linux Magazine. The problem with the machine was a VERY weak root passw0rd. We could also find the tools they…

  • Linux World San Francisco Semana que Vem

    Esta é a minha 4 semana nos EUA e tenho um monte de coisas para contar e mostrar aqui no blog, mas via ficar prá depois. Já que estava por aqui, vou também para a Linux World semana que vem em San Francisco e pretendo contar com detalhes o que estiver acontecendo por lá. Então…

  • Joomla! or Drupal ?

    I went to this Buffalo Billiards bar in Austin, TX with some friends. Right in the next table there was some folks playing billiard and wearing t-shirts written Joomla! Day 2007. I asked one of them: “OK, so which one is better? Joomla! or Drupal ?” “You can choose whatever you want, they are both…

  • Índice Linux Journal, Junho de 2007

    Número de bilinários no mundo: 946 Número de bilinários na Índia: 36 Aumento de biolinários na Índia no ano passado: 12 Posição da Índia entre países com bilionários: 1 Número de bilionários no Japão: 24 Posição de Bangalore entre os que fazem buscas sobre “Linux” no Google: 1 Posição de Tókio entre os que fazem…

  • You Win

    At the entrance of Red Hat office in São Paulo…