Software
List of software projects made (with one exception) by me over the years.
shttpd/0.3.1 - give credit where credit is due
The reason of this blogpost is to give credit where credit is due: Rimmi Devgan and Avanti Limaje, two MS students with the Computer Science Department of the State University of New York at Stony Brook found a serious security vulnerability in my little web server software called shttpd. I wanted to thank them in public (as I call this dark and lonely corner of the web).
The release made it to the Root.cz, online Czech magazine about Linux. Have no idea why. Maybe because I made the first release in 9 years, probably the record in history of software. Or maybe not.
KDE in Norway
Shot at Touristinfo in small town in southern Norway.
KMail Gets Personal (And Annoying)
At least it's not Mr. Clippy.
My Day With SLAX
Post-post disclaimer: I described here my experiences with SLAX 4.2. New SLAX 5 is much better and can e.g. switch automounting off. Also the paragraph on fsck is not true, because SLAX does not use it. Strange things happen in my head.
Several weeks ago I burned SLAX, the live Linux, onto a CD. I wanted to try it, but because my Slackware was working well I did not have to. But, suddenly, the opportunity was there: my hard drive failed.
Mozilla Firefox: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Because Slackware switched to Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Foundation nearly abandonned Mozilla Suite I thought I'll give Firefox a try.
Ten Things I Learned About Open Source Management
- Bad prototype is better than great idea.
- Cooperate. Ask for opinions. Dictators die alone.
- Forcing someone to participate is very hard, forcing him to leave is very easy.
- Someone else's bad idea does not give you the right to call him "douchbag".
- If you want to have something done, you must do it yourself. Noone will engender your children.
- Don't hesitate to kill your infants. Even gods make mistakes and bad ideas.
- Never ever participate in religious wars. Noone wins them.
- If someone attacks you, don't retaliate. Your followers will do it for you.
- Frequent releases bring more attention. Attention in open source world is like money in that other world.
- Transfer your duties to others as early as possible. That will leave you more time for ego-searching on Google. I have plenty of time.
