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coreboot on the cover of the Linux Journal
on Oct 16, 2009Nice coreboot news — the Free Software x86 firmware ("BIOS") is featured on the cover of issue 186 of the Linux Journal. Anton Borisov's article Coreboot at Your Service! explains the basic ideas behind coreboot, how to build an image for your...
Using CRM114 for spam filtering on Debian GNU/Linux
on Sep 22, 2009 in bogofilter crm114 debian dspam email filter folder freesoftware linux mail spam spamassassin I've been using CRM114 as spam filter for a while now, and I'm quite happy with it. Due to bug #529720 though (incompatible upstream file format changes) I decided to start my setup from scratch with a recent CRM114 version from unstable. Here's a sh...
Help add subtitle support for Miro
on Sep 20, 2009 in donations freesoftware internet miro opensource podcast subtitles tv video If you ever wanted to support an open-source project but you are not a programmer, here's one (of many possible) ways to help: The Miro project (Internet TV / Video and Audio Podcast application for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X) is seeking for pledg...
A simple DLP-USB1232H based JTAG programmer with OpenOCD support
on Sep 10, 2009 in arm bios breadboard circuit debugging design dlp flash freesoftware ft2232h ftdi jtag libopenstm32 mips olimex openocd patch programming spi stm32 usb1232h Here's a quick introduction to using a cheap FTDI FT2232H based module (left-hand side on the photo) as a JTAG programmer together with the OpenOCD JTAG software for ARM and MIPS devices. The module I am using for thіs purpose is a DLP Design DLP-US...
identi.ca - a microblogging service based on Free Software, AGPL, and Creative Commons
on Sep 6, 2009 in agpl blogging cc creativecommons freesoftware git gitorious identi.ca identica jabber laconica microblogging pidgin rss statusnet twitter xmpp After a long time of ignoring (or at least not using) micro-blogging services such as Twitter, I recently tried the Free-Software based identi.ca service, and I'm beginning to like it. The choice of service was pretty obvious — while Twitter us...
Open-Source software for LightScribe CDs and DVDs?
on Sep 3, 2009 in burn cd datasheet dvd freesoftware lazyweb lightscribe linux opensource oss software specs Dear Lazyweb, is there any Free Software utility for putting those nice logos/images on LightScribe CDs or DVDs? I'm considering buying such a CD/DVD burner, but only if there's open-source software to control the device. I guess burning CDs/DVDs sho...