I have a nice love story with Plone. It is like a close friend that becomes a lover in different stages of somebody's life.I first discovered Plone back in 2003. It was a great love story, I use it as intranet since then and worked in a few projects based on it. But since the … Continue reading Plone…we meet again
KDE 4, a motivation to keep fighting
I hear people talking about innovation everywhere. It is an easy concept to talk about but hard to put in practice. KDE community had the skills and the determination of doing something new back in 2005, when I first got in touch with the project, but that was not enough. We usually think that money … Continue reading KDE 4, a motivation to keep fighting
ReciclaRed, a software libre edu project in the Canary Islands
ReciclaRed finished last December. During a whole year 20 students have been working hard to install and configure 14 computer labs in some public schools placed in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain, as part of a project financed with EU funds through the Canary Islands Employment Department of the Regional Government.This project … Continue reading ReciclaRed, a software libre edu project in the Canary Islands
We have linux on schools, so now what?
Teachers usually prepare their classes at home, so they need the same software there that it is installed at the school they work in, with the same version of any app. As they do with books, teachers need to make agreements on the software they install in computer labs. This is not just a pedagogical, … Continue reading We have linux on schools, so now what?
wiki, kile, kontact, RT…and voila!
Wikis, kontact, RT and kile are four of the basic tools I use everyday. Some of the guys I work with have been worried for a long time about integration of tools in one interface so they can work with them in a wiki way.When I first heard about this I didn't think it was … Continue reading wiki, kile, kontact, RT…and voila!
Are we trying to beat one monopoly by supporting another one?
Lately news about the support Mozilla is receiving from Google has made me think...Firefox is a great tool, specially is you use Windows. With Linux or Mac/OS you have more good choices.I promote firefox everywhere I go, specially in courses where I teach. Most of the computer labs I teach in have Windows XP, so … Continue reading Are we trying to beat one monopoly by supporting another one?
Desktops libres help to introduce other (libres) technologies.
In Gran Canaria's College (ULPGC) we are going to give a course about Ruby on Rails during the following days. The point is where are we going to do it. The computer lab has a nice structure based on one server with CENTOS4 + XEN + 4 virtual machines with Debian, and another server with … Continue reading Desktops libres help to introduce other (libres) technologies.
What a day for standard formats and free software…
Today 3 news has came along related with standars and free software that I hope it gives light to people in general and local politics here on the Canary Islands, Sapin, about what's going on:1.- German Foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, supports ODF.2.- Open Document format (ODF) yesterday became an official standard forSouth African government communications.3.- … Continue reading What a day for standard formats and free software…
Why software libre and not free software
Reading Richard Dale's post about, among others, this issue, and after having a conversation about this with some of the people invited to II Jornadas de Software Libre conference, celebrated last week in Tenerife, I want to describe some arguments that make me say that we should stop talking about free software and begin to … Continue reading Why software libre and not free software
kdisser + latex beamer
Kdissert is an awesome app behind a simple idea. Giving talks and product presentations, you realice how hard is to make non linear presentations. When the complexity of an idea is high, sometimes you cannot express it linearly.Kdissert help you to simplify what you want to say. After you make clear your ideas, it generates … Continue reading kdisser + latex beamer
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