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FLOSS & the Hacked Ideology

  • kin.calvin.free; By Kin Calvin (Posted by KinCalvin on Dec 6, 2008 3:32 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
A poem about the impact of the process of software compilation over Freedom. Who can affirm that the meal you eat is in correlation with the recipe we said it was made of ? Provocative thought.

[This is the first time we have received an open source poem as a submission. - Scott]

Install BackTrack 3 Final on your HDD

BackTrack is the most Top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes. This tutorial will show you how to install and use BackTrack 3 Final directly on your Hard Disk. You will use the BackTrack Installer and you will see how to configure LILO in order to make the DUAL BOOT possible.

Freedom will not be brought by Free Software

  • Kin Calvin's Weblog; By Kin Calvin (Posted by KinCalvin on Jan 27, 2008 6:24 PM EDT)
  • Groups: GNU, Linux
Isn’t a user freer to install and use much more programs on SuSE Linux (Open Source) than on Debian Linux (Free Sofware) ? Couldn’t SuSE be freer because easier to use ? Isn’t a user freer to work on MS applications on Windows (closed) than on Linux (FLOSS) ? The answer is yes, even so the reason is clear. It is important to know that freedom cannot truly be brought to users by any licences, including GNU GPL. Indeed, Free Softwares will be spread without any idea of Freedom, if users are not aware of what sofwares they are using and why they have to use them more then others (which are closed).

I am a hacker, so I use Linux

This is a humorous article. Here are many tips for you to become a true hacker.
For those who want to understand the c0wb0y spirit.

Why does Humanity needs Free Software ?

Making the point about Open, Closed and Free Softwares. We can notice that Closed Source software tends to look FLOSS-Like, while Open Source tends to use the Free Culture image. I will expose my views concerning the Free philosophy, and tell why informatics should only deal with Free Software.