Random Rant

I just updated the Throbber-changing extension

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:06:15 +0100

Just an FYI, i just updated the throbber-changing extension to work with the latest Firefox-updates.

It is located at http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/florianhaas/fsfethrobber

The Novell-MS-deal: Can someone enlighten me?

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:08:18 +0100

Novell held a QA-session on IRC today, and i tripped over one thing both Novell and MS are emphasizing:

Microsoft has promised not to sue individual developers.

Jason Matusow (MS) has written:

As you comment, please keep in mind that we are talking about individuals, not .orgs, not .com, not non-profits, not...well, not anyone other than individual non-commercial coders.

I think it is a good thing that the promise not to sue is a good thing. No matter how innocent you are, defending yourself is expensive and cumbersome.

However, this promise seems to be completely worthless: The guy who is packaging the software does not fall under this promise. Neither does the hosting-provider or the users.

Additional thought: Which software is developed by a single developer? Most software is developed by a team or a project, which both don't seem to fall under this promise.

Am i missing something, or is this deal completely worthless(even for Novell)?

SUN, Java and how I hate Open-Source

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:08:00 +0200

According to this article, SUN will be "open-sourcing" huge parts of the JAVA-Platform in 2007.

As a programmer using JAVA almost every day, i feel intrigued by the idea. Of course, "open-sourcing" could be everything from BSD-style licensing to "look, but don't touch" marketing-speak.
Looking at the discussions around that announcement, one can see one thing: The marketing-initiative OSI has done harm to the Free software movement. The term "open source" does not mean anything, it is a shell of a word leading to confusion.

I am too young to have witnessed the start of the Free software movement and cannot judge if "open source" was necessary in its time. But one thing is clear: today, it harms us.

Where is Gnome - Advanced mode ?

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:27:39 +0200

I've been using GNU/Linux on my Laptop for six months now (Ubuntu to be precise).

I have played with several distributions in the past, but never got to keep them installed. This time, however, i have finally made the switch. Ubuntu is the system i use about 90% of the time on the laptop.

I really like Gnome with the Human-theme Ubuntu provides. The K Desktop Environment always felt pretty bloated and complicated to me; i prefer simple GUIs. However, Gnome proves to be too simple for my taste. There are several dialogs and menus where i keep looking for the button "advanced options". I understand the design-philosophy behind Gnome. Having had a long lecture about usability engineering, i understand why the dialogs are designed the way they are (hey, something of that lecture actually stayed in my brain !), but the lack of extended options is driving me crazy.

KDE on the other hand is driving me crazy when i am trying to find a simple option in the huge labyrinth the KDE Control Center is.

As the theoretical phase of my semester ends today, i have taken a one-week vacation before returning to the company. I have some free time in that week to experiment with my computers. Some days will be consumed by setting up my first mail server, but i think i'll have enough time to configure my system to death.

Can you recommend a window manager or desktop environment which is as pretty as gnome, has more options and is not as option-overloaded as KDE ?

Please stop blogging !

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:20:34 +0200

I've got huge exams coming up the next 10 days and i can't stop distracting myself from learning !

Instead of studying things like virtual memory and compiler optimizations, i find myself reading all your blogs and following every single link in themand even write feedback about the linked sites.

Help me by writing nothing. Or blocking my ip. Or crashing my computer.

Argh, i'm wasting my time writing blog entries !

I paid for an advertising of the FoFSFE !

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:00:38 +0200

Ok, i'm exagerating.

I donated some money to the couple behind http://www.buymychild.com/ and in return got a link for fsfe.org .

GPL held up in US-Court

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:17:00 +0100

Remember that Wallace-guy who sued the FSF because the GPL is anti-competitive ?

Well, the case is closed; the FSF won.

I like a quote from the judge: [T]he GPL encourages, rather than discourages, free competition and the distribution of computer operating systems, the benefits of which directly pass to consumers. These benefits include lower prices, better access and more innovation.

You there with the cigarette ! Put it down OR ILL KILL YOU !

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:44:13 +0100

I recently bought a used laptop. It worked fine, except for the fact that after a few minutes of full load the cpu would clock itself down to 300 Mhz.

I just opened the notebook to find the cause of it: Itbelonged to a smoker; the whole air-circuit was full of dust from cigarette-smoke. My fingers were black with tar. How disgusting !

If a smoker dares to smoke near a box i take care of, he will get a roundhouse kick to the face. I kid you not, that smoker is going to regret it.

Spam ? Real mail ? who knows ?

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:57:52 +0100

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(german) Bundestagspetition gegen Vorratsdatenspeicherung

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:02:02 +0100

http://itc.napier.ac.uk/e-Petition/bundestag/view_petition.asp?PetitionID=60

yay, i got my first root-account on a server

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:44:25 +0100

I just ordered (and got) my first "real" server. Ok, it is a virtual server, but nevertheless: it is the first server of mine which will be accessible 24/7 by the internets.

Debian 3.1 is up and running; i have a new toy for those long boring nights. Who needs sleep when you can play arround with apt-get ? ;-)

I chose vanager.com as my provider. The whole ordering-process lasted 10 minutes, 11 minutes after the first pageimpression on vanager.com my server came to life.

You will find me in #debian and #debian.de tonight.

(german only) Du bist eine Klowand

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 02:33:45 +0100

smc's throbber, reloaded

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:13:49 +0100

Perhaps you remember the Post from smc where he presented an alternative throbber for Firefox : http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/smc/weblog/artwork .

I really liked the throbber, but installing it required manually downloading 2 files and editing one file.

So I prepared an extension for Firefox to do that work for you: http://www.fsfe.org/en/fellows/florianhaas/fsfethrobber

Instructions: Download the extension, then click on File-> Open File and select the .xpi. Press Ok.

Have fun !

Happy Holidays !

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 06:11:33 +0100

May it be chrismas, xmas, kwanza, winter-een-mas: I wish you a great rest-of-2005 and a happy new year !

about:Susanne Osthoff Supporters

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:55:05 +0100

In case you haven't heard of it:
Susanne Osthoff is a german woman who was kidnapped in Iraq.
This Blog-entry is not about her.
It is about those people campaigning for her freedom (see http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/jj/freedom_for_susanne_osthoff__1 for an example).

I don't think that there is one person left in Germany who doesn't wish Susanne the freedom that she deserves. Nevertheless severall different groups pollute our environment with appeals for solidarity. I pose the question: WHY ?

Signing an online petition to free Susanne is about as effective as not doing anything.

The kidnappers belong to one of the following categories:
a) Normal criminals
b) terrorists.

If they are criminals, they want money. They don't care that Klaus Müller from Wanne-Eickel would feel better if she were free.
If they are terrorists, they are more than happy that Klaus Müller feels that way. They are seeking attention, and that's what Klaus Müller is giving them.

Today, i heard in the radio that Ads will be paid for to display solidarity-messages in the subway of Kiel. How will that help ?!

If you really want to help, get off your couch and start to work on the situation of Iraq. If everybody in Iraq is well-fed and has a good future, the kidnappings will stop. You didn't care when those "dumb american imperialists" were kidnapped and murdered, why are you making such a fuss now ?