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The U.S. Government and Its Partners Open Up To FOSS

Written by Rex Djere
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 06:04
Free and open source software often makes a great deal of sense from a financial and logistics perspective. The product is generally free, and the source code is available for editing if the product does not met the technical needs specified by the user. In a rapidly evolving world, people at high levels in the government have come to the realization that FOSS may offer higher levels of software development flexibility than the traditional proprietary models. The fact that FOSS helps to alleviate some of the pressure created by tight budgets and other fiscal constraints doesn't hurt. In this article, I will take a hard look at the great inroads being made by FOSS into the processes and programs of the U.S. government and its...
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:01
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Acrossad GNU/Linux Oggcast Episode 12 Show Notes

Written by Rex Djere
Friday, 16 July 2010 00:00
Summary: The music in today's show was provided by the phenomenal Chicago alto saxophonist Mike Smith. I discussed GNU/Linux news topics in the month since the last episode. A couple of the topics related to big companies switching to open-source software: GNU/Linux and Firefox. The Acrossad GNU/Linux Oggcast Episode 12 Title: Bahia Host: Rex Djere Date: Friday, 16 July 2010 Music: Alto Saxophone master and Chicago native Mike Smith plays "Bahia"IntroAbout Mike Smith...
Last Updated on Friday, 16 July 2010 23:46
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Fun With GNU/Linux Programming: Sorting Arrays Part 1

Written by Rex Djere
Saturday, 03 July 2010 21:51
A few days ago, I was at work thinking about a problem related to my current studies. We were studying various computer algorithms used to sort data. I tried to think of real world examples that would bring the idea of writing a sorting algorithm to life. I found it in the form of a bookshelf full of books. The books were numbered by volume number and book number. For example, Volume 1 might have Books 1 through 10. This was a perfect tool to bring the concept of sorting data to life. I...
Last Updated on Saturday, 17 July 2010 02:40
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Open Source C++ Programming: Code::Blocks Lesson 2

Written by Rex Djere
Friday, 16 April 2010 21:07
I received a very good response from the Linux community on my recent article about the open-source C++ IDE Code::Blocks. In that article, I demonstrated how powerful Code::Blocks is on multiple platforms: Linux, FreeBSD, Max OSX, and Windows. In today's article, I will take this one step further. I will walk you through installing Code::Blocks on a reference Fedora 12 system; and then we will write, compile, and run some very simple C++ code. If you are using a distribution other than...
Last Updated on Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:33
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Supporting the Source: Voting For GNU/Linux and FOSS With Your Dollars

Written by Rex Djere
Friday, 04 June 2010 18:21
A friend of mine and I recently had a wonderful conversation about democracy and the capitalistic system. He made a very astute observation that in a capitalistic system, one way in which people exercise their influence is in the financial choices that they make. Where and how people decide to spend their money makes as much of a statement as their votes cast in local and national elections. It is my belief that if we in the GNU/Linux community REALLY want to support GNU/Linux and Free and...
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:05
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