Open Unlocks the World’s Potential
An article was published in the Financial Times that was headlined “Log4j hack exposes problems with open-source software” which was
Category: standards
all about standards
Tech tip: using mutt to access mailfence.com
tl;dr: make sure smtp_url definition starts as smtps. I needed to set up access to a paid-for email provider, mailfence.com
A flawed idea. Zoom does not get it (or maybe they are pretending).
Earlier this week, a report came out that the video conferencing provider, Zoom, would be providing End-to-End-Encryption (E2EE) but only
Curated playlist of videos
I did not realise that there are plenty of videos of events at which I spoke, interviews I gave and
Working Remotely with FOSS tools
These last few months have been really wonderful in enabling me to catch up on making sure that as much
Jit.si if you care and Zoom if you don’t.
So, last week, from 8th April onwards, the Singapore Government imposed a partial lockdown (PL) – or as they say
BuildTogether – data, code, people for the world
The Singapore Government Technology Agency released, at the end of last week (Friday 20 March 2020) a mobile phone app,
Of NUCs and Bastions
[image above from https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ssh-proxy-bastion-proxyjump%5D Just documenting the systems I have on my home network so that I know what to
xrandr – note to self
This is really a note to self because every now and then, the external monitor at my desk, a Dell
The Enormous Empowering of Free and Open Source Software Ecosystem
It is quite disappointing to see the escalation of bad behaviour on the part of some of the partners in
Electronic voting and trust
There was s series of letters published in one of the daily papers here in Singapore about the apparent anomaly
My updated GPG keys: 0x61AFA27B
I have just updated my GPG keys. The fingerprint is: 0x61AFA27B And my public key is: —–BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY
Seeking a board seat at OpenSource.org
I’ve stepped up to be considered for a seat on the Board of the Open Source Initiative. Why would I
This is quite a nice tool – magic-wormhole
I was catching up on the various talks at PyCon 2016 held in the wonderful city of Portland, Oregon last
FUDCon Kuala Lumpur 2012
It is wonderful to see the Fedora Users and Developers Conference kick off in Kuala Lumpur today, May 18 2012.
Microsoft’s “open technology” spinoff
While I would like to stand up and cheer Microsoft on them setting up the “Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc”, I
What does it take?
I am an organizer of a programming contest that will be using some really cool technologies (HTML5, Python, OpenShift, just
Cool tech tip
Saw this on identi.ca feed: “@climagic youtube-dl -q -o- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zscrs94_pFc | mplayer – cache 1000 – # Watch youtube streaming directly to
Change and Opportunity
Change and evolution are hallmarks of any open source project. Ideas form, code gets cut, repurposed, refined and released (and
Now all machines at home are on Fedora 15!
I spent 30 minutes this morning upgrading my sons’ laptops to Fedora 15. I used a Fedora 15 LiveDVD (installed
Printer/cups tip
Every time I update the OS on my laptops, I have to add the CUPS printer settings for the in
Open Source Java all the way
I am really pleased to see that the IcedTea project doing so well that for all the sites that need
Cloud for Academics
I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak from both a Red Hat and an open source presective about
NASA’s inaugural Open Source Summit
I missed the live streaming of the NASA OSS Summit but it is mostly all captured and available on ustream.tv.
Taking the higher ground
I am disappointed with the kinds of ad hominem attacks being made at the person from the PAP who is being
Unfiltered feed from Al Jazeera
If you are running Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can watch the raw feed from Al Jazeera using
Virtualization and the Internet
I had the privilege of speaking to a great group of network operators as part of the South Asian Network
This is what thought leadership is an example of!
I am pleased to see this note by Michael Tiemann, President of Open Source, Inc. As 2011 opens up, I
Interesting to see me quoted
I was pleasantly pinged by someone who said that I was being quoted in an article saying: “The best moment for me
National Convention for Academics and Researchers, Hyderabad, India
I had the distinct privilege of attending and speaking at the National Convention for Academics and Researchers 2010 in Hyderabad
FOSS.in Day 2 and feeling sick! Really sick!
Day two of the very last FOSS.in started a little late for me. I was developing a cold, a really
FOSS.in day 1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 launch
FOSS.in in Bangalore (their Xth edition and allegedly their last), started off “in true FOSS.in style” – an hour late
Participate in this info-comm survey
I think this survey, being run by the Nanyang Technology University and the Singapore Computer Society could use responses from
GPG Keysigning at FOSS.in 2010
I will be attending the FOSS.in event from December 15-17 in Bangalore, India. As part of the Fedora participation at
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 launch in Singapore
Red Hat is launching the next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 6, on December 3rd 2010 in Singapore
Singapore files contradiction to the ECMA/MS OOXML proposal
It was an interesting evening today. As I arrived home at 6:30pm, I got a call from the chairman of