Tag Archives: open source

Do You Know What's in Your Food or What's in Your OS?

It’s the 4th Friday of the month and you know it’s time for your favorite A Gentle Introduction to Linux for Non-Geeks again! I’m going to keep this one short because one of my best friends from high school is coming to visit me for a week, and I want to tidy up my messy [...]

Is Your OS telling you what to do? Or: Do You Get Ice Cream Headaches?

It’s the 4th Friday of the month and you know it’s time for your favorite A Gentle Introduction to Linux for Non-Geeks again! Did you go see the Simpsons Movie yet? We in Germany are lucky enough to see the film one day ahead of the official release in the US and the UK; [...]

What is a Distro? How is Ice Cream Made?

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?
A: Pi á la mode.
It’s the 4th Friday of the month and you know it’s time for your favorite A Gentle Introduction to Linux for Non-Geeks again! Those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere have [...]