A very touching song.
The animated version here.
Logic will get you from A to B.
Imagination will take you everywhere.
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
Theoretical Physicist, Author and Philosopher
In stark contrast to the typical fanfare associated with Ubuntu releases, Debian 6.0 or “Squeeze” was released a couple of days ago quietly.
I have been using Squeeze for the past 8 months, when it was still in the unstable branch, and before the final code freeze some time in October 2010. I must say, apart from some issues for using an existing RAID-1 array during installation and lack of video driver acceleration for my card, Squeeze has been pretty stable and fast even at that stage. While there is justification for the universal criticism of slow release cycles (and not to mention the older software versions once released), there is a lot to be said for the stability of a Debian system.
In this day and age where human deception and cruelty are not uncommon both on- and off-line, it is amazing and perhaps testament of human nature (our need to reach out to another human being, perhaps?) that trusting another person can lead to positive outcomes?
The case for sofa diplomacy – the story of hospitality networks.
For those who may still be wondering what opensource is all about, here is an interesting piece on the power of opensource in the context of Obama’s election win. Since I use opensource for both work and at home
- OS = Linux (Debian and Ubuntu)
- Web browser = Chrome, Firefox/Iceweasel
- Email = Thunderbird/Icedove and (well, this is not quite opensource 🙂 ) GMail
- Office = OpenOffice
- Image processing = GIMP
- Database = MySql
- CMS = WordPress
- …
I can certainly appreciate first-hand the versatility and comprehensiveness of opensource softwares.
If you have not done so, why not dip your hand and try something new today?