http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog Les technologies libres, au service de la sécurité dans les TI Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:23:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got this via FSF Latin America, however it's beeing reported in a few other places. The Ecuador Government now has a free-software law and will pretty much mandate that its government uses free, open-source software only. They cite "technology sovereignty and autonomy" and the main concerns, among many others. The Ecuador ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/04/11/software-libre-en-ecuador/ Today while helping a friend boot from BIOS so he could you-know-what I found this great guide illustrating how to set your BIOS to boot from CD-ROM... for 11 different BIOSes in one page! Booting from CD-ROM and actually burning an Ubuntu CD or DVD image remains the first (often) ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/04/08/how-to-setup-cd-rom-booting-in-your-bios/ This is an invitation to all who will be in or around Montreal, QC, Canada next April 24th. Full party info and details at: http://www.ubuntu-qc.org/ubuntu-804-invitation We'll be partying real hard at St-Sulpice bar and I hear other parties are organizing in Quebec province. I'd also like to challenge other party organizers, do you ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/04/08/ubuntu-804-release-party-in-montreal/ Éric est un très bon ami qui était en informatique avant. Il a tout abandonné lorsqu'il a découvert une face cachée de sa spiritualité. Je ne peux pas expliquer ce qui lui arrive, mais le connaissant, et ayant été à l'Université avec lui, bref sachant qu'il a l'esprit scientifique bien ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/04/01/que-la-lumiere-soit/ I've known about System76 and SUN for a few weeks now, can't wait to see what other manufacturers will offer Ubuntu Server pre-installed. If you're in Canada and know about any manufacturer providing such bundles, I'd love to hear about it. http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/04/01/where-to-buy-a-server-with-ubuntu-pre-installed-in-canada/ Anne Goldemberg donne sa formation sur les wikis à la Fourmilière de Koumbit... visiblement on a sous-estimé le nombre de participants! C'est un bon problème à gérer, bravo à Koumbit pour l'organisation de ces formations. J'y suis avec un client dans le domaine de la production vidéo (mon frère!) pour ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/29/formation-sur-les-wikis-chez-koumbit/ So tonight I was asked what I thought of the Dell XPS 1330 with Ubuntu pre-installed... not having seen one I took a few minutes to search on the vast cyberspace only to come back empty-handed. So... can anyone of those lucky enough to have ordered one report their experience somewhere ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/25/dear-lazy-web-anyone-with-a-dell-xps-1330-ubuntu-out-there/ It seems more and more laptops come equipped with fingerprint readers lately. If you want to see support for such readers officially rolled into Ubuntu 8.10 by all means click on that mean Brainstorm logo! Update: it seems the Brainstorm voting has closed, however the discussion that entry has about ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/ Digg this story This usually happens in other places, not in quiet, boring-without-any-tech-news Quebec province. Apparently Montreal-based Savoir-faire Linux has had it, and have sent the Quebec Supreme Court a Motion for Declaratory Judgement. The Régie des Rentes du Québec wants to upgrade its desktops to Windows Vista from Windows 2000 without ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/17/gnulinux-integrator-complains-to-supreme-court-about-quebec-government-illegaly-upgrading-to-vista-without-proper-rfps/ Combien seriez-vous prêt à payer pour un bidule qui: Permet de charger 4 piles AA (donc, chargeur) Inclût ces 4 piles AA Permet de brancher un fil usb normal, fournissant 5 V à 8 types de connecteurs pour étirer la charge d'un appareil "mort" (donc permet aussi d'y brancher tout ... http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/13/noma-rx4-la-faillite-pour-tous-les-fabricants-dadaptateurs-et-chargeurs/