Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Fairphone – the new alternative
Fairphone is an alternative campaign to create a mobile phone with a fair share of payments to everyone involved in the project. It begins with the lowest process, with mineral digging workers in People’s republic of Congo and Zambia, where Fairphone will pay them 6 usd/day, which is more than 3 times the amount that other…
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Utilite miniature embedded ARM computer
I was in search for a replacement miniature embedded system to serve as my home router and XBMC video platform. Currently serving this purpose is the pico-ITX form factor Raspberry PI. While RPI still uses older ARM CPU v6, the Utilite in the pro-version uses quad core Freescale i.MX6 ARM v7 Cortex A9 CPU running at 4 x 1.2…
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Donate to Replicant and support free software on mobile devices
The Replicant project is a fully free Android (replacement) distribution running on several mobile and tablet devices. It is sponsored from the Free Software Foundation which currently runs a fundraiser campaign to support this project. Donations to the fundraiser will enable developers to obtain new devices. Replicant is also looking for new developers to get involved…
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Richard M. Stallman inducted into the 2013 Internet Hall of Fame
Free Software Foundation founder Richard M. Stallman today joins the ranks of notable individuals who have been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for their significant contributions to the advancement of the global Internet. Links to official articles: FSF official post Internet Hall of Fame offical post Congratulations !
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Why is Free Software good for you
On my earlier blog post I wrote about the difference between proprietary and Free Software (free as in freedom, not free as a free beer) and use of proprietary software on (mobile) devices. Here I would like to expose more links for you to read regarding this topic : Richard M. Stallman’s article about “What…
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Trisquel GNU/Linux on my laptop
I am proud that I am now using Trisquel GNU/Linux distribution for my daily work on a laptop. It is a distribution that is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation and it is based on Ubuntu, so if you already know Ubuntu and care for more freedom, you should consider using it, too. There is…
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From Free Software to Hardware
In order to use free software successfully, we need more free (free as in freedom) hardware available. Because the computer industry requires lots of funds/investments into hardware design, many companies unfortunatelly mostly try to make their hardware proprietary. Therefore making it difficult for free software to run on them without restrictions. Here are some links…
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Richard M. Stallman about human rights
Richard M. Stallman [1][2] is an American software freedom and human rights activist and the founder/chairman of the Free Software Foundation [3][4]. These are some interesting videos from his lectures : R. Stallman Why is free software important? (7 min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPPikY3uLIQ R. Stallman On threats to freedom! (8 min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es1noVdsPfY R. Stallman On libraries, surveillance,…
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BGP on RPI
For the needs at my home, I use BGP on the little Raspberry PI embedded device acting as a router. Having a redundant connection ( in case of the failure on one link, another link takes over ). How is it possible ? I use the Raspbian GNU/Linux distribution, which has the required routing software called Quagga.
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Power line
I ordered a pair of Power line (PLC) (picture) TP-LINK TL-PA551KIT adapters. Intended use would be replacing Wi-Fi, therefore reducing latency and packet loss and enabling features like VoIP and multicast for IPTV streaming. Also it would not spoil the overall look in the apartment running cables under the ceiling to each room. Maximum classification is 500Mbps/s data transmission…
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