http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond A comic featuring esr, rms, Linus and others Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:22:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Nothing of value is free. It is very easy, Mr. Chairman, to convince people that it is in their best interest to give away somebody else's property for nothing, but even the most guileless among us know that this is a cave of illusion where commonsense is lured and then ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/gpl-killed-the-mpaa-star "Google is running a unique viral video campaign aimed at creative GMail users that want to help put together a behind-the-scenes look at how a message gets to and from a GMail account. Just download the red envelope, come up with a creative idea, shoot it and upload it by ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/gmail-behind-the-scenes-deleted-scenes http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/hangcheck-hangcheck-value-past-margin I received this e-mail and thought it might be interesting to the ELER readership. I paraphrase a little: I am certain you will be surprised to receive this e-mail from me, indeed, I sincerely apologize for the embarrassment this might cause you. However, I wish to state, that it is ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/unsupported-rapid-oxidation Mark Shuttleworth: Gutsy Gibbon Announcement Mark Shuttleworth: Taking freedom further Ubuntu.com: Feisty Fawn released Stallman, Schneier, Knuth and Raymond t-shirts and stickers: Buy now, or forever hold your peace. Or buy them later. http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/taking-freedom-further ELER Censorship! over on FOSS Hole. Pamela Jones at Groklaw: My Very Own Motion Wikipedia: Groklaw criticisms Ars Technica: IBM of colluding with Groklaw? The Register: SCO after Groklaw Technocrat.net: Dan Lyons obsessed with Pamela Jones Wikipedia: Astroturfing Stallman, Schneier, Knuth and Raymond t-shirts and stickers http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/ghost-in-the-root-shell Script help from Rev.Tig. We've caved to popular demand and have launched two new t-shirt designs: Che Stallman and Bruce Schneier. We've also got stickers of these, and the Knuth design. These are all currently (26/03/07) on pre-order, so please be patient waiting for delivery. Thanks! Wikipedia: Ian Murdock Linuxformat: ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/deb-ian I had to scrap the first strip because I'd confused Office Open with Open Office when writing it. Who'd have guessed people could make that kind of mistake. Not Microsoft, surely. Wikipedia.org: Office Open XML Grokdoc: OOXML objections Miguel de Icaza: The EU Prosecutors are Wrong Rob Weir: Miguel de Icaza is ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/orifice-open Initial script donated by a mysterious anonymous benefactor. Help from the the usual suspects. fedora-devel-list: Eric breaks an RPM and leaves Fedora for Ubuntu Alan Cox chimes in here and here. Matthew Garrett here Someone translated esr's e-mail Linux.com gives esr much deserved attention. FOSS Hole: Linspire CEO backs off from Eric Raymond Everybody Loves Eric ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/the-redhat-package-mangler Announcing Eric Raymond Facts. Work out the current wave of esr induced frustration by suggesting new esr facts ESR Fedora/Ubuntu strip coming up next week. UPDATE: Ok, we've caved to popular demand and have launched a new t-shirt design: Che Stallman. We've also added a Bruce Schneier design and some ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/libertad-o-muerte Script help and awful CSS magic by Joe Rayhawk. Wikipedia: Buffer overflow Wikipedia: NOP ELER Shop: Cat warmed ESR and Knuth shirts This strip's transcription page ANNOUNCE: Eric Raymond Facts nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/nop-nop-nop-nop-nop Script by Ciarán O'Riordan. Work has begun on transcribing the comics. It's all happening on the ELER Wiki, thanks to Roel Teuwen and Matt Lee. If you have free time and have read/write ability in English and perhaps other languages, then it would be great if you could ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/gun-linux The other day I woke up and realised: "holy crap I haven't done a new ELER in weeks! I need to get my act together!". That was back at the start of November. Let's see if we can't get this free software freak show back on the road. Script ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/novellty-linux Hans Reiser has not been termed a suspect in his wife's disappearance Google News: Hans Reiser Hans Reiser's wife missing: DNA Sample Hans Reiser's house searched by cadaver dog Namesys: $25 gets you an answer to a question about anything. Wikipedia: Hans Reiser FOSS Hole: Hans Reiser, Wikipedia and ELER http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/so-i-married-a-kernel-programmer We met Gervase Markham at LUG Radio Live 2006 and he's a superbly nice chap and a great speaker. Image credit (Gervase's body double) to DKR. Back in January, I promised to donate a tenner to the FSF for "a (genuine) photo of you hugging esr whilst wearing [an eler ... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/hacking-for-christ