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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

My girlfriend’s migration to Debian

After years of talking about it and her coming with me to my free software talks and meetings, she finally let me replace the proprietary OS on her laptop with Debian GNU/Linux. I think it took us both much time to migrate her laptop for several reasons. First, she barely has time to sit at […]

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Digital rights Law & Freedom GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

Gave DRM talk at UANL

Today I gave a talk about DRM technologies and how they affect everyone that consumes products with them. It took place at the UANL physics and mathematics faculty. It interests me very much the fact that its the second time they invite me to give this talk (and I hope to get invited many more) […]

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Events GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

CONSOL 2009

I participated at CONSOL 2009 and had the opportunity to give 4 talks this time and meet with "the software libre community". The talks were great, with very interesting subjects, and there seems to be a lot of interest in virtualization this time. Rolman gave his talk about virtualization with KVM and the basics of […]

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personal

My new dog

At first, I had no intentions of keeping her. She was supposed to be temporarily at my home while I find her a new home. Well, after a few weeks, this adorable miniature schnauzer grew into me and I just couldn’t deliver her to her new home. Although she’s adorable, she needs a lot of […]

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Events GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source personal

LibrePlanet 2009 at Boston

I had the opportunity to attend to LibrePlanet 2009, the annual Free Software Foundation members meeting that was held in Boston. It was a great experience and I was very happy to meet lots of FSF members, something I don’t get to see very often here in Mexico. I met with Evan Prodromou, the creator […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

Debian Lenny on Dell XPS m1530

I got a new laptop in February. I wanted to get a Dell because of GNU/Linux compatibility in the hardware, but after seeing my available options at the time, I couldn’t get exactly what I was looking for. But its a great machine after all. I got a Dell XPS m1530 the model that comes […]