This is the first in a series of posts about how I use open source software on a daily basis, to hopefully open some people's eyes about what is possible with Open Source Software, and correct some mis-conceptions. There is a pre-amble though, a dark confession even; I do have a degree in computer science, and I am a geek. By being a geek it gives me an edge, in that I can easily explore the edge, do the not so easy things relatively easily, and think in a way that is a bit different from your average Desktop user. But I am going to (hopefully) illustrate only the aspects and areas that I consider boilerplate, stuff that anyone who can use a computer can do. I want to break the perception that Linux, or open source software takes a genius to operate because I think it is more consistent and easy to use over the alternative. So...

While attending the Digital Freedom Exposition in Cape Town I attended a pretty cool talk by Brian Behlendorf (one of the first contributors to Apache web server) about ten things you may or may not know about open source software. You can read about it courtesy of Tectonic.