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I joined the F-Droid Board of Directors. There is an official press release on the site. I helped form and joined the Board because we need to promote free as a freedom software, open source…

F-Droid is looking to have their first full-time, paid contributor. They need to raise $67,000 to cover the $1,275 per week needed to fund Licaon Kter. Read all about it. https://f-droid.org/2022/04/25/from-user-to-contributor-and-beyond.html F-Droid is a free…

The Background In discussion with a leader of an open source project, it turns out that they believe the developers know best about all aspects of the user. Further, if the user wants to reconfigure…

"What is the quietest, lowest power computer I can use every day?" With one question, it all went down the rabbit hole. Do I really need high powered, many cores with lots of RAM to…

How do you solve the petabyte logfile challenge? Apache Drill 'twas upon a midnight dreary, sql queries running through eternity, database errors making me weary. Stumble upon drill by Apache, bits and SQL galore, data…

A late Spring visit to Yosemite National Park over on my photo site. I bought a used Fuji X-T3 camera with 18-55mm F2.8 lens. I'm still learning how to use the camera. It takes amazing…