Category Archives: Open Culture
Great Stewardship!
“It’s getting that time again folks. I don’t see any offers at FLB, so let’s get together and spread the word. Help out your Linux challenged neighbors around the world by giving the gift of technology. Spread the word, donate your old laptop and make someone happy……..” Read more at http://lincgeek.org/blog/?p=994
Are You Registered?
If we are more concerned about winning people to Linux than winning people to Christ, it doesn’t really matter what operating system we’re using, because our priorities have become misaligned.
FreeLinuxBox.Org
Give the gift of Linux! That’s what I say! There is a great way to not only spread the love, but help your fellow man and the environment at the same time. All you need to do is load Linux on your old computer and put it up on http://freelinuxbox.org. FreeLinuxBox.org is a site that [...]
Hard Core Addict
Time to come clean. I admit I am a cult member; I belong to the Brotherhood of the Commandline. It’s like a drug. It started way back in the `80s when i started using DOS. Then it was the DOS LAN. I thought I had my habit beat while using Windows, but life was drab. [...]
Catholic Church Considers the Success of Internet Based Communities
The Catholic News Service today, May 6, 2008 posted this interesting article. Among other things the article explores the teachings of Michel Bauwens, a Belgian philosopher and theorist specializing in “peer-to-peer” Internet collaboration. The article seems to assert that there may be much to learn from the collaborative successes of the Linux Operating System community [...]
Participation in Our Free Time
I just watched Clay Shirky’s speech at Web 2.0 Expo on Participation in Our Free Time. Christians have been saying for years that TV is causing our community great problems. The deeper open source elements of the tech community also have the same misgivings, despite often very different perspectives on faith. It fascinates me that [...]