Animus Wisdom

Decided to publish my pre-alpha bashcfg library so here it is with a test program.
I use this to update multiple machines automatically.

What does the library do?

The libbashcfg.a library creates or parses a bash script loaded via a file or general stream
and creates an interface to manipulate the variables.

What does the application do?

This app allows you to manipulate bash variables by using actions.
Create, Append, Remove, Clear, Erase; these actions work differently depending
on the type of bash variable.

Example:

bashcfg  /etc/make.conf +USE=' kde' -USE=gnome

This example adds ‘kde‘ and removes ‘gnome‘ from the USE variable in the make.conf on Gentoo systems

bashcfg  /etc/conf.d/net aconfig_eth0='()' +config_eth0='"dhcp"'

This example creates an array net config variable and adds ‘dhcp’ also usefull on Gentoo systems.

Download:

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A few years ago, I started noticing the amount of work and faith Sun put in the Free Software Comunity, helping out in the Mozilla, GNOME and Open Office projects, I kept and eye on them ever since.

Now I see that Sun’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz explaining how Sun handled it’s “dark days” and they saw the light, he had this to say on the Microsoft interview in Fortune, .

no amount of fear can stop the rise of free media, or free software (they are the same, after all). The community is vastly more innovative and powerful than a single company. And you will never turn back the clock on elementary school students and developing economies and aid agencies and fledgling universities - or the Fortune 500 - that have found value in the wisdom of the open source community. Open standards and open source software are literally changing the face of the planet - creating opportunity wherever the network can reach.

That’s not a genie any litigator I know can put back in a bottle.

kudos Jonathan.

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What we did - Free Advice for the Litigious…

Seems I didn’t cover my self last night,
now look at me… Sick as a dog.

I’m gonna go rest up a bit and work on the evening.

Update:

Posted new KMiloD DefaultSkin patch on kde-apps.org last night.

KMilo - Customizable DefaultSkin

It seems that Microsoft has finally accepted that the Free Software movement is a real threat. Microsoft has funded a world wide smut campaign.

Bill Gates “Mini-Me”, Bill Hilf had this to say to the Asian press:

Microsoft director out to ‘debunk mythology around open source’

Yes, I know you can’t expect anybody to believe that load of bollox ( except the average Microsoft Junky ), the response was swift and clear:

Reading between the lines with Bill Hilf: Microsoft must really be hurting

The Free Software movement has been growing every day, more and more people find there way to the “light-side”. We need more developers, that means we need to make more noise, Don’t be scared to contact your local soft-news journalist, your local Radio DJ and even your local religious leader ( “X God told me that free software is the way to go.” ), Tell them all about “Free Software” and it’s avantages, let’s not stoop to their level.

The KDE team just put out a KDE 4.0 visual guide.

I can’t wait to have my hands on it and start making some apps, the final release is set for late October 2007.

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