Welcome to my web page. First off, there are two sites that I believe warrant attention. One is the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the other is the Electronic Frontiers Australia.
Given the recent censorship debate, I find the Universal Declaration of Human Rights interesting reading, especially Article 19, as follows.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
I have some firm ideas about web design and have dealt with Microsoft and Commonwealth Bank of Australia to get them to make improvements to their sites. Learn more about this site.
As you can probably tell from the material below, I use GNU/Linux - the "Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net."
GNU/Linux
Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.
It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and TCP/IP networking.
To find out more about GNU/Linux, try the Linux home page. For more documentation on GNU/Linux than sane people want, try the Linux Documentation Project. For rational advocacy, read David A. Wheeler's Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!
Humbug
If you're in Brisbane, why not come along to a Humbug meeting in the Hawken Engineering Building, St Lucia? You can see GNU/Linux and other Unix clones firsthand and meet people who use them. They're held fortnightly and you're welcome to attend.
Latest Linux Kernel
This section is devoted to providing links to the latest source for the Linux kernel. This page is normally kept up-to-date by a cronjob, so these links below should represent the latest kernel available at ftp.au.kernel.org. These links shouldn't be behind by more than a day.
ftp.au.kernel.org |
linux-2.4.36.3.tar.gz |
linux-2.6.25.1.tar.gz
The definitive source for the Linux Kernel is www.kernel.org.
Version numbering
As with many pieces of software in the Unix world, especially Open Source Software, the version numbers mean something. The scheme described below is not specific to GNU/Linux, it applies equally well to a large range of software.
The first number is the 'major'. So far, we have had zero, one and currently two. The major is increased for large-scale improvements. One was the first 'real' version and two is the current state-of-the-art Operating system that puts many commercial competitors to shame.
The second number is the 'minor'. An even number represents a production version and an odd number represents a beta version.
The third and final number is the 'patch level'. This is increased for every change to the kernel. These changes can be as minor as spelling corrections or as significant as a complete rewrite of the swap algorithm.
Babylon 5
My main interest outside of high technology is Babylon 5. Arguably one of the best Science-Fiction programs on television, it has one of the best web sites I've ever seen for any television show. Take a look at the Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.
Work
I work as a System Administrator for Miju Systems. As our website suggests, we operate on a strict need-to-know basis and so I'm sure I shouldn't tell you exactly what I do ;)
You may take a look at my résumé or some talks that I have given.
Distributed Net
I have been a part of "The Fastest Computer on Earth" at distributed.net for some time. Have a look at my distributed.net stats.