After flirting with tech from 1989 onwards, Sam Varghese began to experiment with Linux in 1998. A couple of years later, he began using the Debian distribution as a single-boot system for his personal use. From that point onwards his interest grew and he has since written widely about free and open source software, with a great deal of his writings based on his own experiences, rather than anecdotal evidence. Open Sauce will focus on a genre of software that is present everywhere but rarely acknowledged; a genre that has little eye-candy but does most of the heavy lifting; a genre that is designed and written by people whose accomplishments are only occasionally recognised. Above all this blog will follow the KISS principle - Keep It Simple, Stupid.

LCA2009: The third wave of open source by Sam Varghese    Friday, 23 January 2009 Open source has reached the third wave of its evolution and those who have been using the older models which were procurement-driven need to adapt.

LCA2009: It's a Linux conference - but there's Macs aplenty by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 22 January 2009 One thing that has been increasing exponentially at the Australian national Linux conference is that shiny, steel-grey laptop - or, at times, the sleek white one.   LCA2009: Why ODF should be the chosen one by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 22 January 2009 It is difficult to know whether Louis Suarez-Potts, community manager at OpenOffice.org, was conscious at any point today of the irony of criticising proprietary software while making a presentation using a MacBook.   LCA2009: Sugar Labs tries to pick up the pieces by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 22 January 2009 It was created to sit on the laptops of the One Laptop Per Child project but after the numerous fiascos that the mother project faced, the Sugar learning system is now being developed entirely independently of OLPC.   LCA2009: Getting Wikipedia up to speed by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 22 January 2009 Wikipedia is a grand concept that has yet to reach its full potential. Run by a non-profit organisation, the Wikimedia Foundation, it has had its bad moments but has overcome many of its earlier problems in the move towards being a reliable source of information, a free encyclopedia online.   LCA2009: Of beards and saving the Tasmanian devil by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 22 January 2009 It all began with the auction of a painting at last night's Penguin dinner to raise money towards research aimed at saving the Tasmanian devil.   LCA2009: That mysterious thing called the kernel by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 21 January 2009 For the last four years, the pony-tailed Jonathan Corbet, kernel developer and editor, has presented what he calls the kernel report at Australia's national Linux conference.   LCA2009: Going the Satellite route with Red Hat by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 21 January 2009 In times like these, it must be uplifting to work for a company that has seen revenue and profits rise while all around are scenes of doom and gloom.   Tridgell to teach FOSS course at ANU by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 21 January 2009 Free software luminary Andrew Tridgell will be returning to his first love - academia - for some time beginning in April.   LCA2009: Collaborating across distributions by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 21 January 2009 Is the concept of using a modern version control system to handle cross-distribution packaging some kind of an Utopian dream?   LCA2009: Building trust through the abundance mindset by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 21 January 2009 Systems administrator, author and activist Tom Limoncelli kicked off Australia's 10th national Linux conference proper in Hobart this morning with the first keynote.   LCA2009: Active Directory in Samba 4 'an old story' by Sam Varghese    Tuesday, 20 January 2009 Microsoft knew of the possibility that Samba 4 could supplant Active Directory years ago, hence it was unlikely that the company would feel that it posed any additional threat to Windows Server now, Samba founder Andrew Tridgell said today.   LCA2009: Rusty's baby turns 10 by Sam Varghese    Tuesday, 20 January 2009 For Paul "Rusty" Russell, this year's Australian national Linux conference has special significance - his baby has turned 10.

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