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.

Making Debian sexy again: Sam Hocevar speaks by Sam Varghese    Sunday, 29 April 2007 How many developers run for the post of leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project and cite as part of their platform a desire to make Debian sexy again?

Dell and Ubuntu: deal or no deal? by Sam Varghese    Friday, 27 April 2007 Have Michael Dell and Mark Shuttleworth come to some kind of understanding that will see Dell machines out on the shelves soon with Ubuntu installed?   Further adventures with Feisty Fawn by Sam Varghese    Tuesday, 24 April 2007 (If you missed the first part of this saga, please read this.) It's difficult to walk away from an experiment with software - especially when you know that most of the problems are resolvable. It's probably something to do with one's ego. But never mind.   Feisty Fawn: DOA by Sam Varghese    Monday, 23 April 2007 Every time there is a new release of Ubuntu, there are announcements on many Linux-related websites. This, even though the six-month release cycle is well-known and it is generally the faithful who visit these sites.   Debian: some people just don't get it by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 19 April 2007 It was interesting to see the comments which Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols made about the Debian project recently. Interesting, because they resulted in a rejoinder from a Debian developer, Thaddeus Black - not a particularly prominent person in the project, not the leader. No, just one of the rank and file, he thought that Vaughan-Nichols' comments merited a response and submitted a very reasoned bit of prose.   Justifying the use of FOSS by Sam Varghese    Monday, 16 April 2007 Statistics are often the refuge of scoundrels but occasionally they can mean something. A case in point is the paper drafted by David A. Wheeler to advance a simple argument for the use of free and open source software.   GPL-BSD flamefest over code by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 12 April 2007 A flamewar on a free or open source software mailing list isn't all that unusual. There are a lot of people with very fixed ideas on these lists and they are not averse to telling others so - in frank language.   Debian gets new leader as Etch emerges by Sam Varghese    Monday, 09 April 2007 The Debian GNU/Linux Project has a new leader. Sam Hocevar, a French developer, who has been with the project since 2000, was elected as leader for 2007-08 on Sunday.   Miguel, Mono and Microsoft by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 04 April 2007 A little over five months has gone by since the Microsoft-Novell deal was signed but some details still remain unknown.   Ballmer joins Linux Foundation board by Sam Varghese    Sunday, 01 April 2007 In what many long-time observers of free and open source software consider a natural progression, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is to join the board of the Linux Foundation.   New GNU licence delayed by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 29 March 2007 The GPL version 3 will take a few months more to come into effect. A March deadline has slipped and it is now looking like it may take until the final quarter of 2007 before the licence is formally ushered in.   Debian at the crossroads by Sam Varghese    Monday, 26 March 2007 The Debian GNU/Linux project has come to some kind of crossroads - due to many factors, some of them artificial - and the man who takes over leadership next month will have to make some crucial decisions on the future direction of the project.   Perens continues to fight the good fight by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 22 March 2007 Every year, Novell holds its annual tradeshow, which it calls Brainshare, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year, the company has had a much smaller, but possibly more raucuous, companion, across the street.

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