GNU/Linux Graphics Programs in Ubuntu

My graphics/image manipulation needs are relatively simple. I've gotten by pretty well with MS Paint and IrfanView in Windows.

In the past several months I've started using the GNU Image Manipulation Program (the GIMP!) for Windows and have learned how to fix red eye and make downgraded transparent PNG files that display properly in Internet [...]

Password Safe / Password Gorilla

Updated 20 April 2007: Password Gorilla's author, Frank Pilhofer, contacted me to clarify how permissions work and to investigate the problem I was seeing. Talk about great customer service! See update notes below...

I've been using Password Safe in Windows for many years to manage my passwords. It seemed credible to me because [...]

Still Here

Hi, Everyone. I'm still here. I seem to have a few regular readers, and I appreciate your continued interest. I've mentioned before that my goal at a minimum here is to post once a week. I've tried doing more than that because I crave attention and the statistics that say people [...]

Ubuntu for Web Surfing and Spreadsheets

Originally published in Free Software Magazine as Moving to freedom, one step at a time.

Time to get on with the move. Giving up Windows is like kicking a drug habit. It's easier to take the path of least resistance and keep using. If quitting proprietary software was a twelve step program--although let's [...]

Run, Freedom, Run!

Several years ago I saw the unfortunately titled musical Urinetown at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
I loved it. I thought it was funny and had some good songs. One of my favorites is Run, Freedom, Run! Other good ones include Mr. Cladwell and Don't be the Bunny, but it's Freedom that inspires [...]