vetula: chris kelley’s blog

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Links to info about government sector adopting Linux.

I’m working on a training program for new Linux sysadmins in Zambia. Slashdot’s got a nice thread about a training program in Afghanistan: Linux Comes to Afghanistan. Here’s a link to the UNDP traiing program in Afghanistan, but it is not much more than a news release. I would like to see more collected […]

This goes in the As-if-you-care department (perhaps also the Me-me-me department). I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - I gotta lose weight. When I’m travelling, I tend to stay at hotels with gyms, but I don’t use them enough. Also, the food I eat while travelling is richer than my usual fare […]

slow news day…. but i too have been shocked at the frightening items available on pizzas here in Bulgaria. But there is hope. Last night Lachko and I had dinner at Victoria Pizza, profiled in the aforementioned pizza-oriented link, and I encountered my first pizza with peperoni in Bulgaria! Well, Lachko reminded me […]

Glow is a Java-based groupware project. They are working w/
OpenOffice.org folks, and pledge to work closely with other interesting
projects such as Apache Jakarta. Sun is already a major contributor,
providing a calendar client. From the Glow homepage:

The Glow project was launched at OOoCon
(the first OpenOffice.org conference) with the following key
objectives:

Deliver a full-featured groupware client that works […]

Interesting timing - I’ve been wondering how to rebuild a remote PC - here is one way: HOWTO - Install Debian Onto a Remote Linux System

I got back from Lusaka, Zambia this weekend. I recommend one avoid the Holiday Inn - it is not very nice and there is much better in Lusaka. After a few days I moved to the Taj Pamodzi, which is wonderful. An excellent fitness center, and the dining is quite good. I like the Taj […]

Please forgive the mess. I have moved my blog to WordPress, the successor to b2. My old posts are still available; however, it will take a while for me to migrate everything. The goal is for there to be no breakage of links.