The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in October 2020.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in September 2020.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in August 2020.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in July 2020.
Update the Exim SPF macro
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in May 2020.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in April 2020.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in March 2020.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in February 2020.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in January 2020.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in December 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in November 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in October 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in September 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in August 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in July 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in March and April 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in February 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in January 2019.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in December 2018.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in November 2018.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in October 2018.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in September 2018.
For those on Linux that use the DCS-5020L Pan & Tilt Wifi Camera: perhaps you don't want to upgrade the firmware to v1.15.12.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in August 2018.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in July 2018.
A series of articles on the European Commission's 'Sharing and Reuse Framework for IT Solutions'.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in February 2018.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in February 018.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in January 2018.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in December 2017.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in December 2017.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in November 2017.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in November 2017.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in October 2017.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in October 2017.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in September 2017.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in September 2017.
This summer, Simon Dierl contributed Invoice2 to TeX/LaTeX, to easily create typeset invoices with automatic VAT and calculation of totals. Here is a makeshift way to change one of the defaults.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in August 2017.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in August 2017.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in July 2017.
Here is a first post in Debian's updated version of Hugo (0.25.1-1) which comes with support for Emacs' Org-Mode.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in June 2017.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in May & June 2017.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in May 2017.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in March 2017.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in April 2017.
Here is how to get the Fn F6 and Fn F5 keys working on a brand new 2017 Thinkpad X1 Carbon.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in March 2017.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in March 2017.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in February 2017.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in February 2017:
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in January 2017.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in January 2017:
The news articles that I wrote for the Publications Office of the European Union, on the European Legislation Identifier (ELI).
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in December 2016.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in December 2016.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in November 2016.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in November 2016.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in October 2016.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in October 2016.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in September 2016.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published in September 2016 for the European Commission.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in August 2016.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published in August 2016 for the European Commission.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in July 2016:
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in June 2016.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published in June 2016 for the European Commission.
For my Thinkpad X1 Carbon 3460 I finally picked apart the bluetooth driver supplied by Lenovo.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in May 2016.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published in May 2016 for the European Commission.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in April 2016.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published in April 2016 for the European Commission.
Wat wil de Nederlandse overheid eigenlijk op ict-gebied?
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in March 2016.
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) articles I wrote and published in March 2016 for the European Commission.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in February 2016:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from February 2016, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
Or, this message will go to bogus
Receiving an email that refuses to follow Gnus' client-side filter rules?
Here is a fix for a pernicious error that prevents users from accessing a Debian server that offers TimeMachine disk space.
The procedure for installing Debian Jessie on the ReadyNas 102 is very similar to that detailed by Uwe Kleine-Koenig for the ReadyNas 104. There are a few subtle differences, which I document here.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in January 2016:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from January 2016, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
Migrating a Debian server advertising disk space as TimeMachine to Macs running OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) to Macs running 10.11 (El Capitan) requires the tiniest of changes to the afpd.conf file.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in December 2015:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from December 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in November 2015.
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from November 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
Using Debian Exim and Cyrus, if these error messages show up in syslog:
The formidable staff members at OpenOffice in Amsterdam helped me set up a VPN.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in October 2015.
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from October 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in September 2015.
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from September 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in August 2015:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from August 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in July 2015:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from July 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
This web site is now using o-blog version 2.6.
How to enable the WIFI hotspot on the Ubuntu bq Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition:
The of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in June 2015:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from June 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
I switched to a new laptop, and noticed that the volume down key stopped working. I had rsynced all the files in my home dir to the new laptop, and it turns out one of these needs a tiny change.
The of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in May 2015.
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from May 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in March 2015:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from April 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
touch /userdata/.writable_image reboot device ssh phablet@IP address sudo -s apt-get install url-dispatcher-tool ^d url-dispatcher tel:+3112345678
walk to phone, unlock, select sim card and hit dial
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in March 2015.
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from March 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
Het gebruik van open source verlaagt het totaal van ICT-kosten voor desktop PC’s met 40 procent.
The past two years, I’ve been using Emacs' Org-Mode to create browser-based presentations. This requires Yujie Wen’s org-reveal.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in February 2015:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from February 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in January 2015:
My Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from January 2015, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote for the European Commission in December 2014:
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from December 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in November 2015.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from November 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in October 2014.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from October 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The headlines of the eGovernment (ePractice.eu) articles I wrote and published for the European Commission in September 2014.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from September 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
The HTML export in Org-Mode by default adds a 123 lines of CSS and Java code. For most of my exports, I don’t need these.
Earlier, I wrote how to get the multimedia keys working on a Thinkpad T400s. That configuration file depended on using ALSA, but meanwhile Debian switched to PulseAudio, so the configuration needed updating.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) from July 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
Changing your x window manager?
do this
Vanuit een Amsterdams datacentrum biedt Capgemini een op open standaarden gebaseerde cloudoplossing voor unified communications, e-mail, agenda, content- en documentbeheer, een segment waar Microsoft domineert.
The Seattle-based software developer Ian Kelling is doing “free and open source development for fun”.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from June 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from April 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from March 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the
Procrastinators beware: this is a irresistible book: Land of Lisp
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from February 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from January 2014, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
Between writing news items, I sometimes twiddle with little pieces of Lisp.
We need to teach our school kids to use Free Libre Open Source Software
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from December 2013, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
De Nederlandse forensische opsporingsdienst iRN, dat onderzoek uitvoert voor de politie en andere overheidsdiensten, gebruikt uitsluitend open source.
The Dutch police’s Internet Research and Investigation Network (iRN) by default only uses free and open source solutions based on open standards and developed publicly.
All the Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu) headlines from November 2013, transmogrified into clickable links to the articles.
Writers need spell checkers. I use Teemu Likonen’s wheck-mode. (Alternative link: Wcheck-Mode).
Luks, Dropbear and PPP
The Dropbear ssh clients offers support for setting up point-to-point network configurations. For others out there that see errors like this:
There are three ways to combine Emacs mail clients such as Gnus with version 3 of the BBDB rolodex and GPG encryption.
Legacy code (2) or overhauling bbdb-pgp
In Europa wird der Einsatz von Open-Source-Software allmählich zur Erfolgsstory.
It took them a few months, they said, but the folks at Syone, ESOP and Caixa Mágica in Portugal managed a great line-up for the Evento Linux conference, on 26 September 2013.
It would be great if Emacs had modes for some of the social networks and walled gardens. Or if there was a mode that would allow users to post messages to these networks and services.
This was the final release for Drupal on this host: I’m discharging it. Drupal is an impressive CMS, but too complex for a simple web site such as this one.
De ICT is nooit een saaie sector geweest, maar de turbulentie is anno 2013 groter dan ooit.
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Public administrations need not fear switching to open source, says Matthias Günter, until last month CIO of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property. “Wherever we use it, after the usual careful selection that we apply to any software implementation, it proves its worth.”
Exit costs, the cost of IT vendor lock-in, the cost of network effects and innovation should be included in any Total Cost of Ownership financial estimate of IT projects, says the OpenForum Academy, a think-tank.
The board of the German city council of Freiburg should disclose the analysis that underlies its move back to proprietary office software, say the Open Source Business Alliance, the Free Software Foundation Europe and the Bundesverbands Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie.
Parliaments around the world are only slowly increasing their use of free and open source solutions, according to the World e-Parliament Report 2012, published last week.
The cadastre administration in Luxembourg uses open source software solutions where possible.
Spain’s public administrations are aware of the advantages of sharing and reusing software solutions.
The 4200 desktop PCs used in the public administration of the German city of Mannheim are completely locked-in by proprietary software, says head of the city’s IT infrastructure department, Gerd Armbruster.
A 4 line mini howto “get the multimedia keys working on a Thinkpad T400s”. This laptop is running Debian Sid, yet this will work for other distro’s too.
All laptops used by European officials should have either LibreOffice or OpenOffice installed, two open source suites of office applications. This suggest the mayor of the German city of Munich, Christian Ude, to Neelie Kroes.
Het Rotterdamse waterschap vraagt in een aanbesteding specifiek om Microsoft, maar zegt tegelijkertijd over te willen op open source. Het zoekt in feite een leverancier van open source Microsoft.
“This is a note, more to myself, on Emacs' Gnus (certainly among the best email clients ever).
Alex Bennée yesterday released the latest version of “Edit with Emacs” to the Google Chrome web-store.
“Bedrijven krijgen terabytes vol klantgedrag en marktinformatie op zich af.
Is your browser’s download folder slowly filling up with copies of pdf’s and other files that you downloaded twice or more times?
“Gemeenten falen met het digitaal opslaan van documenten. Dat blijkt uit een minimale steekproef onder twaalf Nederlandse gemeenten.
“Zonder al te veel moeite zet de gemeente Ede begin juni duizend medewerkers over op mail- en agendaserver Zarafa. De gebruikers krijgen eindelijk op afstand toegang tot hun e-mail en agenda, zowel thuis op hun Mac als onderweg op een willekeurige smartphone. Het grootst is de schok voor de Exchange-beheerder. Hij ziet de Linux-cursus niet zitten en heeft daarom nu een alternatieve functie.
Nederland Open in Verbinding ziet zelf nog wel een taak
SP Amsterdam-Oost vermoedt obstructie
“Zarafa, een in Nederland ontwikkeld alternatief voor Microsofts mailserver Exchange, neemt bij gemeenten in populariteit toe. In twee jaar tijd haalde het in Nederland een marktaandeel van 5 procent. In Nederland werken inmiddels twaalf gemeenten met Zarafa, in Vlaanderen zijn het er 22. Vooral bij middelgrote gemeenten groeit de belangstelling.
Gemeenten Heerenveen en Amsterdam voelen zich in de steek gelaten
EC legt accent op uitwisselbaarheid in open source
Niet volgens de regels uitgevoerde aanbesteding zette mededingingsautoriteit klem
Bedrijven en overheid betalen miljoenen teveel voor hun IT. Hoofdoorzaak: gebrek aan concurrentie.
Eerste resultaten van promotieonderzoek
I did some adding and subtracting, using as input my articles for the OSOR.eu. In total, Europe’s member states and the European institutions employ a little over 15 million civil servants. Turns out, only six thousand of them work on a computer running an open source desktop system.
German maker of ADSL terminals wants rival to stop modifying its Linux
OpenOffice en Firefox op desktops Buitenlandse Zaken
Grote overheidsorganisaties zien winst voor bedrijfsprocessen
Of the fifteen million civil servants in the member states of the European Union, those in education and health care not included, 105 thousand use a PC running an open source operating system.
Gevolgen open source zijn anders voor opdrachtgevers
A Dutch software engineer and an Irish political scientist have just published tools to help firms avoid violating open source licences.
Overheid Actieplan NOiV niet naar de geest nageleefd
Open source en open standaarden zijn voor het ICT-onderwijs geen onderwerp. Het aantal scholen dat hier aandacht voor heeft, is op de vingers van éé1n hand te tellen.
Franse gendarmerie bespaart miljoenen met open source
Aanbesteding Tegenslag voor Nederland Open in Verbinding
Overstapkosten voor overheid geen valide reden om af te zien van open source
Grote leveranciers in verzet tegen foute aanbestedingen
“Microsoft heeft geen goede argumenten waarmee het gemeenten kan overhalen bestaande softwarelicenties te verlengen. Dat zeggen IT-beleidsmedewerkers bij de gemeenten Enschede, Den Haag en Leeuwarden.
Gehanteerde teksten sluiten alternatieven uit
Aanbestedingen Europese richtlijnen worden bij tenders regelmatig overtreden
The European Commission’s IDABC unit responsible for the Open Source Software Observatory and Repository (OSOR) will publish it’s own derivative of Debian GNU/Linux to provide organisations with an easy way to create blogs and forums, the unit announced on Friday.
Software tenders by European public administration often may not comply with EU regulations, illegally favouring proprietary applications. “These tenders could be protested against, and if necessary the tendering organisations could be taken to court”, said Karel De Vriendt, head of the IDABC unit responsible for the Open Source Software Observatory and Repository (osor.eu).
Sleuth’s toolkit includes soldering instructions
The new version of the GNU General Public Licens (GPLv3) has increased the usefulness of the licence to the French government, says Thierry Aimé, an IT architect at the French ministry of Finance.
Een slim bedrijf doet de IT de deur uit. Wie goed kijkt naar de IT-trends ziet dat alles gaat naar Internet. Alleen, het is nog niet zover. Tot die tijd blijven IT’ers bezig aan het verbeteren van hun aanpak en verzinnen ze daarvoor de vreemdste terminologie. Iemand zin in Cloud Computing?
“Bedrijven die zelfstandigen zonder personeel (ZZP-ers) willen binden, doen dat vooral door te zorgen voor een correcte administratie die voldoet aan alle wettelijk eisen, en door facturen op tijd te betalen.
Zarafa, de op Linux, Mysql en Apache lopende kloon van Microsoft’s Exchange-server, wordt nagenoeg geheel open source. Het snelgroeiende bedrijf uit Delft hoopt zo de gemeenschap van software-ontwikkelaars aan te moedigen.
The Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) approved the Open Document Format (ODF) as a national standard, the ODF Alliance reported this week.
Drie van de vijf bieders op overheidsdesktop haken af
De Gendarmerie zet 70.000 desktops over op Ubuntu
Overheden verzetten zich hevig tegen de bestuurlijke veranderingen die Internet veroorzaakt. De mogelijkheden tot procesverandering worden beperkt gehouden. Dat zegt Jacques Wallage, burgemeester van Groningen, op 15 november in Amsterdam bij een bijeenkomst over het inzetten van internet voor politiek bestuur. De overheid zit vast in belangen en tradities, die slechts af en toe verbindingen met de buitenwereld wil.
Het kabinet wil dat de overheid open ICT-standaarden gaat gebruiken en opensource software inzet.
Ministerie overweegt afdwingen open standaard
Cijfers belastingdienst over gebruik van Linux
De cijfers van de Belastingdienst over het gebruik van Linux duiden op een verborgen vraag naar dit besturingssysteem.
The goal of this conference is to set up a new research field to study IT value and its components, says co-chair Elliot Chikofsky, chief consultant of Engineering Management and Integration, an IT consultancy firm, in his opening statement.
Two-year switch to begin in September
Italy’s parliament is about to undertake Europe’s largest governmental migration yet to open sauce.
De komende versie van Emacs, duidelijk ’s werelds meest veelzijdige editor, bevat Org. Het is een programma voor het maken van notities, bijhouden van taaklijstjes en het plannen van projecten. De software is grotendeels in Amsterdam geschreven. Het is echter niet de enige planner-software voor Emacs. Eén veelgebruikte concurrent is Planner.
“Managers who purchase IT equipment don’t have any easy life.
Ondersteuning voor Groene én Witte spelling
De beste spelchecker voor de Nederlandse taal is zo openbaar als de taal zelf.
Corrects copyright error, violates GPL licence
Linksys has a hard time understanding software licences.
Anonieme Linuxcode geweigerd
Niet langer kunnen anonieme auteurs bijdragen leveren aan de Linuxkernel.
You can code, but you cannot hide
Doubts have arisen over lines of code an anonymous submitter sent to the Linux kernel mailing list on August 6th, http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/6/17 here. The programmer is hiding behind a pseudonym, Shem Multinymous. Fellow Kernel programmers are divided over accepting the code or not.
“The business of storing data is growing at a record pace, presenting new challenges for those who want to make sense of it all.
Open source software inzetten levert aanzienlijke besparingen op, zo blijkt uit drie Nederlandse implementaties
“Does the rising amount spent on IT maintenance come at the expense of innovation?
The problem of installation, distribution and maintenance of software can be solved, says Eelco Dolstra, a computer scientist.
Live from the living room of the VIM author
Voedselveiligheid dwingt tot automatisering
Kandidaten moeten alles weten van Pretty Good Privacy en Secure Shell