• Lemote sponsorship of GNOME.Asia Summit 2009

    Lemote sponsorship of GNOME.Asia Summit 2009

    By Fred Muller
    • 1
    • November 24, 2009

    As some of you know, both Pockey and I were at the GNOME.Asia Summit in Ho Chi Minh City this month. A lot of things happened and I will have ...

  • First snow in Beijing

    First snow in Beijing

    By Fred Muller
    • 0
    • November 2, 2009

    Just as a reminder to myself, this year is the first time since I live in Beijing (winter 2002-2003) that I witness heavy snow (30cm) so early. It actually snowed ...

  • Linux gaming business opportunities?

    Linux gaming business opportunities?

    By Fred Muller
    • 1
    • October 15, 2009

    As an occasional reader of The Linux Game Tome I just stumbled upon a very interesting article about Linux and indie games: Indie game developer Koonsolo just revealed some surprising ...

  • SFD 2009 Packing Video

    SFD 2009 Packing Video

    By Fred Muller
    • 0
    • September 17, 2009

    I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Daniel for making the SFD Schwag Packing Video this year. Daniel actually already did the Beijing SFD 2007 video which ...

  • Packing SFD 2009 schwags

    Packing SFD 2009 schwags

    By Fred Muller
    • 0
    • August 18, 2009

    For the second consecutive year, BLUG is packing the schwags that pre-registered SFD teams are entitled to. We’re actually having 12% more pre-registered team this year with a very different ...

  • Summer news

    Summer news

    By Fred Muller
    • 0
    • August 11, 2009

    Everyone is probably enjoying the summer, and preparations for Software Freedom Day are starting. Schwags are being made and the great guys & gals from the Beijing LUG will as ...

  • Getting cnchess to properly display Chinese characters

    Getting cnchess to properly display Chinese characters

    By Fred Muller
    • 1
    • July 8, 2009

    For those of you knowing how to play Chinese chess there is a Chinese application (Qt based) which is installed by default in Red Flag Linux and works very well ...

  • Open Source Open World China, 2009

    Open Source Open World China, 2009

    By Fred Muller
    • 0
    • July 2, 2009

    Spent the first 2 days of the week at Open Source Open World, 2009 which is one of THE Open Source conferences in China to attend and had the chance ...

  • Mplayer, a Webcam and ASCII Art

    Mplayer, a Webcam and ASCII Art

    By Fred Muller
    • 0
    • June 12, 2009

    While discussing education and Open Source in Cambodia with a friend from the Phnom Penh LUG he gave me a little trick to play with mplayer if you have a ...

  • Qingdao LUG meeting

    Qingdao LUG meeting

    By Fred Muller
    • 1
    • May 26, 2009

    I had the chance to visit the beautiful coastal city of Qingdao over the weekend and meet our fellows from the Qingdao LUG. They actually met just for me (so ...