There are a number of interesting projects out there with a similar mindset. Technomadism implies that you design a vehicle or a mode of continual, nomadic travel that renders you capable of utilizing various kinds of technology, from amateur radio to beowulf clusters. Many technomads spend years fabricating, scheming, and developing their custom vehicles.
One famous technomad, the father of it all, Steve Roberts has developed a number of vehicles in conjunction with folks over the years. Many technomads design modes of travel that are not dependant on fossil fuels and/or make extensive use of various renewable energy tecnologies. Steve's boats use human power along with solar power.
Myself and a friend have begun a technomad projet within the past year as well. Our project uses a Dodge RAM 250 as the base. It gets about 20 miles to the gallon, but since we returned home, has gone into disuse for local driving tasks. We're hoping to do an alternative fuel conversion in the future.
In the past, I have been almost fanatic in correcting people who call X "X Windows." Windows is a piece of software (of questionable quality..but that's a tirade for another time) written by Microsoft. There is no X Windows, thankfully. Microsoft can keep its hands off free software. I'd say that it is almost disgraceful to call X "X Windows." I am suprised to see so many people interchanging the two terms. My question now is, what are people more annoyed with: X itself, or window managers? It's one thing to hate certain window managers, but does that mean you hate X overall, or is this just another broad use of "X Windowing" to cover everything under the umbrella of GUIs for 'nix flavors?
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There are a number of interesting projects out there with a similar mindset. Technomadism implies that you design a vehicle or a mode of continual, nomadic travel that renders you capable of utilizing various kinds of technology, from amateur radio to beowulf clusters. Many technomads spend years fabricating, scheming, and developing their custom vehicles.
One famous technomad, the father of it all, Steve Roberts has developed a number of vehicles in conjunction with folks over the years. Many technomads design modes of travel that are not dependant on fossil fuels and/or make extensive use of various renewable energy tecnologies. Steve's boats use human power along with solar power.
Myself and a friend have begun a technomad projet within the past year as well. Our project uses a Dodge RAM 250 as the base. It gets about 20 miles to the gallon, but since we returned home, has gone into disuse for local driving tasks. We're hoping to do an alternative fuel conversion in the future.
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In the past, I have been almost fanatic in correcting people who call X "X Windows." Windows is a piece of software (of questionable quality..but that's a tirade for another time) written by Microsoft. There is no X Windows, thankfully. Microsoft can keep its hands off free software. I'd say that it is almost disgraceful to call X "X Windows." I am suprised to see so many people interchanging the two terms. My question now is, what are people more annoyed with: X itself, or window managers? It's one thing to hate certain window managers, but does that mean you hate X overall, or is this just another broad use of "X Windowing" to cover everything under the umbrella of GUIs for 'nix flavors?
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