Category Archives: my life

Getting a Job in Luxembourg

Posted on August 23, 2010 by littleiffel
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after about 80 sent job applications, i got a job in the country of luxembourg. in fact the job is located in a small village of rosport close to the german border. What will I do there? well programming computers … Continue reading →

welcome to luxembourg

Posted on July 5, 2010 by littleiffel
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i am back to my native land, after 3587 days in switzerland and chad, after studies and work. no job, no (own) place, no social security, but yet motivated to find a job in this small piece of europe. right … Continue reading →

Adding Flattr

Posted on July 5, 2010 by littleiffel
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Flattr is a new micro-financing system allowing to easily give a small amount of money (they call it love) to things you like on the net. i really appreciate every effort to move away from an ad driven world, so i … Continue reading →

Spreading the Word (Create a Ubuntu based Linux-Distro from Local Repositories)

Posted on March 7, 2010 by littleiffel
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In Chad since January 2009, I was desperately looking for a way to get people to consider Linux as an operating system. 99% of the people still use Windows XP SP2 as primary operating system, mainly because getting hacked versions of Vista is kind of difficult. People use an operating system which is basically 9 years old, with an update SP2 from ????. Continue reading →

open source needs community (on example of chad)

Posted on January 6, 2010 by littleiffel
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who was first the community or the open source? can open source survive without community? and can a community create open source?
Some thought on the propagation of open source in africa, why is open source difficult to promote and how to improve the situation… Continue reading →

there there

Posted on December 2, 2009 by littleiffel
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after several months of inactivity, i found it necessary to start blogging again. my old blog is pretty outdated, and i preferred to start over to upgrading the old blog-engine. this means that feeds and bookmarks need to be updated. … Continue reading →