We are in the process of transferring all of our web sites to a less expensive yet pleasantly faster and more spacious server. (Don’t I sound like an IBM commercial) The biggest push, however, is to finally abandon proprietary control panel software (which sucks anyway) and move to an GPLed control panel (more […]

There was a nasty xserver bug with the PowerPC that affected AIGLX, causing the desktop to turn blueish-purple whenever Beryl or Compiz was started.
It looked bleak for me on my iBook G4, but once again, free and open source software has proved to be ideal for quick responsiveness to bugs. A patch has been […]

Eid Mubarak

…with a newt, and her name is Edgy Eft. I just upgraded MotherBrain from Kubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 to Edgy Eft 6.10 Release Candidate (the final release is due Oct 26), and now I’m in GNU-heaven. While using dapper, I had made the decision to stop using XGL/Compiz for a couple of reasons:
1. […]

Every last Friday in the month of Ramadan is Universal Quds Day, when people around the world show their solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
One Ummah Network has produced the following video in commemoration of this day to spread the word about the plight of the Palestinians in the most effective way possible: through […]

It took me a while to track him down, but I’ve managed to locate Professor Hassanain Rajabali in Australia. You can download and listen to his lectures at:
Al-emaan Australian Community

KDE’s 10 anniversary was typified by the release of version 3.5.5, containing numerous bug fixes, khtml enhancements, and new features. Among the new features that I find most interesting, is the new version of Kopete that includes compatibility support for Adium message styles. Feel free to send me an instant message. Enjoy! […]

Former nun and western non-Muslim scholar of Islam, Karen Armstrong, speaks out about the Pope’s recent comments about Islam:
“In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue with the Islamic world. “I approach you not with arms, but with words,” he wrote to the Muslims whom he imagined reading his book, […]

Zahra has a new thing:
zahra: “What’s this?”
me: “trash can.”
zahra: “trash can. What’s this?”
me: “ceiling.”
zahra: “ceiling. What’s this?”
me: “chair.”
zahra: “chair. What’s this…”
You get the idea. She could go on for hours, except she invariably gets distracted.

“People of the Path who know the secret of meaning are hidden from the eyes of the narrow-minded.”
“Ironically, though, everyone who comes to know the divine Reality possesses the purest faith—but is labeled an ‘unbeliever’ by the pious.”
–Rumi