Being a Digital Age Missionary

Raoul has always wanted to be a digital missionary, but is unsure of where to start, especially when it comes to raising money.

If you have any ideas on how to get things going, he'd love to hear your advice.

Getting to Know Python Better

It's here! Part 7 of the ongoing Python tutorial series. Bite-sized lessons for easier digestion.

Start at part one if you haven't already, or get part seven if you have.

Not Open Source?

Can open source software ever not really be open source? What really defines open source software?

Read more on when open source software isn't as open as you think...

Should Bibles Be Copyrighted?

If you take a look inside most Bibles these days, you'll see they are copyrighted. Is this right?

Perhaps there are times that they shouldn't be copyrighted?

01 Jan

Top stories for the week ending 31 December 2011

Posted by raoul

These are the top stories from the past week's editions of Christians in OSS Daily.
Please note that these stories are automatically selected, and therefore do not necessarily reflect the beliefs and values of the Christians in OSS blog.

Cinnamon Project Keeps ‘GNOME 2′ Style Desktop Alive

Like the classic hit song constantly remade to stay modern, fans of the traditional GNOME desktop are keen to keep their preferred desktop layout fresh and available to new audiences. And so was bo...

Posted on 24 December 2011

How To Transfer Videos From Ubuntu To Kindle Fire Using Miro

Kindle Fire is a pure Amazon device, where the format support and storage capacity forces user to buy content from Amazon. I in fact like that Kindle Fire supports VP8, the video format open source...

Posted on 25 December 2011

Android Approved By Pentagon For DoD Usage, Major Setback For iPhone

The Pentagon has approved a version of Android running on Dell hardware to be used by DoD officials, along with the BlackBerry. The approval of Android by the DoD is a major setback for Apple's iPh...

Posted on 26 December 2011

Increasing the Gospel’s Reach as the World Reaches 7 Billion

One October 31st, the world population broke 7 billion.That would be:7,000,000,000Although the world’s population is bigger than it’s ever been (and getting bigger every second), technology makes t...

Posted on 27 December 2011

[How To] Set Up Blue Yeti Mic in Ubuntu

Amongst the items I asked Santa Claus for this year was a shiny new microphone to improve the quality of voice-overs in our YouTube videos. The Blue Yeti was the device the famous white-bearded one...

Posted on 28 December 2011

The Importance of a Leader’s Heart

Three years ago, I was in New York City on business. I was having a relaxing dinner with David Dunham, one of my colleagues and a dear friend. Suddenly, as we were finishing our meal, I started to ...

Posted on 29 December 2011

So Long Productivity – YouTube Lens Puts Browser-free Searching of Videos in the Unity Dash

The fantastic folks over at Spanish blog ‘Ataraeo‘ have put together a nifty a lens for browsing YouTube’s library of videos straight from the Dash. The package, a YouTube ‘Scope’ (the search engin...

Posted on 30 December 2011

Goal-Setting: The 90-Day Challenge

The 90-Day Challenge

It’s that time of year again. New Year’s resolutions, diets, exercise—and goal-setting. I continue to be surprised at how few people take time to write down their goals. Despite the fact that numer...

Posted on 31 December 2011

25 Dec

Does Your Church Use OSS?

Posted by raoul in Article, Church, Linux, Open Source, Software, Windows

Instead of me writing an article, I thought it might be time to ask those who read this blog about their church's open source usage. So, in no particular order, here are some questions:

Does your church use open source software?
Does it use OSS on Windows, or a full OSS stack (e.g. Linux/*BSD)?
What open source applications does your church use?
Does your pastor know he's using OSS?
If you use OSS other than the usual suspects (Firefox, Thunderbird, etc), then what do you use it for?

At a guess, I'll say that most churches are probably in the "we use Firefox on Windows" category.

18 Dec

Security Best Practices

Posted by raoul in Article, Backup, Password, Security

You might be thinking to yourself, "Why do we need to talk about security? Isn't open source software at odds with security because of its open nature?" The truth is, open source software tends to be the most secure software out there. For instance, there are studies that show that Microsoft's IIS web server is compromised up to 400% more than the open source Apache web server, despite the fact that Apache is used on around 70% of web sites, and IIS only around 20%.

30 Oct

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