Posts Categorized: Gnu Free Software

Environment Modules

Environment Modules allow for management of environment variables  when using multiple compilers, multiple libraries, or even versions of applications that you might need to run. Rather than change $PATH, $LD_LIBRARY_LOAD, or $MANPATH for each you can use Environment Modules to handle the path changes to ensure you run the appropriate version correctly. Installation On CentOS… Read more »

Richard M. Stallman Belfast 2012

Richard M. Stallman spoke last night for almost 3 hours on the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement and the history of the GNU operating system. It has been 6 years since he last spoke in Belfast. He signed my copy of “Free as in Freedom” book and I took some photos of… Read more »