Back in June of this year when I made my last attempt to use Debian GNU/Linux as my primary operating system, I was unable to build Eclipse 3.0 Release Candidate 3 from source, even though it’s specified as a supported platform. Alas, it seems the problem has persisted. Eclipse Bug #57897 shows that folks are still having trouble with this. My experience this weekend confirms it.

I suppose this is an opportunity to help out and get involved with Eclipse. Once my Linux install is a bit more settled in, I will look into it.

Well, so far I have my old Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz running with Debian GNU/Linux with 802.11b wireless working in place, Thunderbird for email, and Firebird for a browser. OpenOffice installs and runs like a dream, so the major office apps are in place as well. This migration coupled with my current workload and its associated study have been a handful. That stinks, too, because there have been several things I would like to write about. Choices, choices…

One big step is going to be getting the Bluetooth GPRS working. I would predict that it is going to eat up some time.

Well, I have decided to get back into Linux. The difference this time is that I am going to be doing it on my first PowerBook, the old Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz. After watching Revolution OS a few times, I guess I am fired up, like
when short white guys watch Rocky movies. Hopefully my enthusiasm is not as ill-placed as theirs.

That being said, I will most likely be scarce on this thing for a while. More to come.

Bruce Perens said something in Revolution OS that I had not thought of before. It has to do with the GPL versus the BSD license. He talks about how that the GPL is a partnership license, whereas the BSD license is not a partnership license. He goes on to say the BSD license (and the MIT license by extension) were created at universities through the funding of U.S. government grant programs and industry consortia.

Huh. I think that is probably a pretty accurate observation, and it’s a bit unsettling.