Liberty Systems & Software

I use IRC a lot for asking questions (and hopefully answering some as well) about Free Software projects, particularly Ubuntu-AU.  Most of the time i use IRC from my laptop, which means that every time i shut the lid or disconnect from the wired network and reconnect via wireless, my IRC connection drops out.  This results in disconnect/reconnect messages which inconvenience my fellow users, and sometimes even causes multiple accounts to be logged in.  I've also had a few instances of flaky Internet access causing multiple disconnects/reconnects in qu...

I have to deal with a lot of different software in my various roles.  Lots of it is good, but there's always the odd software package that makes me want to run ahead of it with a loud, clanging bell, shouting "Unclean! Unclean!"  Here are a few such packages which i've encountered lately:...