Well, I was told that this blog was full of people that used Cheap Software and GNU/Linux. In my last diary entry I asked for your input for my next newsletter but none of you responded :(

Does anyone read these things? If you do, feel free to post some questions here and I will answer them in Issue 4.

Now...where did Eric hide my bone flute...

I know I asked already, but there were only two replies :(

Please post any questions about Cheap Software, GNU, or about myself and my friend here and I will take the best of the bunch and do an "Ask GNU/Stallman" in issue 4 next week as I am sure you are all bursting with questions!!

Peace, love and butterflies,
GNUStallman.
 

write your questions here and I shall try to answer them in my upcoming newsletters....

Seems I am banned from this "blog" already - although I can still post here (well, my best friend Eric is posting this because I don't use the Internet)...

I guess this means Issue 2 will be delayed a few days :(

The GNU/Stallman diaries. Issue 1.


Hello my good friends and welcome to the GNU/Stallman diaries! I'm your host, GNU/Stallman and I will be keeping you up to date with the wonderful world of Cheap Software.

I managed to do some more work on the GNU/Hurd this week and will give you a run down on my progress in this issue.

After booting my trusty PC I fired up the nice GUI (that's a GNU/User Interface) by typing 'win'. My good friend Eric told me I could add that to the AUTOEXIT DOT BAT file but I told him I didn't like bats, only butterflies. Silly Eric! He can be a real goose sometimes!

Anyway, I decided to focus on security as that seems to be a hot topic these days. What with that Internet thing and all. To secure GNU/Hurd I thought it best to require the user to login with a name and password. This should keep out all the naughty people, like the ones that ruined my other machine at the Cheap Software Foundation!

After about 5 hours of programming and debugging (I hate bugs! Unless their butterflies of course! ROFL!) I had a working login system. In the spirit of Cheap Software I present the source code below. Enjoy!

10 REM GNU/Hurd (c) 1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,
20 REM 1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,
30 REM 1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002 Cheap Software Foundation
40 REM
50 PRINT "Login:"
60 INPUT A$
70 IF A$ <> "dick" THEN GOTO 50
80 PRINT "Password:"
90 INPUT A$
70 IF A$ <> "boneflute" THEN GOTO 50
80 END

Well my comrades, that's all the time I have this week! Look out for Issue 2, coming soon!