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Christopher Browne

Table of Contents

I. Overview Info

Christopher B. Browne's Home Page

1. Home Page

Legal Notice

1. Legal Notice Stuff

Advocacy Page

II. Personal Stuff

1. "The Four" - Browne Brothers
2. Parents
3. Non-Relatives with Remarkably Similar Names

Funny Stuff

1. Canadian Humourists
2. General Humour
3. Just Odd Stuff
4. Stupidity and Accidents
5. The 10 Axioms of Stupidity
6. Disclaimer to be used when purchasing software
7. Things that ought to be fortunes...
8. The 21 Worst Things to Say to a Police Officer
9. Responding To Dumb Requests For Help With Homework Assignments
10. The TV Philosophy of Life
11. Best-ever resignation letter(An actual letter sent by a fed up U.S employee)

Personal History

1. Intro
2. Education
3. Since School

Hobby-Type-Stuff

1. Fountain Pens
2. Model Rocketry

1. Choral Music
2. Instrumental Music - French Horn
3. Christian Music
4. Computer Music and MP3-related Links
5. Other Music Links

Spiritual/Church Involvements

1. Church Involvements
2. Apologetics
3. Bible Study Links
4. Other Christian Web Links
5. Bible Codes - Have Appropriate Skepticism
6. More Conspiracies...
7. Prophecy and Apocalyptic Times
8. Spiritual Implications of Year 2000

Valley Ranch Baptist Church

1. General Canadiana
2. Politics and Economics
3. University of Waterloo
4. National Anthem (in French)
5. Immigration Pages
6. You Know You're Canadian When...
7. Toronto Stuff

1. What about Texas?

Science Fiction Literature

1. Dune
2. Generic SF Links
3. Heinlein
4. Movies and TV
5. The Prisoner
6. David Brin versus Star Wars
7. Other SF Stuff

Travel Links

1. General Travel Servers
2. GPS
3. The India Trip

III. Professional Involvements

What are my Professional Involvements?

Resume Pointers

Publishing Links

1. My Publications
2. Publishing Links
3. Library Tools

Head Hunter Links

1. Head Hunter Listing...
2. Linux Hunters
3. SAP Hunters
4. Consulting Ideas
5. Career Matters

CORS - Canadian Operational Research Society

Operational Research Bookmark File

1. Operational Research
2. Crossreferences to Major OR Web Pages
3. Linear/Nonlinear Programming
4. Constraint Logic Programming (CLP)
5. Products
6. Software Libraries
7. OR Companies/Organizations
8. Other OR stuff that is not readily classified
9. Techniques

Corporate Takeovers and Merger Mania

What Do I Do for a Living?

IV. General Computing

Computing and Computer Science

1. Data Structures and Algorithms
2. Exception Management Schemes
3. Memory Management Schemes
4. Architecture
5. Just Obscure...

CORBA and Object Technologies

1. CORBA
2. CORBA Implementations
3. CORBA Language Mappings
4. Other CORBA Services
5. CORBA Documentation
6. Other CORBA Samples
7. Alternatives to CORBA
8. Object Oriented and Event Driven Programming
9. UML - Unified Modelling Language

CORBA and Object Technologies

1. SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol

Computer Languages

1. General Language Links
2. The C Family
3. Algol
4. The PASCAL Family of Languages
5. COBOL
6. Smalltalk
7. Functional Programming Languages
8. Other Families of Languages
9. Dylan
10. Prolog
11. ABAP/4
12. Assembly Language
13. Macro Programming Systems
14. Compiler Construction Tools
15. Programming Tools and IDEs

1. Lisp and Its Kin
2. Common Lisp
3. Scheme
4. Other Lisps
5. Miscellaneous Lisp Advocacy
6. Lisp-based OSes

1. Java and Distributed Computing

Bytecode Systems

1. About Bytecode

Scripting Languages

1. Scripting Languages
2. Perl
3. Python
4. TCL and Tk
5. REXX
6. Ruby: A Gem of a Language
7. AWK
8. Lua
9. ECMAScript
10. Other Scripting Languages
11. Miscellaneous Shell Stuff

Mathematical Matters

1. Mathematics and Computing

V. Computing and Political Advocacy

Linux and Decentralized Development

1. Motivation - Why is Centralization an Issue?
2. Organization Models in the Linux Community
3. Mandates and Purposes of a Linux Foundation
4. In the Interim - Your Fair Share
5. Free Software
6. Related Literature
7. Patents: Yet Another Problem
8. Credits

The Economics of Free Software

1. The Crucial Economic Freedom of Free Software: No Licensing Fees
2. Problem - Recovery of Sunk Costs
3. Some Economic Fallacies
4. Associate Charges With Costs
5. Organizational Changes
6. Points of View: Trying to Gain Perspective
7. Other Free Software Economics References

Free Software (Gift) Exchange Registry - FSEx

1. Why the Free Software (Gift) Exchange Registry?
2. Free Software (Gift) Exchange Registry Methodology
3. Questions and Answers

Microsoft... It's a Problem...

1. Would you want to use these tools?
2. Why Microsoft Might Actually "Crash"
3. MS W95 Tuning...
4. Computer Piracy
5. Humor at Microsoft's Expense
6. General Anti-MS Links

VI. Operating System-Centric Computing

The Linux Operating System

1. A Brief History of Linux
2. Linux Information Sources
3. Advanced Linux "Research Areas"
4. My Linux Projects
5. Linux CPU Architecture
6. Linux Networking Links
7. Fannish/Advocacy Linux Stuff
8. Linux Entertainments
9. Linux and Christian Stuff

The Unix Operating System

1. The Unix Philosophy
2. Unix Trademark and Standards
3. Unix FAQs and General Resources
4. Unix Shells - csh, ksh, bash, zsh, ...
5. Screen
6. Unix Hardware Vendors
7. Interoperability Tools
8. Networking Stuff
9. Unix-based Faxing
10. Unix-based Alphanumeric Paging
11. Random Unix Links
12. 4.4 BSD Lite-based Operating Systems
13. init
14. NFS - Network File System
15. Unix Haters
16. List of Unix Variants

Research and Experimental Operating Systems

1. Introduction and Overview
2. Terry Lambert's Top Ten List For A Non-Proprietary OS
3. Microkernel-based OS Efforts
4. GNU Hurd
5. Solaris Relations
6. Not-quite-Unix-Like OSes
7. VMS
8. Novel OS Work
9. Multics
10. Various PC Oses

The Linux Kernel

1. Microkernels - MkLinux
2. File Systems
3. Defragmentation - A Frequently Asked Question
4. Memory Fragmentation
5. SMP and Clustering

A Taxonomy of Linux Distributions

1. Linux Distributions
2. Red Hat Linux
3. Debian
4. Slackware
5. S.u.S.E. Linux
6. Network Device Linux Distributions
7. Embedded/Tiny Linux Distributions
8. End User Linux Distributions
9. Attempts at "Secure" Linux Distributions
10. Linux Distributions for Special Platforms
11. Miscellanea

Linux System Configuration Tools

1. Linux System Configuration Tools
2. Package Management Tools
3. System State Analysis
4. Multiplexing Configuration Managers
5. cfengine
6. Other Configuration Tools
7. Configuration Storage Schemes
8. Autonomic Computing
9. Backup Strategies

Linux and Year 2000

1. Linux and Year 2000 (Y2K)
2. Things to Avoid at the End of 1999
3. The Telephone Problem
4. The 2038 Problem
5. Patents and Y2K

Running Linux on Digital Alpha Systems

1. Digital Alpha Systems
2. Alpha UDB/Multia System Configuration
3. Inadequacies of this Configuration
4. Home Pages of Some People Running UDBs
5. Credits

1. Linux VARS (Value Added Resellers)
2. Vendor Lists
3. Server Vendors
4. Linux Rack Mounts
5. Vendors of (primarily) Desktop Systems
6. Vendors of "Thin Clients"
7. Vendors of IA-32 Systems
8. Specialists in Linux Systems Based on Non-IA-32 Architectures
9. International Vendors
10. XTerminals/Network Computer Hardware
11. Embedded Systems
12. Other Stuff...

Linux Commercial Endeavors

1. General Vendors
2. Vendors of Linux Distributions
3. System Software
4. Applications
5. Other Software
6. Documentation/Books
7. Games
8. Hardware
9. Consulting Groups/Service Providers
10. Linux Certification Programs
11. Other Linux Commercial Organizations

Printing Under Linux

1. Frequently Asked Printing Questions
2. HP PCL References
3. Miscellaneous Printing Links
4. Printing Frameworks

Hardware I Use with Linux and Other Free Software

1. Hardware Introduction
2. Abel: Pine64+ SBC
3. Steele: Zotac ID-88 U
4. Tucker: IBM x346
5. Bellman: IBM x346
6. Kobo eReader
7. hpaq: HP 2000 2b53CA
8. Retired Servers
9. 64 Bit Linux and Merced
10. Other Experimental Platforms for Linux
11. Building a Linux Box
12. Buses
13. Cool Hardware

The X Window System

1. Introduction to X
2. Frequently Asked Questions
3. X Servers
4. Desktop Components
5. Window Managers
6. Program/File Managers
7. GNOME - GNU Network Object Model Environment
8. K Desktop Environment - KDE
9. The KDE/GNOME Controversy
10. KDE and GNOME: Neither Is A Standard
11. X Desktop Configuration
12. X Applications (Clients)
13. X Font Tools
14. X Development Tools
15. GGI - General Graphical Interface
16. On the Thesis that X is Big/Bloated/Obsolete and Should Be Replaced
17. My Overall View Of X
18. Network Computing
19. My Xterm/Network Computing Experiences
20. X11R6.4 Sample Implementation Changes and Concerns
21. XWindows
22. User Interface Discussions
23. RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol
24. CURSES and other Text-based User Interfacing

Linux Myth Dispeller

Virtualization

1. Container Systems
2. Kubernetes

VII. Security-Oriented Computing

Information Security

1. Intro
2. Unix and Network Security
3. Official Security Sites
4. The Political Side
5. Security Issues Not Yet Well Hierarchicalized
6. A Good News Article Summarizing Linux Security Vulnerabilities

Cryptography for Information Security

1. My PGP Key
2. PGP Web Links
3. Data Security and Cryptography

VIII. Databases

RDBMS - Relational Database Management Systems

1. Other RDBMS Web Resources for Linux
2. Database Classifications
3. SQL Databases
4. SQL Database Tools
5. xBase Databases
6. Other Linux Databases
7. The Third Manifesto
8. Other Database Stuff - Database Design

NonRelational Database Systems

1. Variations on DBM
2. Various Keyed ISAM DBMS Systems
3. Object Oriented Databases
4. Database Systems That Don't Fit Other Classifications
5. NoSQL

1. PostgreSQL
2. Using PostgreSQL URIs
3. Backing up PostgreSQL Databases

1. Introduction
2. QuickStart Guide to Tuning PostgreSQL
3. Managing System Resources
4. Memory Usage
5. Disk Usage
6. CPU Usage
7. Network Usage
8. Varying Database Workloads
9. Tuning SQL Queries
10. Creating Indices
11. Using pl/pgsql
12. Other References on Performance Tuning
13. Other Performance Tuning Literature

IX. Business Oriented Computing

Finances, Linux, and Stuff...

1. Personal Financial Background
2. Linux-based Financial Software
3. CBB - Check Book Balancer
4. Other Personal Finance Packages for Linux
5. Free Tax Software
6. Proprietary Business Finance Software For Linux
7. Software for Investment Analysis
8. Free Software for Business Accounting
9. Vaprous Financial Software
10. Miscellaneous Financial Stuff For Linux
11. Other (non-Linux-based) Financial Software
12. Data Formats
13. Taxation
14. Other General Finance Stuff

1. GnuCash

Linux Spreadsheets

1. Historical Background of Spreadsheets
2. Free Spreadsheets running on Linux
3. Commercial Linux Spreadsheets
4. Other Spreadsheet Tools for Linux
5. Spreadsheet Web Applications

SAP R/3 - A 3 Tier Client/Server ERP System

1. SAP-Sponsored Sites
2. SAP "News"
3. R/3 "Resource" Pages
4. Third-Party Products that Link to R/3
5. Consulting Firms that do R/3
6. SAP Support for Linux
7. Some technical stuff...
8. Some critical CTS stuff

Application Frameworks

1. Introduction
2. Wild-Eyed Ideas
3. Query and Reporting Tools
4. "Middleware" - Interfaces to Databases
5. Transaction Processing Monitors

Personal Information Management Systems

1. Android
2. Palm Computing
3. Interoperability of PIMS with Unix/Linux
4. Linux Scheduling Tools and vSchedule
5. Various Conceptual Approaches to Personal Information Management
6. Scheduling and Project Management
7. GTD - Getting Things Done
8. Hipster PDA
9. Moleskine
10. Other Links/Info

Mac Matters

1. MacOS

X. Internet-Related Computing

The Internet

1. Overview of Internet Standards/Documentation
2. HTTP - The Protocol of the World Wide Web
3. Mail/SMTP
4. Internet: News - NNTP
5. Time Synchronization
6. Other Protocols
7. Internet Service Providers
8. The Information Stuporhighway
9. Filtering

Internet Data Filtering

1. Internet Data Filtering Talk
2. Overview
3. Why Filter?
4. Why is Linux Good for Filtering?
5. How to Filter
6. Mail Filtering
7. News Filtering
8. Web Filtering

1. Web Agents/Robots

XI. Document Oriented Computing

Document Formats

1. Document Presentation Languages
2. LaTeX and TeX
3. Postscript
4. What Does Chris Use?
5. eBooks

Linux Word Processing

1. Linux Development Projects for Free Word Processors
2. DTP - Desktop Publishing
3. Proprietary Word Processors for Linux
4. Running "Foreign" Word Processors on Linux via Emulation
5. An Opinionated Discussion About Word Processors
6. An Alternative Approach: Text Editor/Presentation Language
7. How to Use Inelegant Systems Intelligently
8. Crossreferences

SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language

1. Introduction to SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
2. General Information about SGML and Related Standards/Languages
3. Vendors of SGML Products
4. Other SGML-Related Standards
5. XML
6. Free SGML Tools
7. Some Notable DTDs
8. DocBook
9. Metadata Applications of SGML/XML

HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

1. Introduction
2. Languages and Standards
3. Cascading Style Sheets
4. HTML Style Issues
5. Web Browsers
6. HTML Tools
7. About Hypertext

Compound Documents

1. OpenDoc

Text/Document Databases

1. Introduction
2. Document Management Projects for Linux
3. Search Tools
4. Text Analysis Tools
5. Web Search Engines
6. Structure Tools
7. EDMS - Electronic Document Management Systems
8. Integrated Text Database Systems - Lotus Notes

Source Code Management

1. Git

Text Editors

1. Text Editors
2. Emacs
3. TECO - The Original "One True Editor"
4. QED
5. ed
6. SED - The Stream Editor
7. VI and its clones
8. Xi
9. Other Editors

XII. Legacy Computing

Old/Obsolete Computer Stuff

1. Atari Stuff
2. Various Old OSes and Computing Platforms
3. Sun 3 Stuff
4. SGI Stuff

Computer Gaming

1. Computer Games and Entertainment

GnuStep/NeXTstep/OPENSTEP

1. GNUStep - A Route Somewhat More Likely to Succeed

XIII. Ill-Defined, Manifoldly-Connected

1. Linux and Standards Compliance
2. Availability of Source Code
3. OS Jokes
4. The BOGUS Distribution
5. MicroChannel Architecture
6. Slurping news
7. Charismatics
8. Liars, **** Liars, Statisticians, and Benchmarks
9. What is the Moscow of New York?
10. Hosting
11. Belling the Cat
12. Apple: Software or Hardware Vendor?
13. IBM: Don't Cannibalize My Market!
14. WINE Configuration
15. Transmeta
16. Client/Server Computing
17. 32 Bit Computing
18. Software "Piracy": Abuse of a Word
19. Massive Transformations
20. The Holmesian Fallacy
21. Godwin's Law
22. What's GNU?

Internet Commerce

1. Stuff Resembling Food
2. Coffee
3. Miscellaneous Computer Commerce
4. Other Goods
5. Consumer Issues
6. Spam Bait
7. Miscellaneous Commerce

1. Taiji / Tai Chi

List of Tables
1. Compiling calendrica.lisp
2. Product Dates
3. Kernel Key Sequences
4. Status and Error Codes

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