Ghost CMS CEO John O'Nolan Boots Honest Criticism: Has He Forgotten Its Roots?

Founder/CEO of Ghost CMS silenced us I recently wrote a critical post about Ghost CMS. A link to the post was then listed on Ghost's forum for comments and feedback. A couple of Ghost users joined the discussion, mostly agreeing with me and contributing to the conversation

Why Coupled CMS Platforms Like Ghost Can't Deliver a Truly Open Core

When we talk about a traditional or coupled CMS, it is a package that was developed and marketed for use as designed, according to the manual written for you, the end user. This applies equally to all, regardless of the license, whether it is a free, open-source CMS or a

Clear Linux - In Memoriam

Do all good things come to an end? I disagree. However, reality can be brutal sometimes. Intel closed another open source project, Clear Linux OS, as announced in this thread. Can we say, "Big Evil Corp getting rid of open source"? Well, partially, at some point. Hopefully, Intel

Ghost CMS: a big-time nasty lock-in publishing platform

Newsletters lock-in with Mailgun Currently, Mailgun is the only option if you wish to use Ghost’s built-in newsletter delivery feature. Period. The problem isn't just the exorbitant pricing of popular bulk email providers today; the severe lack of options makes it seem monopolistic. They have said for

Introducing Microsoft Windows's Native Boot Capability

Do you know that a Windows system installation can be booted from a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) file under a known file system instead of from a raw partition? If you are looking for exactly that capability, Windows Native Boot is the answer. Overview Windows Native Boot has been there

Understanding Content Delivery Network (CDN) and How It Works in Practice

Note: This is a short post on the topic of Content Delivery Network (CDN). For thorough and in-depth understanding of the concept, please consult proper primary sources. I believe whoever reading this must have seen subdomains that start with a "cdn", when loading a website for example. Have

Introduction to AWS CloudFormation with Example Project Walk-Through

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to write an AWS CloudFormation Template that deploys a server on EC2. In 2020, I wrote an AWS CloudFormation Template to deploy an IPsec VPN server on EC2, using Lin Song's setup-ipsec-vpn deployment script. And I am also

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (Coughlan) released via general availability (GA). First peak into RHEL 10 Workstation

We are pleased to announce that anyone with a Red Hat account can download the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 release images using their customer portal. Workstation Install using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Binary DVD ISO Installing RHEL 10 on a workstation using the RHEL 10.

Nixopus - New All-in-One Server Management Tool with Interesting Features

Introduction Web configuration tools for server management and provisioning are very useful. Some local devops prefer to make all changes via VNC console, but they quickly change their position when they start to manage tens and hundreds of servers. Modern orchestration systems allow to create many groups of virtual or

Richard Stallman has finally given Windows the green light as a desktop operating system

April 1st, 2025, would go down as a dark day in the history of software freedom. The infamous leader, pioneer of the software freedom movement, Mr. Richard Stallman, sees no point in fighting for software freedom anymore and has endorsed Microsoft Windows, a non-free, user-subjugating operating system. Reasons not to

UMU - Unified Linux Game Launcher: Revolutionary step towards an Open Source gaming platform without Steam

Important projects for getting Windows applications up and running on Linux Let's find out why we need another game launcher for Linux and why famous developers invest their time to create it. The first question from newcomers will probably be "What does the word UMU even mean?

How GNOME betrayed the entire FOSS movement by using Adobe software

Proofs - this is not clickbait When you open the "Introducing GNOME 47" page on GNOME official website (Wayback Machine) you will see this image at the top: All is well, let's check the image metadata with curl and grep: $ curl --output - https://foundation.gnome.