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Chef Marcel at your service!Food, Wine, and Linux may seem like a strange combination, but combining three passions can be a wonderful thing. I'm Marcel Gagné. Those of you who read Cooking with Linux, the multi-award-winning column that appeared monthly in Linux Journal magazine for 10 years, likely agree. With the help of my faithful waiter, François, Restaurant Chez Marcel serves up the finest in Linux and open source software paired with exceptional wines.

In that same spirit, this site features great Linux and Open Source software, ongoing wine tasting reports, recipes, and the occasional restaurant review. If you came here looking to read past Cooking with Linux columns, you'll find newer releases on the front page, a comprehensive list here and under the "CWL, The Column" menu link to the left. A votre santé! Bon appétit!

An open letter to Adobe

Hello, oh great and powerful Adobe people. Thank you so much for releasing Flash Player 10 beta 2 for Linux. Thanks even more for (finally) building in support for video4linux2 Webcam technology. You have no idea how much we appreciate that. The only problem is that many (if not most) of us can't use it. You see, it crashes our browsers within seconds. Reading earlier posts on this subject, it's obvious that Adobe is aware of this problem (Flash player 10 beta 2 crashing Firefox) and that they have fixed it in-house. I think I speak for more than just myself when I say, "Please, just let us have the fixed version." You don't know how long we've waited for video4linux2 support. The suspense is killing us. Besides, it's kind of rough to be told that a beta is available with said features, then not have it work. It's even harder when we are told it's fixed but we can't possibly have it. So, please. Please. Let us have the current fixed version. We know it's not the real, final product, but we accept that. It's cool. Really. What do you say? Come on, guys. One little tiny fixed beta? No one is going to complain. In fact, we'll say nothing but nice things about you. Really. What do you say? Please. Pretty please . . .

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So far, this shows signs of being a worthwhile exercise. Aside from this blog, I also posted my open letter to the Linux Journal Website where John Dowdell from Adobe took the time to join in the discussion. Those of you interested in where this might be going should check out the exchange taking place <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-letter-adobe" target=top_>over at the Linux Journal Website</a>. Oh, and by the way, the letter is meant to be funny. I can't believe the number of people who wrote to me expressing their offense that I was groveling to a large proprietary software vendor. <i>Pathetic</i>, one person called it. The letter is over the top precisely because I wanted it noticed. It's also very silly. Read it. -- Marcel


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