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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!

2006 : Seven years! Mon Dieu!

  • Dec 2006, Tonight's Menu : Diner's Choice! (Readers pick their favourite of the last 7 years)
  • Nov 2006, The Dynamic Web : For Those Who Like To Watch (Democracy video player)
  • Oct 2006, Your Media; Out of the Kitchen, and Into Every Other Place (sharing your media tastes)
  • Sep 2006, Operating Your Body At Peak Performance (Exercices at your desktop, anti-RSI stuff)
  • Aug 2006, Searching for the Ultimate Desktop Enhancements! (Desktop search, beagles,and more!)
  • Jul 2006, Gem of an Idea! (Games that focus on gems or jewels)
  • Jun 2006, If Only You Could Restore Wine (Backup tools, Keep, dar, Kdar, Simple Backup)
  • May 2006, Virtual Streets of $HOME (Virtual consoles, ps3, BZFlag, LinCity)
  • Apr 2006, Podcasts on the Menu (bashpodder, goldenpod, CastPodder)
  • Mar 2006, Security and Firewalls (FireStarter, GuardDog)
  • Feb 2006, Little Bitty Applications (KDE and GNOME panel applets)
  • Jan 2006, Install and Build helpers (checkinstall, kinstaller, Kconfigure)


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