This strip first appeared in issue #241 of Linux (Pro) Magazine during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. At that time some sections of the population objected to being required to wear face masks in public indoor environments because it allegedly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #243 of Linux (Pro) Magazine. It’s the second of a pair of strips that don’t really share a connection, except that we put them together as they both use a theme of home renovations[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #245 of Linux (Pro) Magazine and was created in January 2021, during the second coronavirus lockdown in the UK. Fork this comic (or just grab the source files) on GitHub ↓ Transcript[Elvie is at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #250 of Linux (Pro) Magazine. Fork this comic (or just grab the source files) on GitHub ↓ Transcript[Panel 1: Elvie is talking to Bob, who suddenly breaks off, mid-word] Elvie: I hear you've got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #251 of Linux (Pro) Magazine. It’s the first of a pair of strips that summarise the dismay I feel every time I see a product that requires a closed-source app that uses proprietary protocols[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #252 of Linux (Pro) Magazine. It’s the second of a pair of strips that summarise the dismay I feel every time I see a product that requires signing up for a new account with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #256 of Linux (Pro) Magazine. It refers to the fact that Apple’s Safari is effectively the only browser available on iOS. There are other browsers available, but Apple’s restrictive rules require them all to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #258 of Linux (Pro) Magazine. Fork this comic (or just grab the source files) on GitHub ↓ Transcript[Panel 1: Elvie is talking to her boss] Elvie: We use a lot of FOSS libraries in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #265 of Linux (Pro) Magazine in December 2022, a short while after the last of the covid lockdowns had ended in most parts of the world. Fork this comic (or just grab the source[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip first appeared in issue #269 of Linux Magazine. This is a bit of speculative fiction that looks at the naming of Google, and wonders if there might have been some other reason for that choice, apart from the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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