Michael Holve

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Michael Holve
Born (1967-11-16) November 16, 1967 (age 56)
Huntington, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican and German (EU)
Occupation(s)Author and photographer, programmer and Internet personality
Years active1994-present
Known forPhotography, one of earliest Linux Websites, Lifecasting
Website litpixel.com

Michael Holve (born November 16, 1967, in Huntington, New York) is an American author, photographer, programmer and Linux practitioner.

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Early start in computing

At the dawn of the Personal Computer (PC) age, Holve was programming in BASIC at age 10, collaborated with his math teacher to write a ballistic simulation game at 12 and had his first job, teaching others to use a computer at 14 - primarily using Radio Shack/Tandy TRS-80 and Apple ][ computers. At age 15, he moved on to IBM PC (and compatible) computers, authoring a business contacts database and various utilities for playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. By age 17 he was programming and managing PDP/VAX minicomputers for a local business as his first full-time job, authoring an import/export license tracking software in VAX Business Basic. [1]

Linux, Solaris and Unix operating systems

Holve started one of the earliest Linux websites in 1994 which came to feature one of the first "Quickcam pages" broadcasting a still image every few minutes automatically to a website, it was one of the first instances of what would later be called "lifecasting" - showing the world Holve's daily life. The Connectix Quickcam was new at the time, offering only a low resolution black and white image - and getting it to work with Linux was often a challenge. In an effort to ease adoption of this new technology, Holve wrote a HOW-TO on the subject and distributed shell scripts to handle the task in the public domain. [2] The feature was quite popular, attracting thousands of daily visitors from around the world.

The site went on to become popular, featuring articles in a HOW-TO format. One such article, "A Tutorial on Using Rsync" [3] featured on the Rsync homepage almost since its inception. Another article became the de facto reference on using Epson Stylus printers with Linux. [4] At its peak, "Everything Linux" logged up to 4,685 people and 1,838,184 hits a day.

The site featured a forum, which allowed a community to form. It was casually called "Linux Coffee Talk" (or "LCT" to the regulars) and drew visitors from around the world, including America, Finland, Netherlands and Singapore. Some contributed articles to the site and friendships made during its time are still ongoing in 2024.

Early contributions to Linux include several HOW-TOs on subjects ranging from multimedia, printing, window managers and customization of the desktop, scanners and the PalmPilot PDA.

Other notable websites included "Everything Mac" and "Everything Unix" which catered to their specific communities, though neither enjoyed the success of the Linux and Solaris communities.

"Everything Solaris" [5] is one of the only remaining online Solaris community websites after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Holve is linked to various Open Source projects - including Rsync, ProFTP, Apache, SANE, perltidy and Ghostprint for his work on documenting them. Many existing articles as well as new material was written and contributed regularly to the Sun Microsystems online portal, "BigAdmin."

Linux advocacy

Holve is a Linux advocate [6] and Solaris insider. [7] He was active during the 1990s and early 2000s and brought adoption of Linux to several companies as well as the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Projects included adoption of Linux as both a server and desktop platform for several companies, an early database cluster for a nascent global search engine and as the backbone of the SUNYSB Department of Family Medicine's Internet presence, including its first website.

Apache web server

Author of one of the first GUIs for managing the Apache web server, TkApache v1.0 [8] [9] was released into the public domain and dedicated to the Open Source and Linux communities at ApacheCon on October 15, 1998. [10] [11] The early success of TkApache led to the design of the next generation tool, Mohawk. At the time, many GUI projects were now underway (such as webmin) which expanded to a system-wide configuration interface. It was decided to cancel further development of Mohawk.

Software contributions to open source

Photography

A current project includes the formation of an informational site for users of the Leica "M system", La Vida Leica!. [16] and author of nearly 50 reviews and 30 articles for the site. Several of the articles have been translated into Russian by - and posted on - Leica Camera Russia's blog. [17] [18]

OS X upgrade fiasco

When Apple introduced the OS X 10.1 update in 2001, there was controversy over modifying the CD to be able to install directly from it, rather than having to install 10.04 first, followed by an upgrade. The hack first appeared on MacFixIt's forum. Holve went on to further document the procedure with a step-by-step HOW-TO, which earned him the ire of the Apple legal team. A lot of press followed, including a cease and desist letter from Apple Inc. [19]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ "LinkedIn profile of Michael Holve". linkedin.com.
  2. ↑ "Everything Linux - Think Eye Candy". Everythinglinux.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Everything Linux - A Tutorial on Using Rsync". Everythinglinux.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Everything Linux - A Tutorial on Using Rsync". Everythinglinux.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Everythig Solaris". Everythingsolaris.org. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. ↑ guardian.co.uk, September 1998
  7. ↑ "Sun Solaris Open-Source Release Still Undecided". Crn.com. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Michael Holve - Everything Linux - TkApache, the GUI Front-end to Apache". Everythinglinux.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "TkApache LG #34". Linux Gazette Issue 34. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  13. ↑ "Michael Holve - Everything Linux - Mohawk". Everythinglinux.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "Everything Linux - iVote Visual Polling System". Everythinglinux.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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  16. ↑ Williams, Alex (19 September 2012). "Leica Cameras, Favored by Celebrities". The New York Times . Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "Обзор объектива Leica Summilux-M 50mm". Blog.leica-camera.ru. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "Дальномерные камеры – почувствуйте разницу!". Blog.leica-camera.ru. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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