Julio M. Merino Vidal

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Julio M. Merino Vidal studies computer science at the FIB faculty in Barcelona, Spain. In the free software world, he has been a NetBSD developer since November 2002, working mainly on the Packages Collection (also known as pkgsrc). He also is a regular GNOME contributor (sending portability fixes) and a member of the GNOME Foundation. Aside from these big projects, he also manages his own little creations. His preferred programming language is C++, although he also knows C, Java, POSIX shell scripting, and a bunch of Perl.

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Making NetBSD Multiboot-Compatible
Publish Date: Mar. 1, 2007The i386 boot process is as crufty as you'd expect from decades of stagnation. Booting your OS could be much easier--that's why the GRUB hackers developed The Multiboot Specification. Julio M. Merino Vidal explains why Multiboot exists, what it can do for you, and how he modified the NetBSD kernel to work with it. Smart Pointers in C++
Publish Date: May. 4, 2006C++ is a powerful language that allows fine-grained control over almost all aspects of your program. Of course, low-level code has its disadvantages too. Manual memory management can be complex and difficult to get right. Fortunately, the RAII idiom and smart pointers can help you write correct and efficient code. Julio M. Merino Vidal demonstrates. Lightweight Web Serving with thttpd
Publish Date: Oct. 13, 2005Apache httpd is full of features and abilities, but sometimes it's too heavy for simple sites or static pages. In some cases, a simpler, lighter web server is a good alternative (or addition). Julio M. Merino Vidal demonstrates how to install and configure the simple, fast, and powerful thttpd to serve simple static and generated content very quickly. Making Packager-Friendly Software, Part 2
Publish Date: Apr. 28, 2005Packaging free and open source software for end users is both necessary and thankless. Without packagers, software could spread neither as far nor as fast as it does. Julio M. Merino Vidal explains how to make configuring, building, installing, and porting your code much easier--to allow it to spread to more users and more software ecosystems. Making Packager-Friendly Software
Publish Date: Mar. 31, 2005Packaging free and open source software for end users is both necessary and thankless. Without packagers, software could spread neither as far nor as fast as it does. Julio M. Merino Vidal has a secret tip for authors, though: the easier it is for packagers to package your code, the further it may spread. Here's how to make their lives easier.

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