2012 July 18 archive at Robert Pogson

Archive for July 18th, 2012

“8″ through the eyes of a desktop user

Published by Robert Pogson July 18th, 2012 in technology. 28 Comments

“What is the experience like on Windows 8 when the end point isn’t touch enabled?

In a word: Bad.”

Face it. A user interface designed for tiny touch screens is not optimal for monitor, keyboard and mouse. Canonical should take note as well…

see Windows 8 – Part 3: As seen through the eyes of a desktop user.

- Robert Pogson

Vista, Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, to be packaged for Debian

Published by Robert Pogson July 18th, 2012 in technology. 8 Comments

“The Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (Vista), an open source hospital information system used in 160 hospitals, several hundreds of clinics and more than a hundred nursing homes, will become part of the Debian free software distribution.”

Wow! Who thought Debian GNU/Linux was only for geeks? Vista is a huge part of the Debian Med (Medical Group). It is a package built to run the IT of medical facilities and includes

Clinical Functions,
Financial-Administrative Functions,
Infrastructure Functions, and
Patient Web Portal Functions.

There are lots of non-geeky packages in Debian GNU/Linux as well, like LTSP for schools, and packages for scientists, engineers and artists.

see Open source hospital information system to be packaged for Debian | Joinup.

- Robert Pogson

M$ Caught Cheating Again

Published by Robert Pogson July 18th, 2012 in technology. 13 Comments

It appears “7″ SP1 broke the browser choice thingy and M$ has been out of compliance with the EU Commission for over a year. M$ claims it was an accident. Do you want your IT run by an organization that takes legal committments and software updates so lightly?

I recommend Debian GNU/Linux, software that works for you, not M$’s salesmen.

see Microsoft 'didn't notice' it had removed Browser Choice for 17 months • The Register.

- Robert Pogson

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.