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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. 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. Now that I'm retired I still use GNU/Linux on every computer in my home except the smartphones which run Android/Linux.Lately, I've been giving lots of thought to the world I inherited and which I will leave to my descendants. I'm planting grass, trees, flowers and vegetables in my large lot and I've ordered a Solo EV. I plan to charge my Solo by means of a tracking solar array. Life is good if you have a purpose. I do.
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Shaking Loose Dependence on USA in IT
Manufacturers are seeing that growth in sales of IT in USA in retail are quite small. They see huge growth in other parts of the world where M$ does not dictate and consumers want small cheap computers and get them. … Continue reading
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Wikileaks – Pride and Prejudice
While the newest wave of documents leaks out through media, I thought I would look more at the last batch. A torrent took only a few minutes to bring in the goods and I left the torrent run to give … Continue reading
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Breaking That Other OS
Yet another means of exploiting that other OS has been demonstrated by Sophos. An ordinary user can gain complete control of the system whether it is XP, Vista, “7” etc. simply by running some code that tweaks a key in … Continue reading
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Dual Booting Means Something Else in Uruguay
I came across an article which mentioned Uruguay was distributing dual-booting PCs to students. I was concerned that that other OS would be distributed deliberately to students but no, its XO-Sugar and GNOME dual booting. Chuckle. “The XO-HS will also … Continue reading
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A Week I Would Rather Forget
There have been a remarkable cluster of disasters this week: My employer required me to move from a 3 bedroom trailer to another smaller and shared unit. This happens but it is really an imposition in the middle of the … Continue reading
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Oil for PCs Running GNU/Linux in Venezuela
More than a million PCs running GNU/Linux are planned by Venezuela in a deal involving oil with Portugal. Venezuela will establish a plant for production of PCs as well. see this report The project also involves books and uniforms for … Continue reading
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Thank You, Linus
I used to be of the opinion that Linus Torvalds was too nasty at times but that was before I encountered Kernel Mode Setting and a mess of driver changes. I have several different types of PC with Intel VGA … Continue reading
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Sold Out
Remember the heady days when ASUS eee-PC with GNU/Linux sold out and ASUS had to double production monthly? They are back. Now it’s the ARMed tablets and the Android tablets that are selling out. Expect production to ramp up for … Continue reading
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ARM Fits Manufacturers’ Needs
Manufacturers of computer products have tiny margins while M$ rakes in $billions just for selling permission to copy. ARM offers a way to larger margins for manufacturers. “Although Taiwan’s IT players are capable of massively commercializing IT products that average … Continue reading
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M$ Needs GNU/Linux
My father and my uncle were grain farmers. They had a very effective strategy for ridding their fields of weeds: plant alternating crops or summer-fallow. Thus the weeds were either exposed to cultivation or not always in their preferred niche. … Continue reading
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Spectacular Growth Predicted in Smart-thingies
Tablets and smart-phones are predicted to have huge growth in the coming years. smartphones to 800 million per annum by 2013 tablets passing netbook shipments this year smartphones to 440 million in 2011 If people carrying smart-phones develop a fondness … Continue reading
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ASUS Trying to Pump Up EEE PC
The netbooks shipments are not growing much these days. If what you are doing is not working change. Now ASUS is using AMD CPUs to lower the cost. At $350, they could do better with GNU/Linux. Up-selling small cheap computers … Continue reading
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