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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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Daily Archives: February 8, 2011
Egypt: 2011-2-8
There are few changes in the situation but they could be important sooner or later: Mubarak has given his supporters governmental employees a 15% raise, 20 lawyers have drawn up charges claiming corruption/conversion of money by Mubarak’s buddies ($billions), Mubarak … Continue reading
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Dalvik Spreads Android Apps
The Dalvik virtual machine is being ported to other platforms other than Android/Linux. This makes it trivial for Android apps to run on GNU/Linux and to spread to x86 systems. I love it. Can you see a smartphone user having … Continue reading
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Desktop Virtualization
“He adds that companies normally allocate about 1Gb of memory for Windows 7 when not using dynamic memory, which may be a waste. “In tests, we found that when you allocate a nominal 512Mb of RAM most of the virtual … Continue reading
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M$ Finally Takes My Advice – Too Late
Steve Ballmer has finally seen the light. If a tech company wants to remain a tech company it needs to be run by techies. He’s going to move some techies into high places. Too late, Steve. The rest of the … Continue reading
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Top-end ARM
TI has entered the ARMed race with a quad-core 2gHz design. You know this stuff is not only for mobility when it can do 1080P and stuff besides. Intel is not the only one with idle CPU cycles. The Who’s … Continue reading
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Smartphones are the New PC
Just as minicomputers took over from the mainframe and microcomputers took over from the minicomputer, the smartphone is taking over the PC. In 2010Q4 100 million smartphones shipped. Almost none shipped with that other OS. “Linux has taken off like … Continue reading
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Happy New Year to China
Digitimes is back on the air with news from Acer: “In 2011, Acer’s shipments of notebooks are expected to grow 15-20% to reach 40-45 million units and smartphone shipments to top over five million units, Wong projected.” Isn’t that lovely. … Continue reading
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