Daily Archives: February 5, 2012

What’s Happening With FLOSS in USA?

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Robert Pogson

I was poking around NetApplications’ data looking for countries that loved FLOSS on the desktop. On this blog we find folks from the USA seem to be rabid lovers of non-free software. Why do they come to my blog when … Continue reading →

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Photovoltaic Power Comes of Age

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Robert Pogson

The price of PV power has made it quite practical these days. According to Wikipedia, Earth has a few TW of power consumption and according to Digitimes, global PV installations are around 28 gW. PV is starting to make a … Continue reading →

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Writing and GNU/Linux

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Robert Pogson

I do a lot of reading and writing on my computer systems. Computers make it so easy to do. GNU/Linux keeps it being easy no matter what M$ does. I read an article today, an interview with a real writer, … Continue reading →

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