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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: April 22, 2012
Another Hatchet Job From Michael Larabel
Weekends are somewhat slow on the web so I dig around in cold dark corners for something about which to write. I visited this hatchet-job at Phoronix. Larabel seems to have little good to say about FSF and its list … Continue reading
Posted in technology
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Shifting Tide of Battle
Techrights has had Novell and M$ under a microscope for the last five years but have now announced a change: “NOVELL is no longer a company, so we officially let it go about 2 months ago. We stopped researching the … Continue reading
Posted in technology
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Myths and Market Share and Malware
One of the myths propagated by haters of FLOSS is that GNU/Linux and other FLOSS are not targets of malware writers because there are not enough units to bother or rather that M$ offers a larger target. There is no … Continue reading
Posted in technology
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Mind-sets in Software
Some personal history about software: first software written by me in Fortran II-d on IBM 1620 (BCD computer made with germanium transistors and magnetic core memory), fall 1968, first use of GNU/Linux by me, fall 2000, and first realization that … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
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