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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: August 21, 2012
The Quality of Debian GNU/Linux
I have been using a pre-release version (Wheezy) of Debian GNU/Linux on my PCs for months with great satisfaction. How is that possible with hundreds of known bugs in the repository? Simple. The repository holds many thousands of packages and … Continue reading
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Canton of Waadt and Swiss Supreme Court Get FLOSS
Chuckle. Some people don’t get FLOSS, like the vendor that complained about the Swiss Supreme Court planning to share software it created: “The vendor feared the court was entering into competition. The developers in response pointed to the Swiss e-government … Continue reading
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Apple’s Paid Shill/Consultant Caught Out
Apple, like M$, likes to manage the news with some level of reasonable deniability. Apple has retained Florian Mueller as a consultant. He blogged about how Oracle would kick butt in Oracle v Google (Google won, big-time) and how Apple … Continue reading
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