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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 3, 2013
BBC Almost “Gets” FLOSS…
"We looked at the wide range of licences and found that Apache v2.0 best met our requirements. Specifically it encourages others to contribute, whilst not restricting its use in commercial products." see BBC sharing its TV application layer as open … Continue reading
edX to be completely open source by June
FLOSS and education certainly go together. FLOSS software is being developed for on-line education by major educational institutions. It seems to be making waves: “edX, the online education initiative to provide MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses), which was founded by … Continue reading
Headaches for Small Businesses
Brother did a survey of small business’ attitudes to technology: 85% report productivity suffers because of technological problems 77% report problems cause missed deadlines and opportunities 31% would give up a week of vacation to fix things 66% report they … Continue reading
X and Wayland
Networking has been included in Wayland and it looks good. Too bad the foremost distro of GNU/Linux has announced its intention to abandon Wayland… For me, networking of displays is the most important feature of GNU/Linux operating systems. Perhaps X … Continue reading
Malaysian Government Adoption of FLOSS
Some statistics: Item Status Share (%) Agencies using FLOSS 705 of 724 agencies 97% Agencies using FLOSS back ends 640 of 724 88% Agencies using FLOSS desktop solutions 496 of 724 68% Implementations of OpenOffice.org 481 Implementations of GNU/Linux desktops … Continue reading