Daily Archives: October 7, 2013

Wikimedia Traffic Analysis: GNU/Linux Taking Off

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Robert Pogson

Check out their report for September: That other OS only 49.52%, Linux 10.92%. That last item includes Android/Linux which is 8.50%, so GNU/Linux nets 2.42%. Yes! see Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report – Operating Systems. That’s not exactly wonderful and I … Continue reading →

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Nvidia Caught Out Again

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Robert Pogson

Apparently, Nvidia has deliberately sabotaged a driver for GNU/Linux because it had more features than the driver for that other OS… “Are you going to raise the number of monitors to 4 in windows so that “for feature parity” linux … Continue reading →

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Budgetary Motivation Propagates FLOSS

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Robert Pogson

In my experience, wanting things to work in IT requires FLOSS. That’s all the motivations I needed but others are motivated financially because they pay a huge slice of their budgets for IT and that’s what’s most important. Some governments … Continue reading →

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