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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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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Making 12 Gauge Slug Rounds
What do you do with old shotguns with lead-only barrels? I intend to use one for killing deer with 1 ounce slugs and killing grouse with 1 ounce loads of shot. The latter is easy. There’s lots of data around. … Continue reading
The Hectic Pace Of Linux Kernel Development
(Confessions of a Linux Junky) I chose Linux-3.10 kernel for my working system because it has long term support from Greg Kroah-Hartman and he backports a lot of the latest and greatest goodies after they have been kicked around in … Continue reading
Real TCO
Remember the “good old days” when M$ spread FUD far and wide about FLOSS and GNU/Linux costing more than Wintel?“By switching to free and open source, the government of the Canary Islands in Spain continues to reduce its ICT costs. … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, server, small cheap computers
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Shuttleworth and MySQL
“I think Oracle have been an excellent steward of MySQL, with real investment and great quality. Appreciating and celebrating that doesn’t detract from our willingness to engage elsewhere. I think the tendency to imagine conspiracies and malfeasance is one of … Continue reading
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Tagged databasery, Debian, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, LibreOffice, MySQL, oracle, Ubuntu
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Android/Linux Overtakes XP on Weekends
The title says it all. Folks are using their Android/Linux smartphones a lot everywhere, even at work. Same with tablets. The personal computer has been redefined by consumers, employees, everyone but the sycophants of Wintel. The small cheap computers flooding … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, android, desktop, GNU/Linux, Samsung, small cheap computers, smart phone, tablets, that other OS
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Harsh Guidance In Romainian Education
After recent reports that schools were not using donated notebooks running Ubuntu Gnu/Linux, the government has issued an edict that “Schools are to un-install all software without a valid license and to confirm the completion of this action by getting … Continue reading
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Tagged desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, market share, small cheap computers, that other OS, Ubuntu
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MS-Android
I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Nokia is producing some Android/Linux smartphones “Within Microsoft what I see happening is that the company will start backing off Windows Phone. Kendrick’s right, you see. It is too much to … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, android, google, Linux, small cheap computers, smart phone, software-patents, that other OS
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Even Smaller Cheaper Computers Running FLOSS
On the one hand folks are talking about $25 smartphones running FLOSS and on the other hand folks say it’s not possible.“Spreadtrum has announced WCDMA and EDGE turnkey reference designs for Firefox OS as well as the industry’s first chipset … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, android, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, small cheap computers, smart phone
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The Fourth Bolt
The part came to repair the chute on my snowblower. It’s a plastic (!!!) collar to which the chute is bolted which swivels around another collar with a lip on the machine. Of course, whoever tightened the bolt overtightened it … Continue reading
Better PCs
Ken Hess believes people will buy more PCs (legacy PCs, you know those big boxes and notebooks) if the new PCs are better.“Tablets can’t do the same job as efficiently and I think people have discovered this fact. But we … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers
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The Big And Little Guys
Larry Dignan is peeved with the powers that be in smartphones. “we’ve hit a plateau in smartphone innovation and we can’t count on two dominant hardware makers—Apple and Samsung—and two platforms—iOS and Android—to do everything. My patience for evolution over … Continue reading
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The Strange Case of Tablets
I haven’t had much in the way of statistics on tablets since the year-end stuff. This needs to be fixed… I visited StatCounter and asked for all of the CSVs of Tablet OS v Continent. After a lot of cutting … Continue reading
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