Daily Archives: July 21, 2014

International Sanctions May Accelerate Adoption Of GNU/Linux In Russia

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Robert Pogson

GNU/Linux has been in the pipe for a while but US sanctions on Russia may“The State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, is drafting a bill to require government agencies and state-run enterprises to give preference to local providers of … Continue reading →

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More Small Cheap Computers

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Robert Pogson

SJVN has a survey… How about this baby, with 2gB RAM and 4x 1.7gHz? If only it had some SATA ports, Beast could be out of business. I would like a bit more RAM too, but for $65 it surely … Continue reading →

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Schools In Geneva Switching To GNU/Linux

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Robert Pogson

“All primary and secondary public schools in the Swiss Canton of Geneva are switching to using Ubuntu GNU/Linux for the PCs used by teachers and students. The switch has been completed by all of the 170 primary public schools, and … Continue reading →

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It’s A Bug In That Other OS, Not The Browser

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Robert Pogson

It turns out that Google’s Chrome browser has been telling that other OS not to save power by napping, for years.“Instead of waking up the processor every 15.625ms, Chrome tells Windows to have it wake up every 1.000ms. So while … Continue reading →

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