Monthly Archives: November 2014

Another Racket Run By M$

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Robert Pogson

Oh dear! The city of Arnhem, the place with the Bridge Too Far, where paratroopers died because of the folly of higher ranks, is now involved in another less costly but egregious disaster.“To compensate for not having adequately licensed the … Continue reading →

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OneRNG

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Robert Pogson

With the recent discussion here of randomness/entropy, it’s timely that a story emerges of a guy“there’s an avalanche diode, which generates entropy from the quantum noise of its own operation. “That’s not some scary quantum effect that’s hard to understand”, … Continue reading →

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Decisions About Small Cheap Computers

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Robert Pogson

So, M$ is competing on price for small cheap legacy computers these days. That’s OK, but at least you, the consumer, now have a choice you didn’t have a few years ago.“your account information is all stored in Google’s cloud, … Continue reading →

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FLOSS and Advertising

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Robert Pogson

I notice the folks who ship Fedora GNU/Linux are irate about FireFox doing some advertising on the “new tab” page… I checked mine and the “tiles” are all about pages that I visit frequently. I don’t see any ads at … Continue reading →

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FLOSS And Government In India

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Robert Pogson

FLOSS is the right way to do IT for everyone. Governments may feel FLOSS is unnecessary/different/unusual at their peril. Sooner or later“Indian government software applications are set to make the shift to open source, potentially boosting the pace at which … Continue reading →

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Networked File Storage And That Other OS

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Robert Pogson

Users of that other OS and Ed Bott are in anguish over M$ tweaking how “8” deals with synced files to/from the cloud.“I rely on being able to see all the files on my OneDrive through Explorer, whether they are … Continue reading →

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Continental Drift Continues

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Robert Pogson

While there are many hotspots in the GNU/Linux landscape, usage of GNU/Linux on the desktop is still spotty around the world. There are millions of GNU/Linux desktops but they are in clusters rather than widely spread. Antarctica – 37.5% Europe … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!… Or Maybe Not If You’re M$

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Robert Pogson

M$ sweated the ~$1K box back in the old days but managed by anticompetitive moves to squeeze OEMs.“Digitimes Research expects Lenovo’s and Asustek’s 11.6-inch Chromebooks to be priced at US$149, 25% lower than the US$199 of the C720 from Acer, … Continue reading →

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Joey Hess, Developer Of 18 Years With Debian Departs – Second Edition

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Robert Pogson

This is a duplicate of the article below so that comments can work again. Some comments may be lost The strife in the Debian community has had another casualty, Joey Hess.“If I have one regret from my 18 years in … Continue reading →

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Problem With This Site

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Robert Pogson

I was editing a comment and somehow messed up the configuration. No comments will show for the post on Joey Hess quitting Debian. The others seem OK. Working on it…

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A Pleasant Stroll Through Europe – GNU/Linux Rolls On Desktops

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Robert Pogson

Region Roll-out Savings Valencia, Spain 120K PC in admin, courts and schools €1.5million p.a. Extremadura, Spain 70K PCs in schools, more in offices France 72K PCs in French national police, Parliament and ministries checking it out €2 million p.a. Germany, … Continue reading →

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The Upper Echelons Of The UK Government Get It, But The Message Didn’t Get Through.

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Robert Pogson

Based on my experience in school, business and education, I developed my personal theory of management:“You may find that you have become locked-in to a particular contract or technology. As part of your consideration of the total cost of ownership … Continue reading →

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