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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: September 2015
GNU/Linux Breaks Out On Desktops In Palau
See Top 7 Desktop OSs in Palau from 30 Aug to 28 Sept 2015Wow! Palau may be tiny but apparently Palauans love GNU/Linux. I guess they were tired of having PCs that slowed down under their burden of malware while … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, adoption, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, market share, migration, uptake
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Five years of LibreOffice
“the group of 16 founders launched an independent free software project under the stewardship of The Document Foundation, to fulfil the promise made by Sun ten years before – at the time of the first announcement of OpenOffice.org – of … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, technology
Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, adoption, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, market share, migration, uptake
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GNU/Linux Advances In China
“NeoKylin is starting to be considered a legitimate option even for users outside the government. Workers in the entire city of Siping switched to it. Over 40% of commercial PCs sold by Dell in China are running NeoKylin, the company … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, market share, uptake
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Price – One Measure Of Lock-in
“A one-time purchase of Office 2016 — for either Windows PCs or Macs — costs $149 for the Office Home & Student; $229 for the Office Home and Business; and $399 for Office Professional.…A subscription to Office 365 Personal — … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, adoption, android, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, LibreOffice, Linux, market share, migration, uptake
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Linux 4.1 is a longterm kernel.
Greg Kroah-Hartman: “I’ll be maintaining 4.1 for the next two years, proving that after a decade of doing stable kernels, I still do not know any better.” See Linux-Kernel Archive: [website PATCH] 4.1 is a longterm kernel.Linus said it a while … Continue reading
FLOSS OSs Break Out In Gibraltar
See Top 7 Desktop OSs in Gibraltar from 1 to 24 Sept 2015What is it about islands that allow them to plunge into FLOSS unlike most larger countries? Here’s another. Gibraltar moved from almost nothing to ~16% GNU/Linux desktops this … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, adoption, android, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, small cheap computers, uptake
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Moral Obligation = Conscience, Trump
Last week, Trump was at a “town hall” meeting when some nutcase started prattling about Muslims being a problem and that POTUS was a Muslim. He even suggested getting rid of Muslims. In the face of this “question” Trump responded … Continue reading
New Is Here
Yesterday, Friday, 2015-09-18, Android/Linux was over the face of the deep and covered the Earth, Asia and Africa at least, 75% of the World’s population. We’re there. That graph from StatCounter is for all kinds of devices, too, desktop, smartphones, … Continue reading
To Underscore Or Not To Underscore, That Is The Question
For years, I’ve been annoyed by a mistake made back in 2008. Somehow, I created two tags for articles, “market share”, and “market_share”. Today, I decided to fix that so folks searching one or the other would find the whole … Continue reading
GNU/Linux Touted As Safe Replacement For Illegal Software In Bangladesh
“Replacement of pirated software by free/open-source equivalents has effectively saved Kazi Farms Group and Dhaka Tribune from any worry of potential future piracy raids and arrests. It has also saved a total of 800 x 40,000 = Tk3.2cr ($400,000) in … Continue reading
LibreOffice Installations In EU Governments Approach One Million
“Total cost of ownership (including exit costs) must continue to be considered by government organisations on a case by case basis. In the same way, transition costs from current technology to meet ODF requirements cannot be included in cost assessments, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, market share, that other OS, uptake
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Making FLOSS The Default Option Helps Procurement For Government
“The Italian military is transitioning to LibreOffice and the Open Document Format (ODF). The Ministry of Defense will over the next year-and-a-half install this suite of office productivity tools on some 150,000 PC workstations – making it Europe’s second largest … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, market share, politics, uptake
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