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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: August 2016
Grapes
Yes. Something useful grows in my yard. Grapes. Two years ago I ordered two vines from a local supplier. They grew a little the first year, establishing roots. The second year, they took off, reaching the second rung of a … Continue reading
Hackberries In The Ground
“I suddenly realized it is one of the best food and shelter plants for wildlife. I had not really noticed that its berries remain on its branches throughout the winter months. Quail, pheasants, woodpeckers, and cedar waxwings feed on its … Continue reading
The Last Spike
Folks are always fond of announcing the finishing of some project. Well, today, we are one day away from planting all TLW’s trees. Yesterday, I dug six holes and today we planted a Thuja occidentalis and five shrubs. All that … Continue reading
M$ Tries But Just Doesn’t Get FLOSS
“Microsoft has laid part of the blame for Bing Maps’ mis-location of the Australian city of Melbourne by a whole hemisphere on Wikipedia. Yes, Wikipedia, “the free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit.— See Microsoft’s maps lost Melbourne because it used bad Wikipedia … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, technology
Tagged desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, security, that other OS, uptake
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Best Practices Declared Evil By The Ignorant
“She and her lawyers had those emails deleted. And they didn’t just push the delete button; they had them deleted where even God can’t read them. They were using something called BleachBit. You don’t use BleachBit for yoga emails or … Continue reading
Bern Takes The Next Step Towards Free/Libre Open Source Software
“the city approved a CHF 843,00 (about EUR 750,000) proof of concept study for a switch to open source desktop solutions. The proposal was supported by a clear majority in the council, with 49 votes in favour and 18 against.” See … Continue reading
Posted in politics, technology
Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, adoption, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, market share, migration, uptake
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Search For MH370 – Desperate Measures
“Phase one involves setting adrift ocean drifter buoys used in the Global Drifter Program along with models of the flaperon which have been fitted with satellite trackers. The models will be tracked to establish the rate and direction of drift … Continue reading
9 Apple Trees All In A Row
Last year, I was bold enough to plant 3 apple trees out in the yard near the ditch without official permission from TLW… She was furious when she spotted the tiny things. She muttered something about cutting them down or … Continue reading
Oh! The Horror! Ireland Stays Enslaved To M$
“The last 18 months has seen Europe’s biggest Microsoft replacement project, with 47,000 new machines running Windows 7 and 10 over the last year allowing for the scrappage of ones running Windows XP, NT and even 98. “Having said that, … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, politics, technology
Tagged adoption, android, ARM, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, migration, politics, small cheap computers, that other OS, uptake
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Time To Move To PostgreSQL
“MariaDB Corp. has announced that release 2.0 of its MaxScale database proxy software is henceforth no longer open source. The organization has made it source-available under a proprietary license that promises each release will eventually become open source once it’s … Continue reading
Hot Flash! Trump Dying!
“Much in the way “birthers” (Trump was among the most prominent) sought similar ends by questioning President Barack Obama’s citizenship, the "healthers" are using junk science and conspiracy theories to argue that Clinton is suffering from a series of debilitating … Continue reading
THE BIG LIE About Operating Systems
“In terms of the smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android regained share over iOS to achieve an 86 percent share (see Table 2) in the second quarter of 2016. Android’s performance continued to come from demand for mid- to lower-end … Continue reading
Posted in technology
Tagged android, Apple, ARM, FLOSS, Linux, market share, that other OS
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