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Tag Archives: Debian
Thinking About Networked Storage
“block devices exported via AoE cannot be accessed by IP. Without this additional overhead, network performance does improve when accessing the exported block device(s). This non-routability also adds to the security of the technology. In order to access the volumes, … Continue reading
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Tagged ARM, Debian, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, server, small cheap computers, thin client
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Another Million Learn About GNU/Linux
“Linux is a free open-source operating system, which means the code is available for anyone to explore. Technically speaking, the term “Linux” refers to just the kernel, or the core, of the code. However, people often use the name to … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, Ubuntu, uptake
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ASUS Provides Competition In ARM SBCs
“From a performance perspective, the ASUS Tinker Board is a capable ARM SBC for its price tag of only $60 USD. The performance is very good against the inexpensive (sub-$100) boards while obviously if needing greater performance there is more … Continue reading
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Tagged ARM, Debian, desktop, GNU/Linux, migration, small cheap computers, uptake
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Thin Edge Of The Wedge
“According to French press reports, by switching from a proprietary tool to Zimbra, the city avoids having to pay EUR 700,000 for renewal of proprietary licence fees. The city has earmarked EUR 200,000 to cover the exit costs and to … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, technology
Tagged adoption, Debian, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, market share, migration, uptake
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Spaghetti Code Strikes Again
“During research into the Windows kernel, we came across an interesting issue with PsSetLoadImageNotifyRoutine which as its name implies, notifies of module loading. The thing is, after registering a notification routine for loaded PE images with the kernel the callback may … Continue reading
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Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, security, server, that other OS, uptake
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11 Quarters of Global Legacy PC Decline
“In the U.S., PC shipments totaled 14 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 5.7 percent decline from the second quarter of 2016 (see Table 2). The U.S. market declined due to weak consumer PC demand. The business … Continue reading
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Tagged android, Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, smart phone, that other OS, uptake
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Upgrading to Debian Stretch
I’ve done it. Our server and all but one of our clients have been dist-upgraded to Debian Stretch. The dist-upgrade went smoothly on all clients. The server was another matter. Oh, the dist-upgrade was smooth but web-applications were ripped by … Continue reading
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Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, security, server, uptake
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Intel Surrenders To ARM
“Intel has discontinued three of its offerings for the Internet of Things and embedded device markets. The chipmaker said in a series of low-key product updates that it would be killing off the Edison, Galileo and Joule compute modules and boards … Continue reading
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Tagged ARM, Debian, GNU/Linux, Intel, Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, that other OS, uptake
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Debian 9 “Stretch” Released
I’ve had a couple of systems running it. Today I will convert my main machine. See https://twitter.com/debian
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Tagged adoption, Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, LibreOffice, migration, server, uptake
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SBCs
“Over the last year, LinuxGizmos has reported on dozens of new community backed, open spec, hacker- and developer-friendly single board computers that run Linux and Android. We’ve added these to a curated list of earlier boards to publish a catalog … Continue reading
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Tagged ARM, Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, server, small cheap computers
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Debian Stretch Is Imminent
“On 2017-06-03 at the latest, we will tag all remaining RC bugs with either stretch-ignore OR stretch-will-remove. Packages that have RC bugs tagged with stretch-will-remove will be removed the weekend before the release unless they have been fixed in testing … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Debian, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, security, small cheap computers, uptake
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Armageddon, M$-style
“On May 12, hackers hit more than a hundred countries, exploiting a stolen N.S.A. tool that targeted vulnerabilities of Microsoft software. The attacks infected only machines running on Windows operative system. Among the victims are public administrative bodies such as … Continue reading
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Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, market share, migration, politics, security, that other OS, uptake
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