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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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Tag Archives: education
Sharks Become Real When They Circle Your Lifeboat
Yesterday sharks became real for me. Before then COVID-19 was mostly something in news stories. Yesterday, I encountered sharks circling my lifeboat: toilet tissue became scarce in the big box stores bleach became scarce in the big box stores a … Continue reading
Posted in family, politics, technology
Tagged education, government, migration, politics, Trumpism
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The Battle For Freedom In Schools Continues
“Six years ago, my school district faced a problem common to all public school leaders: not enough money to bring powerful learning technology to students.So we chose a different way — the open source way — and as a result, … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux
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Thin Clients Revisited
I’ve long advocated using GNU/Linux thin clients in schools and offices. It just makes sense to save licensing costs and simplify maintenance. IGEL reports “Shipments of Linux-based endpoint devices” were 35% of units shipped in 2017. See “Linux and the … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, Linux, market share, migration, server, thin clients, uptake
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From Now On Comments Are Closed
I’m tired of dealing with #%$^##! like this in my blog: “your woeful little tricycle could plummet into a ravine, which would be “potential energy,†as unlikely and irrelevant as that event might be) is scalar. That “great detail†you feel … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged education, security, trolls, Trumpism
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21st Century DNA Searches
“The investigators used an open-source genetic database, GEDmatch, to explore family trees and see whether any contained matches to DNA samples from the crime scenes, according to Paul Holes, a retired cold case investigator who briefed the Sacramento County sheriff … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Teaching, technology
Tagged adoption, education, government, politics, security
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The Last Gasp
“While the year saw the rise of Trump, this is not the beginning of his term, it is the end. As painful as it has been to watch him and his supporters rally, theirs is merely a last gasp of … Continue reading
Plug For PASCAL
“Is it worth the extra effort to add static type annotations to a JavaScript project? Should I use Facebook’s Flow or Microsoft’s TypeScript if so? Will they really catch bugs that would otherwise have made it to master? both Flow and … Continue reading
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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Canada’s A Winner
“Canada does not even really have a national education system, it is based on autonomous provinces and it is hard to think of a bigger contrast between a city state such as Singapore and a sprawling land mass such as … Continue reading
Wallonia Uses FLOSS Applications
“The majority (75%) of municipalities in the Walloon region of Belgium are now using open source software and services. In the region 261 cities, towns, villages and other public administrations are using 8 open source-based solutions that are centrally managed … Continue reading
Posted in technology
Tagged education, FLOSS, government, migration, server, that other OS, uptake
11 Comments
Mary Jane Goes Crazy
“On Thursday, the Canadian government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled its plans to legalize recreational marijuana.Canadian PM Justin Trudeau endorsed marijuana legalization during his campaign. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau endorsed marijuana legalization during his campaign.If the Cannabis Act passes Parliament, … Continue reading
Posted in family, food, horticulture, politics
Tagged adoption, education, garden, government, market share, migration, politics, security, uptake
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Austrian Schools
“As well as all the small problems with our Windows installations, hours lost in updating Java, Flash, Quicktime, Silverlight and so on, Microsoft turned off the KMS server in Vienna and this introduced new problems with the key management service. … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged adoption, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, market share, migration, small cheap computers, that other OS, uptake
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