Tag Archives: GNU/Linux

Linux Continues To Thrive In 2021 In A Pandemic

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Robert Pogson

“RC 5.8 features over 14,000 non-merge commits, some 800,000 new lines of code, and added around a hundred new contributors. It might have gotten that large simply because few have been traveling thanks to COVID-19, and we’ve all been able … Continue reading →

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Fallout From Trump’s Tariff War OR GNU/Linux Beats TOOS

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Robert Pogson

“In a major blow to Microsoft, the Chinese government will be replacing all PCs that run Windows by 2022, and could instead use a Chinese-created Linux distro, such as Kylin Linux.”   See China to ditch all Windows PCs by … Continue reading →

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The OS Wars Continue

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Robert Pogson

“Beijing has ordered all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software within three years, in a potential blow to the likes of HP, Dell and Microsoft.”   See Beijing orders state offices to replace foreign … Continue reading →

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Here Comes Buster!

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Robert Pogson

It’s been a while since I upgraded to a new version of Debian GNU/Linux but the opportunity arrived last month. I waited until today, being bored out of my mind by endless Trumpisms, news-cycles and the weather. I’d been putting … Continue reading →

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The Battle For Freedom In Schools Continues

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Robert Pogson

“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 →

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Finally, My ARMed Box Is In Sight

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Robert Pogson

“SolidRun opened $550 pre-sales on a “HoneyComb LX2K” Mini-ITX board with a “CEx7 LX2160A” COM Express module that runs Linux on NXP’s 2.0GHz, 16-core -A72 LX2160A with up to 64GB DDR4 and dual 10GbE SFP+ ports. SolidRun announced pre-sales of $550 … Continue reading →

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It Just Got A Whole Lot Easier To Buy A GNU/Linux Notebook…

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Robert Pogson

“In case you’ve missed it, last year, Google started making it possible to run desktop Linux on Chrome OS. Since then, more Chromebook devices are able to run Linux. Going forward, all of them will be able to do so, … Continue reading →

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Amazon Armed

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“Amazon has designed its own 64-bit Arm server processors, dubbed Graviton, and is right now renting them out on AWS. Just in time for its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, the internet titan today revealed its A1 family of EC2 … Continue reading →

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The GNU/Linux Desktop, Again

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Robert Pogson

““The current situation with dozens of distributions, each with different rules, each with different versions of different libraries, some with certain libraries missing, each with different packaging tools and packaging formats … that basically tells app developers ‘go away, focus … Continue reading →

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IBM And Red Hat

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“IBM is acquiring Red Hat, a major distributor of open-source software and technology, in a deal valued around $34 billion, the companies announced on Sunday. According to a joint statement, IBM will pay cash to buy all shares in Red Hat … Continue reading →

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PCI Express On the 96Boards Poplar

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Robert Pogson

“I am very excited to let our readers know that finally, thanks to some developments in the past month, we now have a fully functioning PCIe slot on the Poplar Board! Late last year, we saw the release of Linux 4.9 … Continue reading →

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Thin Clients Revisited

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Robert Pogson

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 →

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