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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: GNU/Linux
Linux Continues To Thrive In 2021 In A Pandemic
“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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Tagged Free Software, GNU/Linux, Linux
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Fallout From Trump’s Tariff War OR GNU/Linux Beats TOOS
“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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Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, China, GNU/Linux, government, market share, migration, politics, Trumpism
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The OS Wars Continue
“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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Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, politics
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Here Comes Buster!
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
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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Finally, My ARMed Box Is In Sight
“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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Tagged ARM, Debian, FLOSS, GNU/Linux
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It Just Got A Whole Lot Easier To Buy A GNU/Linux Notebook…
“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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Tagged 2015 - Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, ARM, Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, uptake
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Amazon Armed
“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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Tagged ARM, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, server, small cheap computers, uptake
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The GNU/Linux Desktop, Again
““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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Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, migration, that other OS, uptake
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IBM And Red Hat
“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
Posted in Linux in Education, technology
Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, migration, that other OS, uptake
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PCI Express On the 96Boards Poplar
“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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Tagged ARM, Debian, GNU/Linux, migration, server, small cheap computers, uptake
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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
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Tagged desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, Linux, market share, migration, server, thin clients, uptake
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