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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: thin clients
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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Thin Clients, The Walking Dead Of Computing
“In those early days, even as we swapped the serial cables for network ones, shrunk the cases, and doubled the performance, it didn’t take long before thin clients were banished to niche use cases, becoming the territory of call centers, … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, technology
Tagged FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, security, server, small cheap computers, thin client, thin clients, uptake
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Legacy PCs Continue Nose-diving In 2016
“global smartphone sales will for the first time exhibit single-digit growth in 2016. Global smartphone sales are estimated to reach 1.5 billion units in 2016, a 7 per cent growth from 2015. The total mobile phone market is forecast to … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, ARM, Intel, market share, migration, server, small cheap computers, smart phone, that other OS, thin clients, uptake
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Smartphones, The New Implanted PCs
“Global smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter will increase to 396.8 million units, leading to 1.326 billion units for 2015 which will rise 10.1% on year.” See Digitimes Research: Over 331 million smartphones shipped globally in 3Q15Wow! M$ used to brag … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, android, Apple, ARM, China, desktop, FLOSS, Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, that other OS, thin clients, uptake
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Security? Cost? Go With Thin Clients
In large organizations paranoid about security and having huge IT bills, thin clients are the way to go.“it quickly became clear that the DoD network, with more than 15,000 different sub-networks, was simply too large and had too many distributed … Continue reading
Finnish Schools Save Big With FLOSS
“Municipalities in Finland that have switched their schools to Linux and other open source solutions are saving millions of euro. Typically, our centrally managed open source computers are at least 40 percent cheaper than the proprietary alternative. The total savings … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, technology
Tagged adoption, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, market share, small cheap computers, thin clients, uptake
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Lenovo And IBM Go Another Round
In a manner similar to the sale of the PC business, IBM has agreed to sell the x86 server business to Lenovo. One detail that I think is important is that “Approximately 7,500 IBM employees around the world, including those … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Intel, Linux, market share, server, small cheap computers, thin clients
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The Writing On The Wall: Tablets And Smartphones Are The New PCs
Some of the trolls lurking here keep harping that small cheap computers just cannot replace the legacy PC because they lack something: keyboards, kilowatt PSUs or whatever. The fact is that that a large segment of users don’t require those … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, desktop, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, small cheap computers, thin clients, uptake
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Retail Shelves
Unfortunately, I can’t drive around to a lot of retailers to examine their shelves so this survey of the web will have to do. I will restrict myself to Canadian sites. The rest of the world varies, I know. NewEgg.ca … Continue reading
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Tagged android, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, thin clients, Ubuntu
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Chrome OS, The New GNU/Linux Distro Accepted By OEMs, Retailers, Government and Consumers
Combine state of the art hardware from Intel and optimized software from Google and what do you have? A big bite taken out of the Wintel pie: “Chrome OS represents a new form of computing," he said. "We are seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, google, government, small cheap computers, thin clients
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Everybody Loves Small Cheap Computers
“According to IHS iSuppli Compute Platforms Topical Report, lower-end computers classified in either the "mainstream" category or the "value" the mainstream desktop PCs is expected to account for 46.9% of the market each by the year-end, while the top-end PCs … Continue reading
Extremadura Confirms Commitment to FLOSS
I have been writing for years about the benefits of FLOSS including GNU/Linux and thin clients in education. Government usage is not that much different so this combination should be useful in government as well. Apparently Extremadura thinks so: “CIO … Continue reading