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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: trolls
From Now On Comments Are Closed
I’m tired of dealing with #%$^##! like this in my blog: “your woeful little tricycle could plummet into a ravine, which would be “potential energy,†as unlikely and irrelevant as that event might be) is scalar. That “great detail†you feel … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged education, security, trolls, Trumpism
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Humble Beginnings + Industry = Growth
A few years ago, a relative donated a bowl of plums grown on a tree in her yard. I knew exactly what to do with them. I cut each one in half to remove the stone and made jam of … Continue reading
Posted in food, horticulture, technology
Tagged FLOSS, GNU/Linux, small cheap computers, that other OS, trolls
1 Comment
A Tale Of Two NAS Devices And Their Makers
A recent failure of a router has been diagnosed as a NIC failure on the motherboard. I can install another NIC to solve the problem. Along the way, I considered converting the rackmount server to be a NAS device for … Continue reading
Wikipedia: Decline Or Maturity?
My recent migration to Debian Jessie, which required fixing my local tweaks for web-applications ended with some examination of Wikipedia, of which I have a snapshot from 2004 or so. I have edited it a lot and customized it for … Continue reading
Posted in technology
Tagged adoption, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, migration, politics, trolls, uptake
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A Bunch Of Reasons Why I Use The GNU/Linux Operating System
I just read a trollish/clickbaitish article, you know, one of those “umpteen reasons to use that other OS…” things. It was sickening. All the usual arguments evanglists of M$ use wrapped in a “user-friendliness” package with a ribbon were there. … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged adoption, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, LibreOffice, market share, server, small cheap computers, that other OS, thin client, trolls
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Budapest District Loves FLOSS
In spite of the trolls who proclaim that other OS and its “partners” are essential to IT, another city announces that it has been using a lot of FLOSS for everything for years. “Karay was one of the presenters at … Continue reading
Posted in technology
Tagged adoption, Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, migration, that other OS, trolls
2 Comments
Software Patent Thermogeddon
M$ and “friends” are unleashing the Nortel patents against Google several ways. A recent barrage in court seeks to undermine Google’s whole business. Expect it to annoy the world for a decade. On of “The patents describe "an advertisement machine … Continue reading
Posted in technology
Tagged adoption, android, FLOSS, Linux, market share, small cheap computers, trolls
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BigBrother Stops Groklaw
“My personal decision is to get off of the Internet to the degree it’s possible. I’m just an ordinary person. But I really know, after all my research and some serious thinking things through, that I can’t stay online personally … Continue reading
The Generations of Spam
More than a decade ago when I used Hotmail, I was getting more spam than normal e-mail. I can’t remember the details. It was the shear weight… Now I get only rare spam via GMail but I have a blog … Continue reading
Status of Wireless N (802.11n draft)
Some trolls claim wireless N does not work with GNU/Linux. That may seem plausible in that few drivers were available but ath9k is in Linux 2.6.27 at rc7 and working and some are using it in Ubuntu Intrepid which is … Continue reading
Myths Never Die.
Some twit wrote an article recounting five myths about why one should not migrate to Ubuntu (read GNU/Linux). 73 comments and counting, he is blown away. The article is full of innuendo and half-truth and irrelevant information. Skip it and … Continue reading
Ban www.desktoplinux.com !
In a thread entitled “What are the benefits of open source?”, started by amicus_curious, one of the trolls of the Internet, I wrote: “Fortunately Ziff-Davis has decided that OUR side of this debate is worth hearing.” That is the problem. … Continue reading