Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Another Million Learn About GNU/Linux

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“Linux is a free open-source operating system, which means the code is available for anyone to explore. Technically speaking, the term “Linux” refers to just the kernel, or the core, of the code. However, people often use the name to … Continue reading →

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Wishful Thinking Of Non-Free Software Makers

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, sent out a note this past week arguing that companies that “don’t jump on the open source bandwagon” risk being “left behind.” SAS’s PR team, by contrast, put out a report offering helpful guidelines: Make … Continue reading →

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!$##@%%%!!! UBUNTU!!!

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Robert Pogson

A notebook that TLW uses was the last machine in our house to run Ubuntu GNU/Linux. Recently, it needed a software upgrade to a more recent release. Ubuntu reported the exact command that root had to issue and I did … Continue reading →

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My Experiences Converting Users To GNU/Linux

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“If you sit a child in front of a Linux computer, they usually just start using it. It’s an amazing thing to watch. Kids are curious by nature and they also have the added advantage of not having any preconceived … Continue reading →

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Canonical Shaky On Sharing

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“Many thanks for the majority of these patches to Sasha Levin, who dug them out of Canonical’s 4.4 kernel tree. I have no idea why they never sent them in for inclusion on their own :(“ See Linux-Kernel Archive: [PATCH 4.4 … Continue reading →

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Another Police Force Being Set Free

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“The police force in Lithuania have switched to using LibreOffice. This free and open source suite of office productivity tools is implemented on over 8000 workstations. The police has started to test the use of workstations running Ubuntu Linux.” See Lithuanian … Continue reading →

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The Nightmare Returns – TLW Requires TOOS

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“Whenever we opened an Office application it would crash. But also, every time someone in the company updated a file in one of the folders we had open – which tended to be the folders that were most active, so … Continue reading →

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A Reminder Of Why I Hate Ubuntu

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Robert Pogson

Yesterday I was reminded why I hate Ubuntu. I suddenly was unable to SSH into Odroid-C2. From Odroid-C2 I could do everything as normal. It turned out the IP address had changed despite my HOST declaration in Beast’s DHCP server … Continue reading →

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Debian GNU/Linux Grooves In Schools In Grenoble

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“Following last year’s successful pilot, the French city of Grenoble is this year moving 8 more schools to a complete free and open source stack. France’s 16th largest city, is using Linux for PCs, laptops and servers. The city intends … Continue reading →

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One Of The Places Where I Taught Up North Is In Trouble

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“evacuation orders have been issued by the communities of Easterville and Chemawawin First Nation, 450 kilometres north of Winnipeg, due to smoke and threat from a fire that has moved to within half a kilometre of the community. Fire crews are … Continue reading →

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ARMed  Software

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“for the most part you can develop for ARM on ARM and it works well and is a pretty fast compile. Today, when you can you should just develop and compile natively on ARM, it’s not tricky, you are guaranteed … Continue reading →

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OMG! Mark Shuttleworth Mentions GNU and Linux and Ubuntu In A Single Sentence!

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“I think without Ubuntu, it would be very difficult to use traditional Linux every day—not just Ubuntu as I enjoy it, but it’s full family of derivatives and the impact it has every day on Debian and competing distributions, essentially … Continue reading →

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