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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: Ubuntu
Another Million Learn About GNU/Linux
“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
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, Ubuntu, uptake
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Wishful Thinking Of Non-Free Software Makers
“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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Tagged desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, market share, migration, Ubuntu, uptake
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!$##@%%%!!! UBUNTU!!!
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
Posted in family, Teaching, technology
Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, Linux, migration, server, small cheap computers, Ubuntu
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My Experiences Converting Users To GNU/Linux
“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
Posted in family, Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged ARM, Debian, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, migration, server, small cheap computers, smart phone, that other OS, Ubuntu, uptake
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Canonical Shaky On Sharing
“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
Another Police Force Being Set Free
“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
Posted in Linux in Education, politics, technology
Tagged adoption, Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, LibreOffice, Linux, migration, politics, that other OS, Ubuntu, uptake
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The Nightmare Returns – TLW Requires TOOS
“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
Posted in family, technology
Tagged desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, that other OS, Ubuntu, uptake
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A Reminder Of Why I Hate Ubuntu
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
Posted in Linux in Education, technology
Tagged adoption, Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, small cheap computers, thin client, Ubuntu
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Debian GNU/Linux Grooves In Schools In Grenoble
“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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Tagged adoption, Debian, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, migration, Ubuntu, uptake
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One Of The Places Where I Taught Up North Is In Trouble
“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
“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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Tagged ARM, Debian, desktop, GNU/Linux, Linux, migration, server, small cheap computers, thin client, Ubuntu
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OMG! Mark Shuttleworth Mentions GNU and Linux and Ubuntu In A Single Sentence!
“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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Tagged Debian, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, migration, small cheap computers, Ubuntu, uptake
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