With a small amount of commercial promotion, another Linux incarnation, Android, dominated the mobile device market (from 20% to at least 51% in FY2011) — Linux on the desktop would have a similar change in market share with similar promotions. The real deal however is that OS manufacturer is becoming irrelevant with OS agnostic Cloud-based communications and apps that run in browsers, so eventually a for-pay OS that achieves nothing more than a free OS will fall away.
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EdUbuntu 12.04: Configuring to get work done
Last night we installed the new Ubuntu 12.04 Precise on our HP 6910p business class notebook from a USB memory stick. The installation went about as quick and painless as any we have done. We also installed Blue Fish, FileZilla, Chromium, Compiz configuration manager, and SSH Server, and did some configuring of the Launcher bar….
Heads Up!
Pay Attention! This is powerful. You carry your phone with you, use it when you are mobile. When you get home you drop it into its charging dock and it connects to keyboard and screen — it is now a PC with PC performance, software, and features. You go to a friend’s house, drop it…
LED Lighting: advent of the “bulb-less” Lighting Appliance
Will $60 LED bulbs be the new green incandescent? http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17788178 The price and carbon terrorism is so extreme — CFLs last 1-3 months, not 10 years. I have a pile on my work bench. And they hurt us more in the manufacturing and contain Hg. The law does not even force retailers to take back…
Ubuntu Release Schedule
The Ubuntu release schedule is rather hard to find: the link is here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseSchedule Ubuntu 12.04 will be released April 26, 2012. It will be supported for five (5) years thereafter.