“Document Freedom Day”: a day for celebrating information accessibility for all people everywhere and for raising awareness of open standards. The open software movement and the corporate desire for it to end is very much like the American Second Amendment “Gun Control” movement — Software Patents are not about software and Gun Control is not about guns, but both are about CONTROL. And it behooves us as a global community to promote freedom and oppose protectionism in whatever form it may appear.
Tag: Windows
Beagle Bone, Windows 8.1 Start Button
Microsoft will resurrect the Start button in Windows 8.1. Texas Instruments launched its ARM-powered BeagleBone Black PC: faster hardware, lower power requirements for $45.
Windows 8 Release Preview
http://click.email.microsoftemail.com/?qs=2b7baebe33a1cd0d9667911a300ae26889dbaad2c1bce4597f2165ebdca730b64463cc0cb3cad4c0 Windows 8 Release Preview is here
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….
Practical Ubuntu — Part 2 of 2
In “Practical Ubuntu — Part 1 of 2” we installed Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot on an HP 6910p notebook alongside the existing Microsoft Windows Vista, set the administrator “root” login to a password we know, added openssh-server so we can work on it remotely instead of needing to stand right there beside the computer while…