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Why free software will remain a niche, in a nutshell

February 7, 2011

Steven J Vaughan-Nichols on The new Debian Linux: Irrelevant? | ZDNet: “For example, the default Debian distributions won’t include any proprietary firmware binary files… If, as is likely if you’re using a laptop or a PC with high-end graphics and you find you’re running into hardware problems, the Debian installation program should alert you the problem. That’s [...]

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Ubuntu changes its desktop from GNOME to Unity – Computerworld Blogs

October 25, 2010

Ubuntu changes its desktop from GNOME to Unity – Computerworld Blogs: Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and the company behind it, Canonical, surprised the hundreds of Ubuntu programmers at the Ubuntu Developers Summit when he announced that in the next release of the popular Linux operating system, Ubuntu 11.04, Unity would become the default desktop [...]

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Daring Fireball’s wishful thinking

November 19, 2009

I totally understand where John Gruber is coming from with his post on “The OS Opportunity“. The problem is that there’s a whole lot of wishful thinking in there. First of all, go read John’s post. Rather than try and summarise here and potentially mischaracterise what he’s saying, you just go read it. Back? Good. [...]

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Chrome OS is not a threat to Windows « GartenBlog

July 8, 2009

“Launching a new PC OS is not easy even if your target is a cloud. Targeting netbooks in 2010 isn’t the answer either. As I’ve pointed out, netbook are laptops with a pivotal axis of price. We’re seeing netbooks with 12″ screens, full sized keyboards and 300gb of storage. Does anyone think that netbooks aren’t [...]

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How my computing needs affected switching to Linux

January 11, 2009

In response to my post about switching to Ubuntu Linux, Charles Arthur tweeted a question asking about my computing needs. It’s a good question, because – obviously – how you use your computer will often determine your platform of choice. My needs are pretty diverse, but largely I’m a media monkey. Text is the most [...]

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Switching

January 11, 2009

You might have gathered from some of my more recent posts that I've switched platform. My main machine is now a Dell laptop, running Ubuntu 8.10.I've been using Macs since 1986, and have owned one more or less continuously since 1989. Machines that have been through the mill of my day-to-day keyboard bashing include the [...]

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