As posted to our Ubuntu users Meetup forum, by Jay: One Laptop Per Child may eventually switch from GNU/Linux to Windows http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/2008/04/23/sigh/ It seems like locking kids minds into proprietary frames still remains a priority for the educators. So here is… My email correspondence with OLPC just now… ____ To: press@racepointgroup.com Is it true that [...]
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‘One Laptop per Child’ to Switch from Linux to Windows?
Posted: June 4, 2008 in Consumer Issues, Free Software, Internet Freedom, Issues, Life, Linux, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu, Windows, Windows XP, XP1
Free Yourself from the Proprietary Corporate Greed of ‘Big Brother’: Microsoft, Apple, etc.
Posted: May 28, 2008 in Asus, Consumer Issues, Copyright, Entertainment, Free Software, Google, Intellectual Property, Internet Freedom, Life, Linux, Media, Media Center, Microsoft, Money, Movies, Music, News, Open Source, Personal, Photography, Photos, Random, Technology, Television, Thoughts, Ubuntu, Video, Vista, Windows, Windows Media Center, Windows XP, Writing, XPAlways choose the superior Open Source Free Software. Now, there is an equivalent or superior Free Open Source version of all the best software that exists. Do you use Ubuntu Linux on your PC and laptop yet? Google does. Did you know that Google’s search engines are all running 100% on Linux? Not Windows. Not [...]
Yet Another Reason to NOT buy Vista
Posted: May 22, 2008 in Consumer Issues, Entertainment, Free Software, Internet Freedom, Life, Linux, Media, Media Center, Microsoft, Movies, Music, News, Open Source, Technology, Television, Ubuntu, Vista, Windows, Windows Media Center, Windows XP, XP…as if we needed one. Microsoft’s Media Center Does Not Record Television Shows from NBC Microsoft has come out with an astounding admission, courtesy of Greg Sandoval at CNet News: “Microsoft included technologies in Windows, based on rules set forth by the (Federal Communications Commission),” a Microsoft spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com. [...]
Ubuntu Linux is More Than Twice as Fast as Windows XP — Latest Performance Benchmarks
Posted: May 22, 2008 in Consumer Issues, Free Software, Internet Freedom, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu, Windows, Windows XP, XPUbuntu is 2.3 times Faster than Windows XP, acording to the latest performance benchmarks. ~ Free yourself from the closed proprietary ‘Big Brother’ of Microsoft, Apple, etc. Choose Open Source Free Software. Are you using Ubuntu Linux on your home computer yet? Do you use Google? Did you know that the Google search engine you [...]
