Tag: Linux

Apple delenda est.

Posted on By pukeko
A conversation this morning. "Hi I have two phones that the boys have that need fixing" "OK" "This one was dropped. It is a Motorola G. It needs a new screen. Can you fix it?" "Sure. (checks model number). It is the first model. We can… Read More

Why I wipe the OS and install Linux.

Posted on By Chris Gale
Simply put, I don't trust Microsoft. Or Apple. The latter (Apple) worries me more, because the only place I use Windows is in hospitals. I can let the hospital have the lawsuit when (not if) the NSA hoovers up confidential medical data, and then are… Read More

Mutterings on presentations.

Posted on By pukeko
I'm lazy. When I write a presentation I want to be able to use it in three forms:
  1. As a slide show. Over some kind of projector. Using whatever is available. Given the instability of powerpoint and the fact I don't run windows, this means some form…
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A small technical post, including fedora 18 beta.

Posted on By pukeko
Fedora 18 is almost out. I installed the beta onto a laptop a couple of days ago. The new version of anaconda looks pretty and worked well -- until I did something clever, which was try to use cinnamon as my desktop environment. That was broken… Read More