Posts Tagged by Linux
Linux likes the Netgear N150… and so do I
| November 9, 2011 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Hardware |
In my new occupation, I continue to treat myself to new kit purchase essential new equipment for my business. I’ve already blogged on my experiences with printers on Linux and now I’ve started using a new wireless adapter I’d like to give that a shout-out too. Like printers, I had mixed experiences of wireless adapters… read more
Epson Printer on Linux: A Shout-out
| October 10, 2011 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Hardware |
In my experience, getting a printer to work on Linux is not straightforward. That’s usually because the manufacturer doesn’t provide a suitable Linux driver, so you have to consult the Internets for something else, maybe a third-party driver or one that works with a model similar to yours (places like www.linux-drivers.com are a godsend at… read more
20 years of Linux
| August 25, 2011 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series, News |
I’ve seen a few messages wishing happy birthday to the Linux kernel. I’m not sure how software can have a “birth”-day, but whatever. The Inquirer reminds us that today is the 20th anniversary of Linus Torvalds’s announcement to the world that his kernel was in existence and under development. Which reminded me about the video… read more
The Never-Ending Story
| March 31, 2010 | Posted by Karl Beecher under News, Opinion |
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SCO Group’s assault on (among many things) the Linux kernel, has officially been put out of its long-standing misery. SCO does not own the Unix copyrights that it alleged, without any base, were infringed by Linux; most observers have already long since known this. As I learn this, I realise now that have been laughing… read more
The Penguin and the Gnu
| January 21, 2010 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series |
Another episode of Computer FLOSS, a YouTube series aimed at educating about FLOSS. This episode is about two flagships of the FLOSS movement (GNU and Linux), how they came to be and how they relate. The Penguin and the Gnu Yes, all right. No series about free and open source software would be complete without… read more
The Six-Way Epic: Digging Further into FLOSS Repositories
| September 1, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Research |
Not too long ago, I announced the publishing of my first journal article co-authored with Andrea Capiluppi and Cornelia Boldyreff. My mother was very proud — even if she did not understand a single word of it. I will give a brief summary of the article in this post, and if I succeed in whetting… read more
A Review of "Inside the Anthill: Open Source Means Business"
| June 3, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Opinion |
A recent radio broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (your grandmother’s favourite radio station) entitled “Inside the Anthill: Open Source Means Business” was advertised as “Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate ‘open source’ computer software“. (Spot the irony in going “behind the scenes” to investigate something that is done openly and transparently.) But let… read more
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