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Difference Engine 15 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
This month, Andrew and I were lucky enough to be able to travel to Portland, Oregon, to attend O’Reilly’s open source conference (OSCON). It was a good one, but after travelling all that way, one of t...
Viva la desktop! 18 Jul 2013 | 03:16 pm
To some, the desktop is an anachronism; a style of input that’s increasingly redundant in a world of tablets and smartphones. But I don’t agree, and I think there’s plenty of evidence to show the desk...
Google-a-go-go 20 Jun 2013 | 08:27 pm
I think Google does a brilliant job. So too does Twitter. I use services from both everyday and I don’t see any reason for not continuing to do so. Google, in particular, has innovated while remaining...
Jante’s Shield 23 May 2013 | 01:40 pm
It’s difficult to be critical of open source software. Often, it’s created by volunteers who are motivated purely by the challenge and the desire to do something good. This read more
Free as a bird 24 Apr 2013 | 03:58 pm
Yes, we really have installed and tested fifty different distributions for this issue’s main feature. And yet, it feels like we’ve only scratched the surface. The diversity we found in each distributi...
You are not safe 28 Mar 2013 | 03:01 pm
Almost without our noticing, the web has become an integral part of our lives; it’s become the hub for shopping, banking, communicating, working and entertaining. Many of us carry devices that keep us...
What is Linux? 1 Mar 2013 | 04:12 pm
Many years ago, after I first got Linux working, it took a long time to understand what it was all about and what held the operating system together. I remember, after some struggling, seeing KDE for ...
2012 was ace! 7 Jan 2013 | 08:36 pm
Last year was awesome for Linux and free software. Android grew much stronger, more people than ever understood the ideas behind open source and the Raspberry Pi helped to erase any last vestige of ‘h...
Future desktops 4 Dec 2012 | 04:26 pm
After reading Andrew’s excellent Roundup on alternative desktops (p30), I’m not sure how I feel about the way desktops are going. I’m still surprised, for example, that both Gnome and KDE developers m...
La Plagne 26 Mar 2012 | 11:59 pm
I’ve just come back from a week’s snowboarding in the French Alps. I used to mess around in the snow a fair bit (I lived near a resort for a while), but it had been 8 years since I’d last bolted my fe...
