Raspberry PI’s $35 Computer Enters Production

From the FutureJournalism Project

 

Raspberry PI Foundation, the UK-based non-profit, has begun production on its $35 Linux computer. It’s about the size of a credit card and will ship as an open board like that pictured above.

For display, users can plug it into existing monitors or televisions. USB connections are available for [...]

Devices In My House That Use Linux

What devices in my house, besides computers and servers, use Linux?

Series 2 Tivo

Of course my

Motorola Droid2

And my

Kindle Fire

[...]

In The Shop Today: Arch Linux

Arch Linux – “It is what you make it”

For a brief overview of Arch Linux, an elegantly simple and thoroughly technically complex distribution, read this article.

Many Linux distributions have taken the path of easy GUI-based installation, in order to appeal to a broader mix of users. But not Arch Linux, which emphasises simplicity [...]

INFOGRAPHIC : The History Of Linux

 

Today’s infographic comes from BlogSearchEngine and it shows the history of Linux, starting in 1971 with Richard Stallman who would go on to set up the Free Software Foundation. Later would come the operating system called MINIX and in 1989, the Finnish student Linus Torvalds wanted to upgrade MINIX and, finding he was [...]

Which Linux is Right For You?

I have been asked the question frequently recently with the changes in Ubuntu.

I am reminded of what I teach my classes, each and every one of them, consult your decision matrix: the answer is easy.

I remember one young man who went on to meet with the president of the statewide software association and [...]