Looking through posts tagged ‘gnu-linux’
Smoke and Mirrors | 28th Sep 2009
Apparently Lenovo has put a lot of work in making Windows 7 boot “unbelievably fast.” When you go on to read the article, you see that you’ll get a boot time possibly as “quickly” as 30 seconds, which is a significant improvement for Windows. Of course to explain how they get that, you get a [...]
Linux for Clinics | 29th Mar 2009
I ran across a new linux distro today that I thought was pretty cool. It’s called Linux for Clinics. It’s an Ubuntu-based linux distribution geared toward running an entire medical office. It utilizes a few project I’ve heard of before, like GNUmed, but this is pushing to be a full-fledged medical clinic OS. Development seems [...]
Breathing Life Into An Old Machine | 26th Mar 2009
Sadie’s family has an old Gateway desktop in their basement. Up until last Spring, it was the only computer their family had besides Sadie’s college laptop, which was starting to show its age. The desktop was probably purchased before the turn of the century, and it came with the lovely Windows ME operating system. By [...]
1234567890 Day | 13th Feb 2009
1234567890 Day is today at 1:30:31 5:30:31 PM CST (EDIT: Sorry I can’t do math). The time represents the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (1/1/70) in UTC time. The only one more exciting will be in 2038, when we get to 9999999999. Check the link for a little more info on the day [...]
Ubuntu Review: One Year In | 22nd Dec 2008
After a somewhat belated New Year’s resolution last year, I did manage to complete my goal much more easily than I previously thought possible. In the last 9 months, I can probably count on my two hands then number of times I’ve booted into Vista or XP. I’ve been using Ubuntu on a regular basis [...]
If there’s a Penguin inside, | 10th Nov 2008
Debian will be on it in a matter of days: Debian ported to G1.
Of Freedom and Trademarks | 9th Nov 2008
I read an article this past weekend that brought up some interesting issues that I tend to forget about concerning free software. Most people these days are familiar with Firefox. While Firefox is open-source and “essentially” free software, the key area that makes it non-free is in its trademark and copyright. The brand name “Firefox” [...]
Don’t Blink | 3rd Oct 2008
YouTube – From Naught to Sixty in 5 seconds [via /.]. Don’t blink; you just might miss it. Now I hope that’s something like what Ubuntu’s striving for in Jaunty Jackalope.
Liquid Rescale | 6th Jun 2008
So check this out. There’s a new(ish) plug-in for The GIMP that allows you to do some pretty awesome stuff when resizing photos. You can ignore the guy talking if you want and just watch. The GIMP is kind of like Adobe Photoshop, if you’re not familiar with GNU-linux.
Enjoying the difference | 24th Apr 2008
This is a great article about the difference in Linux that I’ve read a couple of times. I thought it would be appropriate to share with it being Ubuntu Day. Linux is different. Enjoy the difference.
I'm Jonathan Blackhall, a 4th year medical student at RMC. This is my blog, where I ramble about technology, medicine, free software, and other random stuff. 
