I’ve been a supporter of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project since I first heard of it. When they announced the Buy 1 Give 1 program in November, I signed up on the first day. I did it both to support the program and to satisfy my own curiosity. I think the laptop is [...]
andrew carter
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Linux
Linux, Graphics Cards, and 3D
I’m down to a really small number of computers for me. At various times in the past, I’ve had as many as 10 computers between work and home that I actively used. Currently, I only have two - my MacBook Pro and a Dell PowerEdge 400SC server I converted into a workstation. My primary workstation [...]
Microsoft vs. the Free World
This article in Fortune is scary stuff. Microsoft looks to be taking action on their patent claims. I think this could get very bloody. Microsoft won’t directly go after IBM but once they go after a Red Hat, IBM will step in like they did against SCO. I simply don’t get how Microsoft thinks this [...]
AMD/ATI to Release Open Source Drivers
It looks like AMD will release open source drivers for their ATI acquisition. This would follow the lead by Intel which has released open source drivers for their graphics cards. This is good news. It should pave the way for getting full 3D support into the majority of distributions. I tried to enable Beryl on [...]
Dell and Ubuntu
It’s a start. Today Dell announed that they will offer Ubuntu Linux as an option for new machines. It’s about time. People have been asking Dell for years to remove the Microsoft tax and offer Linux consumer machines. This is an enormous move for Canonical/Ubuntu. It should give them wide exposure and it is [...]