Musings on Technology
In a statement issued on March 14, 2017, the Free Software Foundation declares that the new GitHub Terms of Service don’t conflict with copyleft, but still recommends to use other hosting sites.
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On January 19, 2038 all signed 32-bit timestamps representing time and date relative to the “UNIX epoch” will roll over. Just 68 years later, in 2106, all unsigned 32-bit values will do so. But even before that, timestamps used by the Network Time Protocol will roll over in 2036. Since it’s only 19 years to Armageddon, I’ll lok at what this means for Linux, Windows and other systems and how problems are being solved.
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Google’s “Summer of Code” (GSoC) will be happening for the thirtheenth time this year, and the KDE project is yet again one of the 201 participating open source organizations. The project’s list of ideas students may tackle has currently grown to 54 entries.
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Many out there use TeX or one of its distributions like LaTex, MiKTeX or teTeX. Sharing TeX files between authors is common, and often conference organizers, journal editors or university institutes offer TeX templates for papers and diploma theses. So what if a TeX file could take over your computer?
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German YouTuber Alex has published a new (german) video on his “Warum Linux Besser Ist” (“Why Linux is better”) channel detailing how to install Ubuntu Personal 16.04 on the bq Aquaris M10 FHD tablet.
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Since we now how to do basic management of an Ubuntu Core installation, let’s move to the interesting part: installing Mir, playing some games and trying to run Unity 8. I made a video for all those who just want to see what’s working and don’t have the time/don’t feel like repeating the instructions.
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Part 1: Setting up an “All-Snap” Ubuntu Core image in a QEMU/KVM virtual machine Part 2: Basic management of an Ubuntu Core installation
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Part 1: Setting up an “All-Snap” Ubuntu Core image in a QEMU/KVM virtual machine Part 2: Basic management of an Ubuntu Core installation
Read moreNOTE: This is a record of my personal experiences with ownCloud. Your mileage may vary. About six months ago I
Read moreTelekom Germany decided to give everyone who cares a free SIM with 2 x 5GB of LTE traffic at maximum
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