Thanks to Tracy Reed for forwarding this story. 2008 could be the Year of Linux and Open Source Technology adoption in Vietnam. As the story points out, more and more government agencies and companies are beginning to replace more costly Window's software with more affordable, higher quality open source equivalents. Excerpt from VietnamNet Bridge: As Vietnam is … [Read more...] about Opportunities for open source software in Vietnam
Fingerprint Reader Working :-)
I finally got my Thinkpad's Fingerprint Reader to work with ThinkFinger today using Sabayon Linux. Awesome!!! … [Read more...] about Fingerprint Reader Working :-)
Linux in Vietnam
Here are a couple of very interesting pictures I took with my iPhone last week here in Saigon. While I was teaching at SaigonTech, one of my students showed me a copy of the Ubuntu install LiveCD. I was a bit surprised to see my student with it. Got to give Ubuntu a big thumbs up for sending these LiveCDs to Vietnam :-) (Student with Ubuntu LiveCD) About 4 hours later, I … [Read more...] about Linux in Vietnam
iPhone unlocked AGAIN :-)
The iPhone has been unlocked again. Yeah :-) Oh, wait a minute, I am selling my iPhone soon. Maybe I will wait to add the new firmware first :-) See Article here -> iPhoneSIMFree Releases First 1.1.1 SIM Unlock … [Read more...] about iPhone unlocked AGAIN :-)
Sabayon Linux Annoyances
I have used Sabayon Linux for nearly three weeks now. Unfortunately, I am at the phase with Sabayon where little things are beginning to annoy me. I installed Sabayon twice on my Thinkpad T60, the first time with Sabayon 3.4e and the second with Sabayon 3.4f. Within a week, packages started to break on my laptop. The first to break was Compiz, the nice 3D window manager … [Read more...] about Sabayon Linux Annoyances