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Inspiring Linux Videos

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Some very interesting Linux videos posted at TuxMachines. Linux - Everything is possible [youtube width="333" height="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSEGj3PK4Is[/youtube] Worm Detected [youtube width="333" height="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1D6rqvkQdA[/youtube] … [Read more...] about Inspiring Linux Videos

Vietnamese netbook runs on Hacao Linux – my opinion

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Hacao, the Linux-based Vietnamese IT company, did it again.  The good news, they have successfully created a Vietnamese language netbook based on Linux.  The bad news, Hacao Linux, based on Puppy Linux, comes installed by default on these netbooks. Hacao, made a wise decision by choosing the Pico netbook which is based on the famous MSI Wind netbook.  The MSI Wind is one of … [Read more...] about Vietnamese netbook runs on Hacao Linux – my opinion

My Vietnamese 8th Graders are new Linux users

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With just less than one month left of class, I decided to see if my 8th Grade students at the American International School in Saigon would be interested in learning Linux.  I am glad I tried because these kids seemed to be having a lot of fun. This week I just wanted them to learn the basic Linux command line.  Since the school only uses Windows XP, I worked with the IT … [Read more...] about My Vietnamese 8th Graders are new Linux users

Time to move to Funtoo Linux

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I have been planning to move to Funtoo Linux, a derivative of Gentoo Linux, for over a month now.  The install is basically the same as a Gentoo installation.  The only difference is that instead of using Gentoo's Portage, you can choose to just use Daniel Robbin's Funtoo git-based Portage located at Github.  Funtoo does give you the option to use the vanilla Portage maintained … [Read more...] about Time to move to Funtoo Linux